November 2nd, 2009

Inspired by “Ideology trumps party for Palin” (Washington Post 10/26/09), “In a war within GOP, the right wins a battle” (Washington Post 11/01/09), and “G.O.P. Moderate, Pressed by Right, Abandons Race” (New York Times 11/01/09). See also our earlier post about the GOP’s internal war.

 

Republicans used to talk about a big tent, you know.

I wonder, where did all that rhetoric go.

Now, they force you out “if you don’t measure up.”

A big tent? Seems to me more like a pup.*

 

The GOP tent is getting smaller every day:

Don’t bother coming in if you’re not adequately anti-gay.

If you’ve ever proposed or voted for a tax of any kind,

Then your entry to the tent will be politely declined.

 

There isn’t much left of traditional Republican voting blocks

(Like Howard Fineman said, when the river’s low you can really see the rocks).

The GOP’s already down to 17 percent,

So I guess they don’t need such a big tent.

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5 Responses to “The Republican Pup Tent”

1. Newsericks » Blog Archive » The Lone Changer Says:
   November 10th, 2009 at 11:51 am

   [...] (After all, the GOP’s no longer a very big tent). [...]

2. Newsericks » Blog Archive » The Revolution Will Not Be Televised 2 Says:
   January 24th, 2010 at 5:30 pm

   [...] Like Olson, he’s an erstwhile GOP hero that left the tent, [...]

3. Newsericks » Blog Archive » Analyze This (or, Professor Beck’s History Lesson) Says:
   March 27th, 2010 at 7:30 pm

   [...] “America is not a circus,” Beck said, dismissing calls for a big tent [...]

4. Newsericks » Blog Archive » What’s Your Excuse? (or, The Tancredo Credo) Says:
   May 23rd, 2010 at 1:24 pm

   [...] proves that the GOP’s big tent is just an empty [...]

5. Newsericks » Blog Archive » Day 45 (or, Looking for an Honest Republican) Says:
   June 25th, 2010 at 5:45 pm

   [...] The GOP periodically claims to be a big tent, [...]

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