3/3/2006
How To Start a Civil War in the Republican Party, Part 1:

There's reasons that Karl Rove vomits blood at the thought of the Rude
Pundit actually advising Democrats in a less bloggy, more official
capacity: because the Rude Pundit knows how to use the Lee Atwater bag
o' tricks that Rove has drawn from (along with a few thuggish sleights
of hand of his own). What Rove knows is that having power is all that
matters: how you get the power is so much ***** under the fingernails
of the elephant cage cleaners. 'Cause you can be as noble and as
right-minded as you like: without the power, you can do *****-all about
your agenda. But once you have power, held high like the head of a
deposed king, then the world can be yours.

Right now, the conditions exist to destroy the Republican Party from
within, and it's all courtesy of the Dubai ports deal. If James
Carville's a-readin', here's whatcha gotta know and do:

Look, let's be clear: if the 9/11 hijackers had been from Scandinavian
countries, all lilywhite and blondely beautiful, and Finland was going
to take over a bunch of U.S. ports, despite its previous connections
to the, say, Lapland Liberation Front, there should rightfully be an
uproar, but one can bet that it would not have been as huge a heave of
revulsion as the Dubai Ports World deal has caused. Why? Because, and
we gotta be honest here: the people from Dubai? They're not white.

And however much Democrats couch their outrage over the United Arab
Emirates running parts of U.S. ports in terms of national security,
administration incompetence, and the UAE's own sketchy record, the
undercurrent of racism and xenophobia exists. Republicans are fuckin'
scared to death that Democrats will be able to exploit this part of
the equation. It's the reason that those screaming "Racism" at the top
of their lungs are reliable lackeys, like Rush Limbaugh and Bill
O'Reilly. Others on the right, though, are happy to fan those fuckin'
flames.

The real mandate-worthy majority of the nation is against the deal,
not because the people understand the ins and outs of port security
and international business deals. It's because the country is from the
Middle East. And, extra special added bonus, it's got the word "Arab"
in its name.

Therein lies the key to wrecking the Republican Party. Just as the GOP
wants to exploit African American churches, traditional bastions of
Democratic support, by pushing the gay marriage issue, Democrats can
exploit the latent racism of many supporters of the Republican Party
through a few easy steps:

1. Whenever a Democrat appears on a talking head extravaganza (which,
these days, is rarely), that Democrat needs to say the name "United
Arab Emirates" repeatedly. Don't say "Arab nation" or anything that
indicates you might be racially queasy about the deal. Just the real
(English) name of the real nation. Constant repetition of the word
"Arab" will make many, many Republicans disgusted with grief at their
party selling out to non-whites. Democrats should do the same in
speeches.

2. Whenever confronted with a Republican, a Democrat should try to get
that Republican to take a stand, an especially tasty move for
Senators: "Senator, do you support the President? Do you support your
Senate leader, Bill Frist, who says he's 'comfortable' letting the
United Arab Emirates run U.S. ports?"

3. Get word out into the Right Blogsylvania , the Freeper spit buckets
(link from Pam's House Blend), and other real and virtual spaces to
build a groundswell of momentum.

And how will these steps and more do the trick? How can one maintain
that one has a soul after such actions? Ahh, since Clark Kent duties
beckon the Rude Pundit, that will have to wait for Part 2.

// posted by Rude One @ 9:59 AM
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