Vidkun Quisling was a Norwegian politician

.... In April of 1940, when the Nazis were invading Norway, instead of leading a resistance movement Quisling launched a Nazi-backed coup against his own people. As the Nazis settled in to occupy Norway Quisling settled in to live the life of luxury as Norway's "Minister President" -- and avidly assisted as a participant in what is known to history as "the Final Solution."

His betrayal of his own people was so stark that within days of Quisling's assumption of power the Times of London wrote an editorial saying of those who cooperated in betraying their own country that there were "Quislings everywhere." The paper went on to say:

To writers, the word Quisling is a gift from the gods. If they had been ordered to invent a new word for traitor... they could hardly have hit upon a more brilliant combination of letters. Aurally it contrives to suggest something at once slippery and tortuous.

 

 

This was the second "blame the consultants" opinion I've read today: The Quisling Consultants; the other was at RedState: The Incestuous Bleeding of the Republican Party.

Does two make a trend?  Now understand, this could be a more urgent question than you'd imagine at first glance. Let us not forget - if we ever knew - that Vidkun Quisling was gound guilty of embezzlement, murder and high treason after the war. He was executed by firing squad in Oslo in October 1945.

 

 

Comments

[Mannie Sherberg]

It's time for all Republicans to rein in the rhetoric. Being unhappy with Romney's consultants is one thing; calling them Quislings is something else entirely. Some of Romney's consultants may have been screw-ups -- I certainly don't know -- but Vidkun Quisling was no screw-up. He was the vilest of the vile and the worst of the worst. The only good thing to be said about him is that -- unlike so may of his fellow Nazis -- he got, in the end, exactly what he deserved. It's time to chill the rhetoric.

[Beats By Dre]

One of the most renowned and best bridges in the world, the Tower Bridge spreading over the Thames was built in 1894 with the help of 50 architects and civil designers.