Ben Stein, who also thinks Darwin is like Hitler, has just compared Obama to Der Führer, as the conservative imagination, in a recent development, begins to resemble the 1975 exploitation flick The Black Gestapo (previewed, above, not safe for work), with about as much good sense.

Later on in this blog, as we look at Republican bad-guys-take-over-the-U.S.A.-fantasies, then and now, the Silo will be revisiting ABC's 1987 TV miniseries, "Amerika." It starred Kris Kristofferson as a country singer living under a Soviet occupation. Panned as "the most boring show in a deKade," this predecessor to modern nightmares of Muslims ruling the world was originally suggested by Stein—yes, he was around back then, too. Please join us.

[Stein on Obama's Convention Speech (MediaMatters)]