Oh dear.The intellectually moribund collection of miscreants, malcontents, and dingalings known as the Republican Party plans to unveil its "Pledge to America" today (the full text of which is viewable below). It's 21 pages of the most dreary, unoriginal claptrap you'll ever read, as uninspired as it is uninspiring."The need for urgent action to repair our economy and reclaim our government for the people cannot be overstated. With this document, we pledge to dedicate ourselves to the task of reconnecting our highest aspirations to the permanent truths of our founding by keeping faith with the values our nation was founded on, the principles we stand for, and the priorities of our people. This is our Pledge to America."That is some grim shit, right there. It doesn't even have the capacity to infuriate me, because I'm using all my energy just trying to stay awake.This is '94's "Contract with America" all over again. Except, inconceivably, even less visionary. The GOP Platform: Now with a strong whiff of mothballs!REad more on original post: http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2010/09/gops-contract-with-pledge-to-america.html

Oh dear.

The intellectually moribund collection of miscreants, malcontents, and dingalings known as the Republican Party plans to unveil its "Pledge to America" today (the full text of which is viewable below). It's 21 pages of the most dreary, unoriginal claptrap you'll ever read, as uninspired as it is uninspiring.

"The need for urgent action to repair our economy and reclaim our government for the people cannot be overstated. With this document, we pledge to dedicate ourselves to the task of reconnecting our highest aspirations to the permanent truths of our founding by keeping faith with the values our nation was founded on, the principles we stand for, and the priorities of our people. This is our Pledge to America."

That is some grim shit, right there. It doesn't even have the capacity to infuriate me, because I'm using all my energy just trying to stay awake.

This is '94's "Contract with America" all over again. Except, inconceivably, even less visionary. The GOP Platform: Now with a strong whiff of mothballs!

REad more on original post: http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2010/09/gops-contract-with-pledge-to-america.html