Broun has appeared before in these pages:
And Now, Black Helicopter Republicans (11-10-08)

“That’s exactly what Hitler did in Nazi Germany and it’s exactly what the Soviet Union did,” Broun said. “When he’s proposing to have a national security force that’s answering to him, that is as strong as the U.S. military, he’s showing me signs of being Marxist.” …

“We can’t be lulled into complacency,” Broun said. “You have to remember that Adolf Hitler was elected in a democratic Germany. I’m not comparing him to Adolf Hitler. What I’m saying is there is the potential.”

This was a week after the election, in the early stages of this site’s break with the right. It was a significant indicator that the bat guano element was taking over the GOP completely.