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Becoming? hobbit709 Jul 2015 #1
Good Point! tecelote Jul 2015 #2
Right sarge43 Jul 2015 #5
Took the words Mbrow Jul 2015 #8
Was gonna type that, so +1! nt Adrahil Jul 2015 #9
+1 daleanime Jul 2015 #11
Hear, Hear. EEO Jul 2015 #14
Took the words right out of my mouth! gregcrawford Jul 2015 #20
This is history that should be shouted from the rooftops hifiguy Jul 2015 #50
That was my first thought Bettie Jul 2015 #23
The GOP has always been a group of fascist bullies. Sadly, far too many people in America are so RKP5637 Jul 2015 #3
Make that the GOTTTP party. joshdawg Jul 2015 #26
Yep!!! n/t RKP5637 Jul 2015 #27
Past tense.... blackspade Jul 2015 #4
Fascism and neo-liberalism are one and the same malaise Jul 2015 #6
My sentiments, exactly. Fuddnik Jul 2015 #18
Thankfully I don't care malaise Jul 2015 #25
+1 an entire shit load. Enthusiast Jul 2015 #19
I have to disagree. The fascists were better at propaganda and had better fashion sense yurbud Jul 2015 #32
if it is fascists vs. socialists, we have a grim future like Indonesia or the Spanish Civil War yurbud Jul 2015 #34
Thank you, malaise Oilwellian Jul 2015 #39
The GOP SamKnause Jul 2015 #7
I think totalitarian describes it more accurately. At least the direction the Republicans KittyWampus Jul 2015 #10
I have been saying this for YEARS! MynameisBlarney Jul 2015 #12
Howard Zinn gave the most realistic assessment of the differences between the two parties yurbud Jul 2015 #33
I have come to appreciate Ralph Nader's line: Utopian Leftist Jul 2015 #43
That ship sailed, crossed, docked, and the captain is now home and in his jammies. GoneFishin Jul 2015 #13
becoming fascists? Has been, for years heaven05 Jul 2015 #15
um,i am gonna go with restorefreedom Jul 2015 #16
Duh Enthusiast Jul 2015 #17
Our politicians have whatever values the corporations demand. raouldukelives Jul 2015 #21
"Fascist" is not "Nazi", but because all of the American media wasteland thinks so, and because Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #22
The question to me is how do we "De-Foxify" the population... Moostache Jul 2015 #24
I've wondered the same thing. hifiguy Jul 2015 #49
becoming? just now? azurnoir Jul 2015 #28
It happened a very long time ago liberal N proud Jul 2015 #29
More so now than ever. They don't even bother disguising it. (nt) Paladin Jul 2015 #30
I think the Supreme Court crossed that bridge for us in 2000 yurbud Jul 2015 #31
While not every Republican is a racist... GOLGO 13 Jul 2015 #35
rhetorical question alert Doctor_J Jul 2015 #36
Nothing new for the right flank of the GOP (the hard right sided with Hitler during WWII). Dawson Leery Jul 2015 #37
No, it is barely viable in the rearview, they are now skipping eagerly toward dark age feudalism TheKentuckian Jul 2015 #38
They're not skipping, they are combining or fusing hifiguy Jul 2015 #48
Oh they are skipping as in skip, skip, skip to my loo. Call it frolicking or step dancing but they TheKentuckian Jul 2015 #53
Blue dog, third way appeasers of fascism are also JEB Jul 2015 #40
Damn straight. They still have the mask on, hifiguy Jul 2015 #47
Becoming? nt. tblue37 Jul 2015 #41
Becoming, LOL they wrote the book on fascism! B Calm Jul 2015 #42
Better question: WHEN did the Republican Party become Fascist? bvar22 Jul 2015 #44
God, Yes libodem Jul 2015 #45
It has been a fundamentally fascist party since hifiguy Jul 2015 #46
Becoming? awoke_in_2003 Jul 2015 #51
Becoming? It's been there for awhile, in my opinion. n/t AngryOldDem Jul 2015 #52
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