What should scare us all is the unquestioning obedience the

[CoffeeAnnan]

Republicans show to authority, almost in an eerie resemblance to the Soviet apparatchiks.They seem to repeat the talking points handed to them by their master Karl Rove.Any deviation from the officially laid down line is swiftly condemned by these true believers and the offenders ostracized without mercy.In economics or science, it is the ideology that must prevail, not facts or evidence.

Bush himself is a perfect vehicle for the conveyance of this message.A fraud since birth,he has been wrapped in the shiny clothes of wisdom and power, and no amount of exposure of the emptiness of this man, seems to be able to shake the faith of the true believers.

We are really witnessing a mass cult in action, not a party in its old sense.

[Cyrano]

1. Let's see how happy these cultists will be once

they grasp the fact that one, two or three supreme court Bush appointees have destroyed democracy.

[CoffeeAnnan]

3. Because these cult like followers instinctively accept the premise

of Bush's greatness, they view any heretical views that he is a fraud
as tantamount to an assault on their faith.They will continue to defend their positions till the very end like diehard nazis in the Hitlerian era and will blame us Democrats for undoing the greatness of their God.

[mongo]

6. They want to destroy democracy

and replace it with a facist theocracy. Jusk ask some of them if America is a "christian" nation. I've been told many times that I am "not an American" because I sell sexually explict movies.

To them "freedom of religion" is the freedom to oppress others with their religion - just like their forefathers, the puritans, who the history books tell us came to America seeking religious freedom, but what they wanted was the freedom to codify their religion into law.

[Kierkegaard]

2. Doesn't this answer the questions of how other nations in history

were 'allowed' to be overrun by fascist regimes?

Scary is an understatement...

[CoffeeAnnan]

4. Before the start of the War on Iraq, when Bush addressed the UN

General assembly, his body language showed the contempt he has for that body.The audience seemed to sense that and responded in kind with stony silence.We could see it coming.Bush was not going to be swayed by evidence from Hans Blix or El-Baradei.He warned the UN inspectors to leave on a deadline and now blames Saddam Hussein for expelling those inspectors! Go tell that to the true believers.They will repeat Bush's statement as true just as they repeat that Iraq had WMD's and Iraq and AlQaeda were linked.These are edicts that have come down from Rove and the sheep have to repeat these.Facts simply cannot be allowed to stand in the way.

[trixie]

5. I agree..

I always wondered how Hitler came to power with the whole country marching with him. Now I know. Pretty scary.

[KayLaw]

7. AM radio and the media such a problem

And I don't think this is a Repblican vs. Democrat problem. I don't believe the Bush people feel any special allegiance to the Republican party and are most certainly not conservatives. I think if they thought they could get more power being Democrats, they would pretend to be Democrats.

When I walk around my neighborhood I'm exposed, almost on a daily basis, to AM radio, and I'll tell you, I wish they couldn't get away with some of the hateful and dishonest things they say about anyone who opposes the Bush people. I want free speech, but I believe they are poisoning listener's minds as surely as polluters poison waters.

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[Kanary]

12. Thanks for linking raping with anger and rage

You've successfully made the point against those on DU who insist that rape has to do with sex.

Rape is anger and power. Period.

Kanary

[wishlist]

8. This is why the rigid fundamentalist religious right is their base

It is frightening indeed to know that millions of people are under the sway of RW propaganda together with extreme religious indoctrination about morality. These people have been conditioned to be extremely judgmental and truly afraid and hostile towards free speech and independent thoughts or actions that contradict the party line and church teachings.

[Cat Atomic]

9. They want a daddy. For all their talk of "rugged individualism",

most of the Republicans I've known have been conformists, always looking for protection and acceptance from some strong father figure.

That's why fundamentalists lean so heavily Republican, IMHO. They're wired for Daddy, so to speak.

[Bandit]

10. Don't you know talk like that gives aid to the enemy

You need to be taken out back and shot for such talk. In this new Amerikka the bottom line is You must believe not think. Never ever "Question Authority"