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masmdu

(2,535 posts)
Sat Feb 11, 2012, 01:47 PM Feb 2012

GOPers are just nuts...I offer the following for your consderation. (Selections from CPAC)


A "comedian"


Laughable



Crazy


Racist


homophobes

....and proud of it.

I truly hope that this "crazy on parade" is just the death rattle of the GOP.
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GOPers are just nuts...I offer the following for your consderation. (Selections from CPAC) (Original Post) masmdu Feb 2012 OP
Their constituency is getting narrower by the word. Scuba Feb 2012 #1
A narrowing of the ideological gene pool results in inbred philosophy Scootaloo Feb 2012 #5
Sssshhhhh. Just stop it. DCKit Feb 2012 #7
Bookmarked. Is there anyone they DO like? FarLeftFist Feb 2012 #2
I believe Sarah speaks this evening...LOL...n/t monmouth Feb 2012 #3
Astonishing, just astonishing that they Surya Gayatri Feb 2012 #4
That... "comedian?" Scootaloo Feb 2012 #6
About the "comedian." JDPriestly Feb 2012 #8
 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
5. A narrowing of the ideological gene pool results in inbred philosophy
Sat Feb 11, 2012, 03:19 PM
Feb 2012

Their constant "purging" of every idea or notion that isn't cutting-edge, far-right screaming is, essentially, their doom.

Unless there's a sea change in the way they run things, there will not be a Republican party by 2020. They will have, in effect, narrowed themselves into extinction. Their assaults on contraceptives - contraceptives! - is a glaring sign of this self-marginalization

 

DCKit

(18,541 posts)
7. Sssshhhhh. Just stop it.
Sat Feb 11, 2012, 03:38 PM
Feb 2012

Let's do the analysis once one of them has been chosen.

They're all nuts, we gain nothing by letting them now how much.

 

Surya Gayatri

(15,445 posts)
4. Astonishing, just astonishing that they
Sat Feb 11, 2012, 02:27 PM
Feb 2012

openly flaunt this brand of inflammatory extremism at their showcase gathering.

Behind closed doors, among potential secret backers? Well OK, whatever.

But at a nationally televised forum in an election year? These are some seriously delusional nutjobs.

That "conservative comedian" was so excruciatingly bad I would've thought it was some left-winger doing a send up.

I really can't believe that I come from the same country as these nutjobs.
SG

Thanks for posting masmdu!

 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
6. That... "comedian?"
Sat Feb 11, 2012, 03:21 PM
Feb 2012

The first thirty seconds of his "act" sums up pretty much everything about the GOP - people are leaving in throngs, he's screaming at them, and ends up berating and telling a woman what to do with herself.

JDPriestly

(57,936 posts)
8. About the "comedian."
Sat Feb 11, 2012, 04:54 PM
Feb 2012

I posted this in response to another thread in which someone asked why there aren't any really funny Republican comedians.

To answer that a bit. I know a number of comedians and comedy writers. Most (but not all) of them are Jewish or at least half-Jewish. Most of them really suffered when they were kids -- from bullies who were bigger and meaner than they were. Most of them are realistic. Most of them are Democrats.

A lot of the comedians and comic writers I know are realistic to the point of depression. Without exception, they are extremely intelligent. Humor is the way they cope with life. Jokes can disarm strangers and make communication easier. Comedians use them to bridge the gap between their own great intelligence and the limited understanding of others.

The comedians I know laugh at themselves even more than they laugh at others. They ridicule themselves first, and only after they finish roasting themselves do they start on others.

In fact, not all of them, but most of the comedians I know or have known are or were, beneath the facade, extraordinarily compassionate people. They may never admit it, but they are. They don't need to be told to walk in someone else's shoes for a day. The minute they meet you, they are trying on your shoes. That's where the jokes come from -- wearing other people's too big or too small shoes.

Do you know any Republicans with those personality traits? Neither do I.

While I am at it, fundamentalist Christianity is, in my opinion, completely incompatible with a really healthy sense of humor.

I was raised by true Christians. They could be very humble and very funny. We laughed a lot. And lots of Christians, even fundamentalist Christians, can tell stories and jokes effectively.

But generally, fundamentalists take themselves and their beliefs too seriously to achieve the necessary distance or irony to be capable of writing a really belly-aching joke about much of anything.

So, Republicans should just give up the quest for a good comedian and accept themselves for the boring bullies they are. Actually, that would be a starting point for a Republican comedian -- writing jokes about what boring bullies Republicans are.

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