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GOP's fuhrerprinzip.(Insider Report)
William F. Buckley's version of totalitarian "conservatism" (see "Buckley's Totalitarian 'Conservatism,'" facing page) is certainly in vogue with the contemporary Republican Party leadership. Recent essays published by the national Republican Party's website take Buckley's totalitarian "conservatism" a step further by designating dissent from the White House line as "treason."
"The question needs to be asked: When did the right to freedom of speech trump the crime of participating in an act called treason?" wrote GOP pundit Nancy Salvato on June 3. "Certainly a case can be made against those who work in the media and deliberately undermine the current Republican administration's efforts in the war on terror while purposely pushing their own agenda.... We are truly in a war on terrorism yet there is a Fifth Column who, at the very least, commits slander against our leaders."
That "Fifth Column," Salvato insists, includes those who dare criticize Bush administration policies and especially people who join with "terrorists to encourage the election of the 'Not Bush' candidate...." In other words: If you have the temerity to support a candidate other than the incumbent, you're a terrorist-loving traitor.
Fellow GOP pundit Thomas ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, GOP's fuhrerprinzip.(Insider Report)