CNN is pumping a story on this lite news Saturday. It seems that Republicans kick off campaign to shine party image in Northern Virginia.
The goal of the initiative, called the National Council for a New America, is to connect Republican leaders with voters across the country to help get the party's electoral fortunes back on track.
But, going forward, it doesn't look good.
The parking lot out front, even with the heavily Republican crowd inside, was dotted with Obama bumper stickers. Northern Virginia has shifted solidly Democratic in recent elections, and surrogates for John McCain's campaign made statements late in the race that acknowledged the party had all but conceded the area.
But the handful of peaceful protesters out front weren't Democrats -- they were conservatives upset over the new group's agenda and leadership. They brandished signs criticizing McCain, calling the NCNA "RINOs" -- Republicans in Name Only -- and urging them to push for stricter immigration enforcement.
Working on image is not going to help.
You wrecked the country, its budget, its reputation, and its future, with your mindless tax cuts and macho defense policies.
You tried to intrude in my bedroom and my medicine cabinet. You tried to prove the government could, and would, regulate every part of my life, if you were given half a chance.
You sold US workers, and their jobs, to 3rd world countries for cheap imports and big profits.
You sold the functions of my government to the highest bidder and failed to regulate the contracts you placed.
You provided a rubber stamp for the Cheney/Bush Administration to politicize the Department of Justice, the Defense Department, the Environmental Protection Agency, Health and Human Services, Labor, and the State Department.
You authorized torture.
You tell the most outlandish lies with a straight face.
You make stuff up.
You frequently sound like a raving bunch of lunatics.
Do you really think a make over is going to help? A new face on the stupid? A new suit on the broken body of ideas and morals? A recasting of the Gopasaurus as now in favor of small government, limited spending, and individual freedoms?
Sorry, guys. It's too late for that.
If you want a suggestion... lie low for a while... 8 or 10 years would be just about right.
Give the country time to forget just a bit about how absurd your promises are, and your representatives can be. Come back in 2014, or so, and make your case.
If the Mayans had it right, we may not have to deal with you ever again.