Senator Joe Biden: "This is bullshit."

This is the rhetorical antidote to Republican smears. Like this one. I know not all right-wing talk show hosts are that stupid. But am I smarter? Chamberlain said to Hitler in Munich that it was ok to occupy the Rhineland, contrary to the terms of the WWI armistice, saying giving in a little would lead to "peace in our time". Ok, I'm wrong, a little: It was the Sudetenland, a position important to Czechoslovakia, opening them to invasion. And the Czechs weren't invited, so the host has an exceptional point: locking out parties from negotiation was the essential error. Appeasement occured in the reified, unrepresentative negotiations Bush prefers. "What He Did" is central to the point.

This guy is emblematic of what we need to destroy: The jabberjaw smear king. But I mean he's a radio schmuck, what do you expect?

There's a lot of freaky shit in this article:

The Republican defeat in a special Congressional contest in Mississippi sent waves of apprehension across an already troubled party Wednesday, with some senior Republicans urging Congressional candidates to distance themselves from President Bush to head off what could be heavy losses in the fall.

"We can’t let the Democrats take our issues. We can’t let them pretend to be conservatives and co-opt the middle and win these elections." - What are your issues, exactly? Fiscal responsibility? Martial leadership? Geopolitical diplomacy? Energy policy? It's the Republicans who pissed on the middle, and the Democrats saw the opportunity. Welcome centrist Dems! There's punch!

In a dire warning, Mr. Davis said that, unless Republican candidates changed course, they could lose 20 seats in the House and 6 in the Senate. "The political atmosphere facing House Republicans this November is the worst since Watergate and is far more toxic than it was in 2006." - That's fucking huge.

The result in Mississippi, and what Republicans said was a surge in African-American turnout, suggested that Mr. Obama might have the effect of putting into play Southern seats that were once solidly Republican, rather than dragging down Democratic candidates. - HOLY CRAP YES. The South shall rise again!

"The Republican brand is down, and it is going to be hard to get it back." "When you lose three of these in a row you have to get beyond campaign tactics and take a hard look and ask if there is something wrong with your product." - These quotes speak volumes to what's wrong with the GOP. A brand? A product? The KitKat bar in question is the fate of our nation. Get your focus groups on it. Throw some money at the problem. It must be a "perception gap" of some kind.

I am thinking perhaps that I need to fund Congressional upheavals and let other people focus on the Presidency.