Bush has, in fact, taken many steps towards fascism in the name of the war against terrorism. (1)
He cannot establish a pure dictatorship, of course, because the American people would reject that. But as long as it's a "time of war," the American people may accept the loss of freedom. The fact that Bush once absent-mindedly commented that "I don't think you can win [the war on terrorism]" (2) should be evidence enough that he wants his wartime presidential powers to stay forever. And the fact that Hillary Clinton, Barrack Obama and John Edwards refuse to pledge to leave Iraq--EVER (3)--should be evidence that they want to continue the war, so they too can have his huge, unconstitutional powers.
As far as the media, it has completely failed us since 9/11. Osama Bin Laden himself said so (4), but of course no one knows that, because the media has deemed it more important to listen to pundits spew propoganda about OBL's statements than it is to actually report those statements. And of course that benefits the presidency, because if we listened to OBL (imagine, listening to your enemy!), we'd know that he considers Bush's foreign policy since 9/11 to literally be a blessing from Allah (4). Yet the media beat Bush's war drum for years even after the American people turned on Bush.
The 9/11 attacks were carried out by Muslim terrorists, yes. But as much as that is fact, it is fact that terrorism is being used as a way to consolidate presidential powers and take Americans' freedoms.
As for a proposed North American Union... It sounds like a perfect way to "make North America more powerful in the world" at the expense of the North American people. A larger over-government will require more taxation, and inevitably be less effective.
1 http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,2064157,00.html
2 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0408310260aug31,1,3297435.story?coll=chi_news_nationworld_util
3 http://www.jg.net/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070928/EDIT05/709280369/0/EDIT05
4 http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/09/obl_transcript.php
PS. Scythe... FDR was a Democrat... Did you mean to mention Hoover in there?
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