Thursday, December 07, 2006
Hensarling to Head 'Splitting' Committee for GOP
As a follow-up to this week's Texas showdown not featuring the Baker/Bush branding of the over-cooked rump roast served up to the American public, the Republican Study Committee, renamed "a splitting committee" by this journal and a conservative group of some fossilized remains of the GOP, has selected Jeb Hensarling over Todd Tiarht as their leader. It's of note to know that some in Texas regard Hensarling as "a tangler" and that a few right-winged bloggers back him.
Labels: GOP, Round Heads, schisms
Monday, December 04, 2006
GOP 'Study Group' Stuck on Name Change
Destined to lose more mightily, if not grandly, in '08 than in '06 due to their rock-headed, acompromatic inherencies developed by years of knocking heads in fights to outright even their own, the Republican Study Committee (RSC) is split between two stoneskulls for their future leadership and will decide this Wednesday which fossil's most dense for their metamorphic purposes. They will also try to decide if they should keep the word 'Study' in their name or change it to 'Splitting', keeping the 'RSC' intact, to more clearly reflect the current political scene.
Stay tuned on Wednesday for their group's rendering.
Stay tuned on Wednesday for their group's rendering.
Labels: GOP, Round Heads, schisms
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Abe Linkum's Quote of the Week, #2
Abraham Lincoln responding to the ultra-Republican Carl Schurz after taking a thumpin' in the 1862 mid-term elections:
"I understand you now to be willing to accept the help of men who are not Republicans, provided they have 'heart in it'. Agreed, I want no others. But who is to be the judge of hearts, or of 'heart in it'? If I must discard my own judgement and take yours, I must also take that of others; and by the time I should reject all I should be advised to reject, I should have none left, Republicans or others -- not even yourself. For be assured, my dear sir, there are men who have 'heart in it' that think you are performing your part as poorly as you think I am performing mine.... I wish to disparage no one, certainly not those who sympathize with me; but I must say I need success more than I need sympathy, and that I have not seen the so much greater evidence of getting success from my sympathizers than from those who are denounced as the contrary."
"I understand you now to be willing to accept the help of men who are not Republicans, provided they have 'heart in it'. Agreed, I want no others. But who is to be the judge of hearts, or of 'heart in it'? If I must discard my own judgement and take yours, I must also take that of others; and by the time I should reject all I should be advised to reject, I should have none left, Republicans or others -- not even yourself. For be assured, my dear sir, there are men who have 'heart in it' that think you are performing your part as poorly as you think I am performing mine.... I wish to disparage no one, certainly not those who sympathize with me; but I must say I need success more than I need sympathy, and that I have not seen the so much greater evidence of getting success from my sympathizers than from those who are denounced as the contrary."
Labels: Lincoln, quotes, schisms
Monday, November 13, 2006
'Robust Nuance': The New GOP Playbook
Josh Bolten, sidekick for the Bush/Cheney ventriloquism act, was on ABC's This Week last week explaining the GOP strategy for limiting success both here and abroad. Bolton, with a more pursed-lipped approach than the side-of-mouth technique of his string pullers, continued the persistent babel one would expect from a crew that's attempting to salvage a sinking presidency in a bid to regain a dialogue, in any direction, by a "robust" and "nuanced" approach.
By bringing in this new 'robust nuance' era, the Bush team believes they can scramble enough to pick up their sticks after splintering mightily mid-term -- with the split being the casting away of perceived evils like moderate Republicans by the hard, self-righteous right that's represented by such propaganda sprites as SRN/Townhall.com and multi-megadollar churches who's altar calls have become the call for the offering instead of ministry. (Could this be a peculiarly Republican means of worship?)
Bush and Cheney's thinking, mouthed by Bolten, is that by hopefully being once again thought of as "robust", they can somehow be reborn on their right. And by trying to give the impression that they're "nuanced" by using the word in speech, they will be seen so by fed-up moderates.
Thus 'robust nuance'.
By bringing in this new 'robust nuance' era, the Bush team believes they can scramble enough to pick up their sticks after splintering mightily mid-term -- with the split being the casting away of perceived evils like moderate Republicans by the hard, self-righteous right that's represented by such propaganda sprites as SRN/Townhall.com and multi-megadollar churches who's altar calls have become the call for the offering instead of ministry. (Could this be a peculiarly Republican means of worship?)
Bush and Cheney's thinking, mouthed by Bolten, is that by hopefully being once again thought of as "robust", they can somehow be reborn on their right. And by trying to give the impression that they're "nuanced" by using the word in speech, they will be seen so by fed-up moderates.
Thus 'robust nuance'.
