So, the 'Pubs are trying out this new-fangled, "revolutionary" thing called an "interactive website" that will allow all "real Americans" to give suggestions on new legislation, have debates on said ideas, and "vote" on the most popular of the day. You can see the fun yourself at Americaspeakingout.com
New GOP Initiative Stumbles
Well, woulden't you know it, the cream really does rise to the top!!
But opening up the process of debate means inviting in uncomfortable voices. Within minutes, a poster on the site suggested repealing Section II of the 1964 Civil Rights Act because it was "UNCONSTITUTIONAL, PROGRESSIVE and HITLER." [yes, they used Hitler as an adjective]. (That entry has since been shut down by the GOP.)
Excuse me while I laugh. AHAHHAHAHhahhahahahhahah!!!!!
Gee, WHO could have guessed? I mean, come on! We know that the most rabidly racist, brain-dead teabaggers have just enough intelligence to use the 'tubes, and just LOVE to spout their hate and stupidity...so how come the top brass of the GOP did not see this coming? Really? You invite all the crazy cousins to the BBQ and expect them to behave? I mean, really.
Another poster called for government authorities to watch Muslim-Americans more closely than others -- "if they're not doing anything illegal, what do they have to worry about?"
I guess the GOP never heard the saying "When you lay down with dogs, you get up with fleas". Well, the Fleabaggers are coming out in force and are demanding to be heard by the Party Establishment.
So, what is the Goopers' response to this?
"The key is to remember that we are focusing on... settled principles," he explained later, "in so far as smaller government, more accountability, more transparency and so forth. That is not news necessarily. What is news though is the invitation for Americans to submit their questions and answers within that framework."
Riiiggghhhttt. So now, this "revolutionary" new forum designed to "allow viewers to suggest legislative remedies that they and others could then debate and vote upon" is now a regular old GOP forum where crazies and their fellow 'murikans can "suggest and debate" the same old tired ideas the 'pubs have had the whole time.
I'm sorry, but "Within that framework" and "Revolutionary" are NOT synonymous.
Oh, and if all this schadenfreude is not enough, there is this:
There were, in addition, other mild controversial elements to the website's launch. Republican leadership paid for the site (and the fancy set where it was launched) with taxpayer dollars -- a seeming contradiction to their constant complaints about uncontrolled spending on the part of President Obama.
I call FAIL on the GOP and Americaspeakingout.com
And I laugh......