America Fascist ??

1. If you look at the proposal as presented so far, the SS "reform" is not ownership and diverting funds to corporations (fund managers) is fascist.

2. Elimination of "waste" in funding of social programs while giving huge military increases is fascist.

3. Demanding that other nations live up to treaties we ourselves ignore, rewrite to suit current philosophy or refuse to sign is not just hypocritical, it is facist.

4. Reducing taxes on the middle class is facist. Not only does fascism require a class system, but the tax reform to which you refer actually benefited the rich to a much greater extent than anyone else and that is extremely fascist.

5. Showing pride for your country is not fascist? There's a difference between pride and what is actually taking place. What's happening with the "With us or against us" being applied to Americans, and those not supporting Bush and Co being labeled terrorists? Surely you haven't already forgotten the Republican rally cries of liberals/ Dems being responsible for the death of soldiers because we weren't waving our flags fast enough!

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid hit back at the Republican Party on Monday for targeting him with an attack reminiscent of one used to help oust his predecessor, Tom Daschle. Standing in the Republican-led Senate, Reid called on President Bush personally to repudiate and pull "a hit piece" against him by the Republican National Committee.

"What they want to do is just like (what) they did to Daschle," Reid said.

Republicans last year effectively branded Daschle, a South Dakota Democrat, as a "chief obstructionist" to Bush's agenda on Capitol Hill and persuaded his constituents to vote him out of office...

...Reid, of Nevada, noted Bush has called for bipartisanship and said the president telephoned him after last year's election and said he wanted to "get along."

"Is President Bush a man of his word (or) is what he is telling the American people just a charade?" Reid asked.

An RNC spokeswoman said a "research document" about Reid that the Senate Democrat had denounced would be distributed to about a million people, including donors, party activists and reporters. Released on late Monday, hours after Reid spoke, the document looked somewhat like a newspaper, emblazoned with the words, "Reid all about it. All the facts you need to know."


"It introduces the public to the real Harry Reid," RNC spokeswoman Tracey Schmitt said in a telephone interview. "He can try to paint himself as a centrist, but his votes to block tax reform and tort reform and his opposition to strengthen Social Security prove otherwise."


"We intend to make clear that Reid is an obstructionist who is out of the mainstream and we will hold him accountable as the Senate leader of the party of 'no,"' Schmitt said.

Speaking of destroying the opposition:

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid hit back at the Republican Party on Monday for targeting him with an attack reminiscent of one used to help oust his predecessor, Tom Daschle. Standing in the Republican-led Senate, Reid called on President Bush personally to repudiate and pull "a hit piece" against him by the Republican National Committee.

"What they want to do is just like (what) they did to Daschle," Reid said.

Republicans last year effectively branded Daschle, a South Dakota Democrat, as a "chief obstructionist" to Bush's agenda on Capitol Hill and persuaded his constituents to vote him out of office...

...Reid, of Nevada, noted Bush has called for bipartisanship and said the president telephoned him after last year's election and said he wanted to "get along."

"Is President Bush a man of his word (or) is what he is telling the American people just a charade?" Reid asked.

An RNC spokeswoman said a "research document" about Reid that the Senate Democrat had denounced would be distributed to about a million people, including donors, party activists and reporters. Released on late Monday, hours after Reid spoke, the document looked somewhat like a newspaper, emblazoned with the words, "Reid all about it. All the facts you need to know."


"It introduces the public to the real Harry Reid," RNC spokeswoman Tracey Schmitt said in a telephone interview. "He can try to paint himself as a centrist, but his votes to block tax reform and tort reform and his opposition to strengthen Social Security prove otherwise."


"We intend to make clear that Reid is an obstructionist who is out of the mainstream and we will hold him accountable as the Senate leader of the party of 'no,"' Schmitt said.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050208/pl_nm/politics_reid_dc_2

I believe that falls under...

3. Identification of enemies/scapegoats as a unifying cause. The most significant common thread among these regimes was the use of scapegoating as a means to divert the people's attention from other problems, to shift blame for failures, and to channel frustration in controlled directions.relentless propaganda and disinformationbold is mine for emphasis.

woiyo: You call the Democrats socialists. Do you really believe that, or is what you're saying payback for the theme of this thread?

I wouldn't call all Republicans fascists or a version of the Taliban, but some of them certainly share characteristics with those groups. What is socialistic about John Kerry? Do you even understand what the word means, or is just something to use as an insult?

3. If the UN can not govern the treaties they negotiate, then either eliminate the UN.

Woiyo Wrote:

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3. If the UN can not govern the treaties they negotiate, then either eliminate the UN.

Yeah, we should take our advice on policy formation from someone who would type a sentence like this. You've explained your position quite well, thanks very much.

Republican: the party of the grammar-challenged everywhere! I mean, look at the leader...

Cycloptichorn

Who said I was a republican? Grammer challenged, maybe, but a republican...no. Nice try however!

Yeah, we should take our advice on policy formation from someone who would type a sentence like this. You've explained your position quite well, thanks very much.

Republican: the party of the grammar-challenged everywhere! I mean, look at the leader...

Actually, I did read your post. You speak of Squinney's "socialist party." What am I misconstruing about your meaning there?

Well excuse sir Grammar Nazi.

Priceless!

Cycloptichorn

Unless you are implying that my sentence was grammatically incorrect which it is not.

A run-on sentence contains two or more independent clauses with no connectors between them. If independent clauses are not separated into distinct sentences by a period, then they must be connected by a conjunction or by a semicolon. Eliminating run-on sentences from your writing will make your thoughts easier to follow and understand.