Do you find it ridiculous when people accuse Democrats of being Nazis because the word "socialist" is in it?

I wouldn't call it ridiculous so much as cheap. Clearly it represents an attempt to sway opinion against the Democrats, but in light of the mive failures of the current Republican administration, why would anyone want to do this? Because they're afraid their taxes will go up. They're so afraid of a tax increase they're willing to continue down the course of self-destruction Bush that has set for us. Maybe there is some religious opposition to perceived "socialism" as well, but the underlying motive is greed. I know many Democrats; I'm to the left of most of them, and I don't advocate pure socialism, either. But subtle differences in our respective ideal mergers of public and private interests are wasted on right-wing ideologues. They call us all Nazis because: 1) They don't have a legitimate argument against the proposals the Democratic candidates are advancing; 2) They can't understand the right of government to tax the citizens; 3) Some of us call them Nazis, regrettably, and they aren't creative enough to come up with an alternative. Okay, some of them use Communist or "liberal" or some other meaningless, inaccurate, or derogatory term, but you can't expect much better from them when their precious tax cuts are at stake...