December 7, 1941 and “America First Committee”

I’ve heard stories about “The Kaiser” in Coatesville and people of German decent in Bucks and Montgomery County’s open praise of Hitler before and even during WWII.

Before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor many Americans, nearly all of them Republicans wanted the USA to abstain from the war in Europe. Some in the anti-war “American First Committee” were openly anti-Semitic and praised Hitler’s actions against Jews. American heroes like Charles Lindbergh and Henry Ford were openly pro Hitler. Almost all of that changed on December 7, 1941.

The problem we have here in Chester County and all across the nation is that those anti-Semitic and pro-Hitler beliefs are still alive and well.  I think that people with those hard core right wing extremist beliefs are at the core of the “Teabagger” extremist takeover of the Republican Party.

I believe this is one example of the twisted reasoning of right wing Republicans:

“The achievements of that organization are monumental. By keeping America out of World War II until Hitler attacked Stalin in June of 1941, Soviet Russia, not America, bore the brunt of the fighting, bleeding and dying to defeat Nazi Germany. Thanks to America First, no nation suffered less in the world's worst war.” Pat Buchanan

I believe that there is no circumstance that a former Coatesville resident that I know will say something bad about Hitler. His email name was America1ster.

“America First” is still around in the form of the “America First Party” founded by white supremacist Edward Fields.