The Richmond Democrat totally nails it in this diary:...For the Republican Party, however, this incident has become yet another self-inflicted public relations disaster.Read the entire article here; this is an instant classic.
It began shortly after the first reports of the hijacking came in on Wednesday, April 8th, when Rush Limbaugh took to the airwaves to attack the Obama administration over the hijacking. Limbaugh's attack was an expansion on comments made earlier by Dick Cheney that the Obama administration left the American public more open to attack...
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What did this minor incident involving piracy have to teach us about the Republican Party?
1) The Republican Party really is hoping that the United States fails. Often. So much so that we crawl back to the Republicans and beg them to take over the government in 2010 and 2012.
2) Because the Republican Party wants the United States to fail, the Republican Party has a vested interest in causing the United States to fail...
P.S. Maybe Republicans should stick to bashing cute puppy dogs as "girly"? Yeah, I'm sure that will make people feel all warm and fuzzy about the Grumpy Old Party.
