Actually, Republicans should consider Zombie Reagan for their leadership.  If I learned anything from the 2010 midterm results, it would be that the only demonstrably functioning appendage of the GOP is its propaganda/fundraising wing.  Whether or not they’ll be able to actually govern remains in serious doubt.

From the looks of their freshman class, the famed Republican unity-of-message, lockstep discipline is a thing of the past.  Their leadership is in for a frustrating experience, akin to what the Democrats dealt with during the last Congress (noteworthy exceptions being the complete lack of empathy, and despite the inherent contradiction, a lot more Jesus).

Zombie Reagan?  They could do worse.

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Zombie Reagan Raised From Grave To Lead GOP

                          

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What Newt Gingrich is trying to say is that Islam, like all religions, has to be responsible for its biggest assholes.

— Senior Religion Correspondant John Oliver regarding Gingrich’s comments likening the organizers of Park 51 community center to “Nazis” putting a “sign next to the Holocaust museum.”

                          

“Counting President Obama, he last eight presidents have gone on television and promised to move America towards an energy-independent future.”

Stewart’s hilarious, yet sad, commentary should serve as a reminder to us all:  Presidents can only lend rhetorical weight to the nation’s goals.  Without support from the electorate, they’re just words.

                          

Now that the Democrats have successfully passed reform, DeMint has taken to pushing back the goal posts, telling Face the Nation‘s Bob Schieffer that the true test of the GOP’s cynical strategy will come with the results of the 2010 midterm elections.

Stephen, of course, has some fun with DeMint’s assessment:

                          

Though the interview imparts little about the book, if it even approaches the value of Painter’s grassroots history of the Progressive Era, Standing at Armageddon, it will be well worth reading.

This was Colbert’s second historian interview in as many days, having previously sat down with Eric Foner to discuss the Texas Board of Education’s recent revisionist effort.

                          

I caught this last night as I was wrapping up my latest Care2.com post on the same subject ~ Texas BOE Demotes Jefferson, Omits Separation of Church and State from Textbook Standards

                          

Incidently, the clip that caught my eye was actually a teaser for FoD‘s HBO series featuring Abraham Lincoln and Fredrick Douglas, portrayed by Will Ferrell and Don Cheadle, and looks to be worthwhile.

But there was another one I hadn’t yet seen.  View the below clip and you’ll hear the story of the 9th President of the United States, William Henry Harrison, whose tenure lasted a mere 30 days.  Harrison is played by Paul Schneider with Derek Waters on both sides of the camera.  Your story teller:  a highly shitfaced J.D. Ryznar.

Enjoy!

Related on PiP ~ Tales of the Founding Fathers from the Highly Intoxicated, 14 July 2008

                          

From the FoD post:

Barack Obama gets a surprise visit in the night from ex-Presidents Bush Sr., Bush Jr., Clinton, Ford, Reagan and Carter to get a few pointers about the Consumer Financial Protection Agency and why it’s so important.

                          

FNC really must hold their viewers in the lowest intellectual regard.

                          

Satire  just makes the impact of it more digestible…  Enjoy!

                          

Of course, neither assessment is correct.

                          

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There is one bit of irony I wish Colbert would have touched on.  As I noted recently on Care2, the RNC’s decission to name their test after Ronald Reagan seems curious considering he — nor any other modern president — could have passed.

From the Care2 post:

What struck me most about Bopp’s memo was not its requirements, but its invocation of Reagan.  Employing his name becomes more significant when paired with first item on the purity list:

(1) We support smaller government, smaller national debt, lower deficits and lower taxes by opposing bills like Obama’s “stimulus” bill;

That they have chosen to emphasize this economic platform along with its patron saint is certainly no coincidence.  Reagan’s conservative economic prescriptions have been touted as the height of Republican fiscal discipline so frequently that they’ve achieved commandment status within the party.  That this commonly held notion is demonstrably false speaks volumes about what this “purity test” represents… (Read More)

                          

Currant.com, 19 November 2009:

…I have to admit, I’ve come to enjoy and laugh at the far right in their blanket condemnation of all things Obama. They are the most entertaining thing on TV, at least as far as politics goes. An easy and useful guide to what the president is doing right is to listen to the Obamaphobes…

(Read the post HERE)

                          

Fortunately, this is as close as she’ll ever get.

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