While an RNC candidate for party chairman seizes the opportunity presented by Jesus's birth to distribute repulsive, racism-dripping parodies of the President-Elect, the current chairman, Mike Duncan, expresses shock (shock!). According to Politico, Duncan responded to the patently offensive display of Christmas cheer with the following feigned outrage:
The 2008 election was a wake-up call for Republicans to reach out and bring more people into our party. I am shocked and appalled that anyone would think this is appropriate as it clearly does not move us in the right direction.
I wonder when Mike Duncan received said wake up call. Just a few months ago, he protested with deafening silence when his party's ticket for president decided to employ the "other" strategy against Barack Obama. The fact is racial polarization has been a Republican trademark for decades, and, as evidence by Palin's soaring post-election popularity, old habits die hard.
Indeed, the GOP's homogeneity has become a punchline even among Republicans, and Duncan's assertion that the GOP must grudgingly open its platform to include the real America is a practical reality. But, as Jerry Seinfeld once pointedly told an unusually ambitious Costanza:
"Good luck with all that!"