Monday, October 20, 2014
The Duty of History
Our new museum has a nice-looking fella
revolving in a lighted case. Looking like a
manikin from a solid store.
MODERATE REPUBLICAN
The radio guys keep giving it the horselaugh, but
Buzz Deadly, who’s head and shoulders over the rest–-
not narrow--says History should preserve everything.
Even assholes.
Labels: Moderate Republican, museum, Talk Radio
Monday, December 12, 2011
South Carolina
-Well, some think the party getting TOO conservative.
We used to have moderates. Big Tent!
-Fuck all RINOS up their accommodating ass!
-But why give their votes away?
-We don’t want ‘em. Tainted.
-And...I can actually remember a liberal Republican!
Jacob Javits of New York.
-Jewboys don’t count.
-Well, some think the party getting TOO conservative.
We used to have moderates. Big Tent!
-Fuck all RINOS up their accommodating ass!
-But why give their votes away?
-We don’t want ‘em. Tainted.
-And...I can actually remember a liberal Republican!
Jacob Javits of New York.
-Jewboys don’t count.
Labels: Liberal Republican, Moderate Republican, RINO, South Carolina
Wednesday, October 05, 2011
Rocco and Pal, the Moderate Republican
ROCCO
Yo Pal, still fighting fiercely for the middle?
PAL
Yeah, tugging back the fiery reactionaries to common sense.
ROCCO
Good luck with all of that! Your present presidential
lot swings from icy libertarianism to warm racism.
PAL
Hey! Primary time! You run to the right of Attila the Hun!
ROCCO
They get to love that ferocious shit the more they say it.
Thus do the moderates fade into insignificance.
Well, less than that, really.
PAL
Yeah? Well, nobody ever came back from an exalted position.
ROCCO
Give it up, Pal! You're finished for all time!
PAL
We love Ike. His good Midwestern fairness will return. Trump!
ROCCO
Not a chance! Hey, starting a Museum of Moderate Republicanism. I'd like you to be a living display.
You’ll revolve in a nice lighted case. Maybe wear
one of those baggy coat sweaters?
PAL
I got one stretched beyond recognition. But can I get pee breaks?
ROCCO
Of course. And almost minimum wage. Plus we’ll
spring for lunch. Any preferences?
PAL
Nothing spicy.
Rocco encounters a spectrum in South Philadelphia, not much mid-range.
ROCCO
Yo Pal, still fighting fiercely for the middle?
PAL
Yeah, tugging back the fiery reactionaries to common sense.
ROCCO
Good luck with all of that! Your present presidential
lot swings from icy libertarianism to warm racism.
PAL
Hey! Primary time! You run to the right of Attila the Hun!
ROCCO
They get to love that ferocious shit the more they say it.
Thus do the moderates fade into insignificance.
Well, less than that, really.
PAL
Yeah? Well, nobody ever came back from an exalted position.
ROCCO
Give it up, Pal! You're finished for all time!
PAL
We love Ike. His good Midwestern fairness will return. Trump!
ROCCO
Not a chance! Hey, starting a Museum of Moderate Republicanism. I'd like you to be a living display.
You’ll revolve in a nice lighted case. Maybe wear
one of those baggy coat sweaters?
PAL
I got one stretched beyond recognition. But can I get pee breaks?
ROCCO
Of course. And almost minimum wage. Plus we’ll
spring for lunch. Any preferences?
PAL
Nothing spicy.
Rocco encounters a spectrum in South Philadelphia, not much mid-range.
Labels: Moderate Republican, reactionary, Right, Rocco
Thursday, May 26, 2011
The Moderate Discussion
-Where are the young Everett Dirksens to throw a
comfortable fedora into the ring?
-Solid Midwest Republicans? Howled to the fringes
by the Loon Coup!
-And Savaged as RINO?
-Bingo! Besides how much of the past you want?
The guys smelling of booze and tobacco and
armpits swinging their deals under a bare bulb?
-I see them now: hitched up suspenders. No nerds with banks
of computers there.
-Well, do you want to return to that?
-Fervently!
-Where are the young Everett Dirksens to throw a
comfortable fedora into the ring?
-Solid Midwest Republicans? Howled to the fringes
by the Loon Coup!
-And Savaged as RINO?
-Bingo! Besides how much of the past you want?
The guys smelling of booze and tobacco and
armpits swinging their deals under a bare bulb?
-I see them now: hitched up suspenders. No nerds with banks
of computers there.
-Well, do you want to return to that?
-Fervently!
Labels: Midwest Republican, Moderate Republican, Republican, RINO
