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Deep Thought

by Tim F|  May 19, 20097:56 am| 48 Comments

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If Republicans back down from forcing Michael Steele to call Democrats the Democrat National Socialist Devil Baby Party, they will look like a bunch of pussies.

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  1. 1.

    Bill Belichick

    May 19, 2009 at 8:04 am

    Bill is rippin’. I just finished reading the NYT article about the Credit Card industries plans to milk us so-called ‘deadbeats’. We’ve been ‘getting a free ride’? I want to rip the lungs out of the ‘spokesman’ who said that. Among other things I notice he didn’t say a peep about the fees they collect on every transaction.

    If these assholes ever come looking for a bailout I am done. Give me a weapon. I thought I’d sign up to get the Lawyers when the day arrived, but no, I think the 101st MBA Assault Division suits me just fine.

  2. 2.

    John S.

    May 19, 2009 at 8:09 am

    If they had taken some cues from their minions, they would have called it the Demoncrat Socielitist Party. That has a nice wingnutty feel to it.

  3. 3.

    arguingwithsignposts

    May 19, 2009 at 8:16 am

    “My role as chairman, however, is to have a conversation with the American people without the name-calling, without the noisemaking, and that’s my focus. And I’ve been very clear that I don’t think that that is an appropriate way to express our views on the issues of the day,”

    The delusion it takes these politicians to bold-faced LIE every time they open their mouths astonishes me to no end. The fact that the media doesn’t actually press them on their LIES is just depressing.

  4. 4.

    Cat Lady

    May 19, 2009 at 8:17 am

    Newt Gingrich has joined Eric Cantor’s awesome new club, the National Council for a New America. One meeting in a Virginia pizza parlor convinced Newt that this was his path back to relevance, then glory.

    1. Eat pizza with fat white clueless losers.
    2. ???
    3. Victory!

  5. 5.

    Michael

    May 19, 2009 at 8:19 am

    Michael has a nepotism issue that the courageous Washington Times takes on.

    http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/5/19/733089/-Moonie-Times-Tackles-Steele-Nepotism-at-RNC

    Shame they didn’t drill Liz Cheney.

  6. 6.

    Snail

    May 19, 2009 at 8:24 am

    Shame they didn’t drill Liz Cheney.

    Now there’s a grisly image.

  7. 7.

    kay

    May 19, 2009 at 8:25 am

    @arguingwithsignposts:

    Michael Steele isn’t comfortable in that role. He can’t lie like Gingrich. He has some essential quality he can’t bury that makes it sound like satire. It IS satire, coming from him.

    Watch his facial expressions while he’s spouting the words they gave him. He can’t pull it off. Something inherent intrudes, and he never quite gets there.

    I don’t dislike him. I don’t think he’ll succeed in that particular organization, but I can’t dislike him. He’s not a true believer, and the lunatics sense it.

  8. 8.

    MattF

    May 19, 2009 at 8:28 am

    If renaming the Democratic Party isn’t an “issue of the day”, then, well,… I’d just like to know what is an issue, anyhow.

  9. 9.

    Scruffy McSnufflepuss

    May 19, 2009 at 8:29 am

    You let the inmates run the asylum, and you’re going to get this sort of thing.

  10. 10.

    kommrade reproductive vigor

    May 19, 2009 at 8:30 am

    In speeches to the members, Steele and others “are going to talk a lot about [how] the days of looking back are no longer relevant or helpful.”

    Translation: No one is allowed to mention that we spent eight years cheerleading Bush, calling everyone who disagreed with us names and generally fucking things up! Retrospection and introspection are for wimps! Besides, Bush was a closet liberal! Onward to victory! Also!

  11. 11.

    Dennis-SGMM

    May 19, 2009 at 8:32 am

    Their twin goals: make gains in the next election cycle and put the past behind them.

    To that effect, RNC delegates will be voting on a resolution to declare the years 2001-2008 totally inoperative.
    “Our unofficial motto is ‘George W. Who?'” declared one delegate. “He wasn’t a conservative anyway.”

  12. 12.

    MattF

    May 19, 2009 at 8:34 am

    @Bill Belichick

    Oh, boy… I agree with you about the credit card companies. I was lying awake last night thinking about how to deal with a bank that tries to pull something like that on me. Grrr.

  13. 13.

    gnomedad

    May 19, 2009 at 8:39 am

    I’d love to see Obama or someone prominent point out that the Repubs are now taking formal votes on name-calling.

  14. 14.

    arguingwithsignposts

    May 19, 2009 at 8:48 am

    @kay:

    I don’t dislike him. I don’t think he’ll succeed in that particular organization, but I can’t dislike him. He’s not a true believer, and the lunatics sense it.

    I see what you’re saying, but I also really dislike him precisely because he’s decided to cast his lot with those true believers and spout their b.s. He’s like a cartoon – baghdad mike.

    Gingrich is a whole other level of evil, granted. I don’t even think it’s lying with him. He honestly believes the earth is flat.

  15. 15.

    kay

    May 19, 2009 at 8:48 am

    Huntsman was smart. Go to China, wait out the lunatic fringe reign, and be the bipartisan reasonable option after they lose a coupla more elections.

  16. 16.

    Scruffy McSnufflepuss

    May 19, 2009 at 8:49 am

    @gnomedad:

    I’d love to see Obama or someone prominent point out that the Repubs are now taking formal votes on name-calling.

    The most vital issue facing our nation today is not letting the Democrats get away with being Soc-ialists, not even for a minute.

    Once we’ve straightened that out, our national economic recovery will be well underway.

  17. 17.

    kay

    May 19, 2009 at 8:55 am

    @arguingwithsignposts:

    I think you have to believe the lie as you’re telling it. Steele can’t do that.
    You and I wonder about Newt Gingrich. We marvel at the statements that leave his mouth, because, well, we’re aware of his record.
    The thing is, IMO, Gingrich is so screwed up, so completely compromised, he believes this nonsense while he’s saying it.
    He has to be IN FACT unaware of his own record when he’s attacking Pelosi. He has to block that, for the 40 seconds it takes to tell the lie.

  18. 18.

    gbear

    May 19, 2009 at 9:00 am

    I wonder how the republicans will feel when they try to write about the evil democrat social!st party and their comments end up in moderation. I can already hear the raging about the media conspiracy to silence their voices. Republican’s next move: change the name of their party to the v!agra big tent party.

  19. 19.

    arguingwithsignposts

    May 19, 2009 at 9:04 am

    @kay:

    He has to be IN FACT unaware of his own record when he’s attacking Pelosi. He has to block that, for the 40 seconds it takes to tell the lie.

    Oh, it’s pathological, i’m sure. And now that he’s a Catholic, apparently it’s all forgiven anyway, so, ya know, there’s that.

    i really do think Steele is sort of a Baghdad Bob for the RNC these days. I may do some photoshoppin’ later.

  20. 20.

    Wag

    May 19, 2009 at 9:08 am

    I think the Republicans that say NI! Party will do nicely until they either come to their senses (yeah, I know, unlikely) or they declare themselves the Party that says whatever the hell it is the Knights who say Ni become.

  21. 21.

    NonyNony

    May 19, 2009 at 9:11 am

    @Michael:

    Michael has a nepotism issue that the courageous Washington Times takes on.

    Ah, there’s nothing like a good old-fashioned Faction War to get the blood pumping. I wonder who the Reverend Moon would like to see replace Steele.

  22. 22.

    Agi

    May 19, 2009 at 9:13 am

    Ok, then. We need to start calling the Republicans “The Whigs” or “The Know Nothings”.

  23. 23.

    Dennis-SGMM

    May 19, 2009 at 9:22 am

    Their twin goals: make gains in the next election cycle and put the past behind them. And to rename the Democratic party.
    Their three goals…

  24. 24.

    Cyrus

    May 19, 2009 at 9:26 am

    @arguingwithsignposts:

    And now that he’s a Catholic, apparently it’s all forgiven anyway, so, ya know, there’s that.

    I’m more hostile to religion than most people, but I don’t think that’s how it works, at least not for his sins going forward. I’m pretty sure Catholics have to jump through more hoops in that area than most Protestants.

  25. 25.

    arguingwithsignposts

    May 19, 2009 at 9:33 am

    @Cyrus:

    I’m more hostile to religion than most people, but I don’t think that’s how it works, at least not for his sins going forward. I’m pretty sure Catholics have to jump through more hoops in that area than most Protestants.

    Oh, going forward certainly. But IIRC, under any of the Christian flavors, once you are in the pack, your past sins are “washed in the blood.” There’s always that thorny issue of “once saved, always saved,” but the basic slate was wiped clean with his conversion – even if said conversion included numerous classes and passing some sort of DMV-style test (and yes, I’m being a tiny bit snarky with that last bit)

  26. 26.

    Bill E Pilgrim

    May 19, 2009 at 9:34 am

    @Wag:

    or they declare themselves the Party that says whatever the hell it is the Knights who say Ni become.

    “You’re down to 20 percent!”

    “No we’re not. It’s just a flesh wound!”

  27. 27.

    gbear

    May 19, 2009 at 9:43 am

    I think the Republicans that say NI! Party will do nicely

    When I saw that sentence, Blazing Saddles came into my head before Monty Python & The Holy Grail.

    ‘Can’t you see that man is a ni?’

    @Agi:

    How about calling them the Whig-out party?

  28. 28.

    Johnny Pez

    May 19, 2009 at 9:57 am

    It’s not really fair to compare the Republicans to the Whigs. The Whigs were a perfectly good political party that got hosed by the slavery issue (an issue that proved to be politically intractable). A better comparison would be to the Federalists, who withered away after finding themselves on the wrong side of a demographic shift.

  29. 29.

    Notorious P.A.T.

    May 19, 2009 at 9:57 am

    If the meeting achieves quorum, RNC members will vote on a proposal to label rival Democrats the “Democrat-Socialist Party”; a resolution calling on members of Congress to forgo earmarks; and a measure thanking Republican members of Congress for voting against bailout and stimulus legislation

    Wow, what a bunch of idiots.

  30. 30.

    Xenos

    May 19, 2009 at 10:02 am

    The Federalists also came out in favor of the interests of big business over that of the country as a whole, and were discredited when the attempt to preserve the rights of capital had the whiff of treason.

    Ever since the Taft wing secured control over the Republican Party it has been the Federalists all over again. Our memories of the revolution have been weakened over time, and it has taken tow serious financial collapses to put these jerks off their game.

  31. 31.

    Steeplejack

    May 19, 2009 at 10:05 am

    I hereby propose that, if the Republicans move to rename the Democrats the “Democrat Socia1ist Party,” the Republicans henceforth be called the “Republican National Front” (RNF).

    Oh, hell, let’s do it anyway.

    P.S. Damn you, WordPress!

  32. 32.

    The Moar You Know

    May 19, 2009 at 10:09 am

    I don’t dislike him. I don’t think he’ll succeed in that particular organization, but I can’t dislike him. He’s not a true believer, and the lunatics sense it.

    @kay: He reminds me of Scott McClellan for the same reasons you cite. There was another guy who knew he was spouting bullshit and just couldn’t pull it off.

  33. 33.

    Bill E Pilgrim

    May 19, 2009 at 10:11 am

    I hope by 2012 or so the Democrats will have succeeded in fixing the health care system and getting the economy back to sanity, while the Republican’s accomplishment will be finally passing an official resolution that the Democrats be henceforth known by the GOP as the “stupid bonerville party”.

    That’ll show us.

  34. 34.

    Dennis-SGMM

    May 19, 2009 at 10:15 am

    @kay:

    Huntsman was smart. Go to China, wait out the lunatic fringe reign, and be the bipartisan reasonable option after they lose a coupla more elections.

    He’s taking a big chance. The lunatic fringe seems intent on reducing the Republicans to a regional party composed only of true believers. They’ll be certain to nominate one of their own in 2012 and that will just further the perception that they’ve gone ’round the bend. Huntsman will face the unenviable task of making a national party of a regional one and of overcoming the perception that the R’s are simply a gaggle of paranoid crackers. Hopefully for us all, the lunatic fringe of the lunatic fringe won’t in the mean time do something so terrible as to indelibly blacken the name of the party.

  35. 35.

    LD50

    May 19, 2009 at 10:16 am

    If the meeting achieves quorum, RNC members will vote on a proposal to label rival Democrats the “Democrat-Sočialist Party”; a resolution calling on members of Congress to forgo earmarks; and a measure thanking Republican members of Congress for voting against bailout and stimulus legislation

    This is what political parties with no power do to pass the time.

  36. 36.

    MikeJ

    May 19, 2009 at 10:23 am

    Ok, then. We need to start calling the Republicans “The Whigs” or “The Know Nothings”.

    Nope, do the exact opposite. “It’s a pity that the once Grand Old Party, the party of Lincoln, our nation’s greatest president is reduced to name calling.”

    Calling them names just makes them look less bad.

  37. 37.

    Bob

    May 19, 2009 at 10:46 am

    Huntsman was smart. Go to China, wait out the lunatic fringe reign, and be the bipartisan reasonable option after they lose a coupla more elections.

    Funny thing is Huntsman joined the Obama administration right after being shown the door by a Michigan GOP county party:

    See here.

  38. 38.

    JenJen

    May 19, 2009 at 11:09 am

    Will anyone really be surprised if Mike Pence, et al, start referring to the Democratic Party as The Socialist-Democrat Party in the coming days? I certainly won’t. I have a feeling they’ll think it’s catchy, and cute, and working…

  39. 39.

    gbear

    May 19, 2009 at 11:30 am

    Huntsman will face the unenviable task of making a national party of a regional one and of overcoming the perception that the R’s are simply a gaggle of paranoid crackers.

    Or else he’ll just stay with the Democratic party, who value his skills and allow him to put them to good use. Tough call, I know…

  40. 40.

    fish

    May 19, 2009 at 11:40 am

    Perhaps “pussies” is not the best word for an insult, even in jest or “ironically”…

  41. 41.

    bago

    May 19, 2009 at 11:58 am

    Remember, Steele was the guy with enough brains to think that the whole Democrat Sociǻlist thing was a bad idea.

  42. 42.

    ColoRambler

    May 19, 2009 at 12:07 pm

    Oh, going forward certainly. But IIRC, under any of the Christian flavors, once you are in the pack, your past sins are “washed in the blood.” There’s always that thorny issue of “once saved, always saved,” but the basic slate was wiped clean with his conversion – even if said conversion included numerous classes and passing some sort of DMV-style test (and yes, I’m being a tiny bit snarky with that last bit)

    The best introduction to this sort of pathological thinking I’ve found is Altemeyer’s work on authoritarian personalities, especially chapter 4.

  43. 43.

    JosieJ

    May 19, 2009 at 3:35 pm

    @kay:

    I don’t dislike him. I don’t think he’ll succeed in that particular organization, but I can’t dislike him. He’s not a true believer, and the lunatics sense it.

    Very charitable of you–you’re a better person than I. In my book, a bad liar’s still a liar.

  44. 44.

    Kilkee

    May 19, 2009 at 3:40 pm

    @Dennis-SGMM: Possible, assuming a fanatical devotion to the Pope.

  45. 45.

    tcolberg

    May 19, 2009 at 4:14 pm

    The Democrat Communist Baby Sodomizing and Eating Party?

  46. 46.

    snetzky

    May 19, 2009 at 5:53 pm

    Fox News is starting a Saturday morning cartoon show this fall called “Democrats are Stupidheads!” Gotta get em started young.

    That being said, doesn’t it say something about the way our educational system works that more people aren’t calling bovine scatology (to quote Norman S) on the latest nonsense coming out of the wingnutosphere?

    George Carlin was right…”Half of em are dumber than that!”

  47. 47.

    Little Dreamer

    May 19, 2009 at 9:24 pm

    @arguingwithsignposts:

    Wrong, it’s part of the debate between Faith and Works.

    Once you utter Jesus’ name, it is not a get out of hell free monopoly card necessarily.

    Ask yourself, if a man goes to church and gets saved, confesses his sins and then turns around and robs a bank and rapes a woman and kills a man within weeks of doing so, is he washed in the blood of the lamb and automatically deserving of heaven (a place I don’t believe exists except in biblical fairy tales)?

    This debate between Faith and Works has been going on since the apostles themselves were arguing about it. Faith (speak the name of Jesus, be saved and you automatically go to heaven) is a Pauline doctrine (created by the supposed apostle Paul) and does not conform with many of the other apostles beliefs.

  48. 48.

    Little Dreamer

    May 19, 2009 at 9:28 pm

    @Steeplejack:

    I vote for using the term hatemongers myself.

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