The Dittohead Party: Why the GOP is Screwing Itself

[devilgrrl]

The "leader of the Republican Party" question has been thoroughly analyzed and debated. And after many days and many cable news roundelays, I think we can all agree that, yes, the GOP has been inextricably grasped within the meaty, sweaty mitts of that familiar planetoid of addiction, racism and self-indulgence known as Rush Limbaugh.

And that's just fine and dandy.

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This Limbaugh situation is entirely the fault of the Republican Party. The White House is merely exploiting it -- and rightly so.

Throughout the last several decades, the Republican Party has been careening willingly towards this destiny. Year after year, the Republicans have been magnetically drawn ever closer to the simplistic worldview espoused by far-right talk radio: a segment of American society that's perhaps a little too comfy with laughing at a racial or sexist joke, or repeating nearsighted bumper sticker slogans like, "Your mortgage is not my problem."

The Republican Party has become the purview of The Dittohead: the thoughtless undead automaton who lazily yet proudly announces on the radio that he or she doesn't simply "ditto" but, in fact, "mega-dittos" everything spoken by Rush Limbaugh. "Mega" as in millions of times over.

Michael Steele has proved himself to be a Dittohead. Mike Pence and Rick Santorum and Tom DeLay? All dittoheads. You'd be hard pressed to find a Republican politician who hasn't in some way expressed his or her Dittohead status while also genuflecting at the bloated cankles of their radio warlord.

So it should come as no surprise that the leader of the dittoheads has become the leader of the Republicans.


more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-cesca/the-dittohead-party-how-t_b_171979.html

[opihimoimoi]

1. Rush was given Honorary Membership by the GOP controlled House in 95

He is their Go To Guy

and the GOP gambled all in on the dude when he conned them into a 400Mil contract or, it was the other way around...they conned him..remember ...the Presidency is worth Trillions in the RIGHT Hands....

But...he seems to have peaked....last years loss was horrendous....due to other factors than Rush...nevertheless.. polls reflect most peeps do not support his views.

They are DeFragging into Oblivion....

[deaniac21]

2. If the market keeps falling and inflation sets in, it won't matter.