Who Will Use the "F" Word First?

[Guaranteed]

Poll question: Who Will Use the "F" Word First?

Of course, I'm talking about "fascist."

Will this word be used to describe Bush any time in the campaign? If so, by whom?

[POed_Ex_Repub]

1. I don't see it happening...

It may be true, but I don't think they'd actually use it. The other "F" word maybe when they think the mic is off. And of course, the shrub will use "F"reedom repeatedly as if it's a product he's selling.

[Guaranteed]

5. It seems it is out there as an option, during the primary...

Every candidate has gotten a boost of some kind when they've stepped up their attacks on Bush...Kerry used "fuck"...I just think it might be a good tactic for a candidate who's looking to make a really big splash. Of course, Clark would never do that....he's critical of Bush, but he doesn't get nasty like that...but, Dean might, Kucinich might, Sharpton might....

On edit: Yeah, you know what- I think Kerry would be the most likely candidate- change one Dean vote to Kerry. Kerry needs that word more than any other candidate, I believe.

[xxqqqzme]

10. it IS a product he's selling

I just don't like his particular model.

[lcordero]

2. damn

I thought that it was about Kerry saying the other F-word. Some Bush aide complained about it. The most appropriate response was to tell the aide to go FUCK himself:evilgrin:

[Sean Reynolds]

3. I could see Dean saying it......

I mean he brought up the thought of Bush knowing about 9-11.

Dean isn't scared, that is why I'm gonna love a debate between Dean and Bush!

[David Zephyr]

4. Well, Jerry Nadler Already Has

but I'd imagine it would be Dean.

[janx]

6. I WILL! Or my husband or brother will.

We already have, many, many times!

Noun, adjective, adverb...it comes in handy.

P.S. Many ancestors who died for this country, since before it was a country, enhance the explative.

[ermoore]

7. Oh "fascist"

I thought you meant the F-Bomb, which John Kerry has already dropped in an interview with Rolling Stone mag. And can I just say that this is really unfortunate. I mean, damn, I have no problem with cursing, but public officials should have a little more class.

[DemBones DemBones]

8. I think they'll avoid using it because to do so throws most

debates or discussions into chaos. It's like the rule (somebody's "law") that says the first person to refer to Nazis or Hitler in an internet debate/ argument loses. Most people don't understand that fascism can and does exist without goose-stepping soldiers in the streets and atheism being proclaimed the state "faith." You say "fascist" and they see Mussolini. And Dubya's just a good old boy, doesn't look a thing like Il Duce.

If anyone decides to use it, he needs to choose his words carefully and explain that he is talking about too much corporate influence on government, basic fascism, not the uniforms or the atheism. (Though he might want to mention the Patriot Act. . .)

I don't know if using such a charged word is worth the risk, really. It would wake some people up but likely scare others away.

[Guaranteed]

9. It's true that it would be very risky...however...

I think the word fits.

Let's look at Bush:

He invaded a sovereign country, unprovoked- for money.

He's given billions upon billions of taxpayer dollars to his corporate buddies.

He controls information flow in the media, and does his best to make sure the people do not know what it going on in the government. We now have some media that are only thinly veiled propaganda outlets for Bush.

He lies all the time, and calls those who question his policies "unpatriotic," using fear to control what people do and do not say.

He (and most of Congress) passed the Patriot Act, and are trying to pass a second, more extreme version, infringing on our basic rights as Americans.

He uses liberals as scapegoats, blaming them for our country's problems.

The only things this guy hasn't (obviously) started doing yet are killing his political opponents (although that's arguable) and genocide.

Do we really want to wait for that before we start calling him what he is?

[Minstrel Boy]

11. Lieberman, but he'll use it against Dean

Bush is a fascist. I don't believe it's hyperbole. But I think it would be ruinous for a candidate to call him one, because the word itself would become the story, not Bush's fascism, which would only harm the Democrat, not Bush.