"Center Right:" Get Used to It

The mere election of "B. O.," still 72 days from the presidency, has already brought change, to, of all places, the Republican Party, where, much like the one-celled creatures so many of the party faithful resemble, the split has begun. The fiscal conservatives are already trying to get away from the religious right, & establish themselves as "center right." You may have noticed from their talking points babble that B. O. ran a "center right campaign" (said Karl Rove). Pretty much an admission that they're moving "left," at least on the social issues, the candidacy of Sarah Palin demonstrating that the vast unwashed aren't as interested in a ninny fighting "demonic infestations" as they are in solutions to the economic troubles many of them are having. Note this from the American Issues Project:

Simply put, the voters’ rejection of the Republican Party is a direct result of the Party’s failure to live up to their promise for common sense conservative governance. As the survey clearly demonstrates the Republican Party has lost all or nearly all of its advantages on issues of fiscal responsibility and scope of government. While this is not the only problem now facing the Republican Party, it is certainly the biggest.

The moron who wrote that apparently hasn't noticed that there's an economic meltdown, an occupation in Iraq, & a war that's not going so well in Afghanistan. No, to him or her, the Republicans lost because they haven't drowned that gummint baby in the bathtub yet. Seriously. They lost because they haven't reformed gov't. & cut spending, thanks to that "phony conservative" George W. Bush. Here's a clue, dipstick: Each & every Republican office-holder was too busy getting what they could from pork & lobbyists to bother w/ anything besides "Homeland Security" & illegal, unnecessary wars, which, oddly enough, have increased the National Debt, etc. There's a distinct possibility the American people won't be fooled again by these horrid fools, but we are dealing w/ Americans. Don't hold your breath. And be ready to hear the phrase "center right" until your ears are bleeding.