What if you’re more in the Odin camp?  Is there a sub-sub party for the Norse?

One thing at a time, please, dewberry. We’re still trying to establish agreement on a generally benign, amorphous divinity that all the participants can sign off on.

There will be plenty of time to create hyphenated factions and semi-autonomous auxiliary groups once we define the basic dimensions the “Big Toga.”

Oh, and by “toga” I am also including outer vestments that may incorporate leather, fur and/or bronze/iron plates. Also, saffron robes, muu-muus, Samurai hakama pants, Unisex body-suits and total consensual nudity.

Is there a sub-sub party for the Norse?

Why not? Bumper sticker:

HONK IF YOU’RE HUNG LIKE A NORSE

ZOD in 2012!!!

Best political news in a long, long time.

Len, we’ve had a number of “exploratory” discussions with the Zod people. At first blush, there seems to be a lot of overlap in terms of basic principles and agenda, but his insistence on a “Buy USA” platform plank is, in our view, a naive nod to on-the-fence Independents and Libertarians that would, in practice, be a recovery-killer (in that it imposes a “made-here” price penalty on low-income and unemployed/underemployed Americans). In addition, its real-world impact would be indistinguishable to our European allies and Asian creditors from a reactionary tariff on imported goods.

Also, from the perspective of electoral optics, he brings a ton of “Phantom Zone” baggage that could really drag on the “grassroots heartland” aura that we COD-PROs have worked so hard to cultivate and preserve.

Keep thinking, though. There are no “bad” ideas!

I do propose that we hold rallies at the restaurant at the end of the universe.  That way, if people fail our ideological purity tests we can “forget” to give them the new coordinates.

@Tom65—“Fascism” has acquired a patina of negative associations over the years, but I quite like the notion of “many sticks bound together” into an unbreakable bundle. I think we can work with that.

Also, the hat is good. Real good. We like the hat, lots.

Also, from the perspective of electoral optics, he brings a ton of “Phantom Zone” baggage that could really drag on the “grassroots heartland” aura that we COD-PROs have worked so hard to cultivate and preserve.

Bravo

Can we work a Festivus Pole in here somewhere?

I’m voting for the Festivus Pole.