Apologies if what follows seems extremely obvious.
Every day I read what the Republicans say and do, how they say they are working for "The American People" and I am constantly reminded of the speech of President Andrew Shepard in The American President:
"We have serious problems to solve, and we need serious people to solve them. And whatever your particular problem is, I promise you, Bob Rumson is not the least bit interested in solving it. He is interested in two things and two things only: making you afraid of it and telling you who's to blame for it. That, ladies and gentlemen, is how you win elections. You gather a group of middle-aged, middle-class, middle-income voters who remember with longing an easier time, and you talk to them about family and American values and character. And wave an old photo of the President's girlfriend and you scream about patriotism and you tell them, she's to blame for their lot in life, and you go on television and you call her a whore."
Replace "girlfriend" with Obama and "Bob Rumson" with almost any Republican (presidental candidate, member of Congress, Fox News personality, RW Radio) and you have their game plan.
Kind of surprised no one has ever mentioned it.
A party of Bob Rumsons.
How terribly sad.