From Thomas Paine’s Corner
By Steven Jonas MD MPH

Last week I noted that as the Georgite machine rumbles towards the installation of frank theocratic fascism in the United States (e.g., see The Rise of Fascism in America, Gary Alan Scott, CommonDreams.org, 4/12/06), a controversy rages with increasing intensity: are comparisons claiming that George Bush and Adolf Hitler have much in common valid? As you know, I have previously published several columns in this space taking the position that they are (e.g., Fascism and the Georgites, May 27, 2004; Comparing Bush and Hitler, Jan. 27, 2005, and the recent re-run of my 9/11-Reichstag Fire comparo series). However, as I noted, recently I have done a good bit of thinking on this subject and I have now come to the conclusion, which may surprise some of you, that such comparisons are unfair. Indeed Bush is not Hitler.

Last week I published seven examples of differences between the two to prove that case. In column II present eleven more.

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