It seems that, as Lawrence O'Donnell said in the opening of his show tonight, there is yet another new rider in the Republican Clown Car: The Chairman of the RNC himself, Reince Priebus.
Yesterday, and doubling down today, he announced that the RNC was going to be hereafter referring to the sitting President of the United States as "Captain Scatino", in remembrance of the traitorous Captain of the Italian cruise ship run aground. You know, the one with survivors in their homes as I write this, and those who are still missing, dead, or presumed dead. Yes, that includes several American citizens.
The RNC Chairman, in a completely transparent attempt to fan the flames of partisanship, bigotry, prejudice, racism, and base hatred for President Obama among his party, Priebus' inflammatory statement is specifically addressed to independents, and "Reagan Democrats", to appeal to the middle. He has, for his party, spoken in clear terms just how completely ugly this campaign will be. And, please make no mistake, this is but the warm-up.
Reince Priebus tells us that "In a time of great national distress, the President and the Democrats have abandoned the American people, and instead of being on the job are campaigning across the country." That's his entire reasoning. He says it is a perfectly accurate comparison.
Follow me below the squiggledoodlethingey fold, and let's talk about that.
Of course, Priebus says a lot of other things, as well.
He says this election will be nothing more than a referendum on President Obama. He says the President has failed to keep every single promise he made during his first Presidential campaign. He compares the advertising campaigns of then-Senator Obama and candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton to those currently being waged by candidates Governor Mitt Romney and form Speaker Newt Gingrich.
He says this President has abandoned his country. He says this President is an utter and miserable failure, and the American people know it.
Listen to me, you scrawny, beady-eyed, juvenile sensationalist fuckwad!
I'll try again.
Hey, you putrifying, scum-sucking, Tea Party terroristic, shit-sniffin', knee-pad wearing, Chapstick Stockholdin' Republican puke for brains, who couldn't tie his own shoes to attend his own fuckin' college graduation!
sigh One more shot.
Pay attention, you fuckin' traitorous son of a bitch, shit-for-brains, Wisconsin-abandoning criminal living, useless taker of perfectly good air and space!
Sorry, I just can't do it. Must think happy thoughts!
There's a few OTHER things American citizens know, too, Mr. Priebus.
First and foremost, if it weren't for this President, you and your party would be, along with every other citizen of this country, in the beginnings of a global depression that YOUR President and his administration foisted upon us, one that would, in all likelihood, be only beginning; a depression that would have made 1929 look like a cakewalk! That goes as well for HIS Congresses (15 of them, if memory serves!) and his amazingly "gifted" Vice President, "Dead-Eye Dick!"
It was HE, George W. Bush, et al who got the referendum for your entire party from the citizens of America. Meanwhile, HIS Secretary of the Treasury was doing all he could do (and at a mighty personal profit, I might add) to finally empty the United States Treasury to save his pals, while the rest of our American citizens ate the shit, debris, and forged and completely human-created travesty of Wall Street, Mortgage Bankers, Hedge Fund Managers who just KNEW they were going to get off scot-free.
Secondly, and perhaps more important than any other thing Americans know about you and your unspeakably despicable candidates, Mr. Priebus.
While your preferred candidate is the son of a polygamist who voluntarily turned against this country, to go to a more preferred country for their lesser, and "much less hated laws", taking his four wives with him, gaining yet one more while there; the very man Mormon Prophet Brigham Young tasked to begin a polygamist colony in Mexico (still in existence) in order to preserve ONLY the practice of polygamy, well we just don't much care for that here, or those who think it is an honorable history. American citizens know that, too.
This same preferred candidate that you so proudly hail as the replacement for our current President made countless (no, really: they cannot all be found to count!) millions by dispossessing generational employees for the purpose of profit, because that is what he was paid to do! He did it, by his own statements ad nauseum, very well, and he isn't about to apologize for it. In fact, he believes it is his destiny to do to America what he did under the auspices of Bain Capital, and has publicly stated as much. American citizens know that, too.
American citizens do, actually (for the most part) understand the social contract that corporations have always been held to. You obviously do not. Neither have you taken the appropriate steps to insure that your members are appropriately schooled IN that contract. It is because you and yours have not the first intent to maintain that social contract. American citizens know that, too.
93-2. Tonight. The STOCK Act clears the U. S. Senate. Hurry, Mr. Chairman. Your phones are no doubt ringing off the hook right now. It might be difficult to compute which call you should accept first. Go with the Koch Brothers, you really must calm them down first. Everyone else can wait until you take the skinning they are about to give you. No one deserves it more. American citizens know that, too.
American citizens are losing their jobs, their homes, and their safety net. Have you got these words in your party's dictionary? I think not. Your connections in the Houses of Congress who wear your brand can't seem to get these words out of their mouths! American citizens know that, too.
If I remember correctly, President Obama recently proposed an act, all by himself, to deal with this dilemma in at least a beginning way. Sorry, you lose on that one, as well. He DID go around the country talking about it. But, it had nothing to do with campaigning. He was the original sponsor of the Jobs Act. He knows more about it than anyone you could talk to. Yes, that includes your Speaker. Your cheap shots do nothing to change that, and your lies are so transparent that even Rep. Alan West doesn't like them. And, believe me, that is saying tons.
Remember the economy? We have one today. We did not have one in November, 2008. Since January, 2009, however, we HAVE added (for 22 months) jobs to our economy. Oops. Maggie's Drawers on that one. American citizens know that, too.
You do not monitor the words of your candidates, yet you applaud their lies. "Food Stamp" President is a moniker specifically reserved for President George W. Bush--if facts are of any interest to you. Yet, your lips don't move to bring this obvious fallacy to a stop. In fact, you think such statements will "make your campaign season stronger for your candidates, and this is a completely fair comparison."
It directly parallels criminal acts, including homicide, which is the specific purpose for your saying it. You know this. American citizens know that, too.
Let's not discuss Arizona Governor Brewer, okay? Just handle it. You can't? Why not?
Oh, sorry, I almost forgot.
Because you are the liar-in-chief for your party. You are the firebrand that creates these fiery, inflammatory lies that, like your principles, drip down through the "Pee On The Poor!" economic model you seem to prefer. "Rascism? Good for politics. Bigotry? Damned right! Go for it! Prejudice? Voter Suppression? Great idea. Thanks, ALEC. Your donation should be on the way...soon." American citizens know that, too. I'll tell you something else American citizens know, deep in their souls today, Mr. Priebus.
You, Mr. Priebus are a terrorist of the first order. Furthermore, you are a traitor to your country. It seems obvious to me that the only goal you have for yourself is to be more of a traitor than Mr. Grover Norquist, who lays awake at nights these days planning the overthrow of this President via Impeachment through the fullness of his second term. Yes, American citizens know that, too.
Do you honestly believe, in your heart, that the average American citizen does not see what you and your party are doing, and attempting to do? Wisconsin ring a bell? It damned well should. Don't worry, you'll be hearing a LOT more about it. Soon.
There is a limit to the political theater designed to disenfranchise and divide the American citizenry that we, as Americans will stomach. Your words merely shorten that path. Rep. West (Still having your panties in a wad about being thrown out of the Army there, Alan? Ya PUKE!) wants President Obama, Senator Harry Reed, Minority Speaker Pelosi, and DNC Chair DWS to leave, with their message, from the shores of their citizenship? So now, the message is "IF you don't agree with us, you must leave the country!"? Guess what? American citizens know that, too.
You, and your ilk: the isolationists, the birthers, the Birchers, the LaRouchers, and for God's own sake, the Republican/Tea Party terrorists currently enjoying the very freedom to spew your anti-everything message will very soon find the first step on the path out of this country, Sir. It begins at the ballot box, which try as you might, you WILL NOT own, control OR determine occupancy.
You are a traitor, Sir. You are a traitor to your party, your philosophy, and your country. Civil discourse? Your words, and the words of those who represent your best hopes in this election are, as you very well know, neither. Yours is a direct attempt to reject democracy in America. You have conscripted many to your cause. You will fail. Sarah can't help you. West only makes your folly more apparent. Newt? Are you freakin' kidding me? Yes, I'm sorry to say, but it's really true: American citizens know that, too.
You will lose, Mr. Priebus. And, when you do, when even the man you replaced was so shocked at your words he was completely speechless, it will not be because of collusion, theft of votes, voter suppression, or a better financed campaign.
It will be because there is one thing which you yourself have invalidated in your own mind. You have invalidated the American citizen who, regardless of party affilitiation, is still the voice of power in this county. And, when they speak, as they very surely will, they will speak as one voice which you will not be able to ignore.
I just hope you are still free when they do. I'd like the first act of this President in his second term to be the issuance of arrest warrants for you, Norquist, Boehner, and every other terrorist who would gladly destroy democracy in America for your corporate, plutocratic theocratists.
In the most polite language I can use, burn in hell, Mr. Priebus Traitor. And, I mean that in a good and respectful way. Which is about twenty-to-life more than you deserve.