How much of what Bush did was authoritarian really? I fully agree he is an authoritarian, but other than the Patriot Act, I'm at a loss. I'm probably hugely neglecting some pretty obvious things, but I haven't thought about Bush in a while.
He declared he was 'the decider'.
His use of signing statements to disregard congress and do things the way he wanted.
His use of executive order to give the feds greater wiretapping power because he felt the law was in the way
I could be being a cynic, but I don't really see how that distinguishes Bush from most of our Presidents.