(originally published at The Goddess [1])
This article is the first in a four part series.
Part I: Tell it like it is!
The Democrats have now officially lost the second of two illegal elections. We've been licking our wounds, planning our protests for Bush's second inauguration/coronation, and trying not to think about what the next four years are going to be like. Anyway, our problem has been that we won't use the truth. That is the most powerful weapon. If someone lies to your face and you're afraid to call it a lie, it doesn't matter how correct your position or how altruistic your values. You are a coward, and your cause will fail.
This will piss people off, but our biggest failure was not emphasizing Bush's Nazi connections. Not just the origins of his family fortunes, but the Rove playbook as well. "Tell a big lie and keep telling it." - sound familiar? 9/11 conveniently giving them an excuse for curbing civil rights, just like the Reichstag fire. Demonizing a particular group of people. And the real tip off - the nationalism and the religiosity.
"We need believing people." - Adolf Hitler.
Think about it - Americans were signing loyalty oaths to attend a political rally and Kerry never called it fascism. A grieving mother was removed from a campaign stop in handcuffs. One family was ejected for wearing t-shirts that said “Protect our Constitutional Rights
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