Still Crazy

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hKVhiJKrlAeZef28sPf4bXuiSRQwD97SSO200
It is hard to know if the repugs were always this crazy or is the press is now more willing to cover their more bizarre statements. It seems as though now the Republican party is now relegated to minor party status, the lunatics are coming out of the woodwork and have become the Republican brand (since when did political parties become brands, like washing detergent). You have the Virginia Foxx, a Congresswoman from North Carolina, saying that the Mathew Shepard murder was a "hoax," you have Michelle Bachman who is always good for some copy, you have Michael Steele who every time he opens his mouth says something ridiculous, the list could go on and on. How these people can have assumed any position of power is beyond me. As the Obama administration continues the rhetoric on the right becomes more and more hyperbolic, as they try different code words to inspire fear, hoping one will stick - Obama the socialist, Leninist, Stalinist, Marxist, Muslim, weak kneed, dictator, etc. These comparisons are from elected officials, so called commentators and the like. The rhetoric from the gun crowd or the secessionists is even more extreme. The repugs watch in a daze as his approval ratings stay pretty much the same.

Michelle Che Bachman - the true Revolutionary

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/03/bachmann-blasts-obamas-economic-marxism-calls-for-revolution-to-save-freedom.php?ref=fp1

I know Michelle Bachman is bat sh_t crazy and people find her so incoherent as to be amusing, but I find her truly terrifying. First, during the campaign she impugns Obama's patriotism, and darkly warns of the enemy within and thinks Congress should look into these matters. Army-McCarthy hearings, anyone? HUAC anyone? Now she is calling for a revolution on the Sean Hannity Show. Can you imagine if a Democrat, lets say Keith Ellison called for a Revolution, what do you think the press response would be... How on earth did she get elected in the first place, and then just recently re-elected. Of course it is the state that elected Jesse Ventura, but it is also the state that elected Paul Wellstone. Go figure.

The Birth of the Cool (sorry Miles)

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/19/steele-gop-needs-hip-hop-makeover/?page=2

The nation is be treated to quite an absurd spectacle - the GOP trying to reinvent itself as the party of the hip. Michael Steele discussed how Repugs had failed, ending with "My bad..." Hearing Michael Steele talk Valley Girl talk, is quite bizarre. The other fine moment was Michelle Bachman, who wanted to reinstate HUAC, saying to Michael Steele, "You be da man..." What was she going to follow with: "and I be da woman." One look at John Boehner or the CPAC conventionwould disabuse anyone of any Republican coolness. And as the NYT points out, the Repugs have lost a generation of supporters. It is really hard to market yourself as the hip hop party (and who would want to), if you are the party of aging white men, with a few lunatics of color.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/01/weekinreview/01connelly.html?hp