This diary won't be long. It's just about presenting a new title for the Republicans in Congress that's more fun to use than "Party of NO" and also should hit home better with voters on several levels.
Obstructi-Cons
Say it with me: Obstructi-Cons
One more time: OBSTRUCTI-CONS!
Sounds good to say, doesn't it?
It's been used for over 3 years off and on, but not nearly often enough. For most of this year, the Democrats have been using the label "the party of NO" for the Republicans. It's a decent start, but it doesn't go nearly far enough. Molly Ivins once said that we need to make the ridiculous look ridiculous, and the Republicans are taking ridiculous in governance farther than anyone before them; we need ways to talk about their behavior that mirrors their reality, and "the party of NO" doesn't go far enough.
By calling them Obstructi-Cons, we can marry together conservatism and obstructionism, while at the same time invoking the image of a legion of evil robots. Besides that, many people, like myself, either are or at one time were fans of the Transformers, so it's a fun thing to say that takes a person back to childhood just a little bit. Is it as timely as it could be? Not really, but it's still fresh enough to click with the average American.
So, one more time: Let's all go out and really lay the lumber on the ObstructiCon party, and give the rest of the country a fun new name for our favorite progress-stopping right-wing robots!
Transform and Roll Out!