Sinclair Lewis' "It Can't Happen Here", his 1935 tale about American Fascism has been reissued just in time to read like journalism.
http://www.boston.com/...
"PICTURE THIS: A folksy, self-consciously plainspoken Southern politician rises to power during a period of profound unrest in America. The nation is facing one of the half-dozen or so of its worst existential crises to date, and the people, once sunny, confident, and striving, are now scared, angry, and disillusioned.
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...The story line is actually that of Sinclair Lewis's 1935 novel ''It Can't Happen Here,'' a hastily written cautionary note about America's potential descent into fascism, recently reissued by New American Library in a handsome trade edition with a blood-spattered cover design."
The article includes some chilling tidbits from the Bush-like main character who captures the hearts of Americans by circumventing their minds with folksy charm, loose logic and devisive rhetoric. I don't know why this isn't required High School reading up there with "1984" and "Brave New World."
About time someone adapted this for the big screen. Mr. Clooney, I'm looking at you...