Nazism is neither. SM is being as disengenous with this as he is about southern conservatism and it's history of racism. The far right is far more guilty of using the elements of totalitarianism then the liberalism in our nation. Remember which party it is that has restricted freedoms recently (the USA Patriot Act comes to mind). Which Party has abused it's authority, endorsed torture, made a mockery out of habeas corpus, has approved of illegal wire tappings? The Republican Party! Which parties extreme propaganda wing has utilized Joseph Goebbels propaganda model vis-a vis, Fox News and Right Wing Talk Radio to demonize and marginalize all political oppositions as "liberals"? The Republicans. So though it would be unfair to to classify Republicans, as a whole, as fascist, the same can not be said for the right wing of their Party. The modern Republican party has danced on the cliff's edge of authoritarianism and it is they who pose the gravest risk of falling off that cliff into totalitarianism/fascism. In that respect, SM's comments are low comedy and completely laughable, not to mention almost virtually devoid of any facts.