One has only to consider the DU cult of personality evident in threads like this to determine which side would most likely be held in thrall by a charismatic dictator figure like Hitler or Mussolini or Castro. Conservatives tend to be less a "respecter of persons", preferring to base judgment on actions instead of words. If we were to lose a Rush Limbaugh or Sarah Palin tomorrow there would be regret, but not the wailing and gnashing of teeth and rending of garments like you see at DU over their popular icons.
DUmmies, at least those you see in the big political forums of The Hive, are for the most part Godless. They seek ultimate salvation through Messiahs Of The Week who are deemed as such by popular consensus. Unfortunately, their messiahs are of the flesh and thus are imperfect, subject to the same foibles and external influences as any other man or woman. For example, Jon Stewart falling briefly out of lockstep in his rhetoric and being nearly excommunicated, or in the case of Olbermann, through the simple expedient of being fired by those who paid him to utter his drivel. Is it any wonder they face disappointment after disappointment and remain in a state of perpetual misery? There is no permanence in DUmmyworld, no ultimate Truth, just an endless passing blur of political peaks and valleys.
As an aside, cherokeeprogressive is probably not long for DU. He's been walking the same tightrope as other notable DUers such as OPERATIONMINDCRIME for a while now, having the temerity to challenge DU groupthink, and it's probably only his claim to Native American heritage that has kept him afloat thus far. Sooner or later though, he'll piss off the wrong person (read: a big donor) and nothing will save him. I look for him to show up here.