Palin and Jindal: The best the Republicans can do?

[Joanne98]

By DOUG THOMPSON

As conservatives gather in Washington this weekend for their annual flogging of anything and everything that doesn't conform to their myopic view of the world, they plan to cheer what the failing Republican Party calls its "rising stars:" Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal.

If these two whack jobs represent the future of the Republican Party, it is a party without a future.

When I worked inside the Republican Party I conveniently looked the other way when it came to the GOP's intolerance, bigotry and stupidity. I made a lot of money from the GOP and a lavish lifestyle, plus copious amounts of single malt scotch, allowed me to sell my soul -- for a while.

But sobriety and overdue soul searching gave me the strength to leave the party of hate and return to journalism which may also be a dirty business but seems outright sanitary when compared to the sewer of GOP politics.

In the 2008 Presidential election, Republicans again proved themselves out of touch by putting John McCain at the top of the ticket. When McCain compounded that stupidity by picking Palin as his running mate, the GOP faithful proved they had lost it by flocking to her like rapid dogs in heat and proclaiming her the salvation of the legacy of Ronald Reagan.

About the only thing Palin represents is the inane nature of politics. The sad fact that anyone took this brain-dead twit seriously is an indicator of just how far the GOP has fallen.

Now, as Palin becomes more and more of a background whine, we get Jindal -- the Alfred E. Neuman of politics. Neuman, the icon of Mad Magazine, would say: "What? Me worry?" The mantra of today's GOP is more like: "What? We think?"

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[Demeter]

1. Yup!

:evilgrin:

[The Icon Painter]

2. Alfred E. Neuman?

Exactly! I knew I had seen that head shape and those beady little close-set eyes somewhere. Thank you.

[acmavm]

3. I don't care what anyone says about the source, this was FUNNY!

[Sal Minella]

4. But putting a centerfold in the Republican Playbook might raise some excitement

about the next erection....er....election.

How could they know unless they try? If sex sells depilatory creams and purple pills, why wouldn't it sell the putrefying corpse of Reaganomics???

It's not like these people ever think about their beliefs.

[Doctor_J]

5. You forgot Michael Steele!

They're squeezing the White Male (cr) out of the GOP

[98Beatsies]

6. Yep, that's the new face of the GOP. That means they are in for long-term minority status