As Morty Seinfeld, the beloved TV character, once said of his hatred of velcro, he cannot stand to hear "that tearing sound" it makes when separated.
That tearing sound that velcro makes - perhaps an apt analogy for the self tearing of the GOP.
Remember the bad old days, such as when the Christian Right was throwing its weight around and asserting its outright ownership of the Republican Party? Today, they are in retreat, like a disgruntled used car owner looking to unload a lemon.
Remember Pat Buchanan's desire for a cultural civil war? Today, Pat and his fellow troglodytes grapple with the fact that "the gays" can marry and that a "socialist" president is more popular than their side ever was.
Today, followed by years of GOP arrogance, petulance, corruption, and sheer stupidity, oh, how the mighty have fallen. And with this comes the in-fighting.
GOP base rips Cantor's National Council for a New America
Social conservatives are blasting the National Council for a New America, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor’s (R-Va.) nascent effort to rebrand the Republican Party, as a misguided and weak-kneed initiative that is out of touch with the GOP rank and file.
The council, unveiled last week by Cantor and Sen. John McCain, is designed to be a "forward-looking, grass-roots caucus" that formulates policy prescriptions and communicates with voters in a way that could expand the Republican ranks. In announcing the formation of the group, McCain said he hoped the group would attract moderates and "like-minded Democrats" to a series of public forums around the country.
But social conservatives couldn’t help but notice that the policy areas the group will focus on included no mention of same-sex marriage, immigration or abortion. And the roster of GOP luminaries who signed on to the effort was missing a few of the pols who are most popular with values voters.
When the wingnut likes of Steve King feel alienated from their party's leadership, and when a significant percentage of GOP sourthern conservatives want to secede, and when Boss Limbaugh burps out a dismissive commentary such as:
"We do not need a listening tour, we need a teaching tour. That is what the Republican Party, or, slash, the conservative movement needs to focus on. Listening tour ain't it."
Then you know that the Republican party is in deep trouble - I know that that's not news, exactly, especially here in Daily Kos. I just wonder what the end result for the entity currently known as the Republican Party might be? Perhaps a split into 2-3 smaller scale parties?