Mar 19 2009
Nobody Really Sure Who Leads GOP, Report Says
Question: What is the difference between the Republican Party and the Headless Horseman?
Answer: The Headless Horseman knew what it was doing.
Yes, yes, I know. My jokes stink about as bad as a Rob Schneider film.
Do you know who leads the Party of Reagan? If your answer is no, don’t worry. You are in darn good company. According to Politico writer Dianna Heitz, a new report from the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press reveals that nobody really seems to know these days.
“Just 27 percent overall can even offer the name of someone they consider to be the leader of the GOP,” writes Heitz. “Seventy-three percent of Americans said either that the GOP has no leader or that, if it did, they didn’t know who that person was. Among Republicans, only 32 percent can provide a name when asked who leads their party.”
Among those Republicans who were actually named by survey respondents, Sen. John McCain of Arizona came in first place with 11 percent while talk radio host Rush Limbaugh nabbed the No. 2 spot with 5 percent. Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich shared third place with 2 percent each. And coming in dead last with 1 percent were House Minority Leader John A. Boehner of Ohio (pronounced “Baner,” not “Boner”), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Govs. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana and Sarah Palin of Alaska and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
The survey was taken between March 9 and 12 and polled more than 1,300 adults.
So apparently Team Obama’s effort to paint Big L as the Republican Party’s “de facto” leader is not working very well. I don’t know who is in the charge of the GOP, but I know who should be: Mitt Romney. As conservative columnist Kathleen Parker has pointed out, the former governor is doing exactly what a leader of a political party should be doing – assessing the situation with an analytical eye and working behind the scenes to rebuild the party from the ground up. Romney’s quiet, businesslike approach is a refreshing contrast to Limbaugh’s scorched-earth methods. Whereas the talk radio bloviator prefers to wipe out villages Apocalypse Now-style in order to save them, the former governor would rather give them a New Deal in order to rebuild their infrastructures.
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Ha around here we pronounce it boner
I’m not sure if Mittens is “conservative” enough to be a leader of the G.O.P., at least not with the direction they appear to be headed in.
I don’t know who is in charge at the GOP but that pic sure looks like constipation to me.
Harrison, you’re totally right. No matter how bad or crazy the Republicans get, they can always count on the Dems to shoot themselves in the ass.
Golden, thanks for the generous words. i will definitely drop by your blog.
“I?m the new leader and face of the GOP! :^)”
So THAT’S why the networks are reporting a mass suicide over at RNC headquarters. At first i thought it was because Michael Steele was giving another interview for CNN (Communist News Network).
“Yup - but - it’s only the RINO’s that are doin’ it!”
Sorry, but there were more than 2 people disemboweling themselves. Had to be some rightwingers in there.