The Right goes insane, By Mark Morford

[madokie]

Evil overlords to flaccid clowns in the blink of Jesus' eye. Adorable!


This much we know: Hand evil a big, sticky gob of power, and it quickly becomes a feral monster, dangerous and cruel and willing to sell its own shriveled heart and the heart of its very remorseful mother for a shot at everlasting infamy, even more power and maybe some fresh, raw kitten blood, intravenously, just for the hell of it.

Oh, but take that same vile leviathan and suddenly strip away all its power and influence and capacity for wickedness, and watch it deflate like a wheezing circus tent, quickly turning into a trembling caricature of its former self, a tiny, elfin thing small enough to fit into a shoebox of panic and pathos and residual Godspit.

Behold, this delightful rule in full effect with the once portentous, now pitiable Republican party. Watch in wonder as gaff follows gaff, astonishing pronouncement follows childish meltdown, ludicrous statement leads into pure comedy of errors followed by moderate 40-year veterans of the party splitting for bluer, less abusive pastures. What a scene.

There is much good news to be found in the ongoing GOP implosion; their obsession with Ôwedge issues' like abortion and gay marriage, along with hilarious claims of socialism and fascism are proving to be the absolute best news for the nation as a whole. Because as the GOP wallows in juvenile spectacle, Obama and the Dems are leaping headlong into one of the most ambitious, invigorating, nation-altering agendas in American history. ...

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[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

1. K&R nt

[opihimoimoi]

2. K&R......The Poor Pubs deserve all what they are reaping

A welcome Twist...

[Bandit]

3. I guess he is insinuating they once were sane.

If the last decade is any indication of sanity then I guess I am the one that is insane..

[Wapsie B]

4. There were people who predicted this happening the minute the gop

nominated the chimp in '00. repugs had a good laugh at the time. Who's laughing now chumps? Put your entire identity with a man who doesn't have the intellect to run for city dog catcher and this is what happens. Lay in bed with the xian rwingers for suport and this is what happens.

[tanyev]

5. "Watch in wonder as gaff follows gaff"

Pretty sure that should be gaffe. No proofreaders at the SF Gate?

[dalaigh lllama]

11. They've actually gone from gaff to gaffe in 8 years

from sharp metal spikes to clumsy social errors. ha!

[loyalkydem]

6. Let them

continue to implode. I'm enjoying every minuet of it. Can Freedom works be the first to go?

[malaise]

7. Beautifully written

K & R

[Patiod]

8. Let it be a lesson to us

Seriously.

I live outside a city where the Dems have Absolute Power, and the whole thing about Corrupting - well, all I can say is: Absolutely.

If I lived in the city, I would almost certainly be voting Republican for any and all city offices. I'd like to see the Republicans have enough power to scare the stereotypical FatCat BigCity Dems onto the straight(er) and narrow(er). People like Vince Fumo come to mind, siphoning off Other People's Money to fund a yacht, a mansion, and other slickness.

Abramoff, Fumo, DeLay, Blago - it's all from having too much unchecked, unwatched, unreigned power.

[lunatica]

9. The GOP still trying to invent reality

[FSogol]

10. I guess Rove wasn't really such a genius after all. n/t

[Froward69]

12. Rubber rooms and straight jackets

for the lot of em... then just when they have been forgotten about... turn them loose on the streets to sleep under bridges and on heating grates. (Just like Regan did.) not giving them any sort of "Social Welfare" for at least ten years or until they give up the republican (Modern Nazi) Party.