** Contrary to opinions expressed by print and broadcast media and held by ESPN, Hank Jr did not compare Obama with Hitler. He compared the incompatibility of Obama and Boehner with the incompatibility of Netanyahu and Hitler in an imaginary golf match.
** How could newscasters, newspaper commentators, letter writers and ESPN get this wrong? Perhaps because Hank Jr combined three figures of speech (simile, hyperbole, sarcasm) in a double or triple comparison/contrast (Obama contrasted with Boehner compared with Netanyahu contrasted with Hitler).
** The same figures of speech are in the statement "30-10 is like 100-1", which does not imply that 30 or 10 is like 100 or 1. Where can you find an English teacher when you need one? Bocephus was done wrong by.
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