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To: JohnM who wrote (200278)	9/6/2012 9:43:26 AM
From: Metacomet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541699

Wiki is always a concrete source I was always struck by the FDR version which may have been his lens on the dangers unique to this country Both he and Eisenhower saw the danger to this country posed by the rise in corporate power and warned us

To: JohnM who wrote (200278)	9/6/2012 9:46:37 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541699

"Fascists commonly utilize paramilitary organizations to commit or threaten violence against their opponents." As in "Teabaggers shout down Congressman in Town Hall"? The Brownshirts are here. tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com = PM The New McCarthyism: Oregon Tea Partiers invade quiet MoveOn picnic, break it up with threats -- and boast about it crooksandliars.com

To: JohnM who wrote (200278)	9/6/2012 3:43:35 PM
From: Steve Lokness	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 541699

<<<<I see several posters have brought up fascism>>>> Goodness I don't see Romney as a fascist, nor Ryan. The closest thing we got to fascism was the neocons - but this bunch today is just ant-taxes, anti-government, anti-anygoodideas.