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An Online Journal contributing writer, Schwarz stated, βIn fact, if you look real close at Bush-Cheney and understand the fundamental dynamics of what brought Hitler to power, how he controlled the masses, how he sold the Great Lie, it is very easy to see that Bush-Cheney βcompassionate Conservatismβ and Fascism are one and the same. Many hear the term βneoconβ and do not recognize that in its current operative sense, it is a term meaning βNew World Order Fascist.β β Whole books have been written about the rise to power in America of the βReligious Right,β a critical support base for the Republican Party. But most people appeared not to notice the parallels between the fascism of Nazi Germany and the conservative Christian movement in America today, both with deep roots in the conservative faction of the population. In America, this faction tends to be pro-business, which makes it a prime target of the fascist globalists, who largely control the corporate life of the nation. This faith-based political movement began in the late 1970s with the formation of the Moral Majority, a coalition of Christian conservative groups who were seeking to defeat President Jimmy Carter in the 1980 election. One of its founders was Southern Baptist preacher Pat Robertson, who in 1988 severed all connections with the church in order to run for president on the Republican ticket. Defeated in the primaries, Robertson urged his followers to vote for George H. W. Bush. Robertson went on to become an influential TV evangelist, primarily thanks to the Christian Broadcasting Network he founded in 1961. In 2005, he was forced to apologize for comments interpreted by many as advocating the assassination of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. βI donβt know about this doctrine of assassination, but if [Chavez] thinks weβre trying to assassinate him, I think that we really ought to go ahead and do it. Itβs a whole lot cheaper than starting a war, and I donβt think any oil shipments will stop,β Robertson told his audience. Another Moral Majority founder was Jerry Falwell, a televangelist who became a firm supporter of George W. Bushβs Faith-based Initiative. Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, Falwell, on Pat Robertsonβs 700 Club TV show, said pagans, abortionists, feminists, gays, lesbians, the ACLU, and everyone else trying to secularize America βhelped this