Papantonio: The Republican Disease Weakens Critical Thinking

[GoLeft TV]

Somewhere in the last four or five decades, Republican politicians got the idea in their head that the “R” that was there to identify their party affiliation actually stood for “R” Regressive or “R” Reactionary Rube. I mean, why is it that every time you hear the loudest, buffoonish diatribe about issues like climate change, stem cell research, education, or religion or damn near anything that demands rational analysis – the buffoon delivering that regressive diatribe is a Republican. Is it a chicken or an egg analysis that we should apply when we are listening to one more Republican Regressive Rube leaves us dumbfounded with airhead quality opinions about damn near anything that actually requires rational reflection or mature understanding?

Name it – science or basic narratives about social issues, cultural issues – why is that character with the big Republican “R” behind their name always the one who leaves us almost breathless as we try to grasp their dullard insight on the topic in question?

This past week, for example, one of those Regressive throwback politicians with a big “R” after his name told us that Obama was subverting the will of the American people by trying to expand high speed Internet into every classroom in America.

Full text at Ring of Fire.

[Pharaoh]

1. By the way....

what happened to RFK Jr who started out doing Ring of Fire with Pap?

[SnowCritter]

2. Great piece!

Listen to the whole thing at the link!