Jesus H. Christ on a bike RNC, are you actively trying to make every conservative sound like a raving lunatic? A resolution to “re-brand” the Democrats as the “Democrat Socialist Party” is worth convening a special session? It’s not even worth entertaining as an option!
If you really want to criticise the current administration, you should be looking to George Will, not to Joseph McCarthy. Leave the name-calling to children and grow the hell up. Anyone who thinks this recent resolution is a good thing is an idiot. At the very least, Michael Steele gets it when he says that this resolution, “will accomplish little than to give the media and our opponents the opportunity to mischaracterize Republicans.”
Of course, like any voice of reason within the current Republican party, Steele, despite his position, has effectively no influence.
As far as my own suggestion, how about we stop worrying about what to call the Democrats and simply limit ourselves to proposing fiscally-responsible alternatives. I’m thinking that will work just a little better than continuing our own fiscal incontinence while childishly calling the other party names.
And, to everyone who thinks I’m being cowardly and that we shouldn’t give two shits about how the media portrays Republicans as a result of this resolution, I have this response: If it doesn’t matter what our opponents call us, then why the HELL does it matter what we call them? This isn’t about “calling a spade a spade” or “bravely telling the truth”. This is about a group of sore losers engaging in an ideological circle-jerk and it’s not even close to a productive use of the party’s resources.
Hat tip to The Right Wing Nuthouse.
