Marshall Metaphor Watch

"If it's true, it puts us a big notch further down the creeping police state road. And we already passed the toll booth a while ago."

Some of Josh Marshall's metaphors have been excellent. I think, after this, they are on average about average. I understand that the creeping police state is Orwellian but remember what Orwell wrote and please please do not use a metaphor without calling an image to mind