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Metamorphosis 2

From the San Francisco Chronicle, one of the recommended retoolings for the Republicans:

Some of the early prescriptions offered by officials and operatives to rebuild after devastating elections: retool the party message to appeal to Latinos, women and working-class people . . . .

Shorter version: Become Democrats.

Ain’t gonna happen. At least no time soon.

Retooling the message means retooling the party; otherwise, you get something like “compassionate conservatism,” an empty phrase, a sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal, signifying nothing.

The party base is too deeply invested in the hatin’ and party poobahs are too deeply beholdin’ to wingnut welfare.

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2 comments

  1. George Smith

    November 18, 2012 at 12:29 pm

    Consulting Newt Gingrich on what one must do to get better is sort of like theoretically asking Joe Kuharich how to win the Super Bowl back when he was coaching the Philadelphia Eagles in 1968. I’m probably being a little too mean to the departed man. 

     
  2. Frank

    November 19, 2012 at 1:06 pm

    Then there’s this, from the You Can’t Make This Stuff Up Dept. (or maybe it’s the Breath Taking Chutzpah Dept).