RNC set to approve resolution rebranding the Democratic Party as ‘Democrat Socialist Party.’
By on May 13th, 2009 at 11:53 am
RNC set to approve resolution rebranding the Democratic Party as ‘Democrat Socialist Party.’
Roger Simon reports this morning that the Republican National Committee will “approve a resolution rebranding Democrats as the ‘Democrat Socialist Party‘” when they meet next week for a “special session.” When asked if the resolution would force embattled RNC chairman Michael Steele to use the label personally, an RNC member replied, “Who cares?” Steele wrote a memo last month in opposition to the resolution that he believed the label would “accomplish little than to give the media and our opponents the opportunity to mischaracterize Republicans.” Read the resolution here.
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someone quick…..form a REAL Democrat Socialist Party and sue them for libel.
May 13th, 2009 at 11:55 am(ralph just shakes his head)
May 13th, 2009 at 11:56 am.
LIE-CHEAT-STEELE
The “NEW” G(no)P
.
May 13th, 2009 at 11:56 amI’ll accept that, assuming that the Republicans accept their new moniker as the “Republican Fascist Party.”
Fair enough?
May 13th, 2009 at 11:58 amYou know, for the Democratic Party to follow suit, they would have to introduce a resolution rebranding Republicans as the “Dumb Poopyhead Party”.
That seems to me would come as close to the original resolution in both spirit and execution as is possible.
May 13th, 2009 at 11:58 amWell, if the Dems are socialist, certainly the Repugs are led by someone who likes the Nazi salute! Should it be “Republican Nazi Party”?? They certainly act like the are most times.
May 13th, 2009 at 12:00 pmQuestion: Why is it so important for them to take this to task?
We have an administration who tortured and a crap economy last I checked. Just shows me how “serious” THEY are.
May 13th, 2009 at 12:01 pmSo this is the informed intelligent debate that the GOP is bringing to the table?
No wonder all they watch is Fox News
May 13th, 2009 at 12:02 pmFoolios…this is what they spend their time coming up with? Seriously, these people are dolts.
May 13th, 2009 at 12:03 pmrastaman Says:
someone quick…..form a REAL Democrat Socialist Party and sue them for libel.
I just checked and the .com and .org is taken but the .net domain is still available. I wish someone would buy it and forward the traffic to a site that simply mocks them for doing this juvenile stunt!
May 13th, 2009 at 12:03 pmIt is bad enough their members are going around spewing whatever idiocy pops into their heads but now they are codifying their childishness.
May 13th, 2009 at 12:03 pmWhen obstructionism isn’t enough – resort to foul language and name calling.
May 13th, 2009 at 12:04 pmPRIORITIES, people! First you’ve got to find Obama’s Secret Birth Certificate(tm), then you’ve got out outlaw putting mustard on cheeseburgers. THEN you can start coming up with brand-new psychotic initiatives.
May 13th, 2009 at 12:05 pmIf SNL doesn’t do a bit mocking them we should. Then we’ll put it all over youtube.
This action needs to be mocked to the point that they regret even mentioning the idea.
May 13th, 2009 at 12:05 pm” . . the label would “accomplish little than to give the media and our opponents the opportunity to mischaracterize Republicans.”
Excuse me, NO ONE has MISCHARACTERIZED the GnoP! They really are who they appear to be and NOTHING CAN BE DONE TO RECTIFY THEIR SELF-CREATED PROBLEMS. They have done nothing but vote NO on every piece of legislation from Obama while at the same time, holding out their hands for the dollars they voted against. They have OBSTRUCTED the nominees Obama has asked for – nothing can change the FACTS. So don’t tell us there is ‘MISCHARACTERIZATION’ going on here!
May 13th, 2009 at 12:07 pmI prefer the “Fascist Republic Party”. If they won’t use Democratic why should we use Republican?
May 13th, 2009 at 12:07 pmYeah, this will solve all of our country’s problems. Good job, GOP. Next, why don’t you vote on what color to paint the Oval Office next time (when hell freezes over) you take over the White House? You guys are really on the ball. Seriously, are these clowns for real?! It’s like a Monty Python skit, only not funny.
May 13th, 2009 at 12:07 pmThe RNC should rebrand itself:
The Repugnican’t Party
May 13th, 2009 at 12:08 pmWhen asked if the resolution would force embattled RNC chairman Michael Steele to use the label personally, an RNC member replied, “Who cares?”
The RNC member went on to say that, “This is some great fun. And until we regain total power, we will continue to act like little spoiled children, and try to make everything in the country, except our profits, go completely to hell.”
“F%$k this country,” the RNC member exclaimed loudly, “And until this country accepts us as unconditional rulers, that is precisely what we will continue to do, and we will mock the entire system while we do it, and have some great fun just like in high school and the fraternity again. Whoo hooo!!!!!!!! Free black market oxycontin and viagara all around!!!!!!”
Then the RNC member wandered off chanting a fraternity acronym and drinking from a hip flask, while two large men in brown shirts and tight leather shorts moved to block this newsperson from entering the private RNC meeting, though this reporter believes that scantily clad, underage boys and girls could be glimpsed within, chained to the tables. Surely that must have been a hallucination brought on by the contact trip from the LSD laced punch fountain inside.
May 13th, 2009 at 12:09 pmO’boy, that should really get the 23%ers goose-stepping in lock step.
May 13th, 2009 at 12:09 pmThis is a public temper tantrum. The repubs have no ideas, vision or intelligence. They are only capable of calling people names, and not very original ones at that. How sad, I am sure St. Ronnie would be proud.
May 13th, 2009 at 12:10 pmI’m all in favor for everything the repuglican party is doing these days…as the shrub would say “hecka of a job…bozo”
May 13th, 2009 at 12:10 pmBwaahahaha! Let em! If they have time to work on meaningless gestures they have less time to work on getting re-elected. Not to mention less time for whatever other horrors they have brewing in their little shop.
They forget some of us were born after the cold war and dont have such a bad connotation with the s-word. And props to Steele for saying something smart for a change.
May 13th, 2009 at 12:11 pmHahahahahahahahahaha! That is funny! Hey Pubs.. re-brand your own party first and get some people in your err..big tent before you worry about the democrats!
May 13th, 2009 at 12:11 pmI’m not as pissed about the “Socialist” as I am about the “Democrat” crap. I refuse to call them Republicans until they stop.
May 13th, 2009 at 12:12 pmDoodlebug Shayne Says:
CageyCretin Says:
I’ll accept that, assuming that the Republicans accept their new moniker as the “Republican Fascist Party.”
Fair enough?
I prefer the “Fascist Republic Party”. If they won’t use Democratic why should we use Republican?
Alright! Alright!! I’m a bit off today, damnit! I didn’t read that right. Thanks for the correction, I agree wholeheartedly.
We must create a resolution, and present it to congress, as this is essential business to get this country moving in the right direction for healing and recovery.
This is more important than…. than…. I can’t think of anything more important than this, so lets get this on top priority, pronto!!!!!
May 13th, 2009 at 12:13 pmI believe the Democrat Socialist Party might take offense to this unauthorized use of their name.
Also, I wonder if Mr. Steele, or any of our resident trolls, would be so good as to explain why socialism is bad, exactly. Without using talking points, please.
May 13th, 2009 at 12:13 pmWell, on this one Steele is actually right. The resolution will do nothing other than to make the Republicans look even more ridiculous than they already look.
Their membership is now between 18-21% depending on which poll you believe and both polls show that they have lost 4% of their members in the last couple of months alone.
I once called them tone deaf. Now they are stone cold deaf. They really can’t see what they are doing to themselves.
May 13th, 2009 at 12:13 pmThe Republican Party is in a shambles. Their old policies have resulted in two clusterf**k wars, a collapsed economy, erosion of American freedoms in the name of security, and worldwide contempt against us. Their numbers are shrinking as their tent gets too small for anybody but the most rabid wingnuts to enter.
You’d think they’d be spending their time trying to rediscover who they really are and re-examining their ideals. You’d think they’d be working to reinvent themselves as a viable political party.
But no. They want to spend their time issuing playground taunts, despite the fact that hurling invective really no longer works for them. Fine. Let them. If they don’t see themselves circling the drain, there’s really no way anybody can save them.
May 13th, 2009 at 12:14 pmhyacinthgirl Says:
Yeah, this will solve all of our country’s problems. Good job, GOP. Next, why don’t you vote on what color to paint the Oval Office next time (when hell freezes over) you take over the White House? You guys are really on the ball. Seriously, are these clowns for real?! It’s like a Monty Python skit, only not funny.
Sound like a good place to start for our youtube bit. If they can’t even spell correctly how can we even think of trusting them to do anything good for the country?!
May 13th, 2009 at 12:14 pmThis sort of childish behavior is just one more piece of evidence of how far removed from reality the Repignofascist Party has become. If these Cheney-holes think that name calling is how they are going to be looked on more positively by the populace then they deserve no more than the 21 percent of Americans who now identify themselves with the Repignofascist Party. John Boner must be really proud this morning.
May 13th, 2009 at 12:15 pmOMG! This is so stupid. While people are losing their homes, job, etc. these RNC fools are wasting time rebranding the Democratic Party?! Instead of coming up with viable solutions to the problems Americans face – this is all they have?! Until the RNC grows up and get their heads together the GOP should stay in the minority. DAMFs!
May 13th, 2009 at 12:15 pm“The Party of Lincoln” shall now be formerly known as “The Party of Joe McCarthy”.
May 13th, 2009 at 12:16 pmThe GOP continues to excel in showing how irrelevant they are to the problems that Americans are facing every day. While we struggle with rising unemployment, spiraling national debt, foreclosures, two wars, the threat of international terrorism, and with the modern civil rights movement, the GOP is taking time out to, and I can hardly type this without smirking, rename the *other* major political party. Now I’m laughing out loud. Oh lord, they is dumb.
May 13th, 2009 at 12:16 pmThis is a lose – lose for the Red Team. If they pass it they look like the party of Bachmann, if they don’t they alienate the their dwindling base of crazy.
May 13th, 2009 at 12:16 pmThe Republicans have very seldom let me down when I needed a good laugh. I am seriously beginning to be concerned about their mental health, though. The, again who am I to make judgments? I have done the same thing at parties. My favorite is when I announce that I think George Bush is the smartest person to ever occupy the Whitehouse. I am consistently asked to shut the hell up. Is there any wonder why this group of certified idiots wrecked our country? I have never voted for a Republican because I’ve always thought they were the worst we had to offer but I never imagined they could become so derelict in their obligation to have the country’s best interests at heart. These people have gone completely off the rails. I have only seen this happen to a person in one other circumstance. I dare ask…no… I gotta ask, ARE THESE PEOPLE SMOKING CRACK?
May 13th, 2009 at 12:17 pm“mischaracterize Republicans” by calling them something like, Compassionate Conservative Party, or maybe Christian Party, or something like that.
Republican Fascist Party is more like it though.
Now that is NOT a mischaracterization of Republicans.
May 13th, 2009 at 12:19 pmAnswer: They’ve got nothing else to say or do. They’re bankrupt in the ideas department. They’re reduced to petty name-calling.
May 13th, 2009 at 12:20 pmMaybe we should see ‘em and raise ‘em.
How about calling them the The Grand Old Poopy-pants? !
May 13th, 2009 at 12:20 pm“If the glove fits, you must acquit.”
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acquit
Next example: “The Democrats acquitted themselves like Socialists.”
May 13th, 2009 at 12:20 pmWhile they have lost some poularity, the problem is that they are still embedded in positions of power and leverage over all the branches and offices of this country. They don’t need those voters as much as we perceive, which is why they seem to be flailing around — they intend to use their leverages to keep things their way, and a part of this all is just biding their time and trying to make the Democrats look bad. Some of it is political (like Specter…. ummm… yeah, … Democratic…. yeah, right….), but most of it is the corporate power (and lobbying is a great part of that angle).
They are not “irrelevant” yet, not by a long shot.
May 13th, 2009 at 12:21 pm.
Gang
Of
Phascists
.
May 13th, 2009 at 12:21 pmIt would be wrong to call Republicans Party the Republican Nazi Party because, well, redundancy is inefficient
May 13th, 2009 at 12:21 pmHow about rebranding themselves — as the “Fear, Hatred
May 13th, 2009 at 12:23 pmand Torture” Party?
The neo-fascist pot calling the centrist kettle black is closer to the truth. Someone sends these turds to the backyard, now!
May 13th, 2009 at 12:24 pmThe RNC/GOP vision and future for America is hoping the President fails and rebranding their opponents. Brilliant.
You forgot their 17-page alternative federal budget proposal with no numbers in it. (But at least it had a nice cover page.)
May 13th, 2009 at 12:24 pmThe DNC needs to approve a resolution to rename the GOP as the ‘Republican Insurgent Party’.
May 13th, 2009 at 12:25 pmquite a few of the Republicans will soon be changing their name/title to “inmate”
May 13th, 2009 at 12:26 pmWe spend years teaching our children the importance of language, and respect, and how to rise above name-calling and bullying. Then they do shit like this.
I’m not a big fan of the DNC (and really not a fan of the Congressional caucuses) but if the Playground Party doesn’t grow up quick, I’m going to have to step up my donations and activism in the next cycle, big time.
May 13th, 2009 at 12:27 pmWow – That’s “serious business” to be conducting. I’ll bet they wore their most serious suits and most powerful ties.
May 13th, 2009 at 12:28 pmI always thought each political party got to pick their own name. Same goes for sports teams, corporations, and anything else.
But if the Republican Party gets to choose a new name for what is now known as the Democratic Party, shouldn’t the Democrats get to pick a new name for the GOP? I’m sure we could come up with some great ones.
May 13th, 2009 at 12:28 pmGood grief…how infantile can you get? Clearly, the collective members of the RNC have either forgotten or have never learned that when adults resort to juvenile schoolyard name-calling, it says far more about the person or people doing it than the ones whom it targets.
May 13th, 2009 at 12:28 pmI’ll vote for any resolution branding Republicans as traitors.
May 13th, 2009 at 12:29 pmstay classy, repubs, wow
May 13th, 2009 at 12:29 pmThere already is one, dipshits.
http://www.dsausa.org/dsa.html
Honestly. What is wrong with these idiots?
May 13th, 2009 at 12:32 pmSo does this mean we are done with the Rebranding and Listening tour on the Republiscum Channel and now it`s back to name calling……….these guys are so sad but i`m to busy ROTFL at the Grand Old Obstructionist Party.
May 13th, 2009 at 12:32 pmDon’t they have a listening…I mean teaching tour to do?
May 13th, 2009 at 12:34 pmI’m surprised the RNC needs to pass a formal resolution for this. Usually their (what they consider to be devastating) putdowns just get issued by Limbaugh and then parroted by the dittoheads.
May 13th, 2009 at 12:36 pmRepublics = Party of Pain
Cheney = Painmeister
When a National political party looks to Can’tor, Boner & Limpballs for leadership, it’s clear they’re dysfunctional and completely out of touch with American citizens.
Remember the kid on the playground who couldn’t get along with anyone so resorted to name calling? That’s today’s Republic. Remember what you said to that person? (Sticks & stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me.)
It’s time to tell Republics to go home to their Momma. Adults have important business to do, and whining, snotty nosed kids just compound the problem.
How about this for a new Republic Party name?…STFU Party.
May 13th, 2009 at 12:40 pmHow about renaming the Republican Party “Criminal Inc.”?
May 13th, 2009 at 12:41 pmAs long as the RNC chairman keeps his job and remains “the gift that just keeps on giving”, who cares what the RNC calls anything? Continue to go by the old “Sticks and Stones” addage, and IGNORE the RNC whatever comes out of it.
May 13th, 2009 at 12:42 pmWell there are some differences between the Nazi Party and the GOP
For instance:
The Nazis spent billions on physical infrastructure.
They developed a cheap reliable economical car that everyone could afford.
They developed alternative fuels when the war they started wasn’t going so well.
Okay, that’s all I can come up with.
May 13th, 2009 at 12:45 pmI’m new to the game here, but I find it interesting that the trolls haven’t dared say anything yet. Could it be they are ashamed of their oh-so wonderful party of children?
May 13th, 2009 at 12:45 pmI recommend we just keep calling the publicans the American Taliban.
May 13th, 2009 at 12:46 pmYes, Dr. It was.
Realistically, there is not enough time and there certainly aren’t enough words to fully describe what is wrong with them.
May 13th, 2009 at 12:47 pmor we can refer to the republicans as “Team Torture”. and since they support the jews, how about “Team Apartheid (west side)”
how about a picture of Rush as their leader with an explanation that he is a heroin addict (it is true) and that you should never listen to a heroin addict.
May 13th, 2009 at 12:48 pmAh that old tried-and-true GOP tactic. They really have had nothing new to offer America in decades and instead choose to stick to their dusty political playbook:
1) Accuse your opponent of the very actions that you are guilty of. (A Karl Rove specialty)
2) Name-calling. (Effetive and mature! Bonus points if the name-calling includes coded GOP buzzwords to stir up the base)
3) Race-baiting.
4) Fear mongering.
*GOP Bonus Points also awarded if comments include more than one of the tactics mentioned above at a time.
May 13th, 2009 at 12:50 pmMy oh my. They’re back to indulging on their penchant for creating fear, because they’ve been told by their ordained masters in Dick and Rush that they’re not allowed to branch out. Since they’re in the state of mind to believe all their past policies were unnoticed smashing successes, I can’t be surprised that they think this is going to redraw people flocking either to the independent side or to the largest political party in the U.S., the democratic party.
I’m still surprised a major political party would take this step, however. Maybe we need to start calling the GOP for what they really are these days: artificially a “major” party that belongs at the bottom of the ticket in the next election.
May 13th, 2009 at 12:54 pmshoeless Says:
May 13th, 2009 at 12:56 pm——————————————————————————–
No longer will they be known as the GOP. The acronym for the ‘Republican Insurgent Party’ is RIP.
The American Taliban:
Proud
Loud
.&
Rich
May 13th, 2009 at 12:59 pmPeople’s Front of Judea?
May 13th, 2009 at 1:00 pmSteele wrote a memo last month in opposition to the resolution that he believed the label would “accomplish little than to give the media and our opponents the opportunity to mischaracterize Republicans.”
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And on this issue, Steele is playing the role of the mature adult and the voice of reason to a group of juveniles. Not that the juveniles are going to pay any attention to him…
May 13th, 2009 at 1:06 pmAnother great idea brought to you by the same ‘party’ that brought you FREEDOM FRIES!!!! Next, they will be calling waterboarding ’spa treatment’.
May 13th, 2009 at 1:06 pmI like Republic Fascist Party. That’s where my vote goes. I will also be utilizing the good Dr’s idea of busting out in hysterical laughter whenever anyone mentions them.
Also. Could someone explain what’s so bad about being a socialist? I’ve looked, and I can’t find a reason why it’s supposed to be such a bad thing. I’m sure there are problems when taken to extremes, but the same is true for capitalism…so what’s the argument here? Is there an argument? I suspect there isn’t. I have a feeling that it’s purely the “using scary words” strategy which has worked so well for them in the past.
May 13th, 2009 at 1:07 pm“…give the media and our opponents the opportunity to mischaracterize Republicans.”
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Is it “mischaracterization” if we call them what they really are?
May 13th, 2009 at 1:07 pmWho the hell do they think they are? Do they think this “I’m rubber and you’re glue” mentality advances their cause? (whatever that is!) Just another nail in the coffin on the road to obsolescence.
May 13th, 2009 at 1:08 pmThey can’t rebrand themselves so they want to rebrand the opposition? Hilarious.
May 13th, 2009 at 1:10 pmBecause socialism is bad. Therefore being a socialist is bad. Understand now?
May 13th, 2009 at 1:10 pm——————————————————————————–
No, but it’s not nice.
May 13th, 2009 at 1:11 pmNo problem. As long as Democrats can call Rethugs the “Republican torture party”.
May 13th, 2009 at 1:13 pmCrowded_mind:
I believe most but that creepy 20% or so are jumping ship to Independent status. I don’t really think there’s a huge ideological shift, because as we all have seen on TP, the majority of Independents are right wing crazies who just don’t want to be directly identified with a losing political party.
There’s a self-deception that their “real values” of the free market, cynical imperialism, and outright bigotry weren’t fully represented in the last administration’s string of failed policies. Showing cowardice, they are now Independents who are now above the petty partisan fray. Stick around, because you’ll see them for the same conservative GOP trolls that’ve always been around.
May 13th, 2009 at 1:14 pmOf course the Republican National Committee is going to impose themselves and their directives on the Democratic Party. They have an uncontrollable urge to run things, and something like this is the only opportunity they get for input to a viable political party.
May 13th, 2009 at 1:15 pmThe GOP spent decades demonizing the word “liberal” as though it were something to be ashamed of. Well that sure backfired on them as what is it today 19% of the general public are willing to label themselves as a Republican? The label “progressive” was not demonized due to it’s inherent positive conotation (plus throwing “regressive” back at them makes them angry). Using “Democrat” in lieu of the proper “Democratic” is just a jab that peeves politcos and wonks and is all but ignored by the general public. So what have they left but to try to make the whole “Socialist” meme stick? I personally don’t give a shit what they call my Party as long as we have a strong majority in the House and an intelligent representative in the White House and the approval of the American people. As long as the Party of Hate’s numbers continue to diminish they can call me anything but a GOOPer and I’ll be happy to sit back and laugh at their childish antics.
“In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.”
-H. L. Mencken
“Republicans are men of narrow vision, who are afraid of the future.”
-Jimmy Carter
“The two symbols of the Republican Party: an elephant, and a big fat white guy who is threatened by change.”
-Seth MacFarlane, The Family Guy
“I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends… that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.”
-Adlai E. Stevenson Jr.
May 13th, 2009 at 1:16 pmRNC Things To Do Today:
1. Incite Iran to war
2. Convince citizens Torture Is Good
3. Book more Cheney appearances
4. Re-brand Dems as Socialist Party
5. Kiss Rush’s ass
I think that about does it.
May 13th, 2009 at 1:20 pmWhen are the Dems going to wake up and realize that the gloves have to come off? The great thing is that they don’t even have to make things up, between the sex perverts and the general finanicial and political sleaze merchants that make up the GOP these days…good lord, all the ammo they need is right there.
I work in advertising and can think of a dozen ways to hit them. Hard. Hit them so hard they will never get up again.
May 13th, 2009 at 1:23 pmThis is all they understand, and since they think there are no Democrats capable of this, they won’t even see it coming.
smidget Says
May 13th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
Could someone explain what’s so bad about being a socialist? [...] I have a feeling that it’s purely the “using scary words” strategy which has worked so well for them in the past.
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You’re right — it’s purely a scary word tactic. They’re counting on few people knowing what the word really means, resulting in visions of Communism, totalitarianism (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics), or fascism (National Socialist German Workers’ Party, or Nazi Party). They want the term to be associated with Hitler, Stalin, tyranny, breadlines, oppression, etc.
The easy way to combat that is to challenge the parroting teabaggers to define the term and explain why it’s bad. Which they won’t be able to do, and they’ll be stuck just restating the talking point like a broken record.
May 13th, 2009 at 1:24 pmI thought it was the Judian People’s Front not the People’s Front of Judia.
May 13th, 2009 at 1:32 pmOh looky here, teabagger repugs have finally come up with an idea for the country. This will surely end the recession, create jobs, end their wars and help end suffering in the US.
Dumbasses!
May 13th, 2009 at 1:33 pmAnd on this issue, Steele is playing the role of the mature adult and the voice of reason to a group of juveniles. Not that the juveniles are going to pay any attention to him… — MissColeopteraMolly
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With all due respect…when Michael Steele begins to sound like the voice of reason and circumspection by comparison, that’s when you know that the Republicans are in serious trouble!
May 13th, 2009 at 1:35 pmI just really, really hope they approve this resolution next week.
There really is no better way to illustrate to people how ideologically bankrupt the Republican Party is, that they have to embrace a proposal this childish as part of an effort to rejuvenate The Party.
May 13th, 2009 at 1:35 pmI don’t know, Ralph. They did have a point with dijon mustard.
May 13th, 2009 at 1:40 pmWhen asked if the resolution would force embattled RNC chairman Michael Steele to use the label personally, an RNC member replied, “Who cares?” Steele wrote a memo last month in opposition to the resolution that he believed the label would “accomplish little than to give the media and our opponents the opportunity to mischaracterize Republicans.”
May 13th, 2009 at 1:56 pm——————————
Who runs this party? Steele still has not realized that he wasn’t hired for his thoughts… what was he hired for?
Steel’s first 100 days…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW15-1RF_ms
May 13th, 2009 at 1:57 pmMore notes of dischord from the Grand Old Piano.
May 13th, 2009 at 1:57 pmThe Repubs may be crazier than bedbugs, but they are not without power and influence. They own FOXsnooze, and the rest of the media gives them legitimacy at every turn. The “Tea Party” I witnessed was mostly attended by a gaggle of semiliterate holy rollers who lapped up every ounce of swill thrown their way by the Bachman wing of the party.
Until media and other major monopolies are busted up into something resembling a functioning market, we continue to be one hair’s breadth from completely screwed.
Never, never forget that the Nazis were “all but washed up” in the late 20s.
May 13th, 2009 at 2:06 pmThe most polite thing I can think of to rebrand the RNC is “Real Nut Cases”.
May 13th, 2009 at 2:12 pmFrom now on, I’m calling the Republicans the Ridiculous Nincompoop Cretins [RNC]. So many toupees, so little common sense. Amazing…
May 13th, 2009 at 2:14 pmLogically since nearly 50% of all Americans are below average, 21% of them must be WAY below average. If fact they may be so below average that they bring a knife to a gunfight as far as name calling contests go. I’ll gladly accept their label but they have to accept mine. I nominate The Lunafeckingticfringeshiteweaslechickenshitepantspisser Party.
May 13th, 2009 at 2:21 pmDarn you, CageyCretin (4):
I’ll accept that, assuming that the Republicans accept their new moniker as the “Republican Fascist Party.”
That was my idea! Just because you happened to think of it first… :-(
May 13th, 2009 at 2:31 pmCue the circus music-
here come de CLOWNS!!!!!
Go on, you idiots- keep playing to the lowest common denominator; you’ll ASSURE you have a PERMANENT Republi-SCUM MINORITY.
May 13th, 2009 at 3:40 pmlemmie get this straight: now that it’s become evident to these clowns rebranding their party is going nowhere fast, they’re going to rebrand the democratic party? BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHABWWAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHH
May 13th, 2009 at 3:51 pmGreat… then we will relabel them the Gopersaurus party.
May 13th, 2009 at 4:11 pmHate to admit, but Steele is correct in his assessment. It only makes the Gopersaurs look foolish.
May 13th, 2009 at 4:13 pmBig Tent = Ziploc baggie.
Good job, Pukies. Keep it comin’!!
May 13th, 2009 at 4:13 pmTEABAGS FOR EVERYONE!!!!!!!
WOOHOO!!!
May 13th, 2009 at 4:15 pmVigor
ONly if you are too stupid to know what the word socialism means. You are the perfect GOP demographic that is really REALLY stupid. You will repeat anything you are told to think, since you are too stupid to think for yourself, no matter how abjectly stupid it is. When the Democratic Party wants to socialize the financial industry, the agriculture industry and the oil industry get back to us. Until then realize you are too stupid to contribute and STFU
May 13th, 2009 at 4:24 pmIf we are going to be accurate instead of misleading, I think two party name changes need to take place.
First the party of Jefferson, previously known as the Democratic Republican Party, should revive the Republican and drop the Democratic. Today’s “Democratic” party has actually acted like Republicans since Clinton ruined them in the 90’s.
The Republican party, on the other hand, should rename their party to the Transnational Fascist party.
May 13th, 2009 at 5:49 pm# 101,
May 13th, 2009 at 5:50 pmKeep pointing that out please!
The GOP was considered washed up in 1964. They even had telethons on TV to raise money for the GOP.
And look what they came back and did to this country!
It’s so stupid that I almost can’t come up with a parallel. ALMOST but, we could use the Republican ” Nazi” Party…
May 13th, 2009 at 6:01 pmor the Republican “Facist” Party……could use the Republican “white supremacist” Party……how about the Republican “hater” Party…..well I could go on….BUT…..
Oh yeah? Well…sticks and stones may break my bones…
May 13th, 2009 at 6:43 pmHAHAHHAAAA!!!!!
May 13th, 2009 at 6:47 pmat least there’s some honesty!!!!
How could a reputable political organization stoop so low and be so stupid.
Their old and tired belief in the electorate easily being duped by such nonsense or the belief that the electorate is stupid was seriously proven wrong by their candidate’s poor campaigning last November.
Guess they just don’t get it.
May 13th, 2009 at 7:22 pmRoger Simon reports this morning that the Republican National Committee will “approve a resolution rebranding Democrats as the ‘Democrat Socialist Party‘” when they meet next week for a “special session.”
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What clever people these Republicans are. I wonder what it was like to rearrange the deck chairs while the Titanic was sinking.
May 13th, 2009 at 9:27 pmThe GOP has nothing substantial to offer the American public regarding economic or foreign policy, so instead they resort to the same juvenile name-calling (”celebrity”, “elitist”, “terrorist sympathizer”) that failed them during the 2008 election campaign. All they can do is point their finger at Obama, sneer, and smugly proclaim “Don’t trust him. He is not one of us. He is un-American. He is a socialist….or a communist…..or a fascist…..or a Muslim…or the son of Satan.”
And now their new brainstorm is to call everyone in the Democratic Party a socialist.
And their right-wing base jumps up and down and gets their blood boiling.
Meanwhile, the other 85% of the American public shake their heads, give a heavy sigh, and go about their business trying to help Obama make the world a healthier, safer, more economically vibrant place to live.
May 13th, 2009 at 9:36 pmI see the GOP bus lost tgheir wheels a long time ago even before this came up!
May 13th, 2009 at 10:57 pmBut, but but Obama is a fascist Muslim .
Seriously though, the dems get to choose their name. NOT the repubs
May 13th, 2009 at 11:31 pmI have read a lot of post here…that indicate that the posters would be fine with a socialist government. So I would fail to see why it would upset everyone?
May 13th, 2009 at 11:43 pman RNC member replied, “Who cares?”
My sentiments exactly.
May 13th, 2009 at 11:52 pmReality Check,
Do you think we should privatize:
all schools and universities
fire depts.
police
FBI
CIA
NASA
Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marines
Coast Guard, National Guard, Reserves
libraries
highways, bridges, dams
Yosemite, Yellowstone, and every other park big and small
Social Security and Medicare
job training
end all welfare, food stamps, etc.
Food and Drug Administration
Institute of Health, Center for Disease Control,etc., etc.???
Because really, they come under socialism, not capitalism.
May 14th, 2009 at 12:06 amAs soon as they do, I move we rebrand the Republican Party:
GOK: Grand old Klan.
May 14th, 2009 at 12:29 amLong live the Democrat Socialist Party!
We can just diffuse their stupid attack by accepting the new name in jest.
May 14th, 2009 at 2:05 amDamn…if only there was such a party.
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May 14th, 2009 at 8:36 amFrom the Oxford dictionary of Current English
Socialism – adj. A political and economic theory which holds that a country’s land, transport, natural resources, and chief industries should be owned or controlled by the community as a whole.
Do they really want to open this can of worms?
May 14th, 2009 at 3:19 pmSocialists mainly share the belief that capitalism unfairly concentrates power and wealth among a small segment of society that controls capital, creates an unequal society, and does not provide equal opportunities for everyone in society. Therefore socialists advocate the creation of a society in which wealth and power are distributed more evenly based on the amount of work expended in production. (wiki.com)
Key items here are:
- Capitalism unfairly concentrates power and wealth among a small segment of society that controls capital.
- [Capitalism] creates an unequal society.
- [Capitalism] does not provide equal opportunities for everyone in society.
– [Socialists want] wealth and power [to be] distributed more evenly based on the amount of work expended in production.
Can one see WHY a corporate PIG would hate socialism? Are these CEOs really worth millions? Capitalism unchecked is like financial genocide to the poor and middle class in the USA. There has to be a healthy balance between capitalism, government and the populace for all to thrive and grow. Every time capitalism over-reaches, the populace gets mad and pushes more to socialism for protection. If anyone is to blame for socialism, in my opinion, it is those with the power and money with too much greed.
May 14th, 2009 at 3:51 pmFirst the republicans (well ok, Rush: but they didn’t repudiate him) say they want Obama to fail
then they say gay marriage should be banned because ‘it will cost small businesses money for spousal benefits’
then they say that abortion should be banned because ‘it is taking potential employees out of the labor force’ (I kid you not; they really said this. Look in yesterday’s Belleville News Democrat)
Now, they are trying to ‘rebrand’ the Democrats as socialists.
So, never mind our two wars, terrorism, global warming, financial instability, millions of uninsured americans: the most critical thing we need to be doing is calling liberals names?
Did I miss something?
May 18th, 2009 at 7:25 pm