Now I will admit to a bit of smile on my face as a read the GOP's latest game-changing idea, to rebrand the Democrats as the "Democrat Socialist Party."
So, in this time of wars, recession and staggering unemployment, the GOP's best foot forward is to resort to name calling????? Really???? Is this article reprinted from the Onion?
It is simply amazing to me that the Republican Party has been reduced to this. The GOP has devolved into a high school clique of hard-right religious idealists with no tolerance for any opposing viewpoints. At what point does some sane Republican (possible oxymoron) step up and be the adult at the table? Is it even possible to put Humpty Dumpty back together again?
In this time of multiple financial and military challenges for the Obama Administration, The Party of NO has decided on three very important resolutions for their special RNC meeting next week. Can you guess what these earth-shattering resolutions are about? Possible fixes for the US economy? New ideas on Iraq and Afghanistan? Nope.
when the RNC meets in an extraordinary special session next week, it will approve a resolution rebranding Democrats as the "Democrat Socialist Party."
Boom!!! That will show them. How you like that Dems? New ideas? Yep, this is what we got as Republicans.
Oh wait, they are not done yet. Not by a long shot.
Two other resolutions — to urge Republican lawmakers to reject earmarks and to commend them for opposing "bailouts and reckless spending bills" — are also on the agenda, but language that would have denounced Sen. Arlen Specter, a Republican turned Democrat, and Republican Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins for voting for President Obama’s stimulus package has been dropped.
Well it looks like they are getting soft on Specter, Snowe and Collins. But those two resolutions really have some bite to them. Stop earmarks and oppose reckless spending. Wow, that should attract people to the GOP like moths to a light.
On one hand, it is truly gratifying to see the opposition party in complete disarray. You made your bed, now lie in it. You chose leaders like GWB, McCain, Rush, Newt and Boehner as well as gems like Palin and Joe the Plumber. You came up with no new ideas that did not include a tax cut. You wholeheartedly supported the worst President in history and rammed through legislation like the Patriot Act and the revamped FISA bill. Your "fiscal conservative" ideas are a joke. Supplemental budgets were used to hide the true cost of the war in Iraq. US contractors stole millions of taxpayer dollars and there hasn't been anyone held responsible. Not to mention the whole torture, rendition and Guantanamo fiasco you approved of.
Our country needs a second political party. But right now, there do not seem to be any adults at the controls of the GOP. As a Democrat, I could not ask for any more than the trifecta of GOP leadership of Michael Steele, Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh. These are the people who will convince the black, hispanic, gay and independent voters to support the GOP? I think we all know the answer to that.
Here's my hint to the GOP - People ain't buying what you are selling. The sooner you get that, the easier it will be for you. However, as a Democrat, I would like to encourage you to keep denying there is any problem. How's that working out for you?