Just a reminder: RNC FAIL stops for no holiday

Someone with the first name "Curly" sees fit to shape the direction of the Republican Party (emphasis mine):

"For this association of members to choose to outsource its leadership would, I believe, be an abdication of our responsibility," Curly Haugland, an RNC member from North Dakota and the former North Dakota Republican Party chairman, wrote in an e-mail to Mr. Steele.

Mr. Haugland called on Mr. Steele to quit the contest for Republican national chairman because he is not an RNC member.

"In my estimation, 168 committed members of the Republican National Committee are a powerful army of qualified advocates for Republican principles; certainly much more threatening to the Democrats than one celebrity spokesman," Mr. Haugland said.

Yeah cowboy, that's been working out really well so far under the leadership of Mike "Who??" Duncan. 

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Meet the newest entrant to the RNC Chair race

It's South Carolina GOP Chairman Katon Dawson. 

The only thing I know about him is that he just recently cut off a 12-year membership at a Columbia, SC country club that doesn't admit African-Americans.  But don't worry, he's suddenly decided that he's, like, totally mad about it and stuff.  He's asked them to change their rules. 

I don't want someone belonging to a restricted country club in any GOP leadership position, especially when he'll have to be refuting the policies of the first African-American president.  Which, I guess, means that The Stupid Party will choose him in a landslide. 

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Bucause the past 4 years have been so wicked awesome

Current RNC Chair Mike Duncan is apparently considering running for re-election.

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Vichy Republicans offer up AWB of their own

Typical sellouts.

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In not-so-surprising news...

...most of the GOP governors are as screwed up as McCain. 

For real guys, get over yourselves.

P.S. - the interview went well, I think.  (A Congressman-elect saying that he's recommending you to his Chief of Staff is good, right?)

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John McCain's very selective honor

Here's Andy McCarthy:

Sen. McCain did not allow a nanosecond to go buy without issuing a sanctimonius, full-throated condemnation of any Republican who dared use Sen. Obama's middle name, mention Jeremiah Wright, or otherwise trash The One.

So where is the vigorous defense of his running-mate?

Good question. 

For more awesome, listen to Mark Levin's Nov. 7 show. 

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Throw their asses out

Is there a reason why John Boehner hasn't been replaced yet?  This election was a  referendum on the GOP leadership's ability to lead and live up to their promises to the public...they failed, miserably.  Time to completely replace the leadership and start anew.

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these are my thots let me show you them

I'm going to attempt to somewhat coherently organize my thoughts regarding running for office, particularly as a Republican.  We've been discussing building back up a conservative movement and, as part of that, getting people to run.  Well, it appears there are certain rules than need to be met to do so.  Here's my take on that.  This could get lengthy so I'm moving it below the cut.

I should note, I do not at all agree with these rules, but these are what they seem to be.

more...

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Some (hungover) Thoughts on The Day After

Dear America,

Well, yesterday, you made some choices.  Some choices that I don't really agree with.  But that's okay.  You're still my favorite country.  Always will be.  I  promise.

But now, I'd like to take a few of you aside and have a word or two with you...

•The GOP:  Hey, guys, you get to try your hand at being an opposition party again.  Won't that be fun?  The good news is that Congress is going to be run by Dingy Harry and Botox Nan.  The bad news?  You're a bunch of retards.  Oh, and the next time a Presidential election comes around, how's about we don't go for "The Guy Who's Been Waiting in Line the Longest" or "The
Person Who We Think The Media Might Find 'Electable,'" m'kay?  I got behind McCain because he's an honorable man and because he was damn-well better qualified than his opponent, but he wasn't a conservative, and guess what?  Well, you know what, don't you?  God, I hope so.

•The Left/Obamatons:  Wow,  you won!  Congratulations!  Now, prepare to be disappointed.  A lot.  Have you noticed that The One hasn't been talking much about Iraq lately?  That's because he knows that he's not going to be pulling us out of there like he promised you.  We're gonna be there in some capacity for quite some time.  And there's a whole raft of other promises that he made you that he's not going to be able to deliver on, either.  You thought you were getting Teh New Messiah, but you just got a Chicago Ward-Heeler.  Deal with it.

•Moderates/Swing-Voters:  You people had a choice between a centrist Republican who's got a long (probably too long) record of bipartisanship and a well-established career in public service, or an empty suit who promised a lot of airy-fairy platitudes about Hope and Change while voting in lockstep with the Dems and talking about socialism and destroying the coal-based part of our energy infrastructure (way to go, Pennsylvania!) in his more candid moments.  You also handed more control over to Congressional Democrats at the same time.  All I can say about all that is that Buyer's Remorse is a bitch.

•African-Americans:  I know, you never thought you'd see the First Black President within your lifetime, but here he is!  Let's all hope he doesn't fuck things up so badly that you never see another.  Oh, and can we hear a little bit less about "institutionalized racism" now?  No?  Well, it was worth a shot.  And, yeah, I'm probably a racist for bringing it up.

•The MSM:  Fuck you.  You're dead to me.

•President-Elect Obama:  Congrats on your big win.  I haven't yet decided whether or not I'm going to channel your more childish followers and act like they have toward W. over the last seven years ("Not My President," etc.) or if I'm going to rise above and be a bigger man, but you can rest assured that every time you fuck up, I'll be right there.  You've got a big job on your hands, and I hope you keep America safe, but it's my job now to criticize your every mistake.  And when people like me criticize those mistakes, the cries of "RACIST!" are going to wear thin pretty fast.

•Vice President-Elect Biden:  Don't you change a thing.  Stay gold, Pluggyboy.

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let the recriminations begin!

Yeah, this circular firing squad is going to be fun.

I blame Putin.  Of course, that's my current default position of blame for everything from breaking my kitchen faucet to my not suddenly waking up 6 feet tall and a perfect size 2.  Putin's fault, all of it. 

So, fellow Morons, who do you blame?

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I'd be a very rich man tomorrow...

...if only I'd held on to those shares of Val-U-Rite Industries.  Sigh.  Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to get very, very drunk.

(I mean, more so than usual.)

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I can't wait to see the news story on this one

NRSC chair Sen. John Ensign has apparently* said that Gov. Palin is "not experienced" enough to be President. 

Good thing shes running for Vice President, I guess.

But thanks for trying to torpedo the ticket anyway, John.

*It's just a Twitter update, not a news story. 

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Why Michael Steele should never be RNC Chair, or anything else for that matter

He's calling for a David Cameron/Tory style rebuilding of the GOP.  NO, WRONG, and that is why it is necessary to keep Steele away from a GOP leadership position.

We've been following the UK's death spiral into Nanny Fascism for a good while here, and anyone who has read this crapblog on a regular basis knows damned well that the last thing we need to ever fucking do is emulate anything coming out of Britain right now.  The Thatcherites lost to the squishes in the Conservative Party, as a result, Britain is rapidly turning into a Labour-run Orwellian dystopia, with the Tories giving chase in Labour's dust shouting, "Hey!  We're for nanny authoritarian governance too!"

We cannot let that happen to the GOP, lest we experience that same Orwellian nightmare here.  A third party is just running away from the problem.  Somehow, we're going to have to battle the RINOs, squishes, crooks and quisling punditry for control of the party while holding off the left and media.

Embrace the suck.

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Ridge to McCain: Dude, shoulda totally picked me

He's basically saying he'd have carried PA.  Let me assure you, that's bullshit, and that's not even counting the effect that having a huge number of pro-life people stay home nationally, just like picking Romney would have caused a huge number of pro-2nd people and evangelicals to stay home, and Huck would have caused small government people to stay home.  Lieberman would have made the entire conservative coalition walk. 

No, McCain wouldn't make up the deficit of conservatives with centrists, independents and moderate Democrats, either, besides, moderates, independents and Democrats don't usually volunteer or donate.  Palin was the only choice McCain had, with the possible exception of Cantor, that wouldn't have caused a mass walkout by large numbers of conservatives.

No, I have idea why the hell I'm suddenly compelled to write so many posts tonight...

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Hmmmm.....yeah, I don't get that vibe off Palin

It would almost be worth McCain losing, just to keep the people saying this crap about Gov. Palin from having good jobs:

"She is a diva. She takes no advice from anyone," said this McCain adviser. "She does not have any relationships of trust with any of us, her family or anyone else.

She doesn't trust anyone in her family?  Really?  That's the line you're going to use to get people to believe your story?

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"FINAL NOTICE"

God the GOP leadership is retarded.  Remember this bit of GOP fundraising genius from Joe?  Yeah, the "FINAL NOTICE" just came in.  Oh, and notice McCain's FAIL...that Campaign Finance Reform Bill wasn't as smart as you thought it was, now was it, Maverick?

No matter the result in November, the GOP leadership needs to be replaced.

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What does this say?

The RNC is looking at spending $5 million to bolster our worthless Senators.  What does this say?  Does it say that they think McCain can't win it, or that he doesn't need their help?  It certainly says that the GOPers in the Senate are largely worthless, and they're in trouble because of their worthlessness.  I'm still deciding.

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The ad John McCain needs to make

I think I've blogged about this before, but one of the more shocking things that Barack Obama has said is that he would be willing to grant drivers licenses to illegal aliens.  Here it is:



I understand that it would be hard to parse that rambling answer into a commercial-friendly sound bite, but it could at least be cited.  Perhaps this would be a good intro to an ad on Obama and ACORN.  They're committing voter fraud pretty well on their own, but how much easier will it be when illegal immigrants have driver's licenses?

As much as I would hate hearing McCain present his immigration plans, he could at least highlight this and say "Even I'm not this bad" or something similar. 

It has possibilities, but I think it would require a competent campaign.

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McCain Vinty, you ignorant slut

Now with top-of-the-post update: All right, I relent.  It's an okay idea.  I will agree with it just because Harry Reid doesn't want McCain in DC.

As much as I love populism (groan), this is absolutely stupid:

John McCain announced Wednesday he is suspending his campaign tomorrow and returning to Washington to work on the economic crisis, and called on opponent Barack Obama to join him.

He also called on the Commission on Presidential Debates to postpone the first faceoff until Congress addressed the crisis.

“Tomorrow morning, I will suspend my campaign and return to Washington after speaking at the Clinton Global Initiative. I have spoken to Senator Obama and informed him of my decision and have asked him to join me,” he said in New York, according to a transcript of the remarks released by his campaign.

“I am calling on the President to convene a meeting with the leadership from both houses of Congress, including Senator Obama and myself. It is time for both parties to come together to solve this problem,” he said.

And, of course, Barack Obama won't join him, and the McCain campaign will lose valuable campaign time with only a little over a month before the election.  Campaign time that could be used to help beat back their deficit in the polls.  

Meanwhile, my guess is that the media will play this up as a "cynical" way to delay this first debate.  Because Senile Old McCain just can't handle being in the ring with The One.

Update: Allahpundit seems more positive than me about this move.  Welcome to Bizarro World.  And guess what, Obama isn't playing along.  Gee, who would have guessed?

Update (again): Well, it seems like everyone thinks this is a good idea except me.  I hope they're right.

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What the hell is wrong with the PA GOP?

Really guys?  You're gonna sit there and bitch about what people are wearing to polling places?  What the hell is wrong with you people?  Seriously?  You've got much larger things to worry about.  I've seen like two or three McCain or McCain/Palin signs up in town, I'm guessing the people found/bought their own and put them up on their own.  The place should be filthy with signs, city I'm in is exactly the kind of place McCain needs high turnout to flip this state in his favor.

I haven't seen or heard you people do anything, and I know there's concerns in other places that you aren't doing jack shit, either.  Are you doing anything for Hackett and Barletta even?  Seriously, what the hell is going on with the PA GOP?

(h/t)

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