FRANK RICH: Earth to G.O.P.: The Gipper Is Dead

babsbunny

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Sun May-13-07 07:40 AM
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FRANK RICH: Earth to G.O.P.: The Gipper Is Dead

http://welcome-to-pottersville.blogspot.com/2007/05/frank-rich-earth-to-gop-gipper-is-dead.html

OF course you didn’t watch the first Republican presidential debate on MSNBC. Even the party’s most loyal base didn’t abandon Fox News, where Bill O’Reilly, interviewing the already overexposed George Tenet, drew far more viewers. Yet the few telling video scraps that entered the 24/7 mediasphere did turn the event into an instant “Saturday Night Live” parody without “SNL” having to lift a finger. The row of 10 middle-aged white candidates, David Letterman said, looked like “guys waiting to tee off at a restricted country club.”

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sellitman

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Sun May-13-07 08:06 AM
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1. Yes and tell them Clinton isn't the President now either.

As long as you are setting them straight.

:shrug:

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tanyev

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Sun May-13-07 08:13 AM
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2. Oh, if only they could have turned him into a zombie before he passed.

Just change that pesky Constitution, let him declare himself President-for-Life, and voila--right wingers live happily ever after. Sure, they'd have to figure out a way to feed him, but, hey, that's what libruls are for, right?

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NJCher

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Sun May-13-07 02:12 PM
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3. Loved this paragraph:

When corruption is this pervasive, it can also be a byproduct of a governing philosophy. That’s the case here. That Bush-Rove style of governance, the common denominator of all the administration scandals, is the Frankenstein creature that stalks the G.O.P. as it faces 2008. It has become the Republican brand and will remain so, even after this president goes, until courageous Republicans disown it and eradicate it.

Isn't that a beautiful paragraph? I really love the allusion to Frankenstein.

As Rich notes, Rove et al set out to eradicate the Democratic party and in the end, what they've done is put themselves on the path to extinction.

Cher

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