The F-word jumped out at me as I read the Savannah Morning News during a recent visit to this historic Deep South city.
It was buried in a column by syndicated conservative commentator Charles Krauthammer, who wrote: "Some find in this descent into large-scale industrial policy a whiff of 1930s-style fascist corporatism."
Krauthammer was writing about the pressure U.S. President Barack Obama put on GM boss Rick Wagoner to quit.
While he offered a tepid disavowal, adding, "I have my doubts" to the comment, I was stunned that a columnist had dared to link an American president to fascism.
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25 April 2009
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