Is The GOP Becoming a Party of Fascists?

[gregcrawford]

20. Took the words right out of my mouth!

"Becoming," indeed!

When a cabal of bankers and businessmen attempted to enlist Medal of Honor winner, Marine Major General Smedley Butler to assist in a coup against FDR in 1933, advocates of fascism were already firmly entrenched in American business and politics. There were many high-profile celebrities who believed that the malignant "philosophy" of Mussolini and Hitler was just swell. Charles Lindberg and Ezra Pound come to mind.

Incidentally, Butler dropped a dime on those assholes, but they already had a stranglehold on the media and Congress, so the investigation went nowhere, and Dubya's grandpappy, Prescott Bush, among others, breathed a great sigh of relief.

The point being, the money-lenders in the temple of democracy have been fascists since before the word was even invented. But, having learned some hard lessons, the evil ones have refined their methods and strategies, and abandoned the silly uniforms in favor of Armani.

But make no mistake, the collusion of business and government in this country - which is the very definition of fascism - is now more brazen and open than ever before. And it's power will increase by several orders of magnitude if that ultimate cancer, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, is allowed to become a reality. Then we can kiss democracy goodbye forever.

Have a happy Monday.