Too much time on their hands

To quote one of my favorite childhood icons, "Good grief!" From today's Politico:

A conservative faction of the Republican National Committee is urging the GOP to take a harder line against both Democrats and wayward Republicans, drafting a resolution to rename the opposition the "Democrat Socialist Party" and moving to rebuke the three Republican senators who supported the stimulus package.

In an e-mail sent Wednesday to the 168 voting members of the committee, RNC member James Bopp, Jr. accused President Obama of wanting "to restructure American society along socialist ideals."

I suppose we should all take comfort in the fact that Republican leaders - faced with a bankrupt economy and two costly wars that their party created over the past eight years - have their priorities straight. Nice to see such creative energy being applied to the truly important issues confronting the nation.

Of course, as anyone with an IQ higher than Mr. Bopp's age could probably tell you, the ol' RedWhite&Blue has long been a mixture of capitalist and socialist practices. And it seems to me that this blend of economic and social theorems worked pretty well - until its operation fell into the hands of George the Younger and his minions, that is.

I'll admit I'm the teensiest bit muddled, as well. Wasn't it just eight days ago that the President and his party were being called Maoists and/or fascists? I sure wish the conservative masses would decide which way they want to go with this. The vitriol and hypocritical noise emanating from the Right is confusing enough as it is.

But (as my teenage daughter is fond of saying), whatEVER, dude. Let them have their fun. When the GOP decides to adopt a similarly honest rebranding - let's say, the "Homophobe Obstructionist Tax Cut and Torture Party" - then maybe idiotic proposals like Bopp's will be more than just a tragic waste of breathable oxygen.

Well... probably not.