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It is time for the Republican party to move to identify itself. Does it stand with right wing conservatives or does it stand for America?

Chuck in NH:

I'm glad you are open enough to side with Democrats on some issues. I myself, though Democrat, side with Republicans on some issues. Still, based on much of what you said, you are brainwashed.

Yours is the same old "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" speech. It's tired, and by now even you must know it's not true. The government and corporations together weigh the rules so heavily in the favor of the wealthy that we peons don't get anything close to an even break. Wake up, smell the coffee, and recognize you're being taken advantage of and your wealth robbed.

Iraq was no threat to us. Our leaders, including Bush, lied. Not a mistake, a lie. The result was an immoral, murderous and costly war. It's the biggest mistake my country has made in my lifetime. Maybe ever.

Palin was the scariest potential leader I've ever seen. She was just smarter than a rock, and if 40-some percent of Americans had their way, she would be one step away from leading our nation. It actually makes me sad and sick to think about it.

You may say I'm "preaching hatred". But I'm just telling the truth. That's the problem with this crazy spin these days – telling the truth is somehow being hateful. I don't agree.

The Georgia senate race with Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss winning over Democrat Jim Martin was a must win for Democrat's and they spent a ton of money on it. They wanted that filibuster proof senate seat but failed. Why? They were depending on Obama's political coat tails for the win but the blacks didn't go vote because as they figured; two white men running why bother? This last national election proved that blacks are the most racist group in history! They left Hillary Clinton's camp like "Grant took Richmond"!! The African American electorate was galvanized into registering and voting nearly 100% for Obama; a man who voted 90% in the senate as "present" instead of making a decision! So they knew nothing about him other than he LOOKED black! The votes for Obama were an example of bloc voting by race that totally mocked the idea that this was a "post racial" election! In fact this was the most racially based race ever!! This whole Obamamania myth is the perfect example of "the fewer the facts the stronger the opinon!! The Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss Georgia win was proof that the GOP is far from dead and will win lanslide elections in 2010!!

Ther are now three wars going on in the Middle East. Is this meeting about starting another one with Iran to complete the circle?? GWB and DC have wanted this for some time. May as well go out in a blaze of glory!!! Typical Republican rendition.

Personal to Chuck in NH:

Thanks for proving our point – in spades!!!

We're all watching how you handle the Chip Saltsman situation!!!

And how you handle Limbaugh for running this trash over and over!!!

Then again, maybe we should do one on Bush!!! At least that would be based on facts!!!

Are they meeting to figure out what to do about Mike Connells Death?What really happened to Mike Connell? His plane ran out of gas just short of the runway the day before he was to testify.

How can ANYONE possibly defend a song with the title "Barack the Magic Negro"? Don't these Southern White folks realize that they lost the Civil War over 100 years ago, and that Jim Crow became terminally ill over 40 years ago? And now they want to call a meeting so they can talk about how much they hate Black people and complain about how the "dumb" people and the States put Barack in the house.

So, the GOP is starting to realize their future is limited. Well, duh! Sarah Palin's hateful rhetoric, combined with the Religious Rights influence has finally had it's verdict. NO! My daughter, her friends(all under the age of twenty) will never vote for a Republican in their lives. Good job GOP! Oh, by the way, Barack the Magic Negro, will have droves joining your party! (Snark)

The reason people don't vote republican is because the GOP uses logic and reasoning to support their positions. Most Americans can't follow that so they just vote for whoever speaks well and promises to give them stuff. Here's how I understand Obama's platform:
Economy: We'll fix it by getting more involved in something we've already screwed up once.
Taxes: If you're too poor to pay taxes, I'll give you some of this guy's. If you're rich I need to give your money to the other poor guy.
National Security: I'll make you safer by scaling back the military.
The Environment: We'll make up a crisis like global warming and then stop it.
Gay Marriage: We'll make it 100% legal and then allow humans to marry animals. Why does marriage have to be between two humans?
Abortion rights: Let's keep the status quo because it's not murder if the baby is really, really young.

Actually, I would love to see a more intellectual conservatism arise from the ashes of the Bush-Rove-Limbaugh-Cheney-Gingrich-Ashcroft-Coulter-Fox News-Savage-Palin catastrophe. All the anti-intellectual hate-mongering just has to go. America is in the midst of a major set of changes, and we need the best minds of all sides to be at the forefront, not the demagogues and yokel chummers. Hate mongering must end and true political discourse needs to begin again.

But I doubt that will happen.

OK, I just found out the purpose of this meeting is for Republicans to learn the words to "Old Black Joe"

The irony of politics is that in the end we all lose!

A bunch of desparate morons so detached from reality and it's people...So pathetic!

I mean he went to their national convention, I think he might have co-wrote that magical nego song

jail Bill O'Reilly and drug test Rush

while your at it jail Bush, Rice, Rumsfeld, Cheney, Gonzalos, Ashcroft, Powell and Scooter

"All those rich old white bigots will be dead in a few years and who will take their place? "

Unfortunately, it will be their sons/daughters, who are just as rich, and just as blindly committed to protecting their wealth by whatever means necessary.

From the majority of these posts, I'm realizing something; nobody has any clue WHICH republicans are actually going to that meeting. If the two scenarios are to be believed it will either be:

1) The Old Guard goes down to further entrench itself to the radical right.

2) The "new" republicans will be there to try and put as much distance as they can between themselves and their cancerous brethren.

Two (simplistic) possibilities, two opposite outcomes.

First, there are about 55+ million registered Republicans. Do you all really think we are all morons, bigots, war-mongering, idiots? We make up roughly one-third of the electorate. Do you all actually believe we stole your money, got you laid off, and took away your health insurance? We, as in Republicans face the same situation that everyone else does. You certainly can not blame the current situation on Republicans only. The government has no place in your financial situation... if you do not make enough money, go to work, or find a better paying job, or go back to school and learn something new, so you can find that better paying job. Or, better yet, come up with something new, and make money that way. Stop blaming everyone else because you are having a hard time... everyone has them, and everyone has to deal with it. It's not the governments fault... we do not live in a country where the government owns or controls the corporations... sure, they influence them, and our lives, but it is ultimatly up to the individual to make their own choices, and their own way.

Second, Sarah Palin is exactly what we needed and need. Someone fresh with fresh ideas, and someone that can generate some excitement...

Also, while I am at it, President Bush is not the devil, he is not evil. He is inherently good, no matter what you think about Iraq. The man he knocked from power was bad... there is no reasonable person that can argue that point. Things may not have gone as planned in Iraq; but I do not believe anyone really expected the people that were liberated would actually turn on their liberators. For simple proof, look at the shoe throwing incident... if he had done that to Saddam, he would have been killed, period. Now, he has the chance to express himself, and then avail himself of a legal system. Is it perfect? No. Can it be? No. Neither is ours, or any other countries, but it is better, and will continue to grow, as long as we do not turn our backs on it.

Anyways, think about things, instead of preaching hatred and intolerance to "all republicans" and our leaders. You do not have to agree with their point of view, but you should at least listen, and debate like adults, instead of being insulting, and bigoted. I dot not agree with all the posistions of the Republican party, and favor some of the Democratic posistions. Thats the good part of living in the USA. And for that reason, I'm willing to give Obama a chance to prove himself. Time and history will show.

Maybe their going to discuss Dred Scott vs the United States??

America never forget that an Idiot is born in this country every minute of the day. The Republican party is trying to figure out how to make them all Republicans. God Bless America

The RNC is stuck in the 20th century. Anything they can do get back in the mainstream will be useful.

The GOP is history. YES!! It's a new day!!

Will they discuss the racially charged "satirical" Holiday gift Chip Saltzman distributed? Ronald Reagan would be appalled at his party–the mean spirited nature of this party continues to brew. We should never underestimated their Rovinian ways–something the current administration has embraced.

Charles (and some others) I agree and think that the Libertarian party is preferable to what the Republican party has become. And, by the way, George Bush was a Liberal (at least fiscally) which is what has caused the current identity crisis for the party. While I am personally both fiscally and socially conservative, I could live with no government regulation of morals as long as I can still be offered some protection from the morally corrupt. We MUST, however, bring fiscal conservatism back to government. I do not mean tax more to cover every pet project, but spend less out of OUR treasury.

NORTH DAKOTA WENT TO McCAIN-PALIN BY A MEAGER 27,000 VOTES . . .

I don't blame North Dakota Republican Party chairman Gary Emineth for calling this emergency meeting. His state which has been RED for decades came within 27,000 votes to going BLUE last month. Gary sees the handwriting on the wall. If the Republicans keep up the stupid shenanigans of Rush Limbaugh and Chip Saltsman, than North Dakota may go BLUE in 2010 or 2012; (along with Montana, barely won by McCain by 12,000 votes; and Missouri barely went to McCain by 3,000 votes).

They have revived the smoke-filled room....what will they do next? Bring back Plessey vs. Ferguson?

Without a doubt, this lot is the most politically tone-deaf group I have ever seen, and as a life-long Democrat, I've seen enough on my side. They are repeating every mistake the Dems made after 1968, insisting that ideology is more importan than leadership. I can't wait to see who they cough up to run this circus.

There IS no real GOP. There used to be but it was several decades ago before Newt G and his cronies took over.. since then it's gone from bad to worse. If the Republican party is to survive, they need to change the guard. Put something on the table that benefits middle America instead of lining the pockets of Big Oil, Energy and Big business in general.
They have no solutions.. When things get tough they wrap themselves in the flag and call the people who have some real ideas, unpatriotic. They need to have a cataclysmic generational changeover.. 10 years ago.

Barack Obama has no political coat tails and the idea of a "Liberal mandate" is political hot air!! The idea that the GOP is dying or dead is just the liberal newspaper columnist's fantasy!! We'll be back in 2010 to huant them!!

We dont need to know about these back wood bush republicans. Even formally educated people can be stupid and republicans show that every day.

R.N.C. = R.I.P.

The GOOD thing is unlike the Democrats the Republicans are smart and will QUICKLY regain the Congress in 2010,and then the White House 2012 ,it does not take to long to figure out how to get the votes,simply tell the people what they want to hear,and offer free things.

He "Accept It" News flash, if George Bush had read the daily briefing, 9/11 would have never happened. Your comments about Bush keeping us safe is a Joke. Go to bed, you have nothing sane to contribute.

Time for a new party to emerge.

The GOP is a party of the past.

Oh how fun it is to read the intolerant comments calling for tolerance! It's amazing how the right wing needs to get rid of "bible thumpers" but where are the calls to get rid of the lefties who deface the walls of churches, temples, and other sanctuaries??? Oh how the lefties love to point out the hypocricy of others while living lives of incongruence! Face it, liberals have religions of compliance and conformity but just don't accept a common name for it. Nice try trying to be all-accepting and loving - except anyone who holds moral standards!! Democrats may have control but only because the repubs abandoned their core beliefs which is, of course, reprihensible to those who hold no core beliefs at all (at least that's what they hope you believe).

Politics in the USA has become a BIG JOKE......The politicians dont even know what "For the people by the people" is? They have lost the basic tools of government and have sided with big business and have not kept the balance. Why do we have the economic crsis now? They have lost the balance. They have got rid of regulators. The scale has to be balanced. I hope both parties wake up and get a clue. The people leading the USA are on major corporations board of direstors and stockholders. Can you see the lack of leadership and management cababilities? There is NONE> These people have never been trained in these areas. They dont know the basics. They dont know how to BUILD teams,,,,,Politicians have shown they have failed. Only problem is that our American friends and brothers keep voting these CLOWNS in. Would you like someone in charge of your business a politician,,,,,,! Very unprofessional and immature!

REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN . . .

. . . is turning over in his grave as people like Rush Limbaugh, Chip Saltsman, and Paul Shanklin recklessly ruin the GOP. Please McCain, Hagel, Romney, Ron Paul, Tom Ridge, or somebody in the GOP with a slither of wisdom – - – - – please rescue the Party from the likes of idiots Limbaugh & Saltsman.

As a staunch African American Democrat I wish to Thank You Republicans,
You represent the Ultra Conservatism of America of the 1950's-
Segregation – Racism and the the dislike of all Black Americans.
This philosophy has been led by: Strom Thurman, Lott, Pat Buchanan, Matt Lauer, Rash Lumbach, Jesse Helms, Members of Morning Joe Show, David Gregory and FOX Network.

The RNC is doing just fine in it's current form. This is just a quick meeting to make sure the flag is wrapped around them so the bible is closer to their heart and therefore closer to Jesus.

They are also going to come up with a new dress code, all those brown shirts have become obvious...

"Kelly" are your parents brother and sister?

Every Card isa fractionally a differnt size....

Tom @ 6:18 pm wrote:

These comments are hilarious. From 'Eisenhuer' to 'Reagon' to 'religous,' the spellings seen here show what happens when children with computers are given access to the internet. Also provides a sad illustration of how the educational system has produced individuals who can neither spell nor think critically.

And they want to be taken seriously????? What a joke!

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I could not have said it better myself. Amen!

Good old loyal Bushie conservative Republican Senator Larry Craig is now, finally, out of a job - why not make him head of the RNC?

He's the perfect example of the blatant hypocrisy & unhealthy schizoprenia that the current Republican Party has come to represent...

That's not an earthquake out in California–it's Ronald Reagan turning over in his grave. He'd be ashamed of his party now–and practically everyone on here. The Democrats have found their Reagan in Barack Obama. The Republicans will continue to wander aimlessly until they find one themselves, and get back to his ideals and principles.

Do the Republicans actually believe that they have a chance of reinventing themselves like they did in the past, with these nut jobs at the top? They forget that in history when the Republicans were able to reinvent themselves and become relevant again, those were different times.

Times are changing and my generation is not tolerating the 'White people will be the minority in the future so we must fight for our power and hate others' mentality. Fear mongering. I enjoy knowing that I live in a country where we don't have to oppress others to feel superior and we can all share power and everyone can achieve the American dream regardless of color. This is what the RNC needs to understand or prepare to be extinct!

I wonder who they will appoint as the dark emperor now....

They trying to figure out where to find another Idiot like George Bush. Listen Idiots like bush only come along once in a lifetime. This year there in luck there a complete Idiot up in Alaska who's dying for a shot. I say have at it, let's see if your really that stupid.

The Republican Party had the White House, the Congress, and the Supreme Court ... and demonstrated to all the world that it was morally and politically bankrupt. Yes, they could win elections, but they have nearly destroyed this country.... and it will be a very long time before we ever trust them again.

Have good meeting, guys.

So much hate, ignorance and bigotry in one room...sounds pretty poisonous

Only 18 states?? Did the other 32 turn them down??

we teach our children to respect our leaders, LOOK WHAT OUR LEADERS ARE TEACHING THEM!

RIP RNC.

If they don't:

(a) give Ron Paul a decent hearing, and
(b) get rid of the self-righteous, intolerant, bible-thumpers,

I don't care what the RNC does.

The times they are a changin'. I honestly think that the Republicans will have to abandon the ignorant among them. I believe there are some good Republicans out there that put their country and not ideology first. They will need to run someone like Jindal and get him to the convention before they will start to mend their party. It will take something like that to prove to the country they have changed.

Golly Gee Whiz. Let's get together and sing Negro songs and think up who we can bomb next to try to get oil back up. Drill, Baby, Drill!

The worms are fighting over who among them will be the new king maggot on the pile that is the Republican party.

This meeting is held once a year to chose next years Village Idiot. I'm so excited because there are so many this year who can win. God Bless America

As an independent, I think both parties have serious problems, and have been longing for a viable 3rd or 4th party for years. The only thing worse than what we currently have would be a one-party state.... no matter which it was, Democrat OR Republican!

So all I can hope is these Republicans taking this unusual step are moderates who can take back the party from the far-right neocons and give the majority of us Americans (moderates!!!) a true choice. I'd still like to see MORE choice however....

And Pat – whoever you are, you need to relax!

Two words, Be an "Inclusive party!" and that would solve most there problems if they continue to be divisive and they will be treated like the legion of doom. Wrapping your self in religion till it strangles the life out of your party is not recommended either...

Wow who let "PAT" out of her mother's basement? What a Idiot.

Mari December 29th, 2008 8:16 pm ET
As long as the Republicans continue their bullying tactics.
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And what, exactly, are these "bullying tactiics"? Care to explain, Mari?

Is Palin going to be there because she sure will feel right at home with those bunch of unstable and racist republicans or is she too busy winking and flirting with the camera

Are they gonna scribe another nativist jingle?
It's not a party, it's a gang of social neanderthals displaying their true colors with their hate speech sprinkled with fear. Progress or get the hell of the way!

As long as they continue their racist agenda, they'll never take the white house and congress majority again. The Obama song that the RNC (Racist National Committee) released is just another example of what they truly stand for.

that has me asking can the republicans read? maybe this will be a book burning? at least a celebration of off color songs, trashy talk show hosts like Bill and Rush and you betcha Palin

Don of Iowa December 29th, 2008 7:31 pm ET
Just goes to show what I have always said, the GOP is nothing more than racist,
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Really? How so, Don of Iowa. Try to explain, please . . ./And what are YOU????????????

#43 failures were the straws that broke the GOP's back. Funny how his 'handlers' are already trying to rewrite history to make his term seem successful. The GOP needs to just do everything right for the next one or two terms and regroup for 2012 or 2016. Hopefully they will find some premier cadidates other than McCain or Palin.

First of all educate yourselves and learn to spell. Reading these blogs should be a must read for all 10 – 12 graders.

Subject: What not to write like:

Second: The Democrats use to be the Dixiecrats and did nothing for Civil Rights.

Educate yourselves before you open mouth and put foot in.

As long as the Republicans continue their bullying tactics.

Continue to spew hate, lies, fear and division.

Continue to have Limbaugh, Hannity....... and the rest of these haters speak for them, Americans will continue to REJECT the Republican vile.

The RNC is desperate to be relevant after having their butts handed to them in the election. Look around, RNC, eight years of Bush has done it for most people. People are desperate for jobs and prosperity instead of fear mongering.

Many people do not know that during WW2 there existed a conservative resistance group inside Nazi Germany that opposed the national socialists agenda, including the extermination of the Jews. The same analogy applies here. There does exist within the Republican party a sizable resistance to the Neocons. At the Washington state GOP convention, that resistance made up about 45% of the delegates that attended. They even pushed through a strong anti-war resolution stating that only congress has the power to declare war, congress can not give that power to the president, and no going to war over UN resolutions, etc. It is my hope that this resistance can take over the national leadership of the RNC, and sweep aside the Neocons.

This meeting is a positive development with the intention of changing the direction of the RNC. It's chances of success are slim due to the Neocon infestation that still resides within it though. (Neocons are leftist communists that follow the teachings of Leon Trotsky). I hope they let Ron Paul attend. We need to get back to following the Constitution.

There is only 1 thing remaining that would forever kill the RNC, and that is amnesty. If 20-30 million new socialists are allowed to vote, the RNC will never recover, and our Republic will tear itself apart, largely along ethnic lines. The predictions of a Russian scholar named Panarin will then have been proven right. I hope he is wrong.

Unprecedented meeting? More like unPRESIDENTED! Ha!

While this has been happening in slow motion for awhile, it looks like the conservatives are finally going to make it official and try to hijack the Republican Party and make it their own...giving Republican moderates nowhere to go in the process. These ideologues would rather be ideologically pure than in power right now. They are in a mood to fight and not to compromise with others on anything. This "Barack the Magic Negro" affair is only a small example of a much larger struggle. I believe that it will ultimately be self-defeating for it will drive away the moderates and independents.

With that said, conservatives are waiting for the left-wing extremists to shoot themselves (and the Democratic Party) in the foot...the militant gay marriage supporters, the "Code Pink" people, the environmental extremists, the militant anti-military anti-war protesters...in other words, the ususal suspects. Conservatives are waiting for the moderates and independents to be repulsed by them and support the conservatives again in the next election cycle or two. This is not a far-fetched strategy for conservatives because the far left has been doing this to the Democratic Party for years...in fact, this is the only true threat to the future dominance of the Democratic Party.

It is going to be an interesting struggle for the soul of the Republican Party...and for the soul of the Democratic Party...over the next few years. Are the two major political parties going to be controlled by their extremists?

I'm a democrat who thinks the Republicans were wrong to make light of that horrible song, but I also think that all the demeaning things said about Palin were wrong too. I wonder why there was no outrage when it was women being demeaned. Both Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin were savaged by Obama supporters and the Obama team, but hey, they were just women, that's ok!

Here they come to polish old turds and put them in shiny new packaging.

Ignorance can't survive in an information age.

I really, truly believe that the Libertarians are set to become the next major national party.

Buh-bye Whigs and Know Nothings.

The first thing the Republicans should do is get off their self serving high horse and think about the people in this country who work, who want to work, who pay taxes, who are suffering, who are sick, who are loosing their homes and jobs, who have no health insurance, who struggle with not having enough money, who have to make a decision whether to eat or fill a prescription, who look to the future with a hope and hope to God we don't have a war with Iran or Russia or China and all the other countries we have bullied for the past 8 years, who hope when they drive over a bridge it will not fall into the earth below because rebuiding Iraq was more important than rebuilding our country, who, until the past election felt their government had betrayed them, who self righteously think because you are gay or not a member of the evangelical religious group you shoul;dn't have any rights, who don't recognize they are suppose to govern ALL the people.

Take a look, think about these past 8 years and how even when we learned that there were no WMD's and that Iraq had NOTHING to do with 9/11, we rallied around George W who knew he was going to war with that country before he entered the oval office to finish what his father couldn't do, who disregarded the deaths and injuries our brave soldiers would suffer, who put business and oil ahead of people.

I am so incredibly glad that a change is on the way. Sadly, Obama may not be able to do everything he wants to do because of the sickening irresponsible debt Bush is leaving office with.

If I was a member of the RNC, which up to now means "really no candidates", I would first tell Palin to stay in Alaska because we all have laughed enough at her foolishness and do some real deep soul searching.

If the GOP is smart, a new generation of leadership will have to ensure that it doesn't become the "GRAND-OL-PALIN" party.

Gonna drink some moonshine and burn some crosses while wearing sheets and pointy hoods...

I am an independent and I'm eager for the Republicans to come up with some new choices for future elections. For the past decade (or more) most of the major candidates have had to kow-tow to the religious right wing of the party, and if the Republicans continue in this fashion, I will continue to vote for Democrats until they change course. Republicans have also been ardent supporters of big business, which is now in a heap of trouble. So, if the Republican party would (please) re-invent itself – as many voters will have to do as they lose their jobs or their homes – maybe some of us will have another look come election time. Until they discontinue this toxic marriage of religion wedded to big business, I'll stick with the Democrats.
By the way, there are churches on every corner of this country and of every imaginable denomination. Republicans – please let us learn our values from our families, our communities and our churches while our politicians commit themselves to the law, economics and diplomacy. Let's keep the two separate.

mc December 29th, 2008 4:25 pm ET
Dump the "religous wrong" and then maybe people will start to listen again.
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And what do YOU offer, mc??? Please try!

Wonder if they'll wear their white hoods and robes????

The GOP has a huge problem. They hate change. No one wants to be conservative anymore accept for old white people. The GOP is a dieing party. If they really want a chance to beat the democrats again its either one of 2 ways...

1. They embrace Teddy Roosevelt style progressive policies

2. the dems have too many scandals and shoot themselves in the foot giving the gop an opening.

What???? No putrid smoke signals from Texas Teacher here? How can that be?

Are we at long last witnessing the death throes of the Republican party?
One can only hope.
No other single group of people has done so much to bring so much suffering to the American people as have the Republicans, especially since the days of Nixon.

@ JM.......

I've seen your ranting on this board and it appears something has touched a nerve. First of all there is a difference in talking about RACE and being RACIST and you can not seem to seperate the two. Obama gave a speech in Penn about race relations in our country. Rush plays "Obama the magic negro" on his radio station and now A GOP member wants to bring it up again. People at Palin rallies called Obama a terriost, tratior, and other race slogans and she did nothing about it. I don't recall anyuone making fun of McCain nor Palin because of their race. Not like those trying to sell Obama monkey dolls or waffle boxes with him dressed like Aunt Jemimah with a rag on his head. Although Palin did call herself a redneck, I saw no one else in the DNC doing so.

The problem with this song is that ALL politicians are made fun of, but to make fun of them because of skin color IS RACIST. You get it now??

Let's see just what the GOP does with this disgusting piece of crap Chip Saltzman and his magic brainlessness. With this revelation of this"satire" he shows how bigoted he and many of his brethern are.

He, and those who do not denounce him should be removed from the GOP.

Of course this is a party of division, hatred, bigotry, and will shrink into oblivion. Nobody will tolerate this kind of nastiness, and will remember this come election time...Shame, shame, shame!!!

It's time for a complete overhaul of the GOP before they're completely irrelevant.

There probably looking to add a harmony track to their "Barack the magic negro" song.

What a bunch of racist, idiots. Nearly ruined this country with their "Big business can do no wrong" policy.

Bobby December 29th, 2008 4:37 pm ET

Its all really to funny to me, there was never a good republican since Eisenhuer , This GOP has been and still is about the Nixon docturen not a Reagon reveloution its always been about Nixon. I was very pleased to see this Bush win his second term because thats what it took to wake up most Americans to just what the GOP is all about.
Now its time to say NO MORE REPUBLICANS keep voting them out…
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If you REALLY want to communicate, "Bobby," try spell checking your garbage!!!!!!!!!!

Cal December 29th, 2008 4:27 pm ET
Dems are right. There is a lot to hate about the Republican party. Republicans need to get rid of the liberal and moderate Republicans which lost this election and go back to conservative roots. The reason why Dems hate Republicans is self hate and we need these traitors to join the Dems. Alteast Dems and Republicans all agree to hate McCain, he's a wanna be Dem and no one likes that.
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Huh? Can't even remotely understand what you're trying to say! But, then, that's the Liberal way !!! Speaking "in tongues," as usual.

Just goes to show what I have always said, the GOP is nothing more than racist, ignorant, and belligerant old farts who could not lead us out of a paper bag let alone lead a country, I think the past 2 Bush administrations have shown that to the American public louder than anything else could, everything from Wall Street, Irag, the hunt for bin Laden, and our own place in the international arena have been destroyed by the greedy arrogant practices of this ignorant party of hate filled old coots, not a one of who would make it through the Pearly Gates if you held them up to the beliefs they spout so vehemently as the only righteous way, now we see what they truly mean as righteous, all for me and none for the rest of you, once again showing us they are the Greedy Old Pig party, GOP, bunch of Greedy Old Pigs, nothing less, nothing more, move along now folks, nothing to see here except the same ol same ol, just more arrogant ignoratn pigs rooting through the trash like they always are, trying to find thier way as usual

a room full of these fools? let's hope for a runaway donut truck to knock them all out at once ...

I can't wait to read all about it –

I'm sure however that their discussions will be better if in the
Original German.

perhaps they can play the CD "Obama the Magic Negro" to set the tone for the meeting.

What a gathering...Rush, Shawn, O'Reilly, Coulter, Pat Robertson, and other great white American sharks reminiscing about next year! Looking forward through their rear view mirror.

Darwinism has taken affect and the RNC failed to adapt to it's environment.

And thus it begins, the disinteration of the GOP, Greedy Old Pig party, having lost the latest election due to arrogance and ignorance they now stand at the threshhold of demise after the American public has sent them a sign that they will no longer stand for thier type of leadership. They have no answers, they only depend on divisive measures to break apart those who stand against them, and they lead with the arrogant attitude that only they are right and everyone else is wrong. This ill formented joining of the greedy rich and the over arrogant religious fundamentalists now has a major division in it's midst, the religious fundamentalists are typically poor and it is hard to see an arrogant plan devised for the rich with the only hand out being you get to have religious organizations as part of the US Governement if we the rich get all the money and power. The GOP stands at an abyss, they either change or they turn against themselves and already the blood letting has begun, it is only s short time before there are two or three parties where the Greedy Old Pig Party once stood in ignorance and arrogance, devided against itself as it should always have been. This is the firstof the many steps that will see the GOP come to naught, nothing more than a side note in the history of the US of A, no longer relevant, no longer in existence 5 years hence, after they lose the election even more resoundingly in 2012 than they did in 2008. Ignorance and superstition loseout to science and knowledge, the way it has always been and the way it shall always be, Long may the Greedy Old Pigs be dead, it has not come a day too soon.

Mr. Magoo.... if a dem had sent out that CD... they would have had a lynch mob at his house the first Saturday night available... hoods and all!

Rush Limbaugh I am sure is very proud! Pa lease... give me a break! Is anyone surprised that Limbaugh ran this cd on his show? What is shocking is that other republicans find it entertaining....

The RNC is dead... long live the DNC! ....and Barack Obama!

wonder the party would elect Ken Blackwell as the next chair (very first black chair of GOP)!!! That would be a hoot .... The party needs a new image of inclusiveness, and this should precisely help achieve that.

David Dean, you are a true poet... and a learned one at that!

The problem with the GOP is its most vocal and active constituencies are centered around 3 (largely unpopular) groups in society:

(1) greedy old, rich men who love the fallacy of 'trickle-down' economics (because it rarely actually does trickle-down, but sounds good on paper)

(2) Masters of the Universe neo-conservative types who can't get over the end of the Cold War & spend all day reading Tom Clancy & watching 'Future Weapons' on TiVo

(3) Bible-thumping religious wingnuts more concerned about the 'afterlife' than their current one.

The GOP also has a problem in that conservatism (by definition) makes it the party of "NO," when most people believe that to solve the horrendous problems faing us today, we need to find creative ways to say 'YES.'

Marilyn... there you go... proving my point! How many other democrats in here are so sick of the Republican CD that they are not going to be democrats anymore? Come on.....'fess up! I mean, Bush is such a jewel that he is enough to make you turn Republican! I mean... Seriously.... give me strength... *LOL*

J.P. December 29th, 2008 4:11 pm ET
Tell me when a conservative actually gets to run… instead of "republicans."Republican = self-loathing, spend-happy liberals-in-denial.
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I'm a conservative because I believe in PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY - and I think you, J.P., are FULL OF CRAP!!!!!!!!!

Repukes, why don't you discuss dissolving your irrelevant party at this meeting? Then you could form two new parties, one for all the ignorant racists, the other for your Government for Sale wing?

Nothing good will come from a meeting of this bunch. It shows just how deparate they truly are. They will prepare to sacrifice someone in order to breath new life into the RNC.
I doubt they even understand why their party lost. Just a bunch of dazed and confused old politicians who are afraid of losing their cushy jobs with the hefty pensions.

Ohio Citizen... I would hazard a guess that you have about as much chance of being a Democrat as Lou Dobbs being an Independent!

You are and have been a Republican....and so is Dobbs! *LOL* I would even bet that you just loved Sarah Palin to dead!

I don't know why it makes people feel that their criticism is more valid, if they claim to be from the party they are criticising! It's just a wonder to me.... I hate to disillusion you, but the Republican Party is as obsolete as of Saltman's CD! Talk about shooting yourself in the foot... *LOL* Although I think it is just the last breath from a dead horse.

SOUTHERN HOTTIE December 29th, 2008 4:14 pm ET
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Really Nasty Creeps.
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The pendulum ALWAYS swings back, self-proclaimed Southern "Hottie" - (hopefully without the likes of YOU). BTW, what makes YOU so HOT?????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Let me guess . . . .

What seems to be missing is Facts? What? The Banks, Most of Wall Street, and a VERY LARGE portion of the Car Industry is DEMOCRAT. You people insist on blaming everything on Republicans.

1) Bankers have been voting Democratic for Years, More stupid regulations means more money they can charge you for their services.... When we Bailed out the S&L's in the 1980's Republicans went looking for other ways to make money... CHECK IT OUT!

2) Frank and Dodd, did everything they could for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.... TO FAIL (*oh yeah POWERFUL DEMOCRATS!) GW Bush tried to fix that loophole near 2006 and was blocked by..... DEMORATS....

3) Most of the Little "Gordon Gecko" wannabees from the Wall Street are not fundamentalist Republicans, but very Liberal Democrats. Good New York Liberals, whose goal is to "Screw every Grandma in America except mine.... GET A CLUE PEOPLE!

So who the **** are you really mad at here? Maybe the Dufuses who you and most media Voted into office and will now run America....

GIVE THE JOB TO SARAH. YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DUMB OVER THE YEARS. WHY CHANGE IT.

Republicans need to go back to conservative roots? No. What they need to do is stop worshipping Reagan and start listening to Theodore Roosevelt. He was actually smart and cared about the people. He always said that the rich man should help and respect the common man. If they start following Teddy's principles, the Republicans just might get back their respect and dignity.

What in Hades is a "nanny state"? Republicans seem to think that a federal government that does what it is supposed to do isn't what they want.
I have an idea. All you Republicans who want no taxes and no government can look to several underdeveloped countries where you can take your money and move to, and be welcome as long as you have money.
As for most of us, we like having a government which tries to care for the basic needs of the citizens, and don't mind paying our fair share of the taxes to run the country. If this is your idea of a "nanny state" then you need help.

A group of 18 state GOP Chairs has gone over the heads of the RNC national leadership, and called a meeting of the RNC National Committee. It appears to be a revolt within the GOP. Highly unusual (unique?) step for a supposedly "conservative" party. Something one would expect from the more activist Dems, not the Republicans.

Yet 99% of the comments posted say nothing rational about this unusual move. Rather, both Dem. & GOP responders throw mud at one another, as if the election were still in question. I thought the "Know-Nothing" party disappeared in the 19th Century, but it's alive and well in CNN public postings. Where is the civil public discourse both Obama & McCain espoused? God help us!

Are they going to be smart enough to boot the racists out of the party during this meeting? Or is racism still ok with the GOP?

Let's have the racist guy as head of the GOP. Then the Democrats will win for another 20 years.

How stupid can they get? "Barack the Magic Negro?"

And they DEFEND this as Satire?

Dumb and Dumber!

Here's a clue: A guy who listens to parody songs on Rush Limbaugh is not mature enough to lead a Cub Scout troop, much less the RNC.

Once the party powers scoffed, mocked and marginalized the only true conservative in the primaries – in disgusting and disrespectful fashion – this current state of affairs was set in stone.

I knew it then, but take no joy nor vindication in it now.

Goldwater and Reagan spin in their graves over the treatment given the honorable and wise Ron Paul by the neo-cons.

The current plight serves them right.

What makes you liberals think that the country they are planning to govern includes you? I know quite a few people in the Peoples' Republics of New Jersey and New York City that are quietly buying guns, ammo, and looking for land in red states.

Will Emperor Palpatine be chairing this meeting?

Maybe the RNC can find itself and become a viable force in politics again. But if not I won't care, cause I don't like the GOP/RNC anyway!

No meetings will solve GOP's bigot problem.

What, oh what, will the GOP do when the baby boomers are gone? These young kids (who will vote in 10 to 20 years) just don't care about the "communist", "socialist", "race", "gay marriage" etc etc etc (in reality not important) "problems?"

ha ha republicans ...you lost

"..heading into a war within its own self"

I would hope that they spend some time discussing how they will stop playing games with the American people and work with the incoming President. Heaven forbid should they use the same tactics on Obama that they used on Bill Clinton. Hopefully they will realize that their tactics have only served to hurt Americans. After eight years of George Bush and the Republican party covering up for him Americans have seen the light, that is the reason Barack Hussein Obama was elected President. He is better than anyone Republicans could have put forth. He earned the right with his stellar campaign. So, hopefully in this meeting Republicans will say give the man a chance.

With great statesmen like Saltsman, what could go wrong? His intellectual prowess and maturity are evident in his sense of humor. And don't let the racist innuendo in his CD bother you Republicans, because you have sunk about as low as you can go.

I think the party of "family values" has been exposed for who they really are. Now, will those Americans who have been shooting themselves (along the rest of us) in the foot wake up? Probably not.

Marilyn: "I used to be a Democrat," I think you're a PUMA member. In that case, you're already a Republican. Next?

I will be watching for "Obama Campaign" imitators from here on until the next election. They have been doing a lot of bashing, but I guarantee they will be busting out 'new ideas' and strategies that will closely resemble those used by PE Obama. Although he won't receive credit for it, I salute you again PE Obama. Well done.

I don't know what, if anything can help Repubs. at this time.

The RNC is going to need some kind of fire permit in order to burn their cross.

When the Grandchildren ask what did you do when the economy was tanked and (2) wars were being fought on foreign soil? The answer: I plotted to discredit the president elect by linking him to a corruption scandal, and trying to get him to act on foreign and national affairs before he officially takes office.

Why would you do that Grandpa?

Because the GOP lost the election in 2008.

Yes, GOP the Citizens We The People, elected Barak Hussein Obama 44th President of the United States of America.

I think they need to all get together and decide to be real Christians, to treat everyone with dignity and respect, and stop lying, cheating and stealing. And Saltsman should be thrown out of America, while Rush Limbaugh should go back to school and get a high school degree so he can show he has a half a brain. And why isn't he serving a life term on his drug arrest? Anyone else would be.

These comments are hilarious. From 'Eisenhuer' to 'Reagon' to 'religous,' the spellings seen here show what happens when children with computers are given access to the internet. Also provides a sad illustration of how the educational system has produced individuals who can neither spell nor think critically.

And they want to be taken seriously????? What a joke!

I just lost a bet to my best friend. She said most americans are totally ignorant and dumb. She used the blogs on this web site as proof.

I lose.

Another clue, GOP:

Remember Palin, at the rallies, with her "not one of US" comments?

Maybe you need to figure out who "US" is, because your version doesn't represent mainstream America any longer.

J.P. December 29th, 2008 4:11 pm ET

Tell me when a conservative actually gets to run… instead of "republicans."

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Ron Paul ran in 2008! The RepubTards BLEW IT! They are not REAL Republicans. If they were.....Ron Paul would have been the Republican Nom and NOT John McShame.

Why wasn't Dr. Ron Paul the Rep Nom?? Because those RepubTards are afraid of a REAL Republican, a REAL Conservative!

How can they hold that many crooks in the same meeting room?

Alright RNC. Time now to dump all RINO's and democrats hiding out the the republican ranks screwing things up!

This is sad. The GOP is really freaking out...they can't understand why they're not in power anymore. Boo-hoo. Go ahead, boys, have your silly meeting. It won't get you anywhere. The American people (the smart ones) are through with you!

If you need to know what the republican party agenda is for the coming eras, google PNAC – quite a lot of good reading there. Take your pick.

the only true republican is dr. ron paul.

Good, perhaps they might come up with something productive instead of making up hateful and racial songs...

Wow "Richard Rohde" still a Idiot, you should be at the meeting front and center. Idiots like you don't come along everyday. Dear God you could lead the RNC "Racist National Committe" for the next 10 years.

The GOP/RNC is a BIG JOKE!!!!!!!!!!!! They need to go back and do more than find a leader they need to find themselves to see how they can make a change. Lets hope they pick PALIN as the leader.

Has Frank Lutz, Sean Hannity, William Krystal, Rush Limpalong, and please don;t leave out the Congressional SELLOUTS, like; John "Crap Sandwich" Boehner, Eric 'Zionist' Cantor, and everyone's favorite Israeli BeeAtch, Mike Pence of Indiana. Don't forget the long and distinguished NEOCON, Corporate Whoring, Sellout grand ole party that kills the people's rights and destroyers of the US CONSTITUTION !

Yeah, you Right Wing Nut Jobs and your Soviet Security over America was about as popular as a LEAD ZEPPLIN.

Maybe you should all just meet, distribute the FloMax and Geritol and talk about the Good Old Days, when your 'BIG Party First' Fleeced Americans of their money and rights.

Some choice in this country: Chromed Communism – choose Socialism or Fascism that's your only choice!

PS: Accolades to the 4th branch of government: MSM /Media

You and the DNC need to move to a 3rd world nation, we can't take it anymore.

regards,

a true Republican!

GOOD MOVE, GARY

A meager 74,000 votes spread over 4-states separated McCain-Palin from a more disastrous lost to Obama-Biden. Unbelievably, three of the four states have been hardcore RED states for decades, and those three states are Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota.

North Dakota Republican Party Chairman Gary Emineth clearly see the handwriting on the wall and is not waiting around for people like Chip Saltsman and Sarah Palin to hand the GOP over to a bunch of "low intensity Joe Six-Packs".

Now is the best time for the RNC to head out and search, literally search for new, honest, politically minded people, if the don't get them introduced now they don't stand a chance in the next election, that's all there is to it, and Palin is not the answer.

So the "Republican" party is having a meeting. Which part of the party? The "Smaller Government – stay away from me and my lifestyle" Republican Party, or the "Legislate Morality, invoke laws banning and outlawing abortion, gay marriage and anything else we decide is immoral" Republican Party?

See, that's the problem.. the Republicans have had a pretty disfunctional party for years, and FINALLY it's coming home to roost. Small Government & Legislating Morality don't really go well together. You sort of have to pick one or the other... and no one wants to do that. But, you can't really have both.

I'm a "Fiscal Liberal". I'd like to see smaller government, and i'm socially liberal. Both Dems & Republicans seem to be fine with large government.. it's just where they decide they want to stick uncle sams nose that is the difference. On that, I side with democrats over republicans. Go to Church on Sunday, but keep it out of my government.

So here come all the immature, stupid on liner comments from the Dems.

Dear RNC:

You now have the opportunity of choosing a small cadre' of influential party leaders that will keep faith with the party's true core constituency and beliefs. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE take the opportunity to do so before the opportunity slips through your fingers and more pragmatic machiavellian heads prevail!!!!

Bring William Kristol on as a full time advisor / consultant. Oust Mike Duncan and replace him with the ever lucid Sarah Palin. Install Rick Warran as spiritual mentor, and let's not forget to elevate Chip Saltsman to the position of Choirestor.

Oh...and change the party motto to something much more in keeping with those traditional republican values we've all come to know and loathe; something with an Orwellian bent like "War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength!"

What could be more in keeping with the party of exclusion, intollerance, bigotry and abject lack of curiosity?

Oh....and one more thing: change the party moniker from GOP to RIP! Truly in keeping with your future, I would think.

Not being a Republican myself and looking from the outside in, one can only hope that the party does really try to re-evaluate itself. If they dont do some serious changing, they are going to lose even more members. They need to get off of the Palin type mind set and move into the 21 century. Not to say that you have to lose values by doing so. Just find someone to re-organize your party that the nation can respect. I just have a hard time respecting most Republicans because I think for the most part they alienate people. You don't have to be so far right in your mindset, just as for the Democrats the party doesnt have to be so far to the left. This country sits somewhere in the middle and they need to put people in place that have the ability to compromise for the larger objectives.

On the other hand, I love watching them crumble. I do. I cant help myself, I just get a kick out of it, because they have been so hypocritical.

As an American, I am urging the RNC leaders to officially condemn the outrageous act of Chip Saltsman in sending his racially charged Magic Negro CD to the GOP leaders as christmas gifts. This act of divisiveness is seriously offensive and unacceptable in America, where racism and bigotry have no place any longer.

I hope the RNC leaders will evict Saltzman from the GOP immediately before they convene their forum in Washington.

I'm hoping the GOP comes back in a more intelligent form, eschewing racism, creationism, wealth, etc, etc.

My dad was a Republican, but bless his soul, he wouldn't vote for W because his financial stand made no sense to my pop.

As an American I am urging the RNC leaders to officially condemn the outrageous act of Chip Saltsman in sending his racially charged Magic Negro CD to the GOP leaders as christmas gifts. This act of divisiveness is seriously offensive and unacceptable in America, where racism and bigotry have no place any longer.

I hope the RNC leaders will evict Saltzman from the GOP immediately before they convene their forum in Washington.

The Republicans have become a joke thanks to Limbaugh, Hannity, O'Reilly, Reagan, Savage, etc. oh.... and Faux News!

As long as they continue to spew......

HATE...... LIES........ FEAR.....AND DIVISION.......

AMERICANS WILL CONTINUE TO REJECT THEM!

I guess it more a "wake" than a meeting. I wonder what kind of music they will play as they close the lid on the coffin of Republican indifference?

the godless libs and the "gotcha" media were mean to Sarah Palin, and how DARE they question a decent honest citizen like Joe the plumber!!
They just want to "Tax and Spend this great country into the Ground," and "WAVE THE WHITE FLAG OF SURRENDER!!"
Those tree-hugging lefties don't even know a good MAGIC NEGRO song when they hear it!!
I mean- that's HILARIOUS!
HOW ON EARTH did Barack HUSSEIN Obama EVER win the election, and
How come EVERYBODY isn't a Republican???
GEE.

The GOP lost their core values when Reagan became president. They no longer value a small government, they spend like money grows on the White House lawn, they intrude in American personal lives and have put religion right in the middle of politics. Their core values are helping big businesses at all cost (deregulation and trickle down economics does not work) and cutting taxes.

We have had 3 Republican presidents since the 1980's and our nation's infrastructure is crumbling, unemployment is high, health care is out of reach for most Americans and we are spending billions on two wars.

The Neo-cons, bible-thumpers, race-baiters and fellow travelers just don't get it. The national demographic is changing. It's RAPIDLY becoming younger, more urban and better educated. The days when "the base" could swing anything beyond a local election is long gone. Unless the Repubs can free themselves from the rednecks and the puritanical finger-waivers, they're toast.

I hope they open with the National Anthem, then follow that with the new Republican Party Anthem, "Barack the Magic Negro!"
I'm not mad at them over it.
As an African-American and life-long Republican - until November, when I went rogue (I mean, Independent) I can only say I wouldn't have been surprised if it was the Klan or James Dobson or Jerry Falwell who mailed that stuff out. Remember, it was more than Obama they were singing about on that CD.
It's the fact that in the middle of a fight to lead a party whose membership already is shrinking, we get this. And other major party leaders are DEFENDING it. It deserves the attention it's getting. I can't wait to see what they do next.

They have to denounce Bush and the mess he has made in order to survive as a viable party.

The Republicans are no Democrats, but at least they should follow democratic principles. This here looks more like a gang of chinese communist elders declaring a new paradigm and the fitting chairman. Did they not learn anything from the imperial – and failed! – Bush presidency?

Big Bear: So only Republicans are decent,honest,hardworking,God loving patriots. I really wonder what planet you are living on?The Republicans have spent 8 years destroying the hopes and dreams of millions of Americans; from Katrina, to Iraq, To the economic Wall Street meltdown; and you just don`t get it?! Fifty MILLION people elected Barack Obama as the next President of the U.S.A.; and still the good olde boys are trying to convince anyone without a brain that it is all some kind of trick. The only trick is the American people took a good look at what has happened to their country under Republican control for the last 8 years and WISED UP!!!

Perhaps at this Washington RNC pow-wow, klan-rally, whatever they're calling it - someone should inform them that negative and hate-filled politics are OVER in this country - we're THROUGH with their fear-mongering, divisive, name-calling, threatening maneuvers!

It is strange that originally the Republican Party was the first party to openly include Blacks while the Democratic Party was the party of racist and now the roles are reversed.

The Republican Party has self destructed and is rapidly approching the levels of other racist groups. I think they need to go back to the drawing board and remake the party. It will take time for them to do this because the Old Guard is not willing to share with and or hand over to the up and coming younger Republicans. The infighting among them will cost them for years to come.

In the mean time we will still be a 2 Party system in this country as the Independents are growing in numbers and justifiably so.

This meeting is to pick this years Village Idiot. The RNC, which stand for Racist National Committe, gather once a year to chose the Village Idiot Elder. God Bless them I can't wait to find out who will be next year Village Idiot because a lot of Republican are in the race this year. I'm so excited, God Bless America

THANK GOD!

I just hope this emergency RNC meeting is constructive and helps stop GOP bleeding. The RNC is in a free fall to oblivion. It is not an overstatement to say the RNC will be gone the way of President Millard Fillmore's Whig Party and the DoDo bird if it does not face the reality of its shortcomings.

THANK GOD!

I just hope this emergency RNC meeting is constructive and helps stop GOP bleeding. The RNC is in a free fall to oblivion. It is not an overstatement to say the RNC will be gone the way of President Millard Fillmore's Whig Party and the DoDo bird if it does not face the reality of its shortcomings.

The RNC must RETAKE THE POLITICAL CENTER and LEARN TO LEAD A NEW CULTURALLY DIVERSE U.S.A., OR THEY ARE TOAST. CHIP SALTSMAN's LATEST STUPID "MAGIC NEGRO" CD, IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF RNC IDIOCIES.

Every party/ideology/political group has its extremists. Every. Even George Washington had to deal with a bunch of wackos, the first and still only President who went to the front while president!, who supposedly were more Americans than him...
While I disagree with most of the ideology of the Republicans, it's good to see that at least part of them is finding that surrender to the far right only helps the far righties' agenda, and not the Republican one.
If it is going to work or not, time will tell. But at the very least it may help to isolate the extremists in the GOP... attention please that the word is 'MAY' not 'WILL'.

CNN, stop blocking my posts!!!!

KEEP IT UP GOP, SHOOT YOURSELF IN THE FOOT AGAIN AND AGAIN. WHAT A JOKE THIS PARTY IS NOW.........USED TO BE ONE, COULDN'T TAKE THE HATE MONGERS ANYMORE.

Stay right GOP. Please. Be hardcore conservatives forever. That will guarantee your demise sooner than later. Bye bye.

What is it that they are meeting about, The Economy,
The War, Something of importance,? not just more
of the same, back biting and whining! This will not
accomplish anything!!!

I am afraid the party has been lost forever unless they could give me a 21st century Teddy Roosevelt. The last decent Republican was Gerald Ford and he was was not that popular because he pardoned a terrible criminal (who my father voted for and supported), Richard Nixon. We have had nothing but crooks ever since. Even if RR was a good man in many respects, his voodoo economics and Iran Contra hurt America and was wrong. The last 8 years...lets just say I doubt it could be worse. It was as criminal as the Mafia running the country. Sometimes you just have to say it is sick and it isn't going to improve and jump ship. I did. Some people will go down with the ship because of memories of what it was, failing to see what it is now.

These idiots need more than an unprecendented meeting.

Unless this meeting produces a major shift in The republicans ideologies and stance on Gay Rights/abortions and allows more inclusion then it will be a wasted meeting.

According to the RNC: "We must never allow a George W. Bush-like "situation," again!!!"

Well, Jeb, thank brother George and "I attended 9 universities and couldn't secure a degree" buddy of his, Karl Rove for your mess now!!!

RNC: Now it's time to see what Shock and Awe really mean isn't it !

Seems like what ever they toss at Obama bounces back on them. GOP, try fairness and love. This way if it bounces back on you it want make you look so bad.

Why dont the dems count the number of minorities in the GOP. After all, the dems went on a witch hunt for the top hispanic in the Bush cabinet. Racism swings both ways.

The Democrats are totally idealistic people,they do not have a clue about anything that requires any common since,and they will be the demise of our country !!

RNC stand for Really No Change. How do you like that one Southern Hottie? Ever been to Savannah?

Bush was actually a good president. He kept the homeland safe from attack after 9/11. Liberated 25 million people in Iraq and set up a democracy in the middle East. Crippled Al-Qeida and humiliated them by winning in Iraq. He also kept the economy growing pretty well considering the pressures put on it by 9/11, 2 wars, and sky high oil prices brought on by an artificial shortage caused by environmental zealots. He also avoided the pitfall of bowing to public pressure and courageously DID NOT sign Kyoto (pretty prescient in light of the complete unraveling of the global warming theory in 2008).

In time the electorate will realize that they were manipulated by a Democrat Party that very cynically put political concerns before the nations best interest with it's opportunistic opposition to the war in Iraw during 2006-2007 and a compliant media that was all too willing to drink the Obama Kool Aid in 2008. At that point, 2010 I'm guessing, there will be nothing that can save the Democrats from electoral wipeout.

Cal, Dems self hate? this is not crackerjack box psychology. The Republican party represents the values of its constituency so that they can get the votes they need to be elected. A microcosm of these values can be summed up from the incident with the old lady that McCain corrected at one of his events. The republicans prey on fear and ignorance. Dude I too get very nervous when i think about stem cell research and that which can go wrong but the fact is that it can save lives. Same with anti-aging research going on and everything else that will shape our future. When you think of bioengineering and the pace of technological advance its scary but It had to be a Democrat that put us on the moon and it will be a democrat that pushes the advances of the future. Like making us a 2 planet civilization after colonizing mars. We must be courageous and not let fear and ignorance cause division and war and stifle human progress.

The CD is representation of the Republican party and for Blackwell to say he sees nothing wrong with the cd and everyone is hypersensitive just shows that the members of the party are still stuck in the 60s. It is sad that so many in our country are still stuck in separating our country. At least the election of Barack Obama shows that as a whole we are able to see beyond skin color and racism isn't as big as it use to be.

Gee-
I hope nothing happens.

Sweet! A funeral for the old crooks I suppose. Well, folks you can thank the biggest failure for a president GWB – for destroying your beloved racist party. This is great my friends.

The GOP can't get out of it's own way..
They continue to rally behind people of lesser intelligence such as Bush/McCain and Palin, yet ignore the people of greater intelligence like Ron Paul and Mitt Romney...Then they wonder why they're losing...

Republicans who are more worried about the issues of abortion and gay marriage than they are about the economy and responsible foriegn policy.

Let's talk about issues we can actually resolve...Until the RNC does this they're going to fail.

The Economy is the top priority..right?
Ron Paul obviously is the best man to deal with it...
So why did the republicans pick McCain who admittedly knows nothing about economics?

Mind numbing stupidity...that's the only answer I can come up with for that simple question....so....

They can hold all the meetings they want...Let me know how that works out for ya...

And then there are the people that post comments here who are AFRAID of Obama LMAO!!!
You people crack me up with your fear mongering....Really..I laugh out loud at your comments and wonder how on earth you make it through the day...

Peace to you all

I can hear the themes for the forum being shouted now: "We failed because we werent' CONSERVATIVE enough! We failed because Americans aren't SCARED enough! We failed because some of us aren't RICH enough!"

Don't forget to invite Joe Lieberman. Make him the keynote speaker.

That should prove to be a wonderful meeting of the minds then....they need to disperse as a party and first join the 21st Century and then get some younger folks with fresh ideas and become more inclusive.
The good old boys club needs to be put to rest, they are out dated and have been out smarted by PE Obama.....time for them to get a grip of reality for once and wake up.

The republicans have never cared for the little guy which of course is different from the democrats and John Kerry who say they are just like me. I do not live in a million dollar mansion and do not spent $400 on a manacure. With Reid and Pelosi at the helm, the republican party will be back very soon.

Sandy, we can get ACORN to help to a Chicago style count and we will end up with three to four times more than actually exist.

Chip Saltsman for chairman! He best represents the GOP–divisiveness, old-school white boy racism, and arrogance. Did I mention stupidity? With friends like these, who needs enemies?

It has been moved by John McCain, sceonded by George W. Bush that the GOP be dissolved. All in favor say "Aye."
AYEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.
Motion carried.

Baby Boomers and Republicans alike... beware. Generations X and Y are up next. We've been under your heal for too long, and it's time for the tables to turn. You've squandered our futures, and there will be a price to pay.

*sigh* If only people were smart enough to hear and understand what Ron Paul has been saying for years and years...but hey, at least we won't be in Iraq anymore, right? We'll be spending billions and sending our friends and family to die in Afghanistan now...that's some good change, right America?

That is unless they are beer swilling, bourbon bathed, hunt wolves from airplanes, and choke turkeys to death, rednecks, who can see Russia from thier house but probably can't spell it. (Sorry about misused english in previous post. Just very upset and cannot believe this group of retards)

GOP may need a reality check. I am a non-Christian, immigrant, has become a US citizen. There are so many people like me. Yes, now that you allowed me to immigrate and become a citizen who has been a law-abiding, tax paying citizen, get used to the idea that not every one is a WASP. Bashing anyone that doesn't fit that pattern doesn't help; if you don't like it, change the constitution so there won't be any immigration!

Maybe they can come to grips with the fact that the Republicans might as well be the American Nazi Party.

It's the party of hate, lies, war and greed. The fact that many Republicans think the Obama song is just fine shows how far this bunch needs to go to appeal to mainstream America.

The snakes are crawling scared.....last week it was the 'Palin & Co.'s" racist emails, and this week it is Chip Saltzman and his producer buddies trying to "reinvent" David Duke and the Southern Suckettes...Why are these people so "dumb"? I don't think they believe that (most) good and decent Americans have changed and do not agree with such racist and hateful nonsense...have your meeting GOP, just don't forget that you can't have it at "NIGHT" and you can't wear your "white" suits because the WHOLE Nation will be watching.....

I think that's good, getting the team involved and see what's up ahead. And of course, we(conervatives) like our meetings private just like our money...whole lot of money, LOL!!

Its all really to funny to me, there was never a good republican since Eisenhuer , This GOP has been and still is about the Nixon docturen not a Reagon reveloution its always been about Nixon. I was very pleased to see this Bush win his second term because thats what it took to wake up most Americans to just what the GOP is all about.
Now its time to say NO MORE REPUBLICANS keep voting them out...

At last we are going to get organized, with conservatives, that will go back to the Republican platform of low taxes ,small government.Hopefully in 2010,we will be able to get enough intelligent people back in congress to SAVE the country from the idiots that just got in,and do the damage control they will have caused in the next two years.All of us that work and pay our taxes,will be tired of CARRYING all the OBAMA " supporters".Most voters will hopefully realize the financial crisis was CAUSED by the Democrats in congress by doing Nothing when the Republicans and Greenspan WARNED them for two years this might happen.

Isn't that nice. All the little racist, bigots, and fascist (sp) are going to have a widdle meeting to discuss why no one likes them anymore. Just can figure it out, can you boys. Could it be the fact that while they may love America, they hate Americans.

Unless and until the GOP acknowledges the fact that the GOP has become nearly as "liberal" as the liberals, and understands that this is NOT a compliment, they have nowhere to go other than down. Their ONLY hope, now, is to trust "Benjamin Franklin and company" and cling, for dear life, to the mathematically provable (=) literal parameters of the Constitution, as fully defined, punctuation included, within the lexicon used by our Forefathers [Library of Congress, Unabridged English Dictionary of 1776 used by Benjamin Franklin]. Otherwise, it appears that America will never be capable of reclaiming it's sovereignty from "The New World Order" (George Bush, Sr./Nicolas Sarkozy) ...now, commonly called "International Government"... as a "member state" (Condoleezza Rice). daytonway.com/america

I hope that Chip Saltsman is publicly rebuked at this meeting.

They need to go away too. I used to be one kind of but the hate and ugly tactics from this group need to rewarded for the wonderful Bush performance. UGH...

Count the number of people of color you old crooks

After that stupid CD that went out, and the way the Republican party treated/acted to the citizens of this country with disrespect and "games"...there's nothing right now the RNC can do to be viewed as a legitimate thoughtful or caring party. They don't care about the country...only their selfish ideology and stupid "games"

Funny how bad George Bush turned out to be as a president. The Neo-Cons need to stand up and admit the choice they pushed through was a horrendous one. Bush, Chaney, Rice and Rove should be banished like Napoleon was. There egos set the stage for this diabolical we all have to endure and their options do not deserve to be heard any longer. History will not be kind to the Bush legacy. He doesn’t need a shoe… he needs the boot!

Dems are right. There is a lot to hate about the Republican party. Republicans need to get rid of the liberal and moderate Republicans which lost this election and go back to conservative roots. The reason why Dems hate Republicans is self hate and we need these traitors to join the Dems. Alteast Dems and Republicans all agree to hate McCain, he's a wanna be Dem and no one likes that.

How to pull the RNC out of the toilet they're in? Here's a tip; dump the right-wing conservative nutjobs that have been running the party.

I was a Republican until February. the base of the party is out of touch with the people of this country and where it needs to go.

Dump the "religous wrong" and then maybe people will start to listen again.

What's the difference? They have become the party of the rich like they always were, so why not just keep the old southern dogs in power?

Saul-the liberal biased press & the democrats made Sara Palin a caricature, just like the did W. Then they call for bi-partisanship and support for Hussein. I will treat Hussein and the Chicago thugs (to include VPE Hairplug with all of the dignity and respect the demathugs did for Bush and give them the same level of support and credibility.

Maybe the RNC can apologize to former Senator Bob Smith (R-NH) for bankrolling Sununu for Smith's Senate seat 8 yrs ago. Perhaps they might adopt a strategy that does not involve back-stabbing their own members.

I am willing to bet most of the people to call out President Bush and Gov. Palin as dumb or stupid haven't accomplished one tenth as much in their own careers. But I guess when your a "progressive" accomplishments dont mean anything! Just moan and groan and wait for the Government to give it to you.

The only thing funny about the cd is watching the republicans try to defend it as satire. Republicans are to humor what Carl Rove is to dance moves. This is going to be a fun 8 years of watching the party of racists self-destruct.

Until the republican party recognizes that America is becoming more diverse and rejecting their ways of playing politics the party is doomed for a bitter failure. The best strategy for the future is to promote tolerance and unity instead of sticking to their old ways of dividing us for political gains. But most importantly, the party must reject Rush, Hannity, Coulter, Glenn beck and others who are hiding behind the "conservative" banner to enrich themselve whilst sputing hate on a daily basis.
I left the party because those pinheads do not represent me or my values. The party leaders should take a strong stand to change this trend instead of pandering to them. The American people are not stupid to be influence by these hate mongers.

I used to be a Democrat, but after this election - NO WAY! I'll be voting Independent or Republican from now on.

Talk about not understanding the direction of political winds!
This latest move by ultra conservative Republicans can do nothing
but further diminish the national appeal of the GOP.
Their actions are quickly turning the GOP into a regional splinter
party.
The "big tent" is being turned into an extremely "small tent".

I think the RNC will become bitterly divided no matter who they select as Chair. The far right element of the GOP can not find alignment with anyone who thinks the party needs to appeal more to moderates and racially diverse people.

The GOP should realize that their extreme views on social issues are becoming a thing of the past. Their extreme foreign policy is also not working 2 wars, sticking our nose in everybody's business & the world hates us. Their tax programs are not working, look at the infrastructure the local states & counties do not have the $$ to repair the roads, bridges, schools etc they need the federal governments help WHY not enough tax $$ to pay for these things. The GOP/religious right has burned its bridges as well people are tired of being preached to by hypocrites....

A meeting? If Rush Limbaugh is still in charge here they better have a complete overhaul since he is way out of touch

R N C
Really Nasty Creeps.

It's called the airing of ideas people.

Tell me when a conservative actually gets to run... instead of "republicans."

Republican = self-loathing, spend-happy liberals-in-denial.

Silly republicans, you can't win by being more liberal than the liberals... when there is already a hippie on the ballot, you are not going to win by being "liberal lite." Case in point: John McCain.

Time for a REAL third party of fiscal conservatives and libertarians and stop looking back to the GOP, because they're worse than the Democrats... true, the dems are drunken-sailor spend-happy, but at least they don't deny it.

Where are the Goldwater conservatives? The Teddy Roosevelt conservatives? Instead we get stuck with Dubya and his dad.

The more you rely on the nanny state, the more you are enslaved.

Ambrose, you win the gold star.

RNC – take note. Regardless of whether this is right or wrong, this is what America believes your party to represent:

The GOP is for geezers, racists and clueless folks.

It certainly does you no good to have the likes of Rush the impotent drug addict representing you, nor does it advance efforts to expand your base and become a more inclusive party when you state that calling someone a magic negro is innocent fun or satire.

Get a clue – those of us under 50 don't think it's funny and don't find you relevant any longer.

The party is over GOP – take Nixon, Reagan, Both Doles, Bush I, Bush II, Cheney, Sarah, McCain and Rush and go to He**!

F.Y.I it's not racist not to want this country to turn into the nanny state you libs think it should be.

If Republicans want to win again start by telling the right-wing kooks to take a hike – you'll never win back moderates, independents, and some Dems unless you do. The Bush-Cheney-Rove crowd have pret-near destroyed the Party's credibility and it's going to take a long-time to get it back.

They're holding a meeting on how to completely un-unite the country. The RNC is divisive and they are digging their own grave. The American voters will not forget these antics come 2010 or 2012. America has disowned the Republican Party.

I'm tired of all you libs calling the Republican Party racist. It seems the only one's who brought up race during the presidential campaign was your side and now look who's bringing it up again. I do not operate under the premise that Republicans are racist and challenge you to prove me wrong. All the hate mongering on this board is coming from your side. What a bunch of hypocrates you people are.

IS THIS FOR REAL? I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW MANY KNIVES AND SPEARS AND SHARP POINTED OBJECTS ARE BEING THROWN AT THE GOP'S. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT DEMS WOULD STOOP THIS LOW TO SHOW THEIR HATRED. I BELIEVE THIS IS MORE UN-AMERICAN AND NON-CHRISTIAN BEHAVIOR. AND YOU CALL YOURSELVES AMERICANS?

RNC MEANS--REALLY NOTHING CREDITABLE.

Guess they need to meet fast.... I sense evil lurking, and it isnt the Republicans, its the Demoncrats!

To those who are still staunch supporter of the GOP, and commenting on here about the Dems and Obama, I truly feel sorry for you. Your party has lost it's way, it has lost the election, and now has lost it's collective mind. America is watching, and "WE" don't like what we are seeing and hearing.

mike December 29th, 2008 3:23 pm ET
"If they stop demonizing Obama and everybody else, then they might win people hearts, other than that, democrats can keep ruling…"

Win people's hearts? The Republicans are the philosophical descendents of the Aztecs; they'd rather rip the throbbing, beating, hearts out of their live victims and eat them on the altar than "win people's hearts."

To kimby December 29th, 2008 3:31 pm ET
"I am from Tennessee..."

I feel for you. I know that at least some of people whose homes are now covered with sludge deserved it (chalk up yet another proud moment for the Bush administration, Laura Bush), but I also know some of you didn't deserve it.

Here are some things the GOP should mull over at this meeting.

1) The era of Reagan-esque Neo-conservatism needs to be over. You can't pretend you're small government when you make Democrat spending look like peanuts. Especially when you're running on a tax-cut platform. It doesn't make sense and the pseudo-conservatives aren't falling for it anymore.

2) No one is falling for it because times are getting rough. People are getting smart and are finally separating their political beliefs from their social beliefs. You can't get people to buy trickle-down economics just because you package it with pro-life/anti-gay marriage issues.

3) Your base won't save you. Especially when you alienate other voters when rallying that base. Political divisiveness worked for the GOP during the cold war and after 9/11 but not anymore. Liberal is no longer a dirty word. Your go-to insults (bleeding heart, un-American, socialist, elitist, etc) holds no water in todays political climate. America actually wants someone who is elite to lead and return this country to elite status.

4) STOP BLAMING THE MEDIA!

I'm guessing they will sit around and recite the Good Bushie secret pledge, sing racist songs by the camp fire and talk about how great it is to be rich and white.

And then for day two maybe they can talk about what a great leader the remarkable Sarah Palin Clampett would be if they could only pay to get her elected.

Give it ten years and you will have to visit a zoo to see a Republican.

and what could they possibly be talking about? one thing for sure, koolaid will be the beverage of choice.

Party of Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter and E.D. Hill (Terrorist Fist Jab)? If they knew that the settlers found Spanish, Native of America, Africans from Angola and Congo, Portuguese and, Asians in Hawaii in this country, they will have a better understanding of thow diverse this country is. They will understand that separation is not going to help them to win. Sean Hannity as American Peter Botta has no plan for unity but for evil work.

Hey Jon, hate to be bearer of bad news, Obama hasn't spent anything; He is not even in office. Just focus on the one in office now who you voted for; The RNC will be a divided party by 2010. One side understanding change, the other side being the good ole boys who we know what they stand for.

Please REPUBLICANS from TN. and other black people hater states continue to be and show what you stand for. Please keep it up and when the next election comes around the USA hopefully will be rid of all republicans.
Bill Hewett

Moderate? What exactly is a moderate? I get the feeling that when that word is used nowadays, its true meaning is simply anti-Christian fundamentalist. I'm not saying that is a bad thing, but let's just call a spade a spade and stop with the word games. Move to the center? Bill Clinton moved the DNC to the center and now, If the RNC moves to the center, won't they both be in the same place – the Center? That's pretty much where we already are, wouldn't you say? Is there a difference between John McCain and Hillary Clinton? NO! The problem is that we now have a one party system – the Republicrats and I have no clue who their constituency is but it sure ain't me! I think its time for the far left and far right to get over their hostility toward each other and join forces. If you leave religion out of it (and I do) we have more in common than one might think.

Jindal 2012

Devil/RNC is always busy when good things happens...... rebuke the devil/RNC ....... Look it straight in the eye and call hin a liar..

Jindal in 2012!!!

The Republican party will see growth among young voters who, in the next four years, will be fed up with leftist propaganda. Leftists like Pelosi and Obama feed into this idea that with more federal government controlling people and "spreading the wealth", we'll all be better off. Wait until our economy goes completely under due to the democraps hand outs and bailouts. Pelosi will find a way to blame the average taxpayers for not funding more give-a-ways.

How can you love America when you don't love Americans?

If they were smart they would have Bobby Jindal, Charlie Christ, Tim Pawlenty, & Mitt Romney as their leaders.

But inside I really hope they make Palin & Huckabee their leaders! hahaha. .Just for the entertainment factor. Democrats would rule for a very long time!

It funny at how hard the leader of the conservative movement WIlliam Buckley tried to keep the crazies out of the party. But now that is their base and their leaders!

The US is getting younger, smarter, and less white. Republicans cannot exist under those terms.

So, who cares? They tanked America, but good.

May God have mercy on their souls, because I don't.

CanIcallyouJoe December 29th, 2008 3:20 pm ET

Jon @ 2:46
"Neanderthal man may be extinct. However, unfortunately, the RNC is not. Every few years the desire of "conservatives" to lead America back to the Stone Age re-emerges, and it will, no doubt, re-emerge again. Attention deficit disorder and historical illiteracy are endemic in America; Sarah Palin is proof of that."
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You need to try and phrase your logic so that these Republicans will understand what you are saying. I believe you lost them at "Neanderthal man" cuz... we all know there is no such thing as evolution if you are a right wing moron like the leaders of their party.

Where will the republicans find candidates, the democrats have already put all the crooks in office. Don't worry though, I am sure ACORN and the unions have plenty more corrupt democrats in their hip pockets.

These guys are politicians right? I would think that in politics 101 they would have learned that in order to get elected you shouldnt put out material that would offend potential voters. A child could figure that out.

It is real simple for them. Drop the social issues and return to the roots of the party. Once they distance themselves from the groups that have hijacked them they could actually be a viable party. But they won't!

As long as the Republican Party refuses to accept the reality that they are positioned wrong, drastically favoring Special Interests and a select few while only giving the majority apathy, the costs and an abundance of subterfuge, they can't have real appeal to the vast majority. Example: CRice stating people will come to 'thank Bush' which ignores his gross dishonesty and totally irresponsible focus on a private agenda and the fact that throughout the last eight years he would boldly lie and she would always repeatedly swear to it to the whole world. They have to drastically change their act and demonstrating honest and real concern for the majority would be a good place to start.

The Real GOP, you take it to em! Who cares about the Barack song? I didn't see anything wrong with the song.
Who cares that the song was racially motivated, and was meant as a way to laugh at OUR future president! Who cares that as the Republican party is losing membership, we further alienate more voters by showing our racist slip! This country is getting too PC right? So what someone calls YOUR mom a fat, ugly slob who couldn't be pulled away from a buffet if she had a metal suit on, and we had an industrial magnet. Call it like it is, right? Tired of being PC right?

Richard Rohde,

Did you read your own writng before you posted it. People like you make Sara Palin look like Einstein.

Please do yourself a favor and get informed.

"Meeting"? No doubt in a back room with cigars and aged bourbon. Just like the good old days.

Evil is too insidious to stir.Lurking,plotting,scheming are more like it.Maybe Palin is planning on a Playboy photo shoot and they are trying to stop her before they run out of anyone that resembles a candidate that hasn't "been there,done that" or at least one that hasn't been caught ....yet.

The Watergate sounds good but the Cheney hunting lodge might help them in their process of elimination.It could whittle down the numbers to maybe needing only one member from 16 states to make it an official meeting.

You can bring your guns but you MUST leave your shoes at the door!

Republicans are going to have to understand that catering to the wants of big business is not a sustainable way to govern a nation. No one will vote for a party that feels giving the wealthy elite a unlimited welfare check and allow our country to lose all of its manufacturing base. Compete in the global economy should mean if our elected officials fail to represent Americans deport them.

GOP is now a party of zombies now. Yes, the living dead are trying to get new brains to eat. Their own brains are gone. People learned that they are finished with the book of tricks of Karl Rove. They need to find a new trick to show to the people of Obama. They are dying slowly and in agony. Some of them are trying to be forgotten like general Powell but it's too late. They are contaminated too. Their accomplices are no more on the news. Remember Oreilly. limbaugh, Coulter, Glen. They don't matter anymore. The fellowship of the ring won. Aragorn Obama will be the next king again.

Can't wait for 2010 and be able to restore oversight and checks and balances. GOP help us please to take the blank check away from the self absorbed egotistical Obama.

GO GOP!!!!

The Religious Nuts Corporation believes if it's not broken, don't fix it.
And may they continue to put all their faith in that ideology. The gift that keeps on giving.

Sounds intense.

Richard @ 224:
One of the dumbest comments I've read.
Saying there is no difference between the party of Rush and the party of Obama is like saying there is no difference between a plate of maggots and a sirloin steak.

Too little, too late...looooooosers!

Or how about this Putz from Tenessee and his Racist as hell holiday cd/card this moron sent out. Americans one and all, and I really mean the rubes in the south stop voting in racist scum like yourselfs.

To those who say both parties are the same: There is lowest ground of acceptable stances. One time slavery was debated, or the woman's right to vote. Too many republicans still speak like it is 1950 still, or 1960 at best. Some see it has hate, because hate was in back then. The Democrats are a bunch of politicians who like power, money and sex as well as the rest. But they live in 2008 and view those old stances that most people don't hold any longer as outdated and don't come close to echoing them. They are the part of the present not because they are better at anything, but because they are rooted in present.

Based on some of the HATRED coming from the Southern GOP .... maybe it should be held in Jackson Ms., or Nashville, TN., or Birmingham, Ala.. or Anchorage, Alaska anywhere that the GOP has a HUGE base. That should get them a headstart on Divisiveness.

Go Palin

It will be very difficult to find republicans to run for office, the democrats and ACORN have already put them all in to office. Perhaps the unions can help find some slugs they can run.

the Legion of Doom is meeting

I am from Tennessee and really ashamed to say so. Just want to let you know that all people in Tennessee are not like this. We dread the Republican lead state legislature. This is a fine example of what we are going to get. We just keep saying that they will do themselves in just like the national party did. Pray for us in TN!! They are crazy!!

The Republican focus on Special Interests and benefit for a select few, all disguised as being consistent with 'conservative ideology', has to be abandoned before they can once again be considered viable for the American people. The last eight years of their strong, belligerent and irresponsible support for the sociopathic (dishonest without any conscience) performance of the Bush-Cheney administration literally drove people out of the party and away from all of them. They need to come up with moderately oriented leadership and positions that while leaning towards conservative are still focused on real benefit for the majority, and not just more arrogance and subterfuge designed to manipulate while being concentrated on their self-interests. The Democrats have proven in the past that they are just as apt to become corrupted but now are really the only hope for real change. It would be nice if they all could ever honestly focus on the people instead of their self-interests.

OOOOGGGGAAH!!! OOOOOGAAAHHH!! Our party is a disgrace to our country, we have ruined the economy and the lives of millions of Americans. those same people we screwed are about to take us out in the street and beat us. We need to have a metting where to hide all the money. Lets put it on a plane to Hong Kong. God I hope the people of America have not sent Batman to get us., b/c if they did we are done.

God I wish that was the scenario. Maybe if Americans get lucky it will be one of those Cyanide Kool-aid parties and we can get rid of all these scum-bags in swoop.

And the fools attending will STILL swear that the have their hand on the pulse of America.

Sarah Palin says she's available for a table dance or two.

Maybe they'll write their 2012 conncession speeches while they're at it.

If they stop demonizing Obama and everybody else, then they might win people hearts, other than that, democrats can keep ruling....

The RNC needs to look at their party like any of your average small companies' or corporations' HR departments. Every position I've worked in gave a review of how important it is to invoke diversity in the workplace. For those companies that chose not to embrace diversity, they would lose their competitive edge and sooner or later fall. Once the RNC realizes that they need to be more diverse, they can adequately compete with the Democratic party. Do trust, the democrats have their own strategies that they invoke and that's why they are staying ahead of the game. BTW, I am a conservative independent....

Old vs New
Goldwater vs...who??
Ann Coulter?
Rush Limbaugh?
Palin?
Get the message?
RNC sold it's soul!!

So will they be sending formal invitations in the mail to the RNC leadership or will they just draw a pentagram on the floor and summon them? This is clearly not the party of Lincoln, TR or Ike!

I hear the first thing on the agenda will be to change the Republican Party's logo from an elephant to a wooly mammoth . . .

. . . an animal which has long been extinct to symbolize a party which is headed for the same fate.

Just be wary of the racist. divisive GOP'ers trying to change their party affilliation people. They think a new party affilliation gives them a new identity. If it looks like poop and smells like poop, it probably is POOP! Don't be fooled by the GOP!

Can the Republicans just go away? Greedy old pricks.

let Palin be the party leader so that we can be guaranteed another win in 2012.....

Jon @ 2:46
"Neanderthal man may be extinct. However, unfortunately, the RNC is not. Every few years the desire of "conservatives" to lead America back to the Stone Age re-emerges, and it will, no doubt, re-emerge again. Attention deficit disorder and historical illiteracy are endemic in America; Sarah Palin is proof of that."

I could not have said it better myself. If you look back, whenever we've had a "fiscal conservative" in office there has been an increase in the national debt – the opposite shows when a "spend happy" democrat has been in office. Exactly like neanderthal genetics, the inferior traits that led to their species being absorbed into the cro-magnon (read: us) genome cannot ever be completely washed away and will spontaneous show up as a dominant trait amongst random mutations if given enough time. What we are seeing in this country at this time is exactly the same thing, only in a political sense; the backwards inferior political views, be they from dems, repubs or indies, are being absorbed into the more suitable view for this time.

And the RNC/GOP invades the White House and US foreign policy with it's "holier than thou" attitude. Hey guys – when a murderer commits a horrendous crime and defends it with "it's not what I did that was wrong, it was the world's view of what I did" – we usually label that guy as insane, if not egotistical in the worst way. See some parallels?

tl;dr – Political evolution is taking place, and while it remains to be seen if the Democrat view is the winning view, it's pretty clear that the RNC/GOP are in the losing group.

Why are they meeting? To come up with lyrics to a new song about negroes?

This should be fun to watch.

I have to admit I very confused and disoriented.

As Will Rogers famously said, "I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat."

As a staunch, long-time Democrat, I'm used to seeing MY party as the one that cannot organize a one-car parade - but which has little trouble forming a circular firing squad.

Now that it's the national Republican Party that can't get out of its own way, I'm not sure how to react.

But if it keeps giving us election results like this year and 2006, I'll take it!

Let's pray that they forget what an utter DISASTER Sarah Palin was.

Chris from NC

So are they going to discuss way to better disguise their bigotry and intolerance? Will they be wearing their white sheets?

@ Mark, Atlanta – I am not defending this parody (that most have not even heard) but I will defend Paul Shanklin's (not Chip Saltsman) right to record and sell it. It's up to you NOT to buy it if it offends you. You have no right to NOT be offended (one of many brilliant ideas of our "Founding Fathers"). You do have the right however, not to buy the product. I will also defend your right to tell others not to buy it.

I will NOT, however, sit by while you lump me (or anyone else) into a single group mentality that only exists in the minds of the intolerent.

reading through all the posts here.. Wow and they are calling the Repubs evil mongers and Racists. Look in the mirror people.

These sleaze bags are delusional if they think they can put the Jeanie back in the bottle. They treated Ron Paul like a drug addict and look who was right about everything he talked about, only Dr. Paul. They are stuck in ways that will only hurt and divide the nation, and you watch, their biggest contributors will be the Military Industrial Complex. They will not allow this country not to be at war....The years of Reagan have long vanished, the GOP was taken over by the real fringe radicals.

@ jim in Birlington – once again, I see those that can't spell calling others "idiots". I just don't understand that one.

It is doubtful the GOP can change it's stripes to the degree that would make it a relevent political party for the 21st century.

Too many old boys with old ideas and ideology for core of the U.S. citizenry that is coming of age. The religious right only has one concern and that is not the country but rather their personal beliefs be forced upon the country.

Ditch the extemists both religious and conservative as they represent the past 8 years and won't settle for anything less regardless of the harm that comes of it all.

Maybe they can do kareoke

It is sad that the Republican Party does not live in reality. This past 8 years and past election proves that. There are good , honest folks in the Party, they just do not have control. These folks should go out and form a new party, which actually deals with reality and truth. The one thing we have learned from Republican's this last few years, is that they do not recognize truth nor reality.Operating on fear tactics backfired this year, and will from now on. The" my way or the highway" approach has done so much damage at home and abroad. Not to mention the uncontrolled policies of free market which has caused business to leave the country, using the tax breaks that King George helped them get, to build and employ overseas. May they rest in peace.

Bring In Mike Huckabee. He will set them straight. Enough of these establishment Mitt Romneyesque guys running the show down there.

unless the GOP gets someone that can reform them forget it. the are the party of the right religious groups nobody else..so rest in peace GOP– better off dead

This sounds so much like the DNC reactions every time they lost a presidential election. EVERY TIME! Yes "Jon" every time the democrats are in power for a while the electorate gets tired of their antics and votes republican. Likewise, when the electorate gets tired of the republican antics they vote democrat. WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IS FOR THE ELECTORATE TO GET TIRED OF BOTH PARTIES AND VOTE THIRD PARTY !!!!

That being said rememmber, the next time you say the republicans are racist and bigoted, remember the president that made The Emancipation Proclamation was a republican and the man that made the "Dream Speech" on the Lincoln Memorial (that inspired so many to the Cause) was a republican. That's right, Lincoln and Dr. King were republican as are so many (like me) that marched with Dr. King.

Yes it was the democrats in the south that ran The Confederacy and owned the slaves.

We hate Republicans and so should you because its popular right now!

Get rid of Duncan! Bring in Micahel Steele!!!!!!!

Maybe they can all hold hands and sing "GOP the Magic Racists".....

Ah...C'mon....it's only satire....you're just too "Hypersensitive".....

You have to wonder if the RNC would feel compelled to hold this sort of ground-breaking meeting if a middle-aged white male Democrat won the presidency.

you dems are a joke! pelosi,reed ,dodd,rangel,johnson,blago,raines
should all be in jail for corruption. nothing like hiding behind the rnc's internal problems to brush of the most corrupt party in U.S. history

so the RepubliKLAN party has decided to hold a meeting – most hotels have white sheets, so I guess they won't be lacking in supplies, in case anyone forgets theirs. THEY ARE A DISGRACE TO THIS NATION!!!

The way the RNC elite crapped on candidate Ron Paul during the presidential race proves that they intend to continue their politics of slander and scandal mongering (as does the DNC) into the foreseeable future and have no intention of truly reforming themselves.
God help us all.

Neanderthal man may be extinct. However, unfortunately, the RNC is not. Every few years the desire of "conservatives" to lead America back to the Stone Age re-emerges, and it will, no doubt, re-emerge again. Attention deficit disorder and historical illiteracy are endemic in America; Sarah Palin is proof of that.

I bet they won't invite Ron Paul. When will the GOP learn?

I hope that this meeting will allow the GOP to realize that it does not need to re-invent itself. In order to become more current with the times it needs only to go back to it's roots. It needs to go back to it's ideals and vision for America during REPUBLICAN President Lincoln's tenure in the White House. I am a life long Democrat, but if the GOP could find it's way back to those honorable roots it just might get a new member in me.

Talk about a party divided: Quote from Tina Benkiser: "If I ran for chairman, I decided after looking over the field, it might contribute to dividing the conservative vote and allowing a moderate to win." Benkiser has made it clear there is a Republican battleground of moderate vs. conservative. (Does the Mason Dixon line come into play any where?)

The republican party does not need to REINVENT itself, we need leaders that actually represent us accurately. A few people at the top DOES NOT make a party.

Some of these comments are from ignorant haters. Shameful.

Who cares they had their chance, for the past eight years America has put up with these lying stealing corrupt thieves selling our country out for the benefit of corporate companies with no reguard for the people or what their policies have done or will do. It will take decades to recover from this mess the bush white house and his bumbling good ol boys have given us. Let them gather let them plan let them try to regroup they have noone to blame but themselves for the RNC situtation. Every move they have made has led to a disaster for this country, pray America is not foolish enough to let these people control our country again.

will they be burning a cross

Did anyone invite Gov. Palin? I thought she was in charge. What about Karl Rove and Scooter? I hear Ann Coulter's schedule is open. Then there's Ted Stevens and Larry Craig....

Keep up the good work, GOP. You're doing a splendid job.

These GOP leaders should spend some time discussing why people are leaving the Party ... why, for example, there are virtually no moderate elected officials left on the national scene. As a former Party leader, I know what drove me away: (1) the Religious Right, (2) the Necons, and (3) the Economic Royalists (the Club for Growth types) who, in concert, have made the Party an ideological mess ... and whose policies, as administered by the Bush team, have made the country ...make that the world ... a mess that the new Administration will have a hard time cleaning up. They should reflect on how far the Party has moved from its once proud core principles.

Rethugs Unite, Gird you loins.

Good luck with that...

The GOP needs a real leader. The only thing I hear about this party is when they are attacking each other or someone else over something uncalled for. I say get rid of all of them and just erase you from existence. They are like little kids fighting over candy.

The RNC has insured that they will loose more elections with the likes of Saltsman. The American people are moving past the racist crap that is veiled in cute by 1/2 cd's & songs. It's ok by me, the RNC has no atraction to me and i am an Indepenedent. Keep digging, keep digging!

Agreed, RNC is dead to me too. I'm heading Libertarian myself. Far too many power-trippers decided to hijack the Republican Party and run it like they do their Board Rooms.

Let me see, this is going to bea "stra-tigery" meeting for all the neocons since their boy is moot now.

Guess they'll allhold hands and sing "Barac that magical Negro" together.

ANYBODY still backing these failed policies and ideas is either a moron, dumb as a rock or hasn't been living on this planet for the last 16 years.

Idiots.

The RNC has become a disgrace to our democracy. They seem to stand for nothing but hate and division. Old habits do die out and that's exactly what's happening to the RNC and they can thank Rush Limbaugh.

I understand that the GOP is running a recruiting campaign with a slogan of "Join the GOP and learn to hate. We have hired Rush to teach!"

I voted for R. Nixon, R. Regan and the Old Bush. But I stopped voting for the GOP when they sent that "W" in as the presidential candidate. The GOP has been controlled by a very small group of their members for their own selfish reasons. This small group of GOP members has fooled their own party and the American voters twice, and has done so much damages to the U.S.A. Now that the reputaton of the GOP spells failures in every front, i.e. War on terror, economic crisis, energy, health care, etc. The 2008 election showed the American voters have waken up and abandoned the GOP. This warning shot should give the GOP a clear sign as where they need to be heading in order to survive. the next 16 years.

There is no difference between the RNC and DNC except that the RNC tries to weed out its corrupted officials, and the DNC just circles the wagons to protect them. Both parties go against the people's will.

The Republicans lost much territory with the Bush administration and are now gathering to recoup some of what they lost. They cannot be trusted to be above-board with their ideas, so we need to monitor every move they make to be certain it is not a Trojan horse. The Democrats have won the country back, and will clean up the mess left by the Bush administration. We need to make certain the Republicans don't try to undermine the efforts of the Democratic Party. They are quite adept at talking out of both sides of their mouths at the same time.

What they haven't taken enough corrupt money? They haven't taken enough money from the tax payers and given to the CEO friends? They see the end is near to their looting of America and the are worried? Or are they just afraid that end of rule by white Americans over other Americans is hear. I don't know why they need this special meeting, but something that should strike fear in every democracy loving, peace loving American.

LET DUMBO THE ELEPHANT BE THE LEADER!

The Republican Party has imploded, and no amount of ritual CPR will ever change the fact that they destroyed themselves in full view of the public. They missed the boat when they blew off Ron Paul.

Maybe they will bet the whole party on Palin to be their saviour, this group has got a long way to go to even understand why they lost everything in 2008

Maybe they'll sit around the campfire, cleaning their firearms, drinking Bud, crying in their beer, singing "Where Have All the Voters Gone...?"

Maybe they can hold their meeting on the moon. I'd chip in the send the dinosaurs into space. "Barack the Magic Negro" indeed. And these knuckle-draggers actually have the gall to defend this garbage.

Goodbye GOP-young people see right through your hypocrisy-and they hate it!

The 2008 election has forced the repubs to show their true colors to the world. Their racism and misogyny is no longer thinly veiled. With Sarah Palin's repeated lines of "he's not one of us" and "the REAL America", the repubs have shown they prefer to continue to divide our country rather than work together to face our real challenges. As far as Mike's favorite song being a satire? Please. I've been in enough homes to know this is how racist white folk speak to each other when they don't know someone out of their circle is listening. This RNC meeting will be a failure just as the last 8 years were. The conservative ideaology as it stands today has been proven wrong. Yet the followers would prefer to keep dragging America down rather than admit they were wrong. Their mantra will always be Party Before Country. How pathetic and Un-American. Yes, this meeting will fail because they will never be able to convince their southern religious voter base that they are too far to the right. They need the followers of Leviticus to win. In the end, they will continue to fight amongst themselves and block every democratic attempt to solve our problems just like the last 8 years. Power and money are the only thing that they're interested in. Pathetic.

GOP is for geezers, racists and clueless folks.

RIP GOP.

Ding dong the RNC is dead.

RNC, WallStreet, GM, Chrysler, Ford, Fannie Mae, Freedie Mack, all DOA at the taxpayers expense, the RNC had 8 years under Bush/Cheney to get it right......HAPPY NEW YEAR AMERICA!

Reid and Pelosi are rational centrists? That is hysterical. Wow. Crazy lefties...

Washington DC's average IQ will drop while these clowns are in town! Hey, at least we can laugh at them! The GOP needs to go into hibernation for at least the next 20 years!

I have been a moderate republician all my life. I was deeply disappointed when the far right shoved Pallen down McCain's throat which helped him lose the election. Get with it RNC. Alot of us don't like the right wing social conservatives agenda. As long as they dominate the party we are going no where.

What pisses me off is that all of these Right-wing Republican talk show hosts are saying that the RNC needs to try to attract blacks into the party. This is only because they lost big in November. The RNC, RUSH, Hannity...ect did not make a cry to include blacks prior to Nov 4th 2008!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So if McCain and Palin won, then it would be business as usual. So let me do the math here; you want us in the party for VOTES!!!!, not because you care about our issues!!!!!!!!!!...you RNC people make me so sick my skin is turning white!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ron Paul told you so.

Are they meeting to decide what to do about the Mike Connell story?When that story breaks,all the rest will be small potatoes.

...oh yea, right up in the "Hood" Chaney you bring your guns, George bring your dancing shoes so that everyone can dance to the Republicans number one hit!!!!!!!!! oh yea, and Rush you be sure and bring the Drugs!!! hahahahaha.

Hey I know- howabout ditching trickle down. That idea no longer works. The money trickles down to factories in China that we've outsourced to.

The RNC lost its way when it decided to be like the old school Democrats who stood for segregation and racism. They do stand for socialism, but only under certain circumstances.

"Et Tu Brutus"........the knives are out but it will remain to be seen if the
GOP can re-invent itself to be more relevant in todays world.I think not
as long as the cater to the crowd that has got them where they are now.

IT SHOULD NOT BE CALLED A MEETING BUT THE CONVENING OF A COVEN

Oh, yeah – that's right, Republicans. Keep telling yourselves that the reason you're failing is that you've moved too far left.

Don't you get it? You lost this election because you alienated and ran off the moderate voters. You know, the majority. The voters who don't blindly vote on party lines and instead elect the best candidate on the slate. In other words – people who THINK.

There are radical fringes at both ends of the political spectrum and this country's really sick of the right fringe's politics, so they did the only sensible thing: they took away their power. Your power, Republicans. You did it to yourselves by pandering to the fringe and convincing yourselves that they represent any kind of a majority in this country.

Your heads are in the sand, GOP.

Oh good, let's hope they don't forget their white sheets and pointy hats. They just don't get it.

One thing you would hope that the GOP has learned in the last 16 years – Bill and Hillary Clinton are here to stay so the attacks (i.e. the 73 million dollar Ken Starr report and all of the other investigations that lead to nothing) were useless.

A huge waste of money and time – why don't these idiots try to solve their own problems (like educating Sarah Palin) instead of trying (and failing) to destroy the Clintons.

I wander during the RNC klan rally will they sing the "Magic Negro" song!

This meeting might give the GOP a chance to rethink some of those losing strategies, including the tendency to connect with religious right-wingers and the desire to recreate a Leave-it-to-Beaver nation that never existed in the first place.

"Chip the redneck bigot, lives in Tennessee..."

Oh, please pardon the irresistible attempt at savvy political satire – I was only trying to rally our base while continuing to alienate everyone else. Did it work?

On a more serious note: hopefully the RNC truly sees what's happening to them . If the "plan" on Mr. Saltsman's web site is any indication, all the RNC will be doing is reactionary (case in point:: the proposed "Watchdog" to monitor the Dems) – there's still no clear vision for the party.

Hmmm tell them not to forget their hoods and robes

The one thing the republicans need is acceptance. The one thing the republicans will never stand for is acceptance. Case closed, party irrelevant.

Maybe they can play their new theme song that Saltzman sent out.

It is interesting to note that three liberals answered this with their usual useless blather. It would be so nice for the liberals, who have destroyed my America, to provide constructive criticism instead of their constant stream of BS.
Republicans need to meet and get back on the trail of decency, honesty, pride, character and knowledge, something that most Democrats can never do. One the GOP agrees that those are the priorities, we can bring the country back into good government. Until we do that, the opposition will continue to destroy what little value is left.

much ado over nothing, they better learn who will have the power soon, and they better learn to deal with the short end of the stick, like the rest of us have endured for so long. The GOP is down, let us step upon their neck and finish them.

The GOP is dead. They just don't matter any more. All those crazy white old religious men don't get it – never have and that's why they lost and will continue to lose. Saltzman is the poster child of that party.

Need I say more?

So are you watching CNN? Hezbollah Drumbeats....
They think they have an Ally... Soon to be your leader...

Maybe the Rogue Nation Creators are planning another terrorist attack like 9/11! And Sarah Palin can be the cheerleader!!!! WAIT AND SEE!

Funny how CNN's progressive corruption keeps even the RNC ahead of it in ratings..

The republicans have not cared about the little guy for ages and they have reaped their riches from the backs of more and more downtrodden that now we outnumber them and it's time for PAYBACK! They are now seeing that they cannot become wealthier if the rest of us have zero. No matter what percentage they take from zerio, it still comes out ZERO!

The sad truth is that the GOP has been duped by the mainstream media into acting in a way that is contrary to who they are. There is nothing that the GOP needs to change, they just need to quit trying to overreact to everything the media puts forth. For example, this CD that was apprently put out calling Obama a magic negro. Well, come on. Some people do see him as the great messiah and that is certainly corroberated by the non-critical media attention he has been getting. So, what is the issue with that? The GOP just needs to continue to be the America loving party that it has always been. A party that puts God and country in proper persepctive. A party where work is honored and laziness is abhorred. A party that believes in the sanctity of life. A party that believes in individual and personal accountability. A party that believes the best government is the one that governs least. The GOP appears to be constantly on the defensive. Listen Republicans, unite, and who cares about what everybody else thinks. Hold to your core values. Remember, the brainless constituents of the Democratic party, which indicidentally, represents the bulk of their base, are to lazy to try and do anything. They will sit around, collect their welfare checks, and wait for their master the government to enact change for them.

The republicans are damaged goods.

They have long stayed away from technology, and social networking.

With the republican party, and republicans in "general" observing how the Obama Campaign exploited technology, they realize they have a lot of catching up to do. We are going to be seeing alot of "obama styled" internet campaigns by all republican politicians for now on, ie: webcasts, web addresses, facebook, myspace, twitter, etc, the whole works. It's going to be comical watching the copycat methodology, but it's something they are long overdue for.

One of the sadest examples of republican propaganda machines trying to cater to "young crowds" who are into the internet and technology is fox news's attempt at this foray,, the attempt is called: FNU – Fox News University, it's pretty sad and rather hilarious.

I'm not surprised republicans are behing the curve w/ technology, it shows how out of touch with society they are.

Charles L. Shaw, Liverpool, NY December 29th, 2008 1:10 pm ET

The RNC is dead, may it rest in peace. This party lost its way, when it decided that the party needed to be more like the Democrats.
Time for all former RNC party members to join Ron Paul, and the Libertarian party in bringing Freedom and Liberty back to the USA.
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More like the Democrats!!!!!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAA......HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAA. Seriously... more like the Democrats!???! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA.

Well, I hope the Republicans don't try and pick someone who has "celebrity" status in the eyes of America.

I'm sorry.......but I for one......don't want to see the President of the United States on the cover of People Magazine for the next four years.

Time, Newsweek........YES......People, US, National Enquire.....NO!!!

But.......I think that's what we'll see.......a topless President.....UGH!!!

You idiots voted for him......hope you like hairless chests and skin and bones!!!

WOW IS IT THE END FOR GOP? ALOT POEPLE LOSSING THEIR HOMES AND GOP WORRY ABT HOW THEY CAN KEEP THEIR JOBS AND EVERBODY ELSE LOSSING IT. THEY HAVE TO SUPPORT MR OBAMA TO CLEAN THE MESS THEY COST TO THIS COUNTY

what a pack of desperate LOSERS..... If that boob Palin is the best they got we can be looking at decades of Dems in DC... YAY

Hey, CNN. 18 > 16!

Its good to see all of the complacent Democrats taking cheap shots becaue it means tehy aren't ready for the fight of their lives in 2010.

Time for a third party – time to get real and get religion out of politics; to build a conservative platform that focuses on real issues that matter to all Americans.

Hey here's an idea:
Stop treating people who don't act exactly like you un- American.

Fire that idiot who made up the Puff the Magic Dragon parody.

In short: Democrats learned how to organize by watching you- you should watch us for a lesson on inclusion.

We have had 8 years of declining GOP leadership under Bush and Cheney and their ideological draft dodging friends from the far right.

These people have led us into disaster with their idiotic ideas, racist, comments, blantant lies, roaring hypocrisy, and juvenile arrogance. The next sound you hear will be the flushing of the Republican Party down the toilet of history if this right-wing extremism continues.

All you had to do was watch and listen to the fanatics attending the Mccain and Palin campaign speeches. Obama was described as a Marxist, an Arab, Unpatriotic, an Islamic Extremist, and other stupid crap.

I want my Party back. Shove those right-wing liars out the door!

I guess when you offend almost every black person in the nation with the song, 'Obama the magic Negro' and then follow that up by offending every Spanish speaking American with 'The Star Spanglish Banner', it's time for an emergency meeting.

Oh, and for the fiscally responsible party that just ran our entire economy off a cliff and a President that brought peace to the Middle East demonstrated by all the shoe throwing going on directed directly at him or an effigy of him, they certainly need a new image.

I don't think they'll go the Libertarian route though, seeing as how that would inhibit the government from bailing out all Bush's rich friends and cronies in the financial sector.

Whatever will they do? All those rich old white bigots will be dead in a few years and who will take their place?

I always see comments from folks here ready to lead the charge, but they usually can't spell or use any kind of recognizable grammar so it might be difficult for them to govern. The real question is, will there be enough stupid, bigoted people in the future to support a racist party? I hope not.

Belatedly, some Repubs are finally realizing that racist jokes actually not funny. The leading candidate to take over their party sends all his pals a copy of "Barack the Magic Negro" and is now very confused because other Repubs are disavowing it.

Too little too late. GOP: good riddance.

I hope this is one of those "sting" operations where they lure the culprits to a single location under false pretenses and then arrest them all. I'd like to see all of those guys doing the "frog march" out of there!

The Republican party had better hurry and find someone that can get past the racists (Chip Salzman anyone?), evangelical right wing nutjobs and wealthy corporate elites to represent them or they can kiss goodbye any chance of ever winning a national election again! (Angry Republican that voted for Obama)

Send in the clowns........

The RNC is going down the drain with all the other crap! Good riddence.

Nick The Photographer December 29th, 2008 1:08 pm ET
Be very afraid America… evil is stirring.
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Ohh, to be a fly on the wall at that meeting!

unless distancing themselves from the religious right is on the agenda, this party is doomed for failure. i only voted for two parties this year: democrat and libertarian. the party, much like its base, is aging and dying.

Stick a fork in it. The old GOP is done. Toast. Kaput. The divisive politics and negative campaigning pioneered by Atwater (may he and his guitar rest in peace) and sharpened by Rove, as well as the discredited supply-side economic theory, were the GOP's bedrock. But the bedrock has crumbled, thanks to the disastrous Bush years and a Republican agenda hijacked by social conservatives and big spenders.

The traditional Republican values of smaller government, personal responsibility and lower taxes have been crushed under the heavy boot of the Bush administration; an administration which oversaw, among other things, huge increases in government size and spending, a bloated bureaucracy, a privacy-destroying Patriot Act and a borrow-and-spend policy that will keep our great-grandchildren paying the price.

If the once-proud GOP is to ever have any hope of gaining traction with the American public, they are going to have to free themselves of the shackles of the last eight years.

The RNC need to meet to discuss how to change their moral values. The Republican party has went down in flames

I WILL CONTINUE TO HOPE THAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY CONTINUES TO TEAR ITSELF APART FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.

IT HAS BECOME FOR THE MOST PART A BUNCH OF OLD WHITE GUYS FROM THE SOUTH. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

I'm with Charles Shaw. I've been a lifelong supporter of the Republican party (its principles that is, not necessarily its candidates) but those days are officially over. The Republican party has drifted further and further away from its principles and George W. put the final nail in the coffin. I will never again vote for a Republican candidate. It's time for the Libertarians to step up to the plate and be what the Republicans ought to be.

The RNC is on its deathbed but has no one to blame but itself.

Some Americans who once embraced the RNC need another party to voice their opinion. The Palin's and Saltzman's of this party are creating a civil war appealing to the simple minded.

I would love to see a party come out headed by Powell, Portman, Rice, and other rationals who believe in and ac upon what the Republican Party once stood for.

Now that the REPS have lost the vote and the confidence of the American people they are trying to resurect themselves. TOO LATE. Unless they change their antiquated mindset.

Saltzman would be the perfect choice for the GOP chairman right now. And Ron Paul would destroy our economy overnight. This guy is all about himself and would not bend over to give his dying mother a helping hand.

Time to purge the hive.

I wonder if they'll bring along a guillotine to behead all the heretics in their party, those who believe in science, interracial marriage, Jeffersonian Democracy, etc.

All freedom-loving people should vigorously protest outside the meeting place. These facists wanted to set up a police state and arrest without warrant anyone who they viewed as a threat to their power.

World image of the RNC = A white guy driving a pick up truck with gun rack in the back with a rebel flag draped over anything and a bible somewhere in the glove compartment. Or the cowboy with the drilling platforms in the background smoking. Now ask anybody in the states if any of these fit their own profile and you would get a 98% resounding NO. The sad fact is this is what the RNC has made the world believe that this is "The real America"

There is evil afoot...

Tired of the circular firing squad? Hoping for a fair election process? Who would have guessed that Republicans were capable of acting like anything other than sheep after the past 8 years.

Are they gonna have a gathering on how they can be more racist and stupid?

Please people like the democratic party is an better. They are both self serving parties looking out for themselves not the people.

Ah–may the best man win this race. I am a Tennessean, but am guessing Michael Steele would make the best chairman.

By the way, most Tennesseans are not at all like Chip Saltsman. We're hard-working, honest, and do not make fun of people. Instead, we're the victim of cuckoo (yes, cuckoo!) Northerners making fun us. (For totally untrue things!)

At least we have candidates that have actually voted running in our races, unlike Caroline Kennedy.

i think their party is over, too much hate and racism, it will take a long time for people to forget their ugly campaign.

Charles L. Shaw @ 1:10:
Yeah Libertarians, that's the ticket. Less goverment regulation of banks, insurance companies and big corporations. Isn't that the Libertarian creed?

good luck to them. they really need to wipe the slate clean, eliminate any dead waste and re-group, make new decisions, bring back the ideas of the forefathers. People need to be accountable for their actions, limited government, etc. Time to go back to the old ways of thinking, but on a modern scale.

Should be some high-powered brain work going on there!

The RNC needs a revamp. The old must go and let the new enter. I am republican but with the recent attitudes in power I'm thinking its time for a change. My personal opinion is to vote out all the republicans and get some fresh new republicans in place and lets reform the party, the old fuddy duds need to go and a new idea must take over. The existing group has run this country into the ground, its time, out with the old in with the new, new ideas, new people a new attitude..........

Oh,dear,dear, whatever became of the Whig party? Methinks that the Republican party is just as feckless and oriented for dissolution! The party of Lincoln dead, oh,dear,dear!

When does the postpartisan era begin?

Good for them. That is the change this country truly needs.

When the democrats go off course, they just redefine their objectives. This radical shift to the left is a perfect example. They have alienated many of their party who held their nose and voted for the incompetent Obama as a last resort.

Well, one thing is for certain, the comedians will still be making fun of the GOP while Obama is president!

Will Rush Limbaugh get an open invitation to perform?

By Big Meeting they mean a Poker Game

Free Palestine!

Meeting held to decide a course of action. Do we hide racism or let it hang out in the open?

The GOP : GET OBAMA PARTY. The republicans no longer have a platform or relevant agenda. They sole purpose has now boiled down to finding a way to take down Obama. That is a sad state for American politics.

Maybe at this meeting they can find another way and purpose.

I revel in the fact that the Republicans are scrambling around like lost children trying to find their way home.

I also look forward to seeing how many of Obama's campaign strategies the Republicans hijacked and claimed as their own.

Just like Woolworth...Republicans are out of style!

Yeah....thats going to help.....

Why don't they go out and talk to THE PEOPLE!?!?!?

They are so backwards...... They will probably do a think tank on what's wrong with their think tanks.....

When any party,(no matter who's),is so badly splittered,that a person who wishes to run for the chairman ,can in public ,state such a "racist" statement,they need a first of it's kind of meeting.
I hope they work out their problems.
Saltsman need not show up.They can send him a letter.

Are they flying the bars and stars?They have now lost the second civil war and they are madder than a hornet.

Someone should tell David Axelrod that if Isreal as right to defend it's citizens from rocket attacks then the palistinians have a right to free it's people from the prison camps (gaza and the west bank) run by the so called democracy of Isreal.

Will the "Puff the Magic Dragon" guy be there? And, they wonder why people like don't vote Republican. I agree with their stance on so many issues but you get the idea through so many ways that non-white people are not welcome in their party. Hopefully, Jindal can change all that. I voted for O.. Give me a reason to vote Republican next time around.

This meeting disturbs me on three levels.

1. The RNC may actually be trying to wrestle control of the party from the rabid right fascists.

2. This means days and days of incessant coverage of what's her name.

3. Russia may use this as an opportunity to invade, since the half-wit will be out of town and unable to see "Putin's head pop up".

Is it being held in the Watergate Hotel? That's awesome.

Please let Chip "Puff-Dog" Saltzman become chairman of the RNC. That would be gold for Obama and the democrats. When Reid and Pelosi are the rational centrists relative to the RNC chair, that is change.

The RNC is dead, may it rest in peace. This party lost its way, when it decided that the party needed to be more like the Democrats.
Time for all former RNC party members to join Ron Paul, and the Libertarian party in bringing Freedom and Liberty back to the USA.

Be very afraid America... evil is stirring.