Michelle Obama has launched a campaign to fight childhood obesity with recommendations for a healthier lifestyle. Now, among sane people, this is a respectable goal.
But for the Competitive Enterprise Institute, known mostly for climate change denial (and where Michelle Malkin used to work), no, this is all an evil Nazi plot from Michelle Obama!!! Once again, the Daily Show exposes these people for the sociopaths they are.
Josh Gad got an interview with CEI General Counsel Sam Kazman, who heads up their Death By Regulation project. (Because it's so much better to die from unregulated things, ya know.) He let Kazman do the talking about how we could see restrictions on bad foods in the future, and when Gad asks for a simple comparison, Kazman replied with this shocker.
KAZMAN: Pre-war Nazi Germany
Video below the fold.
Here's the transcript of the relevant parts of the piece.
KAZMAN: Michelle Obama's got a vision of this country that she wants to see it become, and she thinks it's her prerogative to impose it on everyone.
GAD: Why are they making a federal issue out of it?
KAZMAN: I think control of food is a code for control of the way people live.
GAD: What actual laws has the administration passed?
KAZMAN: I think eventually under the Obama administration, we're going to see restrictions on the use of salt and processed foods...
GAD: What about the actual laws has the administration passed?
KAZMAN: One is... you've... in terms of the actual laws passed by the administration, one is uh... the, um... on... on... on... the... uh, a lot of it is in the way of recommendations.
GAD: That's right, recommendations. And that can only lead to one thing.
KAZMAN: This is just the first step in a campaign that's going to be colossal.
GAD: Like...?
KAZMAN: Pre-war Nazi Germany had one of the most energetic anti-tobacco uh... uh... programs in the world, and also a healthful uh... uh... uh... a wellness program.
GAD: In what other ways is Michelle Obama like Hitler?
KAZMAN: Uh... uh... uh....
GAD: What's next, special camps for fat people? Oh my God, it's already happening!
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GAD: Where are we headed?
KAZMAN: George Orwell's 1984, you know, was premised on this notion of a never-ending war.
There you have it. The general counsel for CEI (which I've written about before in terms of which climate change deniers are getting paid by them and other astroturf denial groups) makes a direct comparison of Michelle Obama to... Hitler. And even when Gad asks the ludicrous question, "In what other ways is Michelle Obama like Hitler?", Kazman actually tries to think of an answer, instead of having a look of sheer shock and surprise that most sane people would exhibit.
And he throws in that 1984 comparison for good measure.
BTW, as usual, follow the money trail for CEI. They don't like regulations of almost any kind, and you can see who their corporate masters are pulling their strings.
That video was so mind-blowing, I couldn't even get to how Stephen Colbert mocked Rand Paul for his fake non-certified ophthalmologist group. But you should watch that video too. :-)