The Republican Party appears to have rejected Bobby Jindal’s idea of not being stupid and opted to rename stupid as “blissfully detached.”
After their electoral drubbing last November — their second straight in a presidential contest — Republicans have faced a choice. Do they change their policies or their tone?
For now, many top Republicans in Washington seem to have opted for the latter, deciding that a more articulate re-statement of the party’s long-held principles will suffice in their effort to attract new voters to the GOP.
So the working poor will be referred to as “kindly unencumbered with tough investing choices.” And legitimate rape is out and has become, “she was unattractive and dressed modestly.”
There was a hospital in my town named Polly Ryon. It had a bad reputation and everybody called it Probably Dyin’. So, instead of improving the reputation, they simply renamed it to Oak Bend. Now it’s called Croak Bend. You can put lipstick on a pig, but she still won’t get elected Homecoming Queen.