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Tony Bennett’s Confusing Gun Theory: We Need Gun Control to Prevent Times Like When the Nazis ‘Came Over and Created Tragic Things’

Feb. 8, 2013 9:20am Jonathon M. Seidl

During a Wednesday press conference, singer Tony Bennett invoked a Nazi reference to preach gun control. But take a listen and see if you can figure out exactly what he’s saying:

Here’s a transcript:

QUESTION: How important do you believe it is to solve the problem of possible mental illness from some people and prevent the shootings before it happened and how do you think the industry of entertainment also can fulfill to create a new generations of young people that are not so sensitive to this type of tragedy?

BENNET: Well, we should just care for our children so much and make sure that… my own children were told just don’t ever have a gun. No guns in my house, they’re not allowed. And I just believe that assault weapons, they were invented for war, they shouldn’t be on our streets here.

It’s the kind of turn that happened to the great country of Germany, when Nazis came over and created tragic things and they had to be told off. And if we continue this kind of violence and accept it in our country, the rest of the world is going to really take care of us in a very bad way.

We should learn that we’re the greatest country because we are all different nationalities and all different religions and we should show the rest of the world how to behave. Thank you.

Clear?

“Tony Bennett is apparently unaware that the Nazi party was actually created in Germany and did not ‘come over’ from some other country,” Newsbusters writes. “He also is apparently unaware that gun control laws were one of the many restrictions placed upon citizens under Nazi domination.”

Later in the day, Bennett was asked about the comment by Wolf Blitzer — and it didn’t get much better (that parts starts at about four minutes):

Better?

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Comments (214)

mdy616
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 12:51pm
The left talked about “poor Clint” after he spoke at the republican convention. The left said “Clint has lost it” “it was embarrassing to watch.” At that time, many conservatives said had Clint said the same thing for the democrats he would have been lauded as a hero or sharper than ever. Well we see that now; poor Mr. Benett HAS lost it and has no idea about WWII (even though he was alive and well then) and makes a rambling nonsensical statement. What does the left do? Tells us how great he is, how smart he is, how sharp he is even now. The left is SO predictable but it is a shame those like Chris Rock et al are to blinded to see how shallow they are by making their idiotic speeches.

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Zombee
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 12:48pm
The rantings of dementia. Get Tony back to the home and on his medications. I really feel embarrassed for him.

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rswapp
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 12:31pm
What kind of a Whack Job Nut Ball says crap like this?
Oh yeah it’s an ObambaBotZombi

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Whatmeworry-never
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 12:26pm
Hey Tony remember the Nazi’s loved gun control, it left noone to resist them.

Why do low informed voters listen to this mind numbing pap?

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Richardoky
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 12:23pm
I don’t even see what people see in his singing. He was on stage recently singing with a 12 year old girl and she sang circles around him. She sounded much more like a professional and he just sounded like some old man pulled out of the audience.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T78TXsctFE
His knowledge of history is just as bad as his singing.

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MBA
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 12:23pm
I’m not one to defend a liberal but give this guy a break–having seen him on TV recently it’s apparent that he’s failing in the memory department. Shame on the politicians for humiliating him after such a long and successful career.

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poster
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 12:19pm
The wig is on a little tooooo tight.

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Depat
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 12:07pm
Tony proves once again, there’s not fool, like and old fool. I’ve always thought Tony should have stopped singing years ago. Now I think he needs to stop talking also.

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RamahX
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 11:55am
I’m just tic’d off… because those when those pesky Nazis came over here they got into all my stuff…

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Stab_friendly
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 11:55am
This ain’t Europe Tony….
Grandpas finally fallen off his rocker, Time to stick him in a home

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Krutch
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 11:54am
Now burglers know the bennet housholds are ripe for picking.

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fdraiden
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 11:50am
He’s just as big of an idiot as Barry Manilow!

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SpeakSoftlyAndCarry
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 11:47am
This is over the line BLAZE. Regardless of how misguided, Tony Bennet is obviously suffering from dementia or some other cognitive difficulties. There are plenty of young, reprobate, anti-gun celebrities making stupid comments that the BLAZE can showcase.

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fdraiden
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 11:40am
Why do we give a crap about what other countries think about us?

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Chamber
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 11:33am
Poor Tony Bennet, looks like age has gotten the best of him. But one thing none of us can diss him on is his service as a front line rifleman in WW2 against the Nazi’s whose exploits he does not remember so well.

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IndianaJan
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 11:32am
This is so sad. Mr. Bennett has, in his declining years, been co-opted by the Left. This case, though, is starting to backfire, because even the Evil Loonies are embarassed by this “endorsement”.
What a shame. Isn’t there anyone near Mr. Bennett that would protect him from this?

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Gladileftcalifornia
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 11:22am
Just one more Owebama Claus doofus.

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AnAmerican111
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 11:22am
Hey Tony!
Keep to singing cause you are looking as stupid as ever when you talk!
Hilarious if it was not so pathetic!…..
Liberal comedy at its finest hour!

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lvjohn
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 11:19am
bennet is an old senile brain dead moron and he needs to drop off the face of the earth

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kat747
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 11:18am
Nothing like a liberal trying to re-write history !
Get the IL-legal guns out of the hands of criminals.
Try something logical for a change !

That display of delusionalism by Tony and Chris Rock was really pathetic.

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FlagWavingPatriot
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 11:15am
Give up? Give up? Did we give up when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?!

Tony has obviously lost his marbles (if he had any to begin with). Chris Rock is just a racist moron.

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txannie
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 11:13am
I don’t think toni can figure out what he is saying….too much self-medication with recreational meds….and too big a head thinking he is some kind of special.

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Paul_Vincent_Zecchino
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 11:11am
Pitiful. Just pitiful. More proof that the Left will exploit anyone to advance its agenda of genocide.

Mayors Against Illegal Guns is the biggest bunch of phonies going, all leftists who preside over crime-ridden northern tier gulags.

Pathetic. Who will they exploit next?

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garbagecanlogic
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 11:03am
What a goofy sounding idiot. He must have been off his medications. Either that or he is hopefully stoooooooooopid.

Praise Be To Obama. Psalm 109:8

The U.N. Out Of The U.S.
The U.S. Out Of The U.N.

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Ash_Kiker
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 11:03am
You have to forgive Tony, he’s old and confused…

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