I BELONG TO THE STUPID PARTY

boblonsberry.com ^ | 08/17/13 | Bob Lonsberry

[shortstop]

I would prefer less Candy Crowley and more Mark Steyn or Megan Kelly.

[Servant of the Cross]

Um, Bob. Yes, the GOP IS the stupid party. But when they do something right, like OWNING their primaries rather than letting the DNC-run media owning them, don't call them stupid for that! Who's head is where?

[nathanbedford]

I belong to the stupid party.

If so, you are certainly in the right place.

[Lazamataz]

Bob is one HUNDRED percent BUCK-ASS WRONG here.

[Norm Lenhart]

Practice what you preach Bob. And take your own ass kissing head out.

[ilgipper]

This couldn’t be more wrong. This is probably the best move I’ve ever seen the RNC make. We play our entire primary and the general election by our opponents rules and in sports analogies, essentially give them the ball at our 20 yard line. We use only left-wing debate moderators and let their side set the rules. When it is a primary debate, our guys are playing defensively because of the questions. In the general, it is like our candidate is on trial. I love this move, and hope to see more of it.

[LibLieSlayer]

Well old bob here is a charter member of the gop/e... stupidity division.

LLS

[sickoflibs]

Was CNN and NBC any worse than the rest of them? Like ABC?

I recall Chris Wallace asking a row of candidates ‘yes’ or ‘no’ if as POTUS they would accept 10$ in spending cuts for 1$ in tax increases and they all said no, which told the audience that none of them would ever cut spending, or cared about the deficit. Just a bunch of GWBs.

[riri]

This essay is idiotic.

What does Bob propose? More of the same?

But, yes, the GOP is the stupid party. Shunning these debates happens to be one of the very rare correct steps they happen to make.

[Da Coyote]

This guy is a closet liberal.

And - as such - let’s shove him back in the closet and throw away the key.

We conservatives either start playing hardball like the lib-O-crats, or just give up.

[Seeing More Clearly Now]

The last Republican primaries were what was dumb. A circular suicide/assassination spectacle in several rounds. The Republican candidates were happy to kill each other by the time the election took place. The whole format and setting and moderators and everything about these debates was in the interests of the Democratic Party and not the Republican Party. The Republican Party needs a whole new set of leaders.

[Norm Lenhart]

Hopefully the talk show /columnist types will blow their leftist was early this time. So far so good.

These are the people who make it OK for people to keep voting RINO, calling it ‘conservative’ and then thinking it eas while America burns.

[Da Coyote]

This guy is a closet liberal.

And - as such - let’s shove him back in the closet and throw away the key.

We conservatives either start playing hardball like the lib-O-crats, or just give up.

[Norm Lenhart]

“Then thinking it WAS OK while America burns”.

[central_va]

Actually Bob, not only is Prince Rebus correct about this, the next step would be to make the all primaries closed except to Republicans. NO MORE OPEN PRIMARIES.

[tet68]

Bob, if you believe this why are you still a party member?
Personally, I don’t think wanting to play in a crooked
game is much of a starter for me. I watched the last
series and was disgusted through every one.

Wake up and turn the tables bob.

[Norm Lenhart]

Someone explain how a party with an open primary “IS” a party.

I wanna see it in detail.

[TomGuy]

Obama has picked up on that concept -- the party of stupid.

This morning the newsies are running a clip of Obama blaming the Republicans for all the problems and delays with -- Obamacare.

So what if not one Republican voted for that monstrosity.

So what if Pelosi had to get it passed before she could even read it to find out what was in it.

So what if Obama has been delaying parts of Obamacare unilaterally, and possibly illegally, without Congressional approval.

Response from the GOP leadership: {crickets chirping}

By the end of the day the LIV will 'know' that the Republicans are to blame for all the Obamacare ills -- and higher premiums, etc.

Not to worry, Rove and the other Elites and advisors still get their paychecks.

Not to worry, Congress gets its exemption from Obamacare.

Not to worry, "God's in his heaven; all's right with the world," from Pippa's Song by Robert Browning.

[xzins]

To me, it is incomprehensible that a party so committed to the Constitution should get its panties in such a bunch because someone else exercises constitutional liberties.

This is where Lonsberry is wrong. The Republican Party is a private organization and not a governmental agency.

It can protest whatever the heck it feels like, and if it protests fawning media siding with socialist politicians, then it's their business.

Priebus might be wrong lots of times, but his slamming the media for their absolute bias toward Hillary is not one of those times.

And after so many "moderators" have boldly undercut his candidates in THE MIDDLE OF debates (Candy Crawley the most recent), then he is right to disinvite them.

And someone who wants to watch a debate will watch it on the channel showing it.

[Common Sense 101]

Ok... then we’ll just start calling them the gutless party.