Young Republicans - Do Dems have anything like this? [View All]

[Norquist Nemesis]

I know it sounds silly, but do we?

Recently, I was picking up my daughter from a school friend's birthday party. I really didn't doubt that these parents are Republicans, but it was confirmed during this visit. We've had friendly and cordial conversations and were preparing to be chaperones on a one week school trip to Washington DC.

...anyway, during this one evening with discussing the trip and mentioning how excited we all were to be going, the parents metioned that their son just attended his first Young Republicans meeting (he's about 14), and made an additional innocuous comment about being a Republican.
My response was, "Well, I can appreciate that you're Republicans. I am a Democrat myself!" I was looking down tying my shoes at the time, but the "UGH" was audible. I said, "I heard that!" They nervously laughed.

After reading "Taking a Closer Look at the Patriot Act" on CounterPunch http://www.counterpunch.com/cloughley05152004.html it compares Hitler and Bush. Though this article doesn't mention the Nazi Youth groups, I'm seeing analogies with the Young Republicans and the Nazi Youth groups given the political climate. But this has me thinking and really wondering...do we have anything like that? Am I just getting crazier and more paranoid?