Originally Posted by djplong

And why, may I ask, should I treat any differently the postings of people claiming Obama is communist with what I'd hear a few years ago that Bush was a fascist?

I mean, at face value, you can look at a couple of things.

Obama bought into companies and the government sold them back to the private sector - therefore doing the exact opposite of communism.

Bush brought us the Patriot Act (admittedly under duress) and, years later, when we had a chance to assess it and perhaps lose the more egregious sections of it, he kept it going.

You can rant against Obama all you want - but when you go over the top with ludicrous accusations of him being a communist, you lose credibility and the attention of anyone who might be swayed by other arguments you present.