Republicans strike me as Nazi Light. Actually, not even THAT light. How we've allowed this sort of creatures to exist, and still pretend they're simply normal right wingers, is beyond me. In any case, here are a few of the similarities between the two groups.

SIMILARITIES BETWEEN REPUBLICANS AND NAZIS:

1) The scapegoating of, and prohibition of unions;

2) Allowing the confiscation, removal and arrest based only on suspicion of acts 'against the state;'
the torture of mega-millions without trials;

3) Allowing corporations to use prisoners as free or nearly-free labor;

4) The torture and murder of anyone socialist, Communist, or in disagreement with right wing fascism;

5) The fooling of the population through propaganda, as well as deceptively named groups;

6) The promotion of certain groups (a uber-race, or a uber-group) to the exclusion of others;

7) The murder of mega-millions without trials;

8) A contempt for democracy (Hitler said Democracy was corrupt and soft, while Bush said being a dictator would be easier than being president);

9) The association of patriotic symbols as propaganda (so that anyone in disagreement with the regime could be scapegoated as 'unpatriotic');

10) The scapegoating of the poor, the colored, the unusual, the disabled, the helpless, the handicapped, the gay, the feeble-minded;

11) The use of religion to promote regime and thought control - xenophobia (God is seen as Republican, and German Nazis had belt buckles that read, “Gott Mitt Uns” (God is with us));
a love of war;

12) The use of distractions (Reichstag fire used to suspend liberties. GW Bush lied about WMDs in Iraq, so he could attack the country);

13) A love of radio propagated propaganda (nowadays we have that as well, hosted by many Joseph Goebbels);
a worship of authoritarians (strong, sociopathic leaders feigning patriotism, who are blindly followed by their followers, even when the truth is exposed);

14) No compassion; and,

15) The abolishment of abortion.