Rick "Oops" Perry: Gets the Drop on the Hombre Trying to Sneak into Texas
If the GOP thinks that guns everywhere, anytime, slung over
your shoulder or strapped on your hip for any reason will somehow be the defining
issue to sweep them into power, or that dismantling the Federal system while keeping
minorities at bay (i.e., women, Asians, Latinos, African-Americans as well as a
huge chunk of DEM-leaning voters with crazy-ass voter suppression laws), then
they have another think coming – they are in a word: sadly mistaken.
Photos like that of Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) and other macho
types are disgusting and the worst kind of pandering the lowest stupid common denominator
about on any critical and important subject worthy of a presidential candidate
from either side. Those gimmicks will not fly with the vast majority of the public
... perhaps with redneck goobers, sure, but not with the general public.
They insult the voters to think otherwise. Then add this
equation – GOP re-branding:
George W. Bush ran as a “compassionate conservative.” Look
how that all turned worked out.
As
the Washington Post notes in this piece (paraphrased): “In 2012, the Republican field was the
most-confrontational, unbending in recent memory. Mitt Romney said he was
“severely conservative” and got caught mocking the “47 percent.” Rick Perry
called the Federal Reserve “treasonous.” Rick Santorum said he was “for income
inequality.” What a difference a disastrous election, two years and
terrible polling make. If 2012 was a contest to be the toughest, the 2016
presidential Republican primary is likely to include a competition to appear
the most compassionate - the most warm and fuzzy candidate as it were.”
However, knowing the GOP the way we do, well ... that won't
last very long. The warm will become an iceberg, and the fuzzy will likely turn
into barbed or razor wire.
But, it will fun to watch their re-branding effort that is now
taking center stage all across la-la land. Stay tuned.
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