In a Desperate Bid to Take Down Donald Trump, Republicans Are Unleashing the F-Word

Yahoo News ^ | November 25, 2015 | Zeeshan Aleem

[entropy12]

The F-word: CNN's MJ Lee has a useful round-up of Republicans who are deciding to unite around the "fascist" label. As she points out, a number of prominent voices in the Republican race have decided it's an appropriate way to characterize Trump's rhetoric.

One is Max Boot, an adviser to Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida and fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, who tweeted that Trump deserved the label:

[Scrambler Bob]

ship off the GOP to a camp in the arctic circle
= = =
Wait. Putin has claimed the whole North Pole area.

But then again, maybe no problem.

[Bobalu]

[Jim Robinson]

FUGOPe!! Corrupt lying bastards!!

[Norm Lenhart]

He might as well claim it. We aren’t doing anything with the oil there...

[sauropod]

You are incorrect. Fascism allows the individual to own property but tells them what they can do with it.

Neither socialism nor communism allows that.

[Garvin]

fascism
(făsh`ĭzəm), totalitarian philosophy of government that glorifies the state and nation and assigns to the state control over every aspect of national life. The name was first used by the party started by Benito Mussolini, who ruled Italy from 1922 until the Italian defeat in World War II. However, it has also been applied to similar ideologies in other countries, e.g., to National Socialism in Germany and to the regime of Francisco Franco in Spain. The term is derived from the Latin fasces.

[sauropod]

Indeed.

I’m first in line.

[Rodm]

Meeep! Meeep!

[kempster]

They helped put him there.

[Caipirabob]

It is only going to improve Trumps score. The voters are watching the hatred of the Establishment illuminate lies and deceptions, along with power mad establishment figures baseness.

Spot on. The mask is off and people know that the GOPe serves the same beast as the socialists in DC. To hell with them all. People know who they are now and find them repellent.

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[Mark was here]

No, say you own the property, but if you do not use it as the government directs you to use it, it’s off to prison for you. Why is ownership with out control? It is not ownership. Fascism is a variation on socialism / communism. It is a liberal lie that fascism is right wing, it is solidly on the side of the left.

[Sheapdog]

I believe some of the variants of German socialism did allow for private property - they just regulate and control one’s use of it. Pre and post WWII thinking.

[Mollypitcher1]

Right On! Their baseness goes beyond repellent to ???????????????? can’t finbd a word ugly enough.......

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

They keep this up and I am going to vote for Trump just to spite them!

[Moonman62]

If anybody is fascist, it’s the Uniparty and their web of lobbyists, cronies, and big business. This would backfire on them big time.

[familyop]

"fascism
(făsh`ĭzəm), totalitarian philosophy of government that glorifies the state and nation and assigns to the state control over every aspect of national life. The name was first used by the party started by Benito Mussolini, who ruled Italy from 1922 until the Italian defeat in World War II. However, it has also been applied to similar ideologies in other countries, e.g., to National Socialism in Germany and to the regime of Francisco Franco in Spain. The term is derived from the Latin fasces."

The Fascist side:

OpenSecrets.org
American Fedn of St/Cnty/Munic Employees [State/County/Municipal Employees]
[Total Contributions:] $94,708,977
[To Dems & liberals:] $93,739,954
[To Repubs & Conservs:] $671,755
[Pct to Dems & liberals:] 99%
[Pct to Repubs & Conservs:] 1%

And the other side (federal income side) is the communist side. Funny...the candidates of each of both sides look and act like folks from Bohunkian Slobbovia. Come to think of it, so do their advocates. Maybe they'll get together for a beer hall putsch or something.

[SpaceBar]

Fascism is a centrally planned economic system where the government and industry collude. Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany, and Obama’s America are textbook examples.

[XEHRpa]

I agree with your definition clarification. And by that definition, Hillary is the fascist.

[Lurker]

Right out of the liberal playbook. Accuse your opposition of what you’re doing.

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