Anyone else see a pitiful Republican attempt at "We get it, too!" ??

[DFW]

They elect a black RNC chairman, choose an ethnic Indian to deliver the TV rebuttal to Obama.

Do they REALLY think that just because they are suddenly putting forth spokesmen of color
that their empty message suddenly has validity.

GIMME A %&(&%$$=(//% BREAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Obama isn't connecting because his dad was African. He's connecting because he's articulate,
intelligent, a gifted orator who thinks that he can get his message across without talking
down to people, and not whitewashing a bad situation that people already know is bad. He's
likable, has good people instincts, and does his homework. If he was green and red striped
with two large antennae coming out of his head, his rhetoric would still connect (kids and
punks might pay more attention to the screen, but that would be about the only visual advantage).

I find it incredibly insulting that the Republicans think that just because they suddenly
put forth their own spokesmen of color that their empty negativism magically gains validity.
Do they think they can fool people who are losing houses and jobs that it's gonna be alright
just because some non-white Republican tells them so?

If they think they can get away with this, I have some 2010 early returns for them: No You Can't.

[billybob537]

1. Republics are just treading water

They have no message,
They wasted all their credability on lies and corruption.
They sent out Booby with their thin excuse.
He's so stupid he brought up Katrina!
His parties 2nd biggest mistake.
If this is the best they got,
we should just move on without them.
The noise will fade as we move forward.

[AndyA]

2. The GOP is just turning off and angering a large part of their remaining base.

The rabid right wingers, who preach that they are good Christians, conservatives, etc., blah blah blah. But the truth is, they really have no tolerance for people who don't look like they look, which takes care of Steele and Jindal.

If you're gay, forget it. And women should know their place.

As they said last night on MSNBC, you aren't going to win elections by pandering to the 15-20% who buy into this crap.

That's fine with me, though. We don't need to have Republicans in charge again. Every time they are, they make a huge mess that Democrats have to come in and clean up.

[mwb970]

3. Right-wingers can only see surfaces, never substance.

We had Hillary, so they came up with Sarah. We had Obama, so they pushed Steele and Jindal to the front, trying to hide all the old white men behind them somehow. They completely miss the need for actual depth, substance, and talent.

At this rate, the republicans will never win anything ever again.

[DFW]

6. Oh yes they will.

Don't overestimate the amount of common sense in the American electorate.
They would get 42.5% of the vote in the next presidential election if they
ran a ticket of Jeffery Dahmer and OJ Simpson, and I'm NOT kidding!

[zeemike]

4. What you don't believe that Rethug hip hop will work?

Oh sure...that is the way to make Rethugs relevant.
We need to encourage them more.

[DFW]

5. They just ain't got that swing.

[EFerrari]

7. It's horrible but, yes, I believe they really think that.

:shrug:

[Duer 157099]

8. This is the Republican version of "why, some of my best friends are..."

the quintessential demonstration of a bigot trying to not seem like a bigot.

They are so transparent!

[DFW]

9. I think you nailed it.

[booley]

10. It's always been about Style over Substance

Because if people really understood their policies, no one would vote for them.

I recall one GOP spokesperson a few years ago being asked why more woman and blacks didnt' vote for Republican. Her response was that the GOP wasnt' getting it's message out.

In other words with FOX and Rush and cons outnumbering liberals on TV, this person thought the problem was the GOP was being muzzled?!

I have seen this often enough among others ot now think she was not a fluke.

It probably has never occurred to them that thier problem is their message and it is out.

[DFW]

11. Wise observation

Their budget for getting their "message" out has always dwarfed ours. When the message is "we're
better than anyone else because God said so," it only goes so far when your cupboard is bare, you
can't pay your mortgage, or your kid comes back dead from Iraq.

Their message sucked wind in the last election despite their immense budget for getting it out.

If they didn't get THAT message, I guess they never will.