When You Wish Upon a Czar

They haven't forgotten what Putin was and is. They love it, truly and instinctively. They are literal fascists — even the ones, like Palin, who are too stupid to understand the meaning of the term. You, dear reader, will recall that the 14 common characteristics of fascism are nationalism, militarism, sexism, racism, repression of labor, worship of corporate power, controlled mass media, contempt for intellectuals and education, religiosity used for political manipulation, rampant cronyism and corruption, fraudulent elections, obsession with national security and the destruction of civil liberties. Sound familiar?