"If we were dog food, they would take us off the shelf."

[Tatiana]

We are hearing a lot today from Republicans and their concern about their "brand," and Davis takes it to another level in his memo; "a congressional GOP brand tied to George Bush is struggling"; "...deep seeded antipathy toward the president, the war, gas prices, the economy, foreclosures and, in some areas, the underlying cultural differences that continue to brand our party."

And the kicker, "the Republican brand is in the trash can...if we were dog food, they would take us off the shelf."

And just in case anyone is laboring under the illusion that the party can remake itself in the image of John McCain, Davis asserts, "McCain has his own branding and it is not consistent with congressional Republican branding."

Up-and-coming Rep. Eric Cantor thinks that "the paradigm has shifted" for Republicans, and that what has happened last night in Mississippi, and earlier in Illinois and Louisiana, is a "trailing indicator" of an unpopular administration.

Trying to link Democratic candidates to Obama "just didn't work" in Cantor's view.

"The country doesn't want to hear too liberal, too this, too that," he said. The country wants positive solutions, he added. Cantor’s statements are directed not only at party leadership, but also at grassroots and state-party establishments.

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/05/14/1022156.aspx

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[BlooInBloo]

1. It's odd - they really think it's because of HOW they said things, and not WHAT they said.

[Tatiana]

2. Do they really think we only want to HEAR about "positive solutions"

instead of actually wanting them to be IMPLEMENTED?

[FrenchieCat]

3. LOL!

Change you deserve!

[Tatiana]

5. Only if you're depressed!

:rofl:

[Spider Jerusalem]

4. Rep. Davis, like so many other Americans, is lazy or stupid

'deep seeded'...um, no. It's 'deep-seated'. It could be me, but I actually expect even Republicans in Congress to be literate.

[C_U_L8R]

6. Funny, they ARE dog food

whattabunchamutts !!!

[lsusteel]

7. Hm

What Republican brand? There hasn't been a true conservative since Hoover.

[AndyTiedye]

9. I Think Barry Goldwater Qualified as a True Conservative

[RainDog]

11. so both "true" and "false" conservatives create economic disasters?

hopefully the bunch in power now will end up in jail for war crimes.

[L0oniX]

8. Massive recall on tainted Repuke brand dog food.

[Orsino]

10. Idiots.

They're smart enough to understand that Fail Boy has made "Republican" a dirty word, but not smart enough to see that McSame is promising them an identical agenda. They can't rebrand themselves even so far as changing the name of the president.

This is the danger of a cult of personality, when your "leader" has no personality.

[Tatiana]

12. KICK

:kick: