>>>>>>Funny you mention that....are you familiar with this book?
>>>>>>http://www.amazon.com/Ominous-Parallels-Brilliant-parallels-pre-Hitler/dp/0452011175/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1244178281&sr=8-1
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>>>>>>(Written by Ayn Rand's legal heir)
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>>>>>>I haven't read it yet - thanks for the link. The fact that we are on the road to fascism has been pretty obvious to me for quite a while now.
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>>>>>I would say you've just come out of the most fascist leaning administration your country has ever had.
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>>>>>From the wiki entry
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>>>>>Fascism comprises a radical and authoritarian nationalist political ideology[1][2][3][4] and a corporatist economic ideology.[5] Fascists advocate the creation of a single-party state.[6] Fascists believe that nations and/or races are in perpetual conflict whereby only the strong can survive by being healthy, vital, and by asserting themselves in combat against the weak.[7] Fascist governments forbid and suppress criticism and opposition to the government and the fascist movement.[8]
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>>>>>sounds like the discredited republicansim of Bush/Cheney to me.
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>>>>What suppression of criticism and opposition was there? The opposite occurred the last few years.
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>>>You can strike that one out but the others hold true. Conversely the current administration allows criticism but is not following the other lines.
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>>Do you think that Bush/Cheney 'advocated the creation of a single-party state'?
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>I think given a little more time and their "you're either with us or a terrorist" they would have got there Edward. The world is a better place with those people where they belong, far way from the levers

I think it would be reasonable to keep words about world as a better place aside, because obviously we have opposite understanding what it means. I would return to factual side of the issue. First of all, Bush/Cheney didn't say the phrase that you ascribe to them. Secondly, what would you say about their practical policy (interpretation is always subjective)? Do you think that Bush considered/treated Gore/Kerry as 'terrorists' or as 'us'?