Marcy Wheeler: Republican Self-Hate

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Republican Self-Hate
by emptywheel

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The two Republicans on the show with me were pushing against Democratic health care proposals, saying, "well you don't want our health care to run like Katrina or Iraq..." To which I said, "Okay, we'll make sure Bush isn't in charge of our health care program. We're in agreement." This got them nodding enthusiastically, until I continued, "But if we can only aspire to be as competent as the French, we should have working health care." Which shut them up. (Of course, I'm sure it wasn't really as cool as I remember, so assume I'm just self-promoting here.)

At the same time, these republicans were no more willing to speak enthusiastically about any of their Presidential candidates. I kept hammering them about how Obama is running third, among Republicans, in Iowa.

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And how the leading Republican candidates fail either 2004's standard of flipfloppery or Republican standards of the last 12 years on social conservatism. Which again brought some embarrassed admissions that there wasn't much exciting in the Republican field. We're about a week and a half late piling on top of this self-hate--though the DNC has a new website out to join in the fun. But this should be the main point of every Democrat out there--the Republicans, as a party, have failed so badly even Republicans hate them.

Republicans are just barely containing their disgust for the leaders of their party. At this point, we'd do really well to unleash that sentiment.

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Again, any Democrat who makes a public appearance with Republicans, but doesn't force that Republican to either disown Bush and his policies or endorse them, including the war, is really missing an important opportunity.

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1. Linky-poo, please?

tnx.

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2. I've tried to point out in my LTTEs that the Republicans are not held

to the same high standards THEY SET for Clinton ... but the media gives them a pass ...

Latest obvious example ... Rudy's claim that he spent more time at the WTC site than the rescue people ... he later says "Sorry, I misspoke" ... media says "Oh, okay. We'll forgive you Mr. Mayor of the Country, soon to be Mr. President!" ... but, should Obama get the nod ... you will hear his statement over and over again about 10000 deaths in wherever due to a disaster ...