[swilhelm73]

I've been saying for some time that the Left has been moving ever closer to becoming a truly fascist movement. One can see elements of this in the current leftist-islamist-baathist(fascist) alliance of course.

But here we have one leftist arguing that in fact fascism is not such a bad thing after all, specifically calling for the end of the American Republic and imprisoning those who disagree with him.

[MegaSilver]

But here we have one leftist arguing that in fact fascism is not such a bad thing after all, specifically calling for the end of the American Republic and imprisoning those who disagree with him.

Shades of that Democratic chick who said of the Presidential campaigns, "We've been too nice. It's time to step up and get nasty." WTF?? They've been running their party into the ground with their hateful rhetoric!

And their fascist undertone is one more reason why the Democratic Party is sinking fast. Bush would do well to quit pandering to them; if they win a Presidential election (because conservatives abandoned the Republican Party), we're all screwed.

[Noumenon]

Sooner or later, the mask slips from the face of evil. Here it is...

[KC_Conspirator]

Its people like me and you who stand between freedom and death camps run by Matt Taibbi. Back in the day, my grandparents stormed the beaches of Normandy and shot fascists like this guy.

[Burkeman1]

I think he was being sracastic in calling for "Fascism". A guy who writes lines like this can't be all bad:

On the standing-for-something front, that question was settled long ago. Nothing can be more obvious than that the current Democratic leadership considers actual principle a laughable electoral weakness. This was demonstrated most forcefully a few weeks ago when Hillary Clinton joked about Mohatma Gandhi having worked in a St. Louis gas station. If Gandhi were running in this race, the Democratic Leadership Council–bet on it–would be warning of a McGovern-like landslide defeat. Democrats consider strength to be the skillful capture of swing votes via the tactically precise execution of a fuzzy policy of standing for nothing at all, as in the case of Bill Clinton.

Never hard of this guy before but NYPress is slightly right of Center but they do print eccentric left wingers who don't march lock step with the party line.

[joesnuffy]

A model or structure that allows for 'left' or 'right' isn't accurate imo

There is no left or right only distance away from what is correct...neither left nor right
but simply right or wrong

How the people fare under a form of govt or economy is what matters...with their moral
development at least as important as their economic one...

Less intervention works fine with a group of moral people dedicated to right and who abhor wrong...apparently no such collective of people exists though excellent individuals seem to...and the only system that really works (for the most part)or promotes such excellent individuals is the one we started with...

The one our founding fathers worked and fought for with all their physical and moral strength..the one we have abandoned and in seeking secular solutions to the same problems the founders addressed as Christians, have lost our way and will in the end lose our nation...

No one knows this better than the Israelites as their history is replete with such tragedy.. our founders knew this..and sought to protect us from going the same route...The very one the ACLU and friends (on the left, right & wrong) lead us on..

Labels aren't nearly as important as contents..unless of course you are corrupt and in charge of labeling..Lately neither party has much to crow about imo

[Grut]

But here we have one leftist arguing that in fact fascism is not such a bad thing after all...

Nah. What he's saying is that the 'pubbies are successful because they appeal to a 'fascist' America and if the Dems aren't going to take any moral stances, they might as well profit from American fascism by being better fascists. Sarky as hell, but hardly a ringing endorsement.

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

...I think it is high time that we all admitted that outright fascism has a lot to offer American society, and the Democratic Party in particular...

I was three quarters through the article before I realized(at least I think) it was meant to be satire.

If so it is too truthful to have suceeded.

If not, then he just spilled the beans.

[NYCVirago]

This clown is trying do a Jonathan Swiftesque "modest proposal," but he fails miserably. What an incoherent mess!

[redhead]

"As it stands, the Republicans are tougher than the Democrats because they will not hesitate to bomb the hell out of anyone, provided that the target cannot meaningfully fight back. But here’s the thing: The Republicans are not interested in ruling other countries, any more than they are interested in ruling the United States. All they really want to do is make money. They only use military force insofar as it is necessary to a) extract another country’s resources, and b) ensure that these countries become and remain markets for American products. Beyond these parameters, they’re amazingly squeamish about using the military."

I almost stopped reading right here. Then the next paragraph sort of made up for it: "A Democratic candidate can expose this weakness easily by announcing a blunt post-election plan. On his first day in office, he signs an executive order declaring every person on Earth to be a citizen of the United States. Around the world, the offer is made: Any person who wishes to have American citizenship can go to the nearest embassy, have his photo taken and be given a passport."

I caught myself laughing nearly all the way through this. It looks like masterful satire. If this guy is serious, he's NUTS. If he's got his tongue in his cheek, he's GOOD.