REPUBLICANS NEED TO GET REAL

Are Republicans re-evaluating their conservative platform since America overwhelmingly elected Barack Obama as President? I think not. They are too busy pointing fingers at each other for the campaign failure. Some upper management peeps are pointing at Sarah Palin, saying some pretty rotten things in the process. Of course, those responsible remain mostly chicken shit and 'un-named'. Other upper eschelon Republicans are blaming the Bush administration's goofs and lies of the last 8 years. Still others are lingering at the 'voter fraud' trough. I would say they are all wrong. I would say that, per usual, they just don't get it.

On November 6th, RNC Chairman Mike Duncan said that America's core beliefs are still center-right, implying that it was the bad economy and Prez Bush's reputation as an idiot that caused them to lose the election and that no Republican could have won this election because of it. Oh, really. Lest we forget, it was the Republicans who elected Prez Bush.....twice! And, dare I say it, the Republican campaign bottomed out long before the economy did.

A Rasmussen poll released on Sunday indicated that 64% of Republican voters listed Sarah Palin as their choice for the 2012 presidential nominee. Huh? You've got to be freakin kidding me. It is yet another indication that Republicans (64% of them anyway) don't live in the same reality that we do. You would think that Republicans might consider the possibility that McCain and Palin's "our way or the highway" form of politics might be, in large part, to blame for their loss. Their god awful (pun intended) 'we are smarter and better than they are' attitude might have had something to do with it. Their old-fashioned policy of 'do or say anything to get elected' comes to mind, too. The negativity of it all was downright disgusting and should have been an embarrassment to the entire Republican party early on.

Obama's agenda and campaign, on the other hand, was an all inclusive 'lets get together as proud Americans to get things right again' approach and inspired us all. Obama's positivity and obvious belief in the honesty and hard work of everyday people in America insured his victory.

I really do hope that Sarah Palin is the nominee in 2012. She will make things soooo easy for us. And, as an added bonus, SNL will get back to being funny again.