[Cletus.D.Yokel]

But let us not lose the battle with extremist talk, such as red-baiting (calling Obama a “radical Marxist” or worse does us no good)

Wrong! Labeling such words as "extremist" does us no good. A reasoned use of the terms fascist and communist in relation to Obama's policies is appropriate.

Is Mr. Skousen implying that FDR avoided using the terms Fascist when speaking of Hitler and Mousellini? Did JFK shy away from rightly identifying the communists of Vietnam, Red China and NorKo?

[lucysmom]

A reasoned use of the terms fascist and communist in relation to Obama's policies is appropriate.

Fascism and communism are not the same and can't rationally be used interchangeably.