Mitch McConnell, with great fanfare, introduced a GOP website, AmericaSpeakingOut.com, to solicit ideas from "real" Americans on how to lead this country back to prosperity, or gun ownership, or whatever.
Users who sign up to the site can post ideas, comment on those ideas, and vote up or down on each idea or message. Think Digg.com, for the GOP.
I don't think the result is exactly what the GOP had in mind...
It turns out that the GOP's "social-networky", "media-savvy" site, AmericaSpeakingOut.com has been taken over by Birthers, people who can't spell, progressives who like to monkey-wrench, and, possibly, 4chan.
The result is the single greatest comedy website online. You OWE it to yourself to go there.
Some tidbits:
The number one "new idea" (based on voting) in the "Liberty & Freedom" category is the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
The fourth most votes under "Liberty & Freedom" is "Termination of pregnancy should be safe, legal, and rare."
The number one "new idea" in "National Security" is "Ban handguns. No exceptions, except for law enforcement and military." The second most popular is "Elect a Democrat, for our next President"
Other popular ideas:
"Only straight people should be able to mess up adopted children!"
"The Second Amendment is clear: All Americans should be permitted, even encouraged, to own and carry their own concealed tactical nuclear weapons at all times. "
"The nice rich people that stole all my money told me it was actually the brown people. I guess I'll keep voting for those nice rich people, I don't want the brown people to get any more of my stuff."
"Gays are horrible, horrible people, but we can't pick and choose parts of Leviticus, so let's deny equal rights to all people who fall into the following group: Men who shave, anyone who touches a menstruating woman, people who eat pork, people who eat shellfish, people who work on Sundays. They're all horrible, horrible people. "
"A "teacher" told my child in class that dolphins were mammals and not fish! And the same thing about whales! We need TRADITIONAL VALUES in all areas of education. If it swims in the water, it is a FISH. Period! End of Story."
(note this entry was deleted by the GOP, god love Google Cache)
"A group of youths who are, shall we say, fleet of foot, have been playing basketball near my house and I don't have a security system. How can the Republican party help to stop stressful situations like this?"
"Where all the white women at? "
UPDATE 1: It looks like you can no longer submit new ideas. That seems appropriate. It's the GOP, after all.
UPDATE 2: OMG! A rec'd Kos diary! This is going on my CV. No, really. I thank you all!
UPDATE 3: It IS possible to submit new ideas, but the site is REAL slow and getting hammered. I can't get it to work, but I don't think they like me...
UPDATE 4: This hilarious train-wreck of a website is actually paid for by YOUR tax dollars. Here's a CNN article on that little issue, and from Crooks and Liars (thanks to General Choomin)