The GOP: Leaving No Doubt What They’re About!
I’M TRYING TO IMAGINE what the GOP strategy is anymore when it comes to our nation of many peoples….
For the past week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s office has been looking for a Republican co-sponsor for an utterly non-controversial resolution honoring the legacy and role of Hispanic media.
None came, his office confirms. On Tuesday, Reid introduced and passed a resolution designating October 25 through October 31, 2009, the “National Hispanic Media Week” in honor of the Latino Media of America.
The Nevada Democrat was joined by Sens. Robert Menendez (New Jersey), Mark Udall (Colorado) and Kirsten Gillibrand (New York) — all of whom are Democrats.
—Huffington Post, Reid Gets No GOP Support For Resolution Honoring Hispanic Media
I’M TRYING TO IMAGINE what the GOP strategy is anymore when it comes to our nation of many peoples. Do they cling so tightly to some 1950s vision of reality that they simply won’t budge, won’t open the lids, won’t peep the new day? Are they of the Ken Burns philosophy: that as long as we recognize whites publicly for achievements, that’s a “universal” statement about everyone?
I’m guessing that by having a black man front the party and use lots of fake street cred noise (like Michael Steele’s throwing in a “bling” there and a “pahty peeple” here, or his blog “What Up” or “Wut B Tha DL” or “Slick Steele” or whatever it’s called today) in addition to their pattern of demonizing Latinos, Mexicans, people of color, and now this move to NOT recognize the growing power of the Latino/Hispanic voice in media, which as they article notes, should not be a controversial one—
I think the elephant as an icon for the GOP has run its course. Here’s my offering:
1950’s? Try 1850’s instead. These fools wish we could undo any laws that gave women and brown-skinned people any rights at all. They also lament the loss of the Plantations, railroad empires, steel & coal monopolies and the massacre of Native Americans.
They lament the massacre of Native Americans? Really? Or was that a typo?
Otherwise, I totally agree. They’d be at home in the 1850s. In fact, it’s a scary thought exactly how they’d be operating there and then….