Another Episode of “Those Darn Republicans!”
And the world turns for the ongoing soap opera that is the Republican Party these days.
What have they been up to?
Well, Newt Gingrich (good old Newt!) is all ZOMG!! ZOMG!! Obama shook Hugo Chavez’ HAND! Quoth the Newt:
“Frankly, this does look a lot like Jimmy Carter. Carter tried weakness, and the world got tougher and tougher, because the predators, the aggressors, the anti-Americans, the dictators – when they sense weakness, they all start pushing ahead,”
Not wanting to be left out, Senators, Judd Gregg of New Hampshire and John Ensign of Nevada,put their 2 nanocents worth in saying that for Obama to greet Chavez was “irresponsible.”
By now being accustomed to the teapot tempests that follow his every move, Obama addressed the issue at a press conference:
“It’s unlikely that as a consequence of me shaking hands or having a polite conversation with Mr. Chavez that we are endangering the strategic interests of the United States,” Obama told reporters at a news conference. “I don’t think anybody can find any evidence that that would do so. Even within this imaginative crowd, I think you would be hard-pressed to paint a scenario in which U.S. interests would be damaged as a consequence of us having a more constructive relationship with Venezuela.”
Wacky enough for you? There’s more.
A couple of knee slappers by way of Steve Benen.
Has anyone noticed that “socialist” isn’t evil enough to describe Obama and the Democrats these days? No, it is now necessary to raise the bar all the way to fascist!
“Rhetorically, Republicans are having a very hard time finding something that raises the consciousness of the average voter,” said Saul Anuzis, a former chairman of the Michigan Republican Party who recently lost a bid to became national party chairman.
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“We’ve so overused the word ‘socialism’ that it no longer has the negative connotation it had 20 years ago, or even 10 years ago,” Mr. Anuzis said. “Fascism—everybody still thinks that’s a bad thing.”
Sooo, (scratches head) they don’t necessarily think he’s REALLY a fascist (well, thank goodness for that. I guess.) they just want to call him something really, really bad so everyone will pay attention to how bad he is. Mmkay.
And they make even less sense when they talk about the tea bag parties. Speaking with House Minority Leader John Boehner this weekend, George Stephanopoulos made the reasonable point that most Americans pay relatively low taxes or, in the case of many Americans, none at all. Boehner’s response:
Well, you want to go out and explain that to the hundreds of thousands of people around America that showed up for these rallies.
Of course the sad part here is that he really believes hundreds of thousands of people attended the tea parties. (Good old John!) But beyond that, what’s his point? Don’t confuse them with the facts? Knee slappin stuff, that is.
Finally, looking more and more like he’s planning a run at the NY Governor’s seat, Rudy Giulliani (whose stunningly successful try for the Republican Presidential Nomination is still a thing of mockery discussion) has decided to come out on a platform opposing gay marriage! Specifically he intends to oppose the gay marriage legislation that Governor Paterson introduced last week. Something’s tugging at my memory here. Didn’t he actually stay with two friends who are a gay couple for six months after he dumped his wife? And aren’t these friends actually planning to get married? But you know what they say (or what I do anyway): “With friends like Republicans you don’t need enemies.” Good old Rudy!
And this concludes another episode of “Those Darn Republicans!” Stay tooned.
Posted by marindenver on 04/20/09 at 01:47 PM • Permalink
Categories: Politics • Election '08 • Giuliani is a Jerk • Barack Obama • Nutters • Polisnark •
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