Rip dat mainframe I’ll explain, the whole GOP is going insane

[babylonsister]

http://highclearing.com/index.php/archives/2010/08/15/11594

Rip dat mainframe I’ll explain, the whole GOP is going insane

By Thoreau


Like Radley says, between the talk about birth certificates, the “Ground Zero Mosque”, idiots talking about changing the 14th amendment, the Colorado gubernatorial candidate concerned that biking is part of a UN conspiracy, the GOP has lost its mind. Even worse, at least some of this is coming from people supported by the Tea Party.

Recall that the Tea Party is allegedly a reaction to big spending by the GOP during 2001-2008 (a reaction that conveniently started in 2009, but let’s leave that aside for now). God knows they need an internal battle and some purging of the worst elements. Grown-ups were precious few in 2001-2008. If the Tea Party could purge some of the drunken sailors of 2001-2008 and get the party to engage in some soul-searching, I would cheer for them and their process, even if I didn’t agree with them on issues. We need a sane and responsible opposition party, and some purification and contemplation could be part of the process that gets us such a party. Alas, the Tea Partiers seem to like some of the crazy candidates, and to the extent that any faction of the GOP (old guard or Tea Party) says anything about policy their stance seems to be that the budget must be balanced, but military spending must go up and taxes must go down. And based on how they governed in 2001-2008, it’s not clear that they would actually cut anything else in the budget by much either. One needn’t subscribe to any particular political philosophy to recognize the basic ARITHMETIC FAIL in that stance.

So, the GOP is currently in a battle between outright crazies and a bunch of irresponsible fools. Let us hope that candidates from both camps do poorly in fall. Outright, across-the-board failure by either faction seems unlikely, given that the governing party always does poorly when the economy is doing poorly. However, if they can under-perform expectations, well, that will at least be something.

[SpiralHawk]

1. As Sun*Spots increase in intensity, Republicons get loopier and loopier

A guy at the bar explained it all to me the other night...The Republicon Homelanders cannot handle the sOlaR VIBE -- it takes a fundamentally strong soul to reckon with the wAvEs of Sun*Spots. Republicons are just not equipped to cope, and thus are doomed as far as sanity or dignity goes. Expect more Republicon FAIL & FLAIL.

[babylonsister]

2. Sun*spots?

:crazy: Sounds about as logical as anything else I've heard. :D

[SpiralHawk]

3. Ya gotta hang out at more bars

After a couple of rounds, the patrons are loaded with theories

[SoxFan]

5. Damn straight

If that doesn't work, campaign door to door. It's amazing what you'll learn. :wow:

[babylonsister]

4. Aww, were some feelings hurt because a few "DUers' can't stand

the thought of someone calling the gop insane? :rofl: :nopity: