10/02/2009 02:39:00 PM
Their rationale was something about Paul being one of those "zany" libertarians, not liking war or some such sissified stuff. Bottom line, so they declared (I promise it's true!) -- "RedState shall only pimp Republicans."
In fact, sore-pussy.org informed us, Ron Paul was only a "republican" because he was seeking the GOP's nomination. Obviously he wasn't really a republican. He was (and remains, they claim) a RINO.
Red-Pussy, crystal clear in its decree, reminded the world their namesake, the red states, are GOP states. Grand Old Party states. Re-mufuckin-PUBlican states, goddammit! NOT 'zany libertarian' states.
AND so here we are, two years down the road: Red-Pussy's biggest hero?
Why it's the squirter himself. Mr. Glenn Beck. A veritable Obi wan Kenobi, according to the cowardly RS.org staff.
Which brings us to the punchline: Beck has always declared himself to be a libertarian (we'll look past his delusions for the moment, since no one at Faux News is a principled libertarian). Oh... not exactly the sissified, anti-war, pro-Constitution libertarian Ron Paul might be. Beck is, you know, one of those manly, selectively-constitutional, Big Pentagon Libertarians.
Seriously though, we can all see the writing on the wall, right? Republicans are embarrassed to admit they are Republicans. Most have resorted to claiming they're "libertarians" -- when, in fact, for the most part they're anything but staunch neocons.
Yep! Another label we progressives have successfully made taboo. We should give ourselves credit here: neocon is a stinky, yucky word.
Like liberal was in the 90s.
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