Barry Farber’s Oct. 15 WorldNetDailiy column is headlined “Obama’s ham-handedness on Egypt.” In it he writes:
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood apparently won the post-Mubarak election fairly. Despite Obama’s claims that this is tangible proof of cleanliness and godliness, let’s remind each other of two leaders who started out by winning free elections, namely, Hitler and Mussolini.
First, Obama was more about praising the fact that Egypt had successfully conducted its first-ever democratic election than the specific result. The Obama administration called for Morsi to form a government with “mutual respect” for all and “respecting the rights of all Egyptian citizens – including women and religious minorities such as Coptic Christians.”
Second, Hitler wasn’t elected. As we’ve previously noted, Hitler was never elected president of Germany — he was appointed chancellor, then assumed the power of the presidency.
Perhaps Farber should re-title his column “Farber’s ham-handedness with the facts.”