Jindal/GOP Self-destruct Simultaneously

I’ve been reading this morning all a the comments all over the media about Piyush “Bobby” Jindal’s address to the nation last night following President Obama’s speech to Congress.

Poor Piyush. Poor Republicans.

From Chris Matthew’s heartfelt, “Oh God,” to the Kenneth-the-page comparisons, it just doesn’t get much worse. I’m just waiting now for the “media bias” recriminations to start echoing from the halls of Fox News and whatever cave from which Rush Limbaugh broadcasts, because, obviously, the liberal media is now going to tear down “Bobby” the way they did Sarah Palin during the election.

When Bush junior first took the presidency, my personal, self-consolation was that, after being embarrassed in the eyes of the rest of the world for the next 4 years, we would never have to endure another Republican in the White House. When the man had another 4 years handed to him, that dream was shattered and replaced with a deep, unyielding cynicism about this country and politics in general.

Last night I watched the first 10 minutes of Jindal’s speech, and rather than becoming incensed at the usual Republic rhetoric (as I expected to), I yawned and changed channels. I didn’t even take an extra moment to ridicule the man. I just moved on.

This may be the best the GOP can do for now. Maybe forever. If so, not only might we never have to endure another Republican in the White House, we may never have to endure Republicans-as-we-know-them in general ever again except and an irrelevant, extremist, fringe group.

The dream is alive.

Those of us on the left and in the center must never become complacent as we watch the Republican Party’s full-bore sprint towards the precipice of terminal irrelevancy, on the other hand, we really don’t need to do much of anything at this point to help push the back wheels off the cliff. They’re doing just fine without our help. At least not while Jindal and Palin are their best hope for the future and they continue to pay homage to their so-called base of ideological extremists rather than trying to find a way to be an agent of positive change in their own right.

[Jinal/Kenneth morph via THE DAILY WHAT]

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