Posted on 10/24/2024 4:25:34 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
To update a famous quote attributed to Benjamin Franklin: In this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes — and Democrats labeling the Republican presidential candidate a fascist for the last 60 years.
It’s been an integral part of the Democratic political playbook, utilized almost as much as calling the Republican nominee a racist. Yet, somehow, after each warning, the Third Reich has yet to materialize in the United States. This includes when former President Donald Trump was president from 2017-2021. Despite six decades’ worth of Democratic warnings of impending fascist doom failing to come true, it has never prevented the left-wing party from engaging in Reductio ad Hitlerum.
However, the constitutional republic’s appointed candidate for president, Vice President Kamala Harris, made headlines Wednesday when she stated that she believed Trump was a fascist. This tired, old, baseless trope lacks insight and intelligence. Most importantly, it is dishonest.
Consider the facts.
Let’s start with former Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-AZ) and his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention in 1964. Over 50 years before Trump decided to run for president, celebrities, journalists, politicians, and other politicos warned that the GOP presidential nominee was an extreme fascist who would cause considerable harm to the country. Goldwater, who served as a pilot during World War II, was likened to Nazis and fascists for promoting conservatism during his presidential campaign.
For example, the then-Democratic governor of California, Edmund Gerland “Pat” Brown, remarked about Goldwater’s acceptance speech, claiming it “had the stench of fascism. All we needed to hear was Heil Hitler.” It should be noted that Goldwater served as a pilot in the military during WWII. Brown didn’t have any military service at...
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My awareness begins around the time of Reagan. Ever since I became interested, I noticed the Dems calling the Republican nominee Hitler, or an idiot, frequently both.
This actually dates back farther to the Truman era where he called Dewey a fascist.
That is the problem when you call wolf too many times - nobody believe it anymore.
And of course the rats are the real fascists as they prefer to censor and cancel opponents, or just de-bank and jail them. Not to mention what is happening on campus.
Do you have a citation on that?
Thanks.
Actually good to see this.
Too many seem to forget that all Republicans are called Hitler, and it’s not just the actual presidents and candidates, but all politicians and all citizens. We are habitually tagged as NAZIs. Basically this is all my life. I’ve heard it all the time. Trump is far from the first.
The flip side is to ask these fools what fascism is. They don’t actually know. They think it’s racism. They would not be happy to find out they ARE the fascists, always regulating everything while being able to claim “you still own your own property”..
I never knew it happened with Truman. And it must have been even more inflammatory then, when soldiers had barely returned home from war.
There is a famous TV clip from the 1968 convention where William Buckley and Gore Vidal provided commentary on ABC. Vidal referred to Nixon and Republicana as “crypto-Nazis.” Buckley called Vidal a queer and threatened to punch hm out.
Yes, I’m 55 years old. My parents always had news magazines and often the national news on. I was reading Time and USNews very early. And listening to all our liberal neighbors. There was a constant refrain of “NAZI” everywhere.
This is old, old trope.
“This is old, old trope.”
For the weak minded public, it works. I know some of the libs here in the blue part of Ohio consider voting for any Republican the same as voting for a Nazi.
The sad part is, Bush's team is now part of the chorus calling the current Republican nominee a fascist.
I’ve come to realize that they were probably right about George I and George II, confirmed New Orderers and Deep Staters.
I thought the Republicans are Hitler started with Reagan. I didn’t know it went back even further. So Vance or DeSantis can count on being called Hitler in 2028. There needs to be some kind of commercial showing every Democrat calling every Republican Hitler. It would show how ridiculous that is and it’s all the Democrats have.
I asked perplexity.ai if the democrats accused the republican candidate for president Thomas Dewey of being a fascist.
This was the response:
During the 1948 presidential campaign —was the republican candidate Dewey accused of being a fascist by the Democrats?
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Based on the search results provided, it appears that during the 1948 presidential campaign, Thomas Dewey was indeed accused of being a fascist by the Democrats, specifically by President Harry Truman. Here are the key points:
In a speech at a packed Chicago stadium, Truman made his closing argument for the 1948 presidential election, comparing the Republicans to fascists1.
Truman declared that Dewey was a “front man” for fascism and the “crackpot forces of the extreme right wing”1.
The president claimed that the Republicans were emulating “the tragic story of what happened in Germany” and compared their tactics to Hitler’s use of antisemitic propaganda1.
Truman framed the election as “not just a battle between two parties” but “a fight for the very soul of the American government”1.
The New York Times reported on Truman’s speech, placing the story on its front page1.
It’s important to note that these accusations were considered by some to be “contemptible, vile slander”1. Dewey’s record, including his prosecution of Nazi sympathizers and his stance against outlawing political parties, contradicted these accusations12.
The use of fascist accusations appears to have been a political tactic employed by Truman’s campaign, rather than a reflection of Dewey’s actual policies or beliefs. This incident is part of a longer history of such rhetoric in American politics, with similar accusations being made in other elections as well1.
The Deep State Democrats have put a bounty on their heads. Gutfeld proposed a great question that someone should ask Harris: if you believe that Trump is a Fascist, then will you certify the election if Trump wins? Is she says no I won’t, then we no longer have a Republic. If she says yes, then she doesn’t really believe the accusations.
DemocRats never let facts get in the way of a lie.
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