“Fear mongering the likes of which we have not seen in a long time”

John Dean, author of the splendid Worse Than Watergate and a new book called Conservatives Without Conscience, spent some time with Keith Olbermann discussing a massive study that has been going on for 50 years and amounts to “a remarkable analysis of the authoritarian personality,” which is found almost exclusively among conservatives. (There may be some science, in other words, behind the notion that organizing Lefties is like herding cats.) If you can, watch the whole thing. It’s not only fascinating, but informative—particularly the bit about how authoritarians require and best coalesce around an enemy. Raw Story has a rough transcript if you can’t view the video.