Propagandist Glen Beck Invokes Nazis Again (Video)

The entertainer, political commentator and seeming fascist propagandist Glenn Beck (“The Glenn Beck Show”) today gamely tried to draw similarities between the civilian national security forces President Obama spoke of forming in 2008 and the German Nazi SS.

Beck has come under fire recently for publicly calling President Obama a racist. His comments resulted in at least 36 advertisers yanking spots from his Fox News Channel show.

Here’s video of Beck and friends comparing Obama’s vision of a civilian army to the Nazi SS, followed by quoted text of what Obama really said:

President Obama mentioned forming a civilian force in his speech on service, specifically referring to expanding the Foreign Service, AmeriCorps, and the Peace Corps.

Obama said in his July 2, 2008 speech in Colorado Springs, Colorado:

“Today, AmeriCorps — our nation’s network of local, state, and national service programs — has 75,000 slots. And I know firsthand the quality of these programs. My wife, Michelle, once left her job at a law firm and at City Hall to be a founding director of an AmeriCorps program in Chicago that trains young people for careers in public service. And these programs invest Americans in their communities and their country. They tap America’s greatest resource — our citizens.”

“And that’s why as president, I will expand AmeriCorps to 250,000 slots and make that increased service a vehicle to meet national goals like providing health care and education, saving our planet and restoring our standing in the world, so that citizens see their efforts connected to a common purpose. People of all ages, stations, and skills will be asked to serve. Because when it comes to the challenges we face, the American people are not the problem — they are the answer.”

“So we are going to send — we’re going to send more college graduates to teach and mentor our young people. We’ll call on Americans to join an Energy Corps to conduct renewable energy and environmental cleanup projects in their neighborhoods all across the country. We will enlist our veterans to find jobs and support for other vets, to be there for our military families. And we’re going to grow our Foreign Service, open consulates that have been shuttered, and double the size of the Peace Corps by 2011 to renew our diplomacy.”

“We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we’ve set. We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.”

“We need to use technology to connect people to service. We’ll expand USA Freedom Corps to create online networks where Americans can browse opportunities to volunteer. You’ll be able to search by category, time commitment, and skill sets; you’ll be able to rate service opportunities, build service networks, and create your own service pages to track your hours and activities. This will empower more Americans to craft their own service agenda, and make their own change from the bottom up.”

And finally, here’s Beck wearing on the cover of his upcoming release, “Arguing with Idiots,” what resembles a Nazi SA brownshirt uniform. I guess Beck wants to go Nazi himself.

As Beck spirals deeper into a fascist/Nazi euphoria, his audiences appear to grow. Beck attracted 2.81 million viewers Monday, his third-largest audience since his show launched on Fox News in January, according to Nielsen Media Research data provided by Fox. On Tuesday, nearly 2.7 million viewers tuned in, his fifth-largest viewership to date.

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