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blm

(113,066 posts)
Fri Apr 4, 2014, 09:13 AM Apr 2014

To Morning Joe: Shouldn't pushing fascism onto this country be considered an unAmerican activity?

A few billionaires are using our election process to rig the political process and replacing our citizen government with the rule of corporate empires, and Joe Scarborough (R-Dead Intern) can't see anything unAmerican in those activities?


Perhaps it's past time that we DO hold public hearings to examine exactly what the Kochs have been doing in this country. The 'news' media wants the Koch Brothers ad money so they won't confront them with any vigor.

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To Morning Joe: Shouldn't pushing fascism onto this country be considered an unAmerican activity? (Original Post) blm Apr 2014 OP
You would think so. Love how JoeBlowhard has a problem with this but... polichick Apr 2014 #1
Why are you torturing yourself by watching that crap? mucifer Apr 2014 #2
I have never been one to NOT confront the enemy. ; ) blm Apr 2014 #7
Haul them in front of a committee to investigate their unAmerican activities. Nye Bevan Apr 2014 #3
Please replace billionaire with oligarch malaise Apr 2014 #4
Maybe Issa will start an investigation....Bwahaahahahaha..n/t monmouth3 Apr 2014 #5
Dear Joe nykym Apr 2014 #6
Pushing any 'ism' onto this country is an unAmerican activity MO_Moderate Apr 2014 #8

polichick

(37,152 posts)
1. You would think so. Love how JoeBlowhard has a problem with this but...
Fri Apr 4, 2014, 09:16 AM
Apr 2014

it was cool for Palin to call half of her fellow citizens un-American.

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)
3. Haul them in front of a committee to investigate their unAmerican activities.
Fri Apr 4, 2014, 09:19 AM
Apr 2014

And give the inquisitors sweeping powers to mete out summary justice.

nykym

(3,063 posts)
6. Dear Joe
Fri Apr 4, 2014, 10:00 AM
Apr 2014

I was going to use this quote attributed to Sinclair Lewis but upon investigation found that there is no historical provenance to Lewis.

"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross."

It is fitting though.

Here are some other for Joe to ponder.

From It Can't Happen Here: "But he saw too that in America the struggle was befogged by the fact that the worst Fascists were they who disowned the word 'Fascism' and preached enslavement to Capitalism under the style of Constitutional and Traditional Native American Liberty."

From Gideon Planish: "I just wish people wouldn't quote Lincoln or the Bible, or hang out the flag or the cross, to cover up something that belongs more to the bank-book and the three golden balls."

Source: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Talk:Sinclair_Lewis

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