MSNBC's Bashir -- Who Compares Republicans to Stalin, Ceausescu -- Praises Obama for Attacking Political Name-Calling

January 21st, 2013 5:11 PM

Discussing Barack Obama's second inaugural address with Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) shortly after 4 p.m. EST today, MSNBC host Martin Bashir approvingly noted how the president "critiqued some of the negative things" in American politics today, such as when he said "name-calling is not a reasoned debate" and "I've taken an oath to God and country, not to party and faction."

"I was thinking, these were rebukes, frankly, to House Republicans, in no small degree," Bashir concluded. Of course, to worry about political name-calling is rich coming from Bashir, who on various occasions has compared Republicans and conservatives to bloodthirsty tyrants responsible for bloody political repression. Below is just a short list of Bashir's battiest attacks on conservatives or Republicans:


To borrow from a classic Bashir bash of Mitt Romney, does Martin "believe we are all imbeciles who can't be bothered to check" his record?