Have You Hugged a Republican Today? (When did the Republican Party become the Pity Party?)

[struggle4progress]

... Having rallied around Sarah Palin as John McCain's running mate, Republicans are outraged that anyone would ask whether a first-term Alaska governor, whose only other political experience was as a small-town mayor, is the right person for the job. Having announced that Sarah Palin’s unmarried 17-year-old daughter is pregnant, the McCain campaign is irate that anyone would write about this circumstance, much less ask further questions about it.

“Why hound the Palin family over such a private matter?” the campaign protests. Uh, maybe because you put out a press release?

Anyone who questions Palin’s qualifications, or points out that she was for the Bridge to Nowhere before she was against it, is being sexist. Anyone who mentions that McCain is 72, which would make him the oldest man to be elected president, is being ageist. Who knew the Republican Party was so keenly attuned to delicate matters of political correctness? ...

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2008/09/have_you_hugged_a_republican_t.html?hpid=opinionsbox1

[kurth_]

1. If there is one species that deserves mass extinction,

it's the Republicans.

[codjh9]

2. Couldn't agree more - they're the cause of a lot of other extinctions anyway

[Joanne98]

3. They are wrapping themselves with pity. Liberals have did this to us.

They use the language of death threats. Kill the liberals, poor me. It's dangerous and someone should call them on it.