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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAll that 'cognitive dissonance' for those 'poor' Republicans:
On the one hand of course, they despise President Obama, the "Kenyan-socialist-communist-nazi"...(did I mention that he was also black?), and would love nothing better than to make him go --POOF-- and disappear from 'their' White House. they had the money, they had the commentators, they had the airwaves, they had the Intertubes READY TO GO.
But...WTF!!? due to an 'unfortunate' chain of events, known as primaries, they are saddled with someone whom none other than Rick Santorum called the worst possible nominee. Santorum may be a Political Troglodyte, but give him this much, he's smart enough to come up with that and the Etch-a-Sketch line, and truer words have never been spoken.
They can't believe that they are saddled with this guy even though anyone and everyone with half-a-brain said that this would happen. To quote many of their 'bent', "The fact of the matter is" (isn't that dismissive of the other person's viewpoint or FACTS) that the only way that they can 'win' a national election or a Federal election, is to CHEAT. Did I forget to mention LIE and STEAL? No, Joe Scarborough and Mika, this country is NOT fundamentally right-wing. Sorry to tell you, but t'ain't so. And you're going to lose, Bigtime, to quote your former VeePee.
They can't deal with this and are having temper-tantrums and anxiety attacks. Funny enough, what they forgot would fill a large encyclopedia, but what destroyed them this time was, to quote President Phil Gramm when he stated a long long time ago that the best friend of a politician was 'Ready Money', and thus, he couldn't lose. They thought that they could sell a bad product to the masses but no amount of money is going to convince the majority that they need to drink stale milk by the gallon.
No wonder they're going nuts.
Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)See http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mitt_Romney_presidential_campaign,_2012&oldid=511657444#Etch_A_Sketch
Santorum just ran with it, as did Gingrich.