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Yes, It Can Happen Here
Biggovernment.com ^ | March 31, 2010 | by Michael Zak

Posted on 04/02/2010 8:24:42 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar

n 1935, Sinclair Lewis wrote a novel that envisioned a political tragedy akin to the Obama administration. It Can’t Happen Here is the story of Berzilius Windrip, a Democrat senator nominated for the presidency.

A charming, charismatic demagogue, he is elected by promising lots of free goodies for everyone. Once in power, President Windrip ruins the economy, neutralizes Congress and cracks down on dissent. He makes himself dictator, with assistance from a civilian national security force. Berzelius Windrip mmm mmm mmm!

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Government
KEYWORDS: fascism; government; lewis; obama; politics; reichstaggers
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To: Jet Jaguar

1968 TV movie SHADOW ON THE LAND.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063589/


21 posted on 04/02/2010 8:49:35 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Obama's vision for America...Green shoots and skittles, where pancakes grow on fritter trees.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Thanks.


22 posted on 04/02/2010 8:50:06 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (*)
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To: Jet Jaguar
I liked this variation - The Manchurian Candidate
23 posted on 04/02/2010 8:55:42 PM PDT by tpmintx (Liberalism: Envy, backed by governmental authority. (I'm green; are you?))
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To: mlocher

I think the senate made him dictator for an extended period - ten years or something. That would make it essentially for life.


24 posted on 04/02/2010 9:02:07 PM PDT by vladimir998 (Part of the Vast Catholic Conspiracy (hat tip to Kells))
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To: nickcarraway

It was in a sort.

The leader was a wrap yourself in a flag type.

But, the result is akin to the zero.


25 posted on 04/02/2010 9:04:41 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (*)
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To: Psalm 144

“subligaculum”

You have surpassed my Latin Vocabulary, and left me wondering. Huh?


26 posted on 04/02/2010 9:09:11 PM PDT by patton (Obama has replaced "Res Publica" with "Quod licet Jovi non licet bovi.")
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To: vladimir998

I went back to my history book and you are correct. The duration was 10 years, but the term was Dictator in Perpetuity. The Senate eventually took him out — literally.


27 posted on 04/02/2010 9:09:19 PM PDT by mlocher (USA is a sovereign nation)
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To: Jet Jaguar

It appears that Mr. Lewis was much more a Prophet than a Novelist.


28 posted on 04/02/2010 9:13:15 PM PDT by wjcsux ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: nickcarraway

Actually, Windrip is a populist, who promises every citizen $5000 a year. I think we’d call him a “progressive.” IIRC, he’s a National Socialist - and more than a little reminiscent of Obama.


29 posted on 04/02/2010 9:14:07 PM PDT by LouD ("against all enemies, foreign and domestic...")
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To: gitmo

Stupid. Why warn them?


It’s the intimidation, stupid!


30 posted on 04/02/2010 9:16:55 PM PDT by unkus
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To: patton

“subligaculum”

You have surpassed my Latin Vocabulary, and left me wondering. Huh?

*************************

Briefs, essentially. I could not find an equivalent to jockstrap.


31 posted on 04/02/2010 9:17:58 PM PDT by Psalm 144 (What is a slave, but someone robbed of his labor to sustain the idle?)
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To: Psalm 144

I had to go look it up - I hate not knowing.

Diaper, g-string, or bikini bottom - depending on context.

LOL.


32 posted on 04/02/2010 9:23:30 PM PDT by patton (Obama has replaced "Res Publica" with "Quod licet Jovi non licet bovi.")
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To: mlocher

Yes, I think it is said he died at the base of the statue of Pompey the Great. Pompey’s revenge from beyond the grave.


33 posted on 04/02/2010 9:23:35 PM PDT by vladimir998 (Part of the Vast Catholic Conspiracy (hat tip to Kells))
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To: vladimir998

You know your Roman history very well. I tip my hat to you!


34 posted on 04/02/2010 9:26:14 PM PDT by mlocher (USA is a sovereign nation)
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To: unkus

I agree. It is also obvious that the DOJ is threatening judges. Remember Judge David Carter? He reversed himself on the need for discovery after the law firm (Perkins-Coie, who is hiding Obama’s records) sent one of their clerks to work for him. Obama seems to know nothing is going to happen to him by the way he ridiculed the Supreme Court publicly. We are in a fight for all our freedoms and our very lives.


35 posted on 04/02/2010 9:26:33 PM PDT by charlie72
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To: gitmo

Get it now?


36 posted on 04/02/2010 9:31:56 PM PDT by unkus
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To: unkus

How can you tell? From their say-so?


37 posted on 04/02/2010 9:35:46 PM PDT by GregoryFul
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To: mlocher

I know some. I wish I had studied it more! I always found the story of Mariu-Sulla-Pompey-Caesar fascinating. And I always felt kind of sorry for Marius as he went mad and Pompey as he went from “always winning” to “not able to catch a break”.

One book I would like to read is The Assassination of Julius Caesar by Michael Parenti, but I am a little wary of the marxist views of the author:

http://www.unrv.com/book-review/assasination.php

http://www.michaelparenti.org/Caesar.html


38 posted on 04/02/2010 9:40:33 PM PDT by vladimir998 (Part of the Vast Catholic Conspiracy (hat tip to Kells))
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To: GregoryFul

How can you tell? From their say-so?


Chicago style thuggery, for one. We’re dealing with Communists for another.

0bama is one evil bastard....that alone excludes nothing being taken off the table. They are ruthless and will get their way if they can.


39 posted on 04/02/2010 9:42:23 PM PDT by unkus
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To: charlie72

We are in a fight for all our freedoms and our very lives.


Exactly!


40 posted on 04/02/2010 9:43:24 PM PDT by unkus
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