Is George W. Bush a Fascist? Vote Here.

Not a fascist just a dumb ass

Yes, and so is Obama, Clinton, and H.W. Bush (Pappy Communist)

One thing is certain. George Bush and Obama has robbed our United States treasury, but it didnt start there it started with Roosevelt when the nation was first bankrupted. But Bush and Obama robbed the crumbs that was left.

The American people should ask the Secret Service; how can you protect a man that killed so many people and enjoyed it. How can you protect a man that according to our constitution should have been indicted, tried, convicted of Treason and genocide etc. and would be hanged just like Sadaam Hissein under our real constitutional government?

Stupid question he has killed nearly a million people and you ask is he a fascist.

Sorry to stir the pot here kids. This comment was intended as a dry, analytical assement of 8 years of Bush, and a relatively accurate answer to a posed question. I dont mean this personaly at all. I dont see Obama comming after my guns or convertting me to his "secret religion", nor can i believe that liberals could pull off ANY secret ageanda,,, liberals CANT keep secrets doncha know.. Cheney, Rove, Pearl Wolfowitz etc,,, are far more likely to have long range plans and secrets. Besides having enough defferments between then to make up a unit, They are old pros at subversion going back to Nixon. So we shall see about Barak Obama. I will judge him in 3 years and will give him that long to clean up the cluster f*&k he inherited, call it what you will.

They're all statists......it doesn't matter what kind of -ist you are if you are enslaving people, you are a statist.....and you suck

OK, P, now how about Reagan? Regardless of whether he and Georgie were fascists, however, the life lesson from both their presidencies may actually have been that two of the most intellectually-challenged adult males in the country were elected in (ostensibly) free elections to SECOND terms (kind of illustrates that old fool me once, fool me twice adage doesn't it?). I don't care if I have the flu or it's 10 below zero outside on Election Day...I'm getting my ass to the polls...and calling to remind my friends...

No.

Did you find this poll on current? If not then shut the fuck up. Sounds like another reason for people to get their panties in a knot because someone is talking bad about the president. Get over it and put some REAL news on this site instead of a bunch of douche bags who want to be childish about something they found elsewhere on the net.
Bush had the balls to do what he thought needed to be done and if Obama is so great how come he cant get us out of this mess? Seems to me that talk is cheap and now that he's in office he cant hold up to what he said during his campaigne

Current vote tally as of 1:35 AM Pacific Time:
Yes= 32
No= 14

lol the picture is actually one of the little known 3rd brother, Cletus "bubba" Bush.

Hell yes

Of course W. is a fascist, look at the dictionary. Fascism is defined by a belief that heavy industry and a dominant chief executive government is better capable of taking care of the masses, than the masses are at taking care of themselves. The neocon movement is a hi-brid national socialist party with clear idealogical purity litmus tests. It rules using economic opression, fear and enenmy demonization acquire power. What else could you call it ?

Absolutely Yes.

yes

It's a legitimate question and brings interesting answers. We have prosecuted foreign leaders and executed them for less or at least equal to what GW is guilty of.

Yes

is a facist? gotta think some more and get back to you. is he a 'war criminal'? yes, definitely, no doubt. i sincerely, honestly, believe that he should have been brought before the World Court and charged with crimes against humanity, invading a soverign country, violations of the Geneva Convention, and mass murder of unknown #s in Iraq.

Corpo supremacist has a nice ring to it,,,

But W was but a petro creationist ;)

Can one be a true fascist when one is not only unaware of the definition but also incapable of looking the word up in a dictionary?

this is more about the definition of the word than the person himself.

There are a lot of other good pejoratives: plutocrat, fearsomely incompetent, amazingly arrogant, anti democratic, corrupt.

Yes

The 14 defining characteristics of fascism.
http://www.rense.com/general37/char.htm

Dr. Lawrence Britt has examined the fascist regimes of Hitler (Germany), Mussolini (Italy), Franco (Spain), Suharto (Indonesia) and several Latin American regimes. Britt found 14 defining characteristics common to each:

1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism - Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.

2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights - Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of "need." The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.

3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause - The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial , ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.

4. Supremacy of the Military - Even when there are widespread
domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.

5. Rampant Sexism - The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Divorce, abortion and homosexuality are suppressed and the state is represented as the ultimate guardian of the family institution.

6. Controlled Mass Media - Sometimes to media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.

7. Obsession with National Security - Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.

8. Religion and Government are Intertwined - Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government's policies or actions.

9. Corporate Power is Protected - The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.

10. Labor Power is Suppressed - Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed.

11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts - Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts and letters is openly attacked.

12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment - Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.

13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption - Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.

14. Fraudulent Elections - Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.

Yes.

I agree w/Unamatrix and Found_Avenue.

Yes

Yes, With the wanna be dictator Cheny.

Hello? It's 2010. Where have you been for the last decade.

Current vote tally as of 5:37 PM Pacific Time:
Yes= 23
No= 12

I think George W. was a catagory unto himself. He was a self professed 'decider'. He decided it was okay to 'lie in plain sight'. He would lie, Jon Stewart would point it out and mainstream media would move the masses along, as though lies didn't matter. Even though Jon Stewart used video to prove it, people were led to believe 'it may not have really happened', or they ignored it all together. Some times they would put on someone to act as though, those who believed Jon Stewart, just hated George W. or were conspiracy theorists. Some people may have been guilty of hate, but with justification.

When people would state fact, it was spun as though, it was just because people felt 'hate' for George W. They were picking in him. Stupidity was supposed to be looked over, along with 'out and out lies'? Why was everyone always picking on George W.? They chose hate, because there was no accountability required for hate.

Sadly, President Obama doesn't see accountability as a necessity either. My hope for 'change' is all but faded. I fear he is going to turn out to be a victim of the right, while letting the last administration 'walk off into the sunset, with no accountability'.

Peggy Noonan said it best, when she said 'some things are better left a mystery' when talking about George W and the use of torture. Then spoke of 'more journalistic investigations' in the future. How convenient, George W. gets a pass and President Obama gets the miscroscope.

YES

No, a fascist would have kept his people working for him, work or else, get paid what I give you and you better be grateful or else, not packing up and moving our jobs elsewhere. Remember the clip when a 50 something woman told him she had 3 jobs to keep going and he responded how American of her. Bush had a government system of his own.

YES!!!

He definitely surrounded himself with fascist people; Rumsfeld, Rove, and Cheney. I vote YES because of his actions and policies.

yes

"I'm going to run this country like a corporation"
-George W. Bush, 2000

"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power."
-Benito Mussolini

I thinks this very much sums up his intention to apply fascist principles from the start.

However, I think something snapped in 2006.

And since the question is worded in the present tense I vote no.

yes but then so is Dick Cheney

Current vote tally as of 4:03 PM Pacific Time:
Yes= 17
No= 11

I agree with grassroutes, he is right about GB, it is unfortunate that even in America (as it is ok in other countries!) idiots like him become Presidents, but most amazingly they go for the second term in office so that they screw up America to an extent it cripples the whole nation.

he is an ignorant individual, but very arrogant, fascist and he abused this country and the people. He and his croonies (all of them) must be brought to justice for killing all these young American soldiers in the name of War, they all should go to jail for life time, or as grass suggested punish the right way, so that no one in the future will dare repeat as what GB has done in his 8 years.

dalistuff said: He's the perfect example of the Right wing Fascist Puppet moron. /// It seems to me both parties behave this way. No difference

I knew that something was wrong. It is Rush Limbaugh who is the Agent of these wealthy secret fascist bastards. He is spreading this fascist hate to rile the people but in the meantime, since Obama is continuing the Bush policies, he is also a part of this covert scheme.

no, he is stupid, but no

Current vote tally as of 2:47 PM Pacific Time:
Yes= 13
No= 10

No

No, im not going play your little high school games.

With Bush? No, the man was, respectfully, an idiot and probably didn't even know the definition of the word Fascism. Cheney is a horse of a different color. It scares me to think a man like that could have been the leader of my country.

Current vote tally as of 2:28 PM Pacific Time:
Yes= 12
No= 7

I'm trying to find out how many people on this site lean toward (or can be pushed toward) thinking of George Bush as a fascist.

In my opinion, George Bush and the people for whom he was a front man are textbook fascists. They (like Mussolini in 1940s Italy) believe that corporations should be the government and that strong, predatory bosses should control the economy, civil rights, and daily activities of the masses. In order to achieve their goals, the new fascists have propagandized the American electorate into believing that anyone to the left of them in the political spectrum is "unpatriotic" for wishing to preserve secular civil government.

Bush and the "neo-conservatives" label opponents as "socialist" or "communist" or "terrorist" in order to frighten uneducated and unreflective voters into supporting the fascist agenda. Such scare tactics are not new, but the last 8 years have included the most persistent and effective modern use of American mass media in a concerted campaign to wrest control of the government from the hands of the voters.

When people read this posting, I hope they are at least reminded of what has happened and that they will temper their belief of propagandizing "polls" with a healthy skepticism. I hope people will recognize that the use of war, daily terrorist alerts, labeling, and blatant lies are all parts of an effort to destroy American democracy at the grass roots level.

The suggestion that my use of this forum betrays a flaw in my character or that I must have an ulterior motive other than persuasion is, I believe, an attempt to label me in order to discredit my question. Such labeling is common practice among the fascists. It is heartening to note that a sizable and significant majority of people (through their responses to this poll) have recognized Bush's fascism and that they are still willing to speak out against it. In that sense, this small poll is very affirming. I hope more people will speak out against the liars and criminals who have worked so hard to improve their material wealth at the expense of America's working men and women.

Now, let me ask you, ibrake4rappers13 (since you may not have understood the question), do you believe George W. Bush is a fascist? A brief explanation and defense of your belief would greatly enrich this discussion. Thank you.

He's the perfect example of the Right wing Fascist Puppet moron.

@Progresshiv, What are you going to gain by proving that George Bush was a fascist?

Looking for a bit of self-affirmation?

Current vote tally as of 1:53 PM Pacific Time:
Yes= 11
No= 7

I had hoped that once Obama took office, all of the anti-bush whining would stop and people would just look ahead.

TheSeekerehT said: Did anybody else read this post? He is really asking whether Obama is a socialist. // Well then yes to that too.

No way, total overreaction...

Bush is a war criminal when will he be hung like one? I have a rope and a tall tree the guy next door has a horse all we need is a Bush to hang.

Umm who cares, he isnt president anymore.

He has no influence on how this country is run..

NO

Bush is a Fascist.
he should be hanged.
in public.

Fascist!
I vote Yea.

Stupid Fascist.

Obama is a socialist. Many people are and don't realize it.

Bush is not a fascist. Cheney is but luckily our laws did not allow him to achieve is full potential. Thank you Constitution.

I wanna say YES....But I gotta agree with UNIMATRIX0

Bush = Incompetent Idiot
Cheney = Fascist

A country massively in debt
Virtually no jobs added in the private sector over the previous 10-years
And a world of people who can't figure out whether they are "with us "Americans", or against us" considering the wars we've started and havoc our governments policies have created
.........PRICELESS :(

His regime was the definition of a fascist regime. His cronies - Cheney, Rumsfeld - should have their photos in the dictionary under the word Fascist. I mean, there is sworn testimony from Bush officials stating that, on the evening of 9/11/01, they had a video conference with Bush in which they LITERALLY discussed ways to confuse the American people into thinking Iraq had something to do with the attacks. They put together a plan, implemented it using their puppet, and it worked! Half of America thought Iraq and Afghanistan were the same place for years!

That being said, the man himself was a mentally challenged puppet who fully endorsed fascism, but as Unimatrix said, he couldn't define or even spell the word if his life depended on it.