Dangerous Authoritarianism = Incipient Fascism

Fear brings out the unlovely in the authoritarian personality - and Bushian political psychology is nothing if it does not rely on fomenting fear in the population. "We're safer than we were but we're not safe", a direct quote from Fearless Leader W, is a pretty blatant expression of this tactic of continued fear of amorphous terrorist threats. Glenn Greenwald has a very interesting post on the central defect in the personalities of Bush supporters - complete authoritarian obedience to whatever Fearless Leader and his minions say is so.