From Hunter's post on Kos:
In both the filibuster threats and the Bolton nomination, both on the floor of the Senate and during this weekend's Cirque du Spongebob or whatever the hell they're calling it, that's it in a nutshell. Ninety-five percent agreement with adminstration/conservative/religious policies is not enough, ninety-nine percent is not enough: you are either supportive of The Movement in every particular, without reservation or question, or you are a traitor. Welcome to the Congress of the United States: now shut up and vote as we tell you to.
How O'Reillyian.
From historyguide.org: (someone please tell me if this site is overwhelmingly biased, but I doubt it)
Among a nation so deeply divided by ethnicity and localism, and limited by a narrowness of perspective, building unity and consensus was perhaps the major challenge to the Soviet government. In the Russian past the worship of saints and the veneration of the tsar had served that purpose well. But with the revolution, an intensification of that tradition was necessary. The result was the "cult of personality," the deliberate fixation of individual dedication and loyalty on the all-powerful leader, whose personality exemplified the challenge of creating socialist man and socialist woman.
We all know where disagreement with that party got you. Now we all know where disagreement with this party gets you. Parallels, anybody? Anybody?
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