Things Overheard at the National Council for a New America (HT: Frank at IMAO)
A lot of people say the GOP needs to take a new direction and be less radical to attract independents. That’s why such trend-setters as Eric Cantor, John McCain, and Mitt Romney recently launched the National Council for a New America at a pizza parlor to figure out how to rebrand the Republican Party. Here’s some of things overheard at the meeting:
- “Freedom, liberty, small government, individualism, personal responsibility… these are the stale ideas that have been holding back the GOP!”
- “The key to victory is principles – we need to avoid those. They scare people.”
- “Let’s not say ‘Republican’ – that has has negative connotations. Let’s call ourselves ‘the other Party.’”
- “If we criticize the spending too much, then it comes off as us being too critical of Obama… and we already have enough problems with racism.”
- “Actually, I don’t know about this name ‘National Council for a New America.’ Do you really need the ‘America’ in there? A lot of people are turned off by jingoism. Can’t we just be ‘National Council for Newness’?”
- “We should never be afraid to praise a Democrat when he does something right. I wouldn’t praise Republicans, though; that just makes you look intolerant.”
- “I think we’ve had enough talk about ‘Reagan’ in this party. We need a new Republican leader to rally behind. Like Chuck Hagel.”
- “We need to get away from things that are scaring young people from our parties, like social issues. Also, he can try handing out meth.”
- “Without Arlen Specter in this Party, it’s like we’ve lost our soul.”
- “Maybe me need a new symbol. An elephant is big and lumbering and threatening. How about a hamster?”
- “If people like Democrats right now, I bet they’ll love a watered down version.”
- “We have to be careful of our image. If you’re at a rally and someone mentions ‘illegal immigration’, you then need to get as far away from those racists as possible.”
And my favorite…
- “Anyone you ever figure out what those ‘Tea Parties’ were about?”
No, apparently they haven’t figured it out yet.
May 22nd, 2009 12:11 pm
ha! This is sad to me…I attended a (peaceful) tea party. The party doesn’t need to change into something new, in my opinion, just something old.
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