You know it is really funny to read the GOP talk about their rebranding efforts...and then you read what Michael Steelehad to say (saw this on Think Progressand HAD to post) and all you can do is almost feel pity for them:
La Crosse - Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele appealed to the political middle Friday to join his party but added that the party itself wouldn't moderate.
"All you moderates out there, y'all come. I mean, that's the message," Steele said at a news conference. "The message of this party is this is a big table for everyone to have a seat. I have a place setting with your name on the front.
"Understand that when you come into someone's house, you're not looking to change it. You come in because that's the place you want to be."
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At the same time that Steele is saying come join us but shut up, others in the GOP are touting their new group which wants a conversation with America, BarbinMD has a post on the front page about this new group:
And what's the group's reason for being?
We do this not just to offer an alternative point of view or to be disagreeable. Instead, we want to ask the American people what their hopes and dreams are.
Sure, the GOP wants to hear what you have to say, but don't expect them to change, don't expect them to actually do anything differently because what they have been doing these last eight years has just worked so well for America.
Every time I think that the GOP can't get any worse, something like this pops up and I cringe and wonder if any Republican has a clue right now. I mean, this is really, really pathetic now.
The GOP spends all this money and time to rebrand/relaunch/reinvent itself by telling America they want to know what Americans think, what their hopes and dreams are, and Steele is out there saying we don't want to hear you if you don't agree with us 100 percent. Come to the table, sit down with us, but remember it is our house and you are the guest and we aren't changing.
OMG....the more you think about this, the funnier and more pathetic it gets......Does anyone in the GOP even talk to each other anymore? Do they even REALIZE how utterly ridiculous this becomes?
Major. FAIL.