One of the three main characteristics of a fascist government is suppression of any opposition.

Bev and Jerry said it--except for that little incident of a hand grenade on Bush's recent foreign trip, there has been virtually no opposition to Bush at any of his speeches. If you vet the crowd by letting the local party loyalists keep out all but the most ardent party faithful, then you will have no booing, discord, or heckling, thus preserving the fallacy of the united support for this joke of a president. He isn't particularly bright, but he has good handlers.

SRS