It was never a short or long range goal of mine to save the Republican party. But it came to me yesterday how they can do it. Now my altruistic side has got the better of me.
It hit me after reading Maureen Dowd's column in the Sunday New York Times. Here's her final sentence: "The Republican Party will never revive itself until its sanctimonious pantheon- Sanford, Gingrich, Limbaugh, Palin , Ensign, Vitter and hypocrites yet to be exposed- stop being two faced."
In just that short list of names, she covered illicit theatrical affairs, unwed teenage moms, cruel poorly timed dumping of first wives, drug addiction and stretching the truth. Add Larry Craig , Mark Foley, Ted Stevens and Jack Abramoff and you also add spicy alternative sex hookups, bribery, tax fraud, and fancy vacation houses.
Now put them all together and what do you get? The new Republican Party image: From Grand Old Party to Big Old Party!
The New BOP!
All they have to do, to win over millions, is keep doing the things that they're already doing only really embrace them. Voila! It's their "new brand!"
That's where Maureen Dowd's piece takes a wrong turn. She's stuck in the old GOP, where they used to look down on the stuff they were secretly doing. In the all new BOP, they're Two Faced and In Your Face!
Just like Sarah Palin said, when she shrugged off questions about her then pregnant unwed high school aged daughter; "Life happens!"
Damn straight!
"Because that's the way we do it in the new BOP. The party that lives to love and loves to party! We're the mid-life crisis dawgs and playas, dressed for business but looking for fun. And shit yes, sometimes our teenage daughters get pregnant! Life's for living! We do what we want, when we want and then find a way to explain it! We take no prisoners. Unless we can post their pictures with panties on their heads! We're The New In Your Face Two Faced Shit Faced BOP. "
Actually I'm scared this might be a little TOO effective.