All this talk about Obama is pretty much beside the point. Ever since the beginning of the Bush Presidency there has been a growing undercurrent that looks dangerously like a precursor of fascism --- Obviously it would have an American twist to it, be much more based on religion than the Mussolini-Hitler versions, but its key element will make McCarthyism look like an ACLU convention.
I recommend highly Chris Hedges; book AMERICAN FASCISTS in this context. The Tea Party (with their racist, anti-immigrant, emphasis) can provide the shock troops. The Wall Streeters and big industry folks who have decided that they can have capitalism without the American welfare state (a major change from 1945-1980) will provide the money and a Republican administration with a Republican Congress will officially repeal the New Deal. If I am right, whatever we think of Obama, the miniscule American Left has got to make common cause, even with the DLC types in the Democratic Party. Remember -- the Left was in its heyday (both in the 1930s and in the 1960s) when LIBERALISM was in the drivers seat. If that period ever returns we can start making strong attacks on the liberals. Remember the 1930s when the German Communist Party decided their chief enemies were the "social fascists" of the Social Democratic Party. We all know how that turned out. Mike
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