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American Spectator: Obama would lead to ‘fascism’ in America.

In a recent American Spectator article, former Reagan White House political director and QubeTV founder Jeffery Lord gives his vision of what “America would look like in an age of Obama.” According to Lord, “The word is fascism“:

What freedoms will next be targeted with that deadliest trademark of an Obamalander — moral superiority? What do we have when the sole purpose of the government as run by the chilling principles of Obamaland is to “use the political process” to remove freedoms large and small one by one by one?

Someone needs to speak it plainly.

The word is fascism.

Lord isn’t the first conservative to make such wild claims. Last month, former Newt Gingrich aide Tony Blankley wrote in the Washington Times that Obama might be a “dictator” in waiting. (HT: Andrew Sullivan)



91 Responses to “American Spectator: Obama would lead to ‘fascism’ in America.”

  1. tom says:

    The word is fascism.

    . . . and I have a word for Lord –> asshat


  2. StratRat says:

    Can you say desperation? Are these people serious? Bush’s administration is almost the textbook definition of fascism.

    I think the right side is going get really ugly during this GE. I hope America is ready for it.


  3. Red Pill says:

    That’s laughable–who has been trumpeting “moral superiority” for the last THIRTY YEARS? The GOP, you jackass!

    By the way, Lord, check the dictionary for “fascism:” 1. the merging of corporate interests with the political establishment. 2. The George W. Bush administration.


  4. joe cantwell says:

    we already have a dictator.

    george w. bush.

    torture.

    spying.

    propaganda.


  5. Abu Ben Hussein Leporello says:

    I find the projection done by people like this truly fascinating. We’ve had our civil rights and freedoms slowly, numbingly curtailed for the last 7 1/2 years. Now someone who just might really reverse that trend comes along and he’s Anti-Freedom man. He’s a Communist! He’s a Stalinist! He’s a Marxist, and now, latest and greatest, he’s Fascist Man! The mental hoops these maniacs jump through are amazing!
    Impeach Pelosi, Cheney and Bush and Save the Constitution! Then Elect Obama and drive the Lord Nuts!


  6. Oval12345678 aka James K. Sayre says:

    Fascism? Well, excuse me. We have been misruled by the Bush fascist regime for the last seven and a half years. Torture, endless lies, spying on all Americans, stolen elections with Republican corporations “counting the votes,” wars of fascist imperial aggression (note: the Taliban was initially created, armed and funded by the CIA under Republican President Ronald Reagan in the early 1980s), corruption, cronyism, attempted destruction of our Bill of Rights and our Constitution. That is fascism. President Obama will put an end to Bush fascism, hopefully…


  7. Ms_Joanne says:

    How can Obama lead to fascism when we are already there?


  8. RUCerious says:

    At the risk of repeating my previous post:

    Repuglycan campaign tactic:

    Throw smelly shit at wall.

    Examine what sticks.

    Lick up remainder off of floor.

    Repeat, don’t rinse.


  9. upside99 says:

    Are we seeing the last throes of the Repug party in early July?

    This will take all the fun out of it!


  10. conniptionfit says:

    I’d be interested to know just specifically what fascist policy or law it is that he fears so. And why it is that supposed Americans fear the American Constitution so.


  11. rozerze says:

    He’d have to win for that to happen, but he’s already abandoned his base.


  12. Peter C says:

    Neocons use the word “fascism” in an attempt to insulate themselves from the same charge. They dumb-down the concept so that it means only ‘bad’ thereby preventing any substantive evaluation of what ‘fascism’ really is. This is really the only way they can effectively avoid the acusation themselves – by attempting to make the word meaningless. This is more than just projection; it is their only real defense.


  13. StratRat says:

    rozerze Says:

    He’d have to win for that to happen, but he’s already abandoned his base.

    And in turn, increased his lead over McSame. This is going to be a blowout – an absolute rout.


  14. ralph the wonder llama says:

    rog, it’s a good thing for you that TP doesn’t censor posts based on making sense.


  15. barfly says:

    rozerze Says:

    He’d have to win for that to happen, but he’s already abandoned his base.

    Hold tight to that fantasy. It will have to keep you warm, on those long nights in the political wilderness.


  16. joe in oklahoma says:

    if newspeak hasn’t arrived before this, it has now…this is a great example of pot calling the kettle black


  17. Leftside Annie says:

    Oh, boy!!! It’s OPPOSITE DAY!!!
    .
    .
    .
    .
    Again.


  18. ralph the wonder llama says:

    Peter C, you nailed it. And the tactic you describe has been useful for the Right for decades. When you’ve got nothing to offer the vast majority of voters, your only hope of electoral success is subterfuge, disinformation and projection.


  19. Leftside Annie says:

    Oh, and Jeffie…?

    You’re an idiot.


  20. upside99 says:

    StratRat Says:
    rozerze Says:

    He’d have to win for that to happen, but he’s already abandoned his base.

    And in turn, increased his lead over McSame. This is going to be a blowout – an absolute rout.

    And that is what has Rog2 and gunclincher and Daryll so afraid; they will see such a positive change in the next 4 years, and they can’t face that. After all, when the people get their country back, it is very exciting!


  21. joe cantwell says:

    ralph the wonder llama Says:
    rog, it’s a good thing for you that TP doesn’t censor posts based on making sense.

    roz would have to

    learn how to spell

    before he could make

    sense.

    i just don’t see that

    happening.


  22. Helen Hussein Rainier says:

    Where in the world do these Neopublicrats get their hallucinogenics?

    I don’t remember there being anything this good even during the 60s.

    Holy mackeral!


  23. Buckie Boy says:

    So Obama is gonna be just like Bush and his fascist pig administration?

    Uh, do these retards even know what Fascism means?

    I know the trolls don’t because they are too stupid to know, but come on some of these losers must actually know the meaning of the word.


  24. Leftside Annie says:

    Uh, do these retards even know what Fascism means?

    BIG. BAD. SCARY. BLACK. MUSLIM. LIBERAL. UNDER. THE. BED.

    EEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!!


  25. Uncle Ho says:

    the GOP & their cheerleaders are projecting again.

    GOP = neo-Nazi

    see: Bush, George W. (It would be easier in a dictatorship, just as long as I’m the dictator/the Constitution is just a God damned piece of paper)


  26. ralph the wonder llama says:

    Leftside Annie Says:
    Uh, do these retards even know what Fascism means?

    Well, clearly, not.


  27. rozerze says:

    upside99 Says:

    I don’t know what you think that blow out is based on, but it certainly isn’t polling.


  28. StratRat says:

    Leftside Annie Says:

    Uh, do these retards even know what Fascism means?

    BIG. BAD. SCARY. BLACK. MUSLIM. LIBERAL. UNDER. THE. BED.

    EEEEEEEEEEEEK!!!!

    Oh oh…I think they wet their beds again…Can’t we get them some plastic sheets for the inevitable water works that are sure to follow the swearing in of Obama? Can we get a volume discount, because we have to buy them for about 25% of the population. That’s a lot of diapers. Maybe David Vitter knows where to get some.


  29. joe cantwell says:

    apparently roz has left the thread.

    i hope we didn’t hurt

    roz’s feelings.

    have you noticed how he’s been

    kind of sensative lately?

    is there something he’s

    not telling us?

    §

    good luck.

    *


  30. barfly says:

    What else have they got?

    No one would believe the tired, “communist” slur, so trying to conflate Obama with fascism is all they have left. That it makes no sense is beside the point, when playing to the “P” nut gallery.


  31. dixie blood says:

    Jeffery Lord gives his vision of what “America would look like in an age of Obama.” According to Lord, “The word is fascism“

    I know you are but what am I?


  32. upside99 says:

    Rog2,

    He already has a lead, some say 3%, some say 12-15%. But two telling things are coming:

    The debates (think real hard about that one, Rog)

    And EVERYONE is predicting a much bigger margin for the Dems in both houses.


  33. joe cantwell says:

    btw, if you want a laugh read the rest of the link.

    it seems that mr. lord is worried that someone is

    going to pass a law that forces him to pull his

    snout out of the trough. no law could ever do that.

    mr. lord is too rapacious.

    sullivan has named it a

    “Hewitt Award Nominee”

    *


  34. dixie blood says:

    The DemoRats can’t be fascist because they aren’t beholding to a Corporate Master…Uh…wait…doh!!

    Of course the RePugniScums are chaffing the teets of Fascist Corporate unAmerica CEOs and the Saudis, etc.

    Both parties are fascist to the core!!!!!!!!!!!!!


  35. rozerze says:

    upside99 Says:

    your 12-15 is bs, which isn’t supported by any polling organization.but yes, the debates, like on wiretapping will be interested.


  36. dixie blood says:

    Corporate Fascism ends when a poor man can be elected to Congress with no cash…just ideas and a plan…


  37. Buckie Boy says:

    rozerze Says:

    like on wiretapping will be interested. ????

    Interested in what?

    Man, you are the dumb.


  38. veteran says:

    So tell me, how would you define the Bush presidency? Seems to me he has done his utmost to create a dictatorship here in the US.


  39. kasinca says:

    Fascism was introduced to the USA with the Bush\Cheney crime family and it included a march to war draped in a flag, carrying a cross, introducing torture, and tax cuts for the ultra wealthy military industrial complex and oil company executives. We are in the grasp of fascism. These guys are doing what they do best, they make up sh!t. They cannot deal with reality and they know that if they lie, at least the 23%ers will buy what they are saying. They speak to the dumbest people this country has to offer.


  40. joe cantwell says:

    rozerze Says:

    your 12-15 is bs, which isn’t supported by any polling organization.but yes, the debates, like on wiretapping will be interested.

    we’re starting to feel

    sorry for you roz.

    what’s bothering you?

    *

    good luck.

    ?


  41. regular_joe says:

    Now I’m confused.

    When the chimp administration did away with Habeas Corpus, the Washington Times applauded. They cheered when the Repugs in Congress gutted the 4th Amendment. Since when does the Washington Times give a damn about our freedoms?

    Oh, and I don’t think “fascism” is the word Jeffery Lord was looking for. Why? Because fascism is exactly what we’ve had to endure during the reign of der ChimpenFührer.

    So now authoritarian-cult worshipers like Lord are worried about fascism?? Sorry, but they’re about 7 and half years too late. Truth be told, we were all looking forward to an Obama administration in the hopes that he would END fascism in America.

    At least until the next Repug administration is installed.


  42. upside99 says:

    rozerze Says:

    upside99 Says:

    your 12-15 is bs, which isn’t supported by any polling organization.but yes, the debates, like on wiretapping will be interested.

    Well, here is a Rightie poll from RealClear, an average of the others, and they say Obama by 5.4 and congress Dem by 11.5%

    And the debates will be the place where we will see McDepends get de-diapered for his temper and the 50+ things he has flip-flopped on.

    Like watching an Obama eagle and a crippled McDepends desert rat go mano-a-mano.


  43. ralph the wonder llama says:

    rozerze Says:

    your 12-15 is bs, which isn’t supported by any polling organization.

    Check it out. Times/Bloomberg had a 12 point lead for Obama last week. Is that not a polling organization, rog?

    Or did you lie?

    Or were you merely ill-informed?


  44. joe cantwell says:

    ralph,

    roz is hurting.

    we just don’t know why.

    *


  45. pbg says:

    He actually has a real fear, in that The Bush-Cheney junta has created a monstrous secretive governmental monster, secretive, arbitrary, with vast power and vaster claims to power, all justified and locked up tight.
    And if Barack Obama steps into the Oval Office, declares that a couple thousand neoconservatives are giving aid and comfort to the terrorists, secretly arrest them and send them to Syria–who could stop him? They themselves demolished all the protections–and when it happens to them, it’s fascism.

    (Mind you, I don’t really trust Barack Obama enough to give him the One Ring, either. Checks and balances–and the Bill of Rights–must be restored.)


  46. barfly says:

    roz is hurting.

    we just don’t know why.

    I can guess. His heros all told him that Hillary would be easy to beat, and now he has to acknowledge (at least to himself) that they played him for a sap. That’s gotta make him hurt, and a little angry.

    Poor guy.


  47. rozerze says:

    ralph the wonder llama Says:

    So I assume you give that poll credibility, as opposed to all the others on that list showing no more than 6.


  48. barfly says:

    So I assume you give that poll credibility, as opposed to all the others on that list showing no more than 6.

    Found any showing McCain in the lead?

    I didn’t think so.


  49. Winski says:

    These people are pigs. They love to just make stuff up to hear themselves talk.


  50. upside99 says:

    So Rog, give us the Rog2 Official Poll. How does it look? For Prez and for Congress.


  51. gummitch says:

    rozerze Says:

    ralph the wonder llama Says:

    So I assume you give that poll credibility, as opposed to all the others on that list showing no more than 6.

    I’ll just keep posting this over and over. This is the likely vote in the Electoral College, based on the most recent regional polling data. Of course, roz ain’t gonna like it, so he will dismiss it. It has been recommended by Political Science professor and has an excellent track record because of the methodology.

    Obama 317 McCain 221

    Who cares if the difference is 6% or 12%? What matters is WHERE the candidate wins.


  52. rozerze says:

    upside99 Says:

    the margin confirmed by the most polling is accurate.

    but yes, the dem-controlled congress is looking pretty bad.

    http://www.pollingreport.com/CongJob.htm


  53. Bilbo Hussein Baggins says:

    Do these people have any idea in the world what Fascism is? Because if they do, Obama is about as far from a Fascist as one could get. On the other hand, the Bush Administration is the poster child for the definition of Fascism.


  54. joe cantwell says:

    rozerze Says:
    upside99 Says:

    the margin confirmed by the most polling is accurate.

    but yes, the dem-controlled congress is looking pretty bad.

    http://www.pollingreport.com/CongJob.htm

    feels better when you let it out

    doesn’t it roz?

    good luck.

    *


  55. Bilbo Hussein Baggins says:

    rozerze Says:
    He’d have to win for that to happen, but he’s already abandoned his base.

    This little trollie can have its dream. That dream is all it has right now. It is not a dream that will serve it well, though.

    The thing it doesn’t understand is that people on the left can disagree with their leaders but that doesn’t mean that they will abandon them. I’m not real happy with Obama right now but that certainly doesn’t mean that I won’t vote for him. He is still light years better than McBush.


  56. upside99 says:

    rozerze Says:

    upside99 Says:

    the margin confirmed by the most polling is accurate.

    but yes, the dem-controlled congress is looking pretty bad.

    But more people blame the obstructionist Repugs for that and that is why the current seat trend is:

    Senate Dem 55 Repug 45 Congress Dem 239 Repug 196

    So when Obama gets in, the Dems will have a comfortable majority in both Houses too.

    But, don’t worry, you will be taken good care of, too. OK?


  57. Bilbo Hussein Baggins says:

    #rozerze Says:
    but yes, the dem-controlled congress is looking pretty bad.

    So. The Republicans are just as disgusted with their own in Congress as the Democrats are. The Democrats are mad at Congress because they have been spineless idiots who have caved to the most unpopular president ever. The Left will do something to correct that problem by actively working to get rid of the spineless Dems and replacing them with Dems who do have spines. Once the Democrats control Congress and have a filibuster proof majority, they will get to work and our opinion of Congress will go up.

    Besides, idiot troll, what does our opinion of Congress have to do with the presidential race. Apparently you haven’t been looking and seen that your Republicans running for Congress are in as big trouble as McBush is.


  58. Bilbo Hussein Baggins says:

    upside99 Says:
    Senate Dem 55 Repug 45 Congress Dem 239 Repug 196

    And that’s just today. The trend for the Democrats is going up and they have a shot at taking 60 seats in the Senate. I’m hoping that happens because the next Congress is going to have a lot of work to do to right the wrongs that the Bush Crime Family has inflicted on this country.


  59. upside99 says:

    Rog2, gonna answer my questions in #50?

    Here’s mine: Obama will have over 310 electoral votes and the Dems will get 55 seats (I don’t count JoeL in that) and the Congress will have 237 Dem seats.

    Let’s pony up here, OK?


  60. Bilbo Hussein Baggins says:

    #upside99 Says:
    And the debates will be the place where we will see McDepends get de-diapered for his temper and the 50+ things he has flip-flopped on.

    That’s of course assuming he agrees to debates. The reason why McSame proposed the 10 town hall meetings and is hammering on them is because he’s going to use Obama’s not going along with them as his excuse for not participating in any debates. McSame desperately is trying to control the message. But, once Obama starts hammering him on why he won’t debate, McSame is going to look real stupid.


  61. upside99 says:

    Bilbo Hussein Baggins Says:

    I agree that the trend could go up for the Dems, which is why I say the frustration with the Congress will do more to hurt the Repugs and help the Dems.


  62. upside99 says:

    I guess we really depressed Rog2, he slunk off to do more self-medicating, maybe?


  63. Saint Augustine says:

    upside99

    I’ll see your 55 in the Senate and raise you 5 to 60.

    I predict the dems will win with a Royal Flush, unless King George is fludhed away beforehand!


  64. Saint Augustine says:

    FLUSHED away..arggg


  65. McWars says:

    How dare these neocons project the current state of the country onto the next president of the United States!


  66. upside99 says:

    St. Augistine,

    Me being a registered Indedendent, maybe I am less zealous than you!

    Heh heh


  67. ucsbclassics53 says:

    for the same people who coined the term Islamofascist…it is not surprising that they have no credibility. First Jonah Goldberg, and now this idiot…

    Next thing you know, wingnuts will claim Hitler was a “leftist” liberal…

    oh wait…


  68. thomthum says:

    hey at least he’d “use the political process” and not go around it…ahem


  69. Troubled Texan says:

    Jeffery Lord needs to get a life.

    “What do we have when the sole purpose of the government as run by the chilling principles of Obamaland is to “use the political process” to remove freedoms large and small one by one by one?

    The word is fascism.”

    Jeffey Lord is a right wing fascist.

    How can he accuse Obama of fascism when he’s a right wing fascist himself? Duh, people?

    Troubled Texan


  70. Gregor Samsa says:

    Obama would lead to ‘fascism’ in America.

    I think the position of Fascist in Chief has already been taken, and has been for the past 7 years.

    Illegal wiretaps, no habeas corpus, no-bid contracts, a wanton invasion, a needless occupation, stop-loss orders, dissent is deemed unpatriotic, a cult of personality….

    Yes, that position is already taken, Mr. Lord.


  71. TXProgressive says:

    Aw, c’mon folks…this is meant for the 27%ers – it gives Bushs base something to froth at the mouth over. For those that don’t have a clue what fascism is, but it sure sounds bad.


  72. Fool Zero says:

    The word is fascism.

    Buscism seems like much more of a problem around here lately.


  73. WaltB says:

    WTF . . . ‘fascism’ because of Obama? I thought that was another of those things totally taken over by the neocons! The far right must be so afraid of him that they’ll even blame them for what they’ve done.


  74. Paul W says:

    Someone needs to speak it plainly.

    The word is fascism.

    The word is idiot. Bush’s right wing, unitary executive powers are far closer to fascism than anything we’ve experienced in this country so far, including McCarthyism.

    http://progressiveworldreview.com


  75. misshusseinmolly says:

    OK, I just got done reading Jeffrey Lord’s pile of bullcrap, and my mind is still boggling.

    Apparently, Obama’s greatest sins are that he became a community organizer instead of an entrepreneur, he believes the global warming evidence, and a couple of his staff members asked a couple of women wearing hijabs to move out of camera view at a rally (for which Obama apologized). Oh, and he signed, ALONG WITH 40 OTHER SENATORS, a letter condemning Rush Limbaugh’s speaking of “phony soldiers”.

    From the community organizer thing, Lord manages to spin this into “Obama is going to take away free markets.”

    From Obama’s position on global warming (a position shared by a great many people, including the vast majority of climatologists and other scientists), Lord manages to twist this into “Obama is taking away your SUV, jacking up your gas prices, and dictating what temperature you can set your thermostat.”

    From the women in hijabs thing, Lord seems to be convinced that Obama wants to ban hijabs. Obama not only doesn’t want to ban hijabs, he didn’t even want to ban these women from standing behind him. Of course this doesn’t stop Lord from going down a long list of things Obama wants to “ban” — smoking, guns, and heaven knows what else. All with probably as much or less evidence than the hijab incident.

    And finally, a letter to Rush Limbaugh protesting his calling our troops “phony soldiers” signed by 41 senators has morphed into “Obama wants to kick Limbaugh off the air.” Of course, this WOULD make the airwaves a lot saner, but Obama never said, nor intended, any such thing.

    Pure projection. And chutzpah. But this is hardly a masterpiece of journalism to be savored by the masses. It’s a hit piece in a wingnut site intended to be pap for the sock puppets.


  76. Marie says:

    Gee,I always thought liberalism is the antithesis of fascism.
    But if the repugs say otherwise, it must be true.


  77. Marie says:

    If you read the bestseller, “The End of America” by Naomi Wolf, you would see that it is the Bush administration that is following a clearly defined path toward fascism.
    There is some kind of reverse psychology tactic by the repugs here – they accuse Obama of something that they themselves are guilty of – as if that is somehow going to inoculate them.


  78. jpopplewell says:

    Lord forgot to take his Haldol.


  79. jw307505 says:

    Ah, yes. And the past three administrations didn’t have a thing to do with fascism.


  80. Max-1 says:

    .

    Q U E S T I O N:
    Where is there to lead when we are already there?

    Laurence Britt on Fascism’s 14 Defined Characteristics:

    1. Powerful and continuing expressions of nationalism.
    2. Disdain for the importance of human rights.
    3. Identification of enemies/scapegoats as a unifying cause.
    4. The supremacy of the military/avid militarism.
    5. Rampant sexism.
    6. A controlled mass media.
    7. Obsession with national security.
    8. Religion and ruling elite tied together.
    9. Power of corporations protected.
    10. Power of labor suppressed or eliminated.
    11. Disdain and suppression of intellectuals and the arts.
    12. Obsession with crime and punishment.
    13. Rampant cronyism and corruption.
    14. Fraudulent elections.

    An Examination of Bush FascismTj Templeton, running for State Representative of Iowa

    The Warning Signs(with links)
    Tj Templeton, running for State Representative of Iowa

    .


  81. scytherius says:

    We are already in a fascist nation. I love how these sub-humans do something and then claim someone else is going to do it.


  82. KingCranky says:

    Wow, I guess the Congress expanding the Feds right to warrantlessly spy on purely domestic communications via the FISA rewrite doesn’t seem like such a good idea when Obama’s sworn in as W’s successor.

    Obama’s rightwing critics better hope for their sake that he’s not as cunning, deceitful and manipulative as they’ve been claiming, especially since he’ll inherit all those unchecked, imperial powers idiot traitors like Lord’s cheered for when they’re used by Bush Jr.

    And I’ve been saying the same thing as pbg since the FISA outrage about two weeks ago.

    #45

    pbg Says:

    He actually has a real fear, in that The Bush-Cheney junta has created a monstrous secretive governmental monster, secretive, arbitrary, with vast power and vaster claims to power, all justified and locked up tight.
    And if Barack Obama steps into the Oval Office, declares that a couple thousand neoconservatives are giving aid and comfort to the terrorists, secretly arrest them and send them to Syria–who could stop him? They themselves demolished all the protections–and when it happens to them, it’s fascism.

    (Mind you, I don’t really trust Barack Obama enough to give him the One Ring, either. Checks and balances–and the Bill of Rights–must be restored.)

    I agree with that last point, although I will add that if the Bushtards don’t help roll back these powers, NOW, so W can’t use them anymore, then they have no logical right to whine or complain when it’s their turn under the terrorist/warrantless spying microscope.


  83. DaTruth says:

    Obama would? really? Beacause when it comes to facism in America idiot Bush is a pioneer! We already have fascism!


  84. Lynn Lightfoot says:

    Evil is good. Down is up. Torture is grandmotherly kindness. Waging war is the best way to resolve conflict. Democrats, liberals, and progressives are crazy fascists. Republicans are sane: just look at all they have accomplished in this new millennium.


  85. gitrdone says:

    Higher education is bad, civil rights groups are traitors, professors are propagandists, journalists are trained in liberal propaganda, the intellectual class is the elite and the wealthy class are just down to earth folks who “care” about regular folks, etc etc etc.

    If pseudo-conservatives had it their way, with no opposition, we would be living in their fascist world…and we are already close to it, but the progressives are fighting back this time around. Thank God for the founding father’s and their wisdom to see far ahead.


  86. christopher wiwi says:

    #83, Awesome , The SHRUB parallels all of them to a tee.


  87. NOLIESPLEASE says:

    So..if America moves to the left it’s fascism:

    So all the countries that have socialized health care are fascist???? Canada, England , France, Italy , Germany etc.

    So all the countries that put its citezions before corporations are fascists??????

    I truly feel bad for the American people however, it’s time to educate yourselves so you don’t make the same mistake as you did in 2000 and 04.

    Stay out of touch, and this is what you get!!!


  88. Squeaky Wheels says:

    “Projection” is not an ugly-enough sounding word for how reprehensible it is. It’s wose than hypocrisy, worse than bearig false witness because it’s both.


  89. NutWrench says:

    This seem to be a typical conservative tactic: take your own biggest weakness – in this case, a long history of corporate fascism – and pretend that it’s your enemies biggest weakness.

    It requires an impressive amount of doublethink to pull off, because their audience of Nascar knuckle-draggers need to be outraged that Obama is a fascist while at the same time not understanding what fascism actually IS.


  90. dixie blood says:


    1) The left has been consistent in calling the reich wing fascist and that’s quite correct.

    2) The reich wing has called the left Nazis, Communists, Fascists,etc. They don’t know SH!T about the differences and will try to make any label stick that they can.

    3) The reason they’ve settled on accusing the left of fascism now is that the RePugniScums are exactly that! To accuse their enemy of being something different would ENCOURAGE DEBATE!!!!


  91. Lubyanka says:

    WHAT a bunch of VILE hypocrites….you friggin LEFTIES. Lets see you scream freedom of speech and your “Google ass_oles” commie buddies remove American Spectator under the guise of
    “link may harm your computer” than the Google twits load up with bozo blog sites like this one. You lefties are goin down…to chinatown….idiots !!!



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