Remember the Gipper?

Rudy is the poster child for the modern GOP and the Reagan-myth machine. Mr. Sully has this comparison and Greg takes it further (comment section worth a look for all your Rudy-wear).

“A nuclear-free world has been a 60-year dream of the Left, just like
socialized health-care,” - Rudy Giuliani, NRO, 2010.

“A nuclear war cannot be won and
must never be fought. And no matter how great the obstacles may seem, we must
never stop our efforts to reduce the weapons of war. We must never stop at all
until we see the day when nuclear arms have been banished from the face of this
Earth.” - Ronald Reagan, 1984, in China.

Kanye was right...

the gift that keeps giving (i.e. like herpes, but...you know, never look a gift sore in the mouth). GWB caught wiping his hands on Bill Clintons Penis (no, arm) after shaking the hand of a black man. Damn Kanye was right! that makes twice Mr. West was spot on. think i need to make a button now. (below is the second of the "twice")

old dogs and new tricks...

hey, i guess i have to give props to GW. you can teach an old dog new tricks. bush and clinton have joined forces to help the people of haiti. if you haven't given just google them and donate (even if you are just reading this many many moons later i'm sure the people of haiti still need your help). the above image was taken on Jan. 16th, four days after the first earthquake hit the island. now lets see how GW reacted with Katrina....

the hurricane made landfall at 7am on monday Aug. 29. this photo was taken at 11 am. GW was with the man he destroyed in the 2000 race by sending out mailers to the people of South Carolina. the mailers said that McCain had fathered an illegitimate "black baby" when the truth was that McCain and his wife adopted a child. i love how the idea of The Blacks can turn SC into crazy town (yet another reason to NEVER visit SC).

this photo was taken at 2 pm tuesday Aug. 30. GW plays guitar with some douche bag named mark willis. the levees had already failed over 24 hours prior to this photo op. GW then flys back to the fake ranch/staged prop of Crawford to finish his vacation (if you google bush's vacation days you will see he set a record, as of March 11, 2008 GW had spent 879 days in Crawford)

this photo is from wednesday Aug. 31st. GW does a 35 minute fly-by. FEMA's response is still floundering but the 24 hour news keeps the nation informed (one of the only bright spots by the MSM during GW's days in office). later this night Condi would go to a Broadway show, remember by this time she is Sec. of State (Hillary's job now) and gets booed, she went to see "Spamalot".....i can go on for days (what with Condi shoe shopping, "Heckava job Brownie", GW claiming that no one could have predicted the levees would break, GW's mom talking about the refugees in Houston, etc, etc, etc.) but just go to this link to see the national shame that was Katrina.
so i gotta give props to GW today for linking up with The Clenis to be the faces of the US aid effort. but i'll never forget this picture and everything that happened after...NEVER EVER FORGET.

Grand Ol' Party

the modern GOP (1980-present) can be best understood by first fully understanding this recent quote i saw by the General...

...for nearly two hundred years until the Reagan Revolution triumphantly destroyed the Middle Class in the War of Wage Suppression, a war that so far has lasted just over three decades.

the fact that middle class wages have not grown since the 1970's (read the article "Is Our Tax System Helping Us Create Wealth?" by David Cay Johnston) but prices continue to go up. the drum beat of consumerism keeps steady and credit debt climbs per family. the disparity between "haves" and the "have nots" is as great as it was in the 20's and 30's. the modern GOP can still get dirt poor folks to not only vote Republican, but do it with a smile. they can get poor elderly folks to not only fight against health care reform, but scream about social security "privatisation". these people who live and breath by every word Rush/Beck/Hannity sputter into a mic. these people who vote for anything these multi-millionaire talking heads trick them into supporting. and why do they do it? simple. they all have delusions of grandeur, each one thinks "one day i will/can/could be rich too" and that is all they need. is that the key to eternal bliss? a daydream and a powerball ticket. some days i wish i could just shut off and float in the ignorance with them.