Junta

Six months ago, I called the GOP race an "Authoritarian American Idol". Posts like this from National Review's Kathleen Parker (the third such post I've seen on NR in the past two weeks) illustrates why-

Salute this: We're electing not just a president, but a commander-in-chief. Picture Hillary saluting the troops. Or, comically, vice versa. With straight face, picture Obama. Continue through the Republicans. Be honest: Which candidate do you want in the White House when our regular programming is interrupted and the voice says: "Ladies and gentlemen, the United States has been attacked. This is not a drill."

Lord, I cannot describe how much these people frighten me.

Of course, they also discuss Jack Bauer as if he were real, so this is par for the course.