No, its kinda sad - and still uncommon.
Look through the thread participants again.
BTW, it is perfectly reasonable to look at parrallels from present to past admins and regimes.
Mein gott, the whole Iraq thing (pre-war) was compared to Munich 38 - especially by those who knew a little or thought they knew a lot of history.
I could probably write several theses on the com[arison of Clinton to Attila, Reagan to Caesar and Kennedt to Henry III.
I'd likely find several commonlities, however obscure.
Problem with comparing to Hitler is the immediate connection in the brain that Bush must be in favor of gassing jews. It is a distraction from the main point.