The So-Called Cuckoo's Nest

[Valin]

RCP:

David Harsanyi
6/11/10

Any impartial national media type will tell you as much: A bunch of half-baked zealot nut jobs have emerged from the Republican primary field. Folks like Nevada's Sharron Angle and California's Carly Fiorina and Meg Whitman are throwing around frighteningly out-of-step opinions.

Let's start with Angle, who believes it would be prudent -- get this -- to start defunding the Department of Education. The Department of Education!
You must be aware that the vast majority of Americans were unable to write or use basic arithmetic before the prestigious bureaucracy began operating, in 1980. Over its 30 years of sure-footed guidance, in fact, edumacation standards have improved dramatically and graduation rates have skyrocketed.

Only a wing nut would question the prudence of sinking $50 billion a year into an organization that has taken control incrementally of local education matters and that boasts as its biggest success this time around an erroneously named, stimulus-funded contest: Race to the Top.

The consensus on this matter is clear: N-U-T-S........

(Snip)

Then there's Meg Whitman. She ran eBay for a while, and now she's running for governor. Meyerson says she's out of step with California, as well.

Fortunately, rational Californians have a choice this November. They can keep the state's economy humming by choosing the more sensible Jerry Brown, a man who once said that "the conventional viewpoint says we need a jobs program and we need to cut welfare. Just the opposite! We need more welfare and fewer jobs."

"More welfare and fewer jobs!" is a great campaign slogan and unequivocally not crazy.

You see, people need more time to relax. People work too hard. And that's probably why Brown legalized public employee unions in California when he was governor in the magical '70s. Look at how great that's been for the economic health of the state.

Just to recap: Meg Whitman, radical. Jerry Brown, awesome.

It's been quite an education watching the evolution of what are acceptable positions in this country. Also confusing.

If you believe Americans should have some limited ability to make choices -- say, in Social Security or the purchase of government-sanctioned health insurance -- you are, at best, a latent racist and probably listen to Rush Limbaugh....(Snip)

[SrWoodchuck]

Valin! Thank for the post. [ from the Post ]

 

David Harsanyi is one of the token,"contemplative conservatives" at the Denver Pravda Post. Go, Dave, go.

 

His tongue is so firmly implanted in his cheek on this article, he's in danger of hitting earwax.

 

This is what passes for red meat thrown at the very few conservatives still reading this rag......and most of them own large birds & change their cages often.

 

His article makes Post management smile, and increases the number of moon-howling idiots on their comment page.

[pinz]

The mainstream media will be sure to help the Republicans see who they should nominate that would be electable, just helping out, you know.

 

This is another example of real life resembling The Onion.

 

The writer did a great job. I could show this to a couple of lib friends, and they would believe every word of it.