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I'm sure there are some who complained of that, but nobody I know did. Look up "Bush Hitler" and you'll see plenty of images. It's the American national past-

I'm sure there are some who complained of that, but nobody I know did. Look up "Bush Hitler" and you'll see plenty of images. It's the American national past-time to compare our president to either Hitler or the Antichrist, depending on your persuasion.

morgante 10y ago
As I said, I'm sure that plenty of people did. Fringe groups will always have extreme opinions. That's different than mainstream news sources and even multiple historians making the comparison. No credible argument could be made for Bush (or any other Republican) being a fascist, but Trump's campaign follows many fascist criteria. Compare the results, to see for yourself that it's obviously a whole different degree: - http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch/#/trump+hitler/ http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch/#/trump+hitler/ - http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch/#/bush+hitler/ http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch/#/bush+hitler/ Or just look at the facts. Bush never campaigned on an explicit central theme of xenophobia and fear of foreigners. Heck, immigration reform was actually one of the stronger aspects of his policy proposals. Yet Trump's most consistent message, by far, is that we need to be afraid of foreigners and minorities—something straight out of the fascist playbook.
- matwood 10y ago
  >As I said, I'm sure that plenty of people did. Fringe groups will always have extreme opinions. If you consider MSNBC a fringe group: http://www.mrc.org/biasalerts/chris-matthews-compares-bushs-aggressive-iraq-war-nazis-trial-nuremberg http://www.mrc.org/biasalerts/chris-matthews-compares-bushs-...
- ktRolster 10y ago
  No credible argument could be made for Bush (or any other Republican) being a fascist, but Trump's campaign follows many fascist criteria. You must be young, or lack memory, because plenty of people said the exact same thing about Bush a decade ago. If Trump wins, lame as that will be, he won't become Hitler. "Many fascist criteria" is not the same as fascist.
DavidSJ 10y ago
All the crying wolf from the left about Bush being a fascist is one of the reasons why, now that we have a real wolf and many conservatives are calling the Republican candidate a fascist, lots of people aren't listening.
- morgante 10y ago
  Excellent point. The National Review is hardly known for being liberal, yet even they are calling Trump a fascist and refusing to support him. [0] [0] http://www.nationalreview.com/article/436808/donald-trump-fascism-he-or-isnt-he http://www.nationalreview.com/article/436808/donald-trump-fa...

morgante 10y ago

As I said, I'm sure that plenty of people did. Fringe groups will always have extreme opinions. That's different than mainstream news sources and even multiple historians making the comparison. No credible argument could be made for Bush (or any other Republican) being a fascist, but Trump's campaign follows many fascist criteria. Compare the results, to see for yourself that it's obviously a whole different degree: - http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch/#/trump+hitler/ http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch/#/trump+hitler/ - http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch/#/bush+hitler/ http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch/#/bush+hitler/ Or just look at the facts. Bush never campaigned on an explicit central theme of xenophobia and fear of foreigners. Heck, immigration reform was actually one of the stronger aspects of his policy proposals. Yet Trump's most consistent message, by far, is that we need to be afraid of foreigners and minorities—something straight out of the fascist playbook.

matwood 10y ago
>As I said, I'm sure that plenty of people did. Fringe groups will always have extreme opinions. If you consider MSNBC a fringe group: http://www.mrc.org/biasalerts/chris-matthews-compares-bushs-aggressive-iraq-war-nazis-trial-nuremberg http://www.mrc.org/biasalerts/chris-matthews-compares-bushs-...
ktRolster 10y ago
No credible argument could be made for Bush (or any other Republican) being a fascist, but Trump's campaign follows many fascist criteria. You must be young, or lack memory, because plenty of people said the exact same thing about Bush a decade ago. If Trump wins, lame as that will be, he won't become Hitler. "Many fascist criteria" is not the same as fascist.

DavidSJ 10y ago

All the crying wolf from the left about Bush being a fascist is one of the reasons why, now that we have a real wolf and many conservatives are calling the Republican candidate a fascist, lots of people aren't listening.

morgante 10y ago
Excellent point. The National Review is hardly known for being liberal, yet even they are calling Trump a fascist and refusing to support him. [0] [0] http://www.nationalreview.com/article/436808/donald-trump-fascism-he-or-isnt-he http://www.nationalreview.com/article/436808/donald-trump-fa...