Wednesday, November 03, 2004
County Barn Republicans?
By The Erudite Redneck
What if the tiny remnant of conservative Democrats, the last few yellow dogs, just went ahead and jined up with the Repubs? What would the Repubs do with a fresh batch of Dem turncoats?
Here’s a clue:
Look how the Repubs, who claim to have a big tent, treat their Log Cabin Republicans, the gay bunch of libertarian-leaning fiscal conservatives. Big tent, my bloodshot eye. They treat the Log Cabiners like doodoo.
Would-be Democrat defectors, better act now before the fools in charge of the party put Michael Moore hisself on the ticket.
That would make Hillary look moderate, come to think of it. Maybe they OUGHT to run Moore in the primary for ’08.
Naaaah, runnin’ the Rev. Al and “Peace Department” Kucinich and other freaks did nothing to hide the fact that Kerry was the kind of Yankee lib who simply does not sell anywhere off the coasts.
Sigh. Yellow dogs, sic ’em!
Call Dem defectors to the GOP “County Barn Republicans.”
“County Barn”* because, out in the country, where most of the few yellow dogs live, that’s where they hand out cheese and other commodities.
The gubment will always offer a hand up AND a hand out when needed, if the County Barn Republicans have anything to say about it.
But they wouldn’t, which is the point, and the problem with the Republican Party:
The borg that is the GOP would suck the soul out of the intrepid newcomers and marginalize the County Barn Republicans like they already mistreat the Log Cabin folks.
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*To any urban lurkers: Counties are divided into precincts. Around here, each precinct has a barn where road paving equipment is stored, and the county commissioner has some sort of miminal office. It also can be a place for po folks to get their gubment cheese.
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What if the tiny remnant of conservative Democrats, the last few yellow dogs, just went ahead and jined up with the Repubs? What would the Repubs do with a fresh batch of Dem turncoats?
Here’s a clue:
Look how the Repubs, who claim to have a big tent, treat their Log Cabin Republicans, the gay bunch of libertarian-leaning fiscal conservatives. Big tent, my bloodshot eye. They treat the Log Cabiners like doodoo.
Would-be Democrat defectors, better act now before the fools in charge of the party put Michael Moore hisself on the ticket.
That would make Hillary look moderate, come to think of it. Maybe they OUGHT to run Moore in the primary for ’08.
Naaaah, runnin’ the Rev. Al and “Peace Department” Kucinich and other freaks did nothing to hide the fact that Kerry was the kind of Yankee lib who simply does not sell anywhere off the coasts.
Sigh. Yellow dogs, sic ’em!
Call Dem defectors to the GOP “County Barn Republicans.”
“County Barn”* because, out in the country, where most of the few yellow dogs live, that’s where they hand out cheese and other commodities.
The gubment will always offer a hand up AND a hand out when needed, if the County Barn Republicans have anything to say about it.
But they wouldn’t, which is the point, and the problem with the Republican Party:
The borg that is the GOP would suck the soul out of the intrepid newcomers and marginalize the County Barn Republicans like they already mistreat the Log Cabin folks.
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*To any urban lurkers: Counties are divided into precincts. Around here, each precinct has a barn where road paving equipment is stored, and the county commissioner has some sort of miminal office. It also can be a place for po folks to get their gubment cheese.
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Boy, I don't know. Yer not real good at pidgin redneck Okie, I guess. :-)
Hmmm. A "yellow dog Democrat" is one who would "vote for a yellow dog" before he'd vote for a Republican.
"Jine" is hillbilly for "join."
The Log Cabin Republicans are a real organization of gay Republicans.
The "borg" is from "Star Trek: The Next Generation." It's part machine and part organic and it absorbs everything that gets in its way.
A "big tent" means the Repubs claim to have room for people of a wide variety of viewpoints. Like the Democrats used to. (Neither party does anymore: The left-wing libs have taken over the Democraticv Party, and the right-wing conservatives have taken over the GOP.)
"Commodities" in this sense is what poor people on welfare got -- surplus peanut butter, butter, flour, corn meal and the like -- from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Still might, but I don't know that.
In a nutshell: Conservative Democrats might be tempted now to go ahead and become Republicans, but they would be marginalized -- shunted off to some dark corner -- just like the Log Cabin Republicans are.
What else needs translatin'??
:-)
--ER
Hmmm. A "yellow dog Democrat" is one who would "vote for a yellow dog" before he'd vote for a Republican.
"Jine" is hillbilly for "join."
The Log Cabin Republicans are a real organization of gay Republicans.
The "borg" is from "Star Trek: The Next Generation." It's part machine and part organic and it absorbs everything that gets in its way.
A "big tent" means the Repubs claim to have room for people of a wide variety of viewpoints. Like the Democrats used to. (Neither party does anymore: The left-wing libs have taken over the Democraticv Party, and the right-wing conservatives have taken over the GOP.)
"Commodities" in this sense is what poor people on welfare got -- surplus peanut butter, butter, flour, corn meal and the like -- from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Still might, but I don't know that.
In a nutshell: Conservative Democrats might be tempted now to go ahead and become Republicans, but they would be marginalized -- shunted off to some dark corner -- just like the Log Cabin Republicans are.
What else needs translatin'??
:-)
--ER
OHHHHhhhhhh! :)
Actually, borg and commodities I knew. A long time STNG fan, here. However, I jist couldn't get the whole concept in total.
Perhaps the sheltered life I lead is why I've never heard of Log Cabin Republicans--lol.
I git ya' now, thanks for the help! ;)
Actually, borg and commodities I knew. A long time STNG fan, here. However, I jist couldn't get the whole concept in total.
Perhaps the sheltered life I lead is why I've never heard of Log Cabin Republicans--lol.
I git ya' now, thanks for the help! ;)
Okay, and now for my edification, what exactly is a conservative Democrat? Is that like a compassionate Republican?
Similar. The main difference is whether you see life from the bottom up or the top down. I see life, first, from the bottom. I hold my nose and bite my tongue when my job takes me to the upscale neighborhoods, not the lower-middle class ones like the one I was in this morning, which is why I'm in a good mood for a change.
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