I was thinking about words and their meanings and how our language is ever changing. Senator Byrd, (Democrat, West Virginia) likened George W. Bush to Hitler and proceeded to call his actions “Fascist” in nature.

My question is, does he actually believe this, or is it just rhetoric?

If it is rhetoric, then it is way out of line. Intelligent adults should be able to express themselves without reverting to 10 year old playground tactics. Name calling should stop by the 6^th grade, at least.

If he is serious, (and in reality, I can not imagine that), he needs to open the dictionary and several encyclopedias and find out what he is talking about. My dictionary says that fascism requires a dictator. This does not seem to fit reality.

Our country just held a democratic election a few months ago, that’'s a DEMOCRATIC election, by the people. And guess what, they duly elected George W. Bush. Was it a landslide? No, but it was a majority of the voters. Now, if he is unhappy with the voters, maybe he should direct his name calling insults toward them. That would seem to be more appropriate.

The makeup of Congress is also elected and these people are sent there from their local towns and states to represent them. That is why the United States is called a Democratic Republic. We are a representative country with a constitution and I see no “fascists” anywhere but in the imagination of Robert Byrd.

Bill Clinton served for 8 years and George W. Bush will serve for 8 years. I do not recall anyone calling Clinton a “fascist” for working to control what happened in the Congress. The Democrats actually thought controlling Congress with an iron fist was fine then, but not now.

I can only say 2 things to that.

Get over it...

What a country...