Speaker Pelosi must think her district is in danger next year. That is the only explanation for her absurd raving – she is trying to roust her base for the next election. Of course San Francisco will never elect a Republican to the House, but she could face a challenger if she exposes her left flank. While the idea of the House Speaker losing inside her base seems absurd, San Francisco politics are the most absurd, and anything can happen. Either Pelosi is mentally unstable or her CIA bashing, and right wing conspiracy theories are to shore up her local politics.

Most recently, Pelosi has complained that Republicans are carrying swastikas and shouting down her colleagues. As has been reported, both of the known swastika incidents were used to compare Obamacare to Nazism, and were not any sort of pro-Nazi statement. For Pelosi to conveniently ignore that subtlety is pure hypocrisy since her pals at Code Pink have been using swastikas to smear Pres. Bush (43) for years. Playing the Nazi card is almost always a left wing tactic. Of course using a swastika in an ad hominem attack is crude and offensive, so perhaps this incident will cause Pelosi and other leftists to stop using such incendiary imagery themselves.

Not likely. To Pelosi, a Nazi is a right wing extremist, like Bush. The truth that Nazis would oppose socialized health care is self evident to any educated progressive. It might surprise San Francisco’s Botox darling to learn that the real Nazi’s were among the first to provide universal health care (and fluoridated water too). Also, Nazi’s were Nazi-like in fighting tobacco and other public health issues. Sound familiar?

Even though the socialist policies of the Nazi’s have parallels to the policies of Pelosi and Pres. Obama, comparing the US’s far left with Nazis is unfair. Nazi-like control over people’s lives is a natural and necessary consequence when the government becomes responsible for individuals’ welfare. Once the government must pay for health care, the government must also become responsible for fighting tobacco, outlawing trans-fats, and any number of other nanny programs. Pelosi and Obama won’t round up the Gypsies and Jews for extermination, but they are paving the way for unprecedented government intrusion in private lives. In fact, there are several examples of intrusive socialist governments that are not hostile or murderous, such as Singapore, Denmark, Sweden, or India. Of course that does not mean the US should emulate them.

So, perhaps the left should be a bit more cautious when they throw out swastikas, because the swastika represents many of their own ideals and policies. In any event, the Nazi card is over used and only serves to display irrational vitriol. In addition to never calling Sen. Boxer “ma’am,” anti-socialist protestors also should stay clear of Nazi references.

The Pelosi swastika video confirms the obvious: she is an out of touch extreme leftist who despises and smears anyone to her right. Pity poor Nancy, she is caught between the harsh and radical ideals of her San Francisco base and the increasingly unflattering play she gets with mainstream America. She has no experience in moderation or compromise, and yet she sits two heartbeats from the Presidency. Should the Republicans make even modest gains in the House in 2010, look for the Democrats to throw her overboard without regret.