They call us Democrat Socialists, I call them torturing repub Nazis.

[Philosoraptor]

Name calling is fun!

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0509/22445.html

GOP, RNC to rebrand Democrats as 'Socialists'

A member of the Republican National Committee told me Tuesday that when the RNC meets in an extraordinary special session next week, it will approve a resolution rebranding Democrats as the “Democrat Socialist Party.”

When I asked if such a resolution would force RNC Chairman Michael Steele to use that label when talking about Democrats in all his speeches and press releases, the RNC member replied: “Who cares?”

Which pretty much sums up the attitude some members of the RNC have toward their chairman these days.

Steele wrote a memo last month opposing the resolution. Steele said that while he believes Democrats “are indeed marching America toward European-style socialism,” he also said in a (rare) flash of insight that officially referring to them as the Democrat Socialist Party “will accomplish little than to give the media and our opponents the opportunity to mischaracterize Republicans.”

[mike_c]

1. I am, for all intents and purposes, PROUD to be recognized as...

...a "democrat socialist," thank you. That fits my politics pretty well.

[Flabbergasted]

6. yep. I'm a moderate socialist. nt

[BlooInBloo]

2. Sounds like it's time for another episode of What Digby Said!

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/socialist-schmocialist-by-digby-theyre.html

"A member of the Republican National Committee told me Tuesday that when the RNC meets in an extraordinary special session next week, it will approve a resolution rebranding Democrats as the “Democrat Socialist Party.”"


Bah - screw the quoting - just read her post.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

3. Then they can be the National Socialists. There.

No problemo.


:eyes:

[Towlie]

4. No, call them "Republican fascists". Some believe the Nazi's B.S. claim that they were socialists.

And, unfortunately, Wikipedia appears to back them up:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_party

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazism

[Towlie]

5. This story is being featured right now on Keith Olbermann's new "WTF moment".

And after watching his summary of events, I think a better response to "Democrat Socialist Party" would be "Republican Stupidity Party".

(Our two party system: The DSP and the RSP.)

[Joe Kirk]

7. A poster I'm compelled to think about w/ this attempted, childlike & quasi-complimentary rebranding.