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Sinclair Lewis was, of course, thinking of fascism when he wrote his novel, It Can't Happen Here, in the mid-1930s. But worth thinking about witnessing the mass adulation/hysteria around Obama.
1 posted on 10/12/2008 3:47:14 PM PDT by Vendek
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To: Vendek

The Democrats are making it happen, slowly. They are fascists. .


2 posted on 10/12/2008 3:55:27 PM PDT by realcleanguy ("I have not yet begun to fight")
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To: Vendek
"A real Fascist dictatorship?"

"Nonsense! Nonsense!"

I agree, it's nonsense...

...until it happens.

3 posted on 10/12/2008 3:56:23 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: Vendek
Listen up!

This is not about fighting FOR McCain -- I know this goes against everything you are used to -- this is about fighting FOR the America that you know and love.

Forget McCain, forget McCain, forget McCain.

We have to fight FOR the country and life we love and in doing so deliver a demoralizing defeat to the hard-left that is the Obama campaign. Obama brings with him a few thousand people if he wins -- and all of them despise your ideals! Their values, in most cases, are diametrically opposed to yours.

How do we fight when our nominee says “stand up and fight with me” one minute and “calm down and be nice to Mr. Obama” the next minute?

If the guy out in front falters then we pick him up and continue the charge!

There are literally millions of people working to demoralize little-'ol'you right now--millions!

Please let this sink in, let it simmer to a boil and join us in this fight FOR America!

No one is coming -- except you and I!

Imagine how afraid and alone our ancestors felt in facing the mightiest military on the planet -- the British! Just imagine how many of them were oh, so tempted to lie down in a fetal position to avoid the King's murderous rampage -- they were some of the bravest people to have EVER existed.

Now, it is our turn.

Ah, but they aren't marching over the hill to line up and fire on you, no, no, no. The new war happens with visual and auditory messages, propaganda -- we have to use our minds more nowadays.

In this war you are surrounded by the voices, images and message of the enemy. They materialize in front of you with angelic smiles and feigned character. How can they be so bad? They seem nice enough.

One thing has not changed over the centuries: It's far wiser to judge a man by his deeds and the company he keeps than by the promises he makes.

You are righteous. A mere glance back through history will reveal the great men and women that shared your ideals. These great American men and women are the company you keep!

Don't let the bastards take the confidence that was earned long ago and is your rightful inheritance as a proud American. The confidence arrived at through the knowledge that you will not lean upon your fellow man and you will not be leaned upon by force -- at the end of a gun!

Socialism and freedom CANNOT COEXIST!

Yes, it's that important, that fundamental to our future.

You may not see red coats but their intellectual heirs are moving en masse against your very freedom!

They don't deserve our great country and we don't deserve their rule!

Fight, Americans, fight them!

4 posted on 10/12/2008 4:02:24 PM PDT by Boucheau
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To: Vendek

Sinclair Lewis ping to read later


5 posted on 10/12/2008 4:05:49 PM PDT by Alex Murphy (What can I say? It's a gift. And I didn't get a receipt, so I can't exchange it.)
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"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing’ .
Edmund Burke
6 posted on 10/12/2008 4:07:36 PM PDT by bayliving (Democrats = Enemies of the State)
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To: kb2614

Favorite Depressing Literature Ping


10 posted on 10/12/2008 4:29:08 PM PDT by meowmeow (In Loving Memory of Our Dear Viking Kitty (1987-2006))
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To: Vendek

You’ll know its coming when they get serious about grabbing guns.


12 posted on 10/12/2008 5:14:13 PM PDT by Ronin
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To: Vendek

Sinclair Lewis was one ot the Muck Raker Journalists. He was also a leftist. It can’t happen here was about how “right wingers” could elect a president that would not be bound by the constitution, but by declaring an emergency could make up his own constitution as he went along, much as Lincoln did and later FDR. It makes for an interesting read and SL is easy to read. Although a socialist, BHO would rule by Chrisma, and then by terror after he returns to his Muslim roots.
barbra ann


14 posted on 10/12/2008 5:57:43 PM PDT by barb-tex (She is one of us, He is one of them.)
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