The Party of NO

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Rachel hits the nail on the head:

If the Republican electorate is this extreme, what's the value of trying to reach across the aisle? . . . How are you going to make bipartisan peace with people who want to secede from the Union?

Check out the Daily Kos poll of a nationwide sample of 2,003 Republicans. Among other things:

• About a fourth want to secede from the Union - it's one-third in the South.
• About a third believe contraception - not abortion, just plain old contraception - should be made illegal.
• About three-fourths believe gays and lesbian should not be allowed to teach in public schools.
• A little more than half believe Sarah Palin is better qualified to be president than Barack Obama.
• And about 40 percent think Obama should be impeached; not for any crimes, but probably because nearly two-thirds believe he is a socialist - and of course, an Al-Qaeda sympathizer who "wants the terrorists to win."

Lord help us all.  The arrogant feeding on the ignorant:  that is the Republican party today, and utterly unfit to govern.

But ya know, fellas, they could be back in power in just a couple of years, if the Dems don't find a way to lead and govern - and improve their image.  Obama said last week he would "rather be a good one-term president than a mediocre two-term president." 

And if the nightmare fascist theocratic Republicans get back into office, he might also be the last Democratic president ever.  Not to mention the last freely elected president.

I'm just saying.