Before getting all steamed up about Obama's not vetoing the bill, ask yourself,

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56. I'm pretty much convinced that the extremists of any political party, the fanatics in short, are

the ones who are capable of becoming dictators. Stalin and Hitler were more alike than different.
They can be looked upon as the two sides of a cracked ring. They are so close. Both are mass
killers and murderers. The Communists never did have a chance to play any significant role in
this country of ours. The Fascists, however, have succeeded in gaining a great deal of power.
I wouldn't trust either one of them.

It's not apparent to me that Mr. Obama has quite effectively broken the back of the GOP. Not by a
long shot. In fact, many think that politicians of both parties are heavily influenced by Corporate
America, and the present-day GOP seems to be owned by Corporate America -- lock, stock and
barrel. Sometime ago a writer in this forum said, "Today, it's not blue vs. red, or Dem. vs. Pub.
Today it's corporations vs. you and me." This seems more accurate to me.

Mr. Obama, being black, does attract more minority votes to the Dem. Party. That is to be expected.
The Right-wingers have been waging the most ferocious attacks and telling lies about him in all the
disgusting ways one can think of, but they had done the same thing to Mr. Clinton, didn't they?
I remember a billionaire banker of PA, Mellon, had paid out of his own pocket the expenses involved
in sending private detectives to Arkansas in order to dig up dirt, any kind of dirt, on him. They could
find nothing until some woman showed up, claiming Clinton had had sexual affairs with her. I think
the Right-wingers would do the same thing to any president or presidential candidate who wasn't one
of their own.

Let me muse a bit about political parties and dictatorships: Those people who tend to be attracted to
have things cut and dried, because they become anxiety-ridden when facing situations with no definite
answers as to which is the right way -- these are the ones who tend to choose professions like the
military. They take orders from above and pass them along to those below. Have you noticed that
most military officers are Republicans? The only high-ranking military Democrat I know of is Gen. Clark.
I doubt it that more than one in ten officers is a Democrat. The same thing is true of the
personalities of those who join religious orders, priests and nuns, where obedience is heavily stressed.
(As always, there will be exceptions). With these, it is easier to have a few people with power at the
top. They have a ready-made army of followers quite willing to do as they are told.

On the other hand, Democrats tend to go, each his own way. Sometimes it's hard to get them to stick
together, even when there is a real need for them to unite. A dictatorship won't rise easily from this
group.

I think fanatics don't belong to either of the groups mentioned above. They form a group of their own.
And sociopathy, narcissism, egomania...etc...probably play an important role in their personality
make-up. These are the ones who become the dictators.

From the above, I'd say that the possibility of the Republicans forming a dictatorship is greater than that
of the Democrats. There are more obedient followers among the Republicans. Democrats tend to prefer
going their own separate ways.

Now, Cain was briefly a front-runner among the Repub. candidates. Just imagine, if he hadn't loused
himself up, and if he should have won the Repub. nomination, there would be two black men running
for president in 2012. That would have been really interesting, wouldn't it?

Hey, Anatos, there is an extremely interesting thread with great replies titled "I'm not sure how to ask
this, but, is anybody feeling a great nauseous foreboding about..." The very first response brings up
another highly interesting topic. I'm sure you'd enjoy reading them. It's in this same forum. There are
over 170 replies.