HELLO FIRST AMENDMENT CLUEPHONE FOR YOU

[rone]

Via modrnwrld_blog, Josh Marshall writes:

This week RNC Chairman Ed Gillespie sent [Rock The Vote] a 'cease and desist' letter threatening legal action against the group and raising the possibility of seeking the revocation of the group's status as a tax-exempt 501c3 organization if the group did not cease discussing the draft issue.

Claims that a draft is possible, Gillespie argued, are so ridiculous on their face that the the group could only be acting from 'malicious intent and a reckless disregard for the truth.'

This isn't some dinky state GOP outfit, like the one in New Mexico that wanted loyalty oaths.  This is the freakin' national chairman.

Comments

[therobbergirl.livejournal.com]

I think there's a sanity litmus test to achieve top posts in political parties. Terry McAuliffe (head of the DNC) is an outrageous loon almost worthy of third-party lunatic status. Almost, not quite -- he's smooth on camera and can effectively shout down those whom he needs to shout down. And, as far as I know, he has not advocated blowing up the UN ... Fine, I'll be fair to Badnarik. He did say that he'd give seven days notice first so that everyone could get their pencils out. He was mum on whether those would be seven business days or seven straight periods of 24 hours.

I'm sure that as a Repub, Gillespie must've written numerous threatening comments to the UN. It's in the script.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

You know, i was wondering about that; how did Terry McAuliffe end up heading the DNC when i've never heard of this clown in my life except as Head of DNC? Can't we just nuke DC and start over? Pretty please?

[lots42.livejournal.com]

But you'd hurt the Smithsonian museums of you nuke DC!

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

You've got to break a few eggs to make an omelette, sonny boy.

[therobbergirl.livejournal.com]

Seriously? I think it's True Believer syndrome. It's the same thing that makes third party politics so full of loons.

It's one thing to have partisan politics. Most people do. It's not a bad thing -- we have more important things to do with our lives than worry about every little political issue. By roughly or even strongly aligning ourselves with a particular party, we allow the party to represent us except in areas where it matters to us. If we worried about every political issue, we'd never get anything done. How can we possibly read a novel when there's abortion to think about again?

But the people who run the political parties, these are the true believers. Political positions and influences are all these guys think about. You may spend 30-60 hours per week maintaining a data center and wondering if foregoing the Windows server altogether will make thngs better. These guys spend practically all the hours in their weeks wondering how to spin farm subsidies. And, of course, if you add third party fringe philosophy to the mix, then you've got a true believer who is always in the minority.

I don't think you can be a normal person and run a political party.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

You make me weep with your words.

[therobbergirl.livejournal.com]

You make me laugh with your tears. Yummy yummy tears of salty sadness.

[lots42.livejournal.com]

Don't show that guy the Avengers issue where the UN did explode. (There were no deaths because that was how the supervillian planned it)

[therobbergirl.livejournal.com]

What kind of supervillian has a plan to blow something up that specifically avoids deaths? I reject his supervillian status! REJECT, I say!

[lots42.livejournal.com]

He wanted people to surrender to him. You can't surrender if you're a smoking pile of ash.