[DesertRhino]

I like him but he blew one thing. He said the average republican voter isn’t a policy expert.

That’s pure USDA prime, gold plated, bullshit. We have had our faces ground into policy like a dog into a mess on the carpet. We hump the hills, have ass in the grass, drove unsecure MSRs in Iraq, get ignored at the VA, have family killed by Mexicans, had grandmother heads sawed off in Oklahoma, daughters shot on the wharf in San Fran, been shot to pieces in San Berdoo by crazed dune coons, can’t run a marathon in Boston, had the skinnies from Blackhawk down kick us out of cabs in Minneapolis, seen a bacchanal of homesexuality in our schools, watched our astronauts have to hitch rides on Russian spaceships, watched baby parts being sold, had our emails all stolen and read.

Do we know policy Mr Sultan who I love? F’ing A bet your assets on it. We are F’ing policy experts!
Is just that we utterly hate the policy, so they say we don’t understand.

[IChing]

Strong message, but the fact remains that the AVERAGE republican is not a policy expert, as he said. Being familiar or even knowledgeable of policy doesn’t equate to expertise.

Last night I was at my part time job. My partner on the shift is a retired career marine, 58, patriotic conservative, great guy and I trust him 100% to have my back.

News of Scalia’s death had just broken about an hour before we began our shift together. We talked prospects for Obama trying to replace Scalia. In discussing opinions I’d heard on WMAL driving in, my partner did not know who Joe DiGenova or Alan Dershowitz are. He also had to ask me whether Scalia was conservative. Later in the shift we talked about Islam. He had not heard of Dr. Bill Warner nor Lt. Col. Allen West.

[M. Thatcher]

He said the average republican voter isn't a policy expert. That's pure USDA prime, gold plated, bullshit. We have had our faces ground into policy like a dog into a mess on the carpet. We hump the hills, have ass in the grass, drove unsecure MSRs in Iraq, get ignored at the VA, have family killed by Mexicans, had grandmother heads sawed off in Oklahoma, daughters shot on the wharf in San Fran, been shot to pieces in San Berdoo by crazed dune coons, can't run a marathon in Boston, had the skinnies from Blackhawk down kick us out of cabs in Minneapolis, seen a bacchanal of homosexuality in our schools, watched our astronauts have to hitch rides on Russian spaceships, watched baby parts being sold, had our emails all stolen and read. Do we know policy Mr Sultan who I love? F'ing A bet your assets on it. We are F'ing policy experts! Is just that we utterly hate the policy, so they say we don't understand.

Every. Word. Gold.

[whinecountry]

It’s only February but I am already nominating yours for post of the year. Awesome.

[VTenigma]

Excellent screed, I was thinking along those lines myself.

[headsonpikes]

“Is just that we utterly hate the policy, so they say we don’t understand.”

Bingo!