Obama Doesn't Like His Moustache!

August 9, 2009 (LPAC) — White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs feigned outrage at Saturday's White House briefing over the use of "Nazi imagery" to depict the Obama health policy: The exchange is as follows:

Q: "And just one follow up to Ben's question, just on the town hall meeting. This week there's just been an amplification in terms of the rhetoric. Some of the protesters against the President's position on health care reform have used Nazi imagery, a Democratic congressman said that the protesters were using Brown Shirt tactics; a Democratic senator called the protesters' behavior un-American, although she retracted it; Rush Limbaugh went on a very long speech yesterday during his radio show in which he compared Democrats to Nazis and the President to Hitler. And I'm wondering if the President has seen any of this and has a take on it? Obviously the Nazi imagery has been condemned by Jewish groups, but I'm wondering if he feels anything about language being used this way?"

GIBBS: "Well, I think he's certainly seen news reports about this. I don't know whether it's written or cable. I'd make a couple of points. I'll build on what I said to Ben, which is regardless of where we are, regardless of the differences we have on even an issue as important as health care, I know the President believes strongly that we can discuss these issues without personally maligning the person that we're discussing this issue with, that we're doing so in a way that respects the dignity of each individual. I think — I think any time you make references to what happened in Germany in the '30s and '40s, I think you're talking about an event that has no equivalent. And I think any time anyone ventures to compare anything to that, they're on thin ice and it's best not deployed."