May 11, 2003
George W. Mussolini
As the Apostropher writes, It would be funny if it weren't so scary. He points us at this article at the Information Clearing House, The Other "F" Word: "Chosen by the Grace of God"? In it, Ben Tripp sets the case for calling our current leadership "fascist." He does it in a humorous fashion but his conclusions are pretty frightening. As he says,
"Son of unimaginable privilege." That's pretty accurate, yep. Of course, I do have to point out that it's not entirely true that W. was wearing a military uniform. Although it is the most uniform-like outfit that any serving President has ever worn, strictly speaking the flight suit was a safety outfit, required by the fact that he put his safety on the line when he did the hop from San Diego to the Lincoln in that jet. Of course, that wouldn't have been necessary if he had done what everyone else had done and taken the damned helicopter. Instead, though, he used the power of his position for a thrillride.
This doesn't matter, though. The man is at best a fool in the thrall of fascists and at worst a fascist himself. I personally lean more toward the former interpretation, but that doesn't mean that I don't think the man should be removed, as quickly and effectively as possible. Fascism is what those in the White House are practicing and fascists are what they are. Whether it's Rove in the background or Bush in the foreground, we need to remove them.
And of course, this is all without mentioning W. going AWOL from his National Guard duty.
