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I was debating a Republican friend of mine last night on what the party needs to do to get back on track. I told him that I feel like as long as they continue to talk about gay marriage, Obama's birth certificate and the "real America" (ie; small town America) that they should just make themselves comfortable as the minority party in Washington. Apparently, he's a birther, one of those people who refuses to accept that President Obama is a natural born citizen of the United States. I asked him kindly if he'd ever heard of factcheck.org, and he took a funny right turn in the middle of our conversation. You see, according to him, I'm not following the "Principles of the 912 project." I almost started laughing but was able to contain myself long enough to ask him what the hell that had to do with anything. Well, supposedly, the "912 project" is something that Glen Beck invented. I'm sure you all know who glen beck is. He's the pussy on Fox that cries over the dumbest ass things, and got called out on the view for lying (and for crying). So my best guess is that they'll never get their shit together and continue to wander out into the political wilderness. They'll look and sound just as crazy as the democrats did for eight years when they refused to let the 2000 election drop and move on. They'll continue to talk about the real America and call people who don't agree with their political viewpoints Un-American because that's such an effective way to draw people under their political tent. They'll pin all of their election hopes on the back of Rush Limbaugh, Shawn Hannity and Glen Beck because of their ratings share on the radio and television, but what they won't take into consideration is that those guys only need a 5 or 6 point ratings share to be considered popular. They need at least a 51 point share of the populous to win elections. They'll keep talking about Ronald Reagan like he was the second coming of Jesus because these days, that's all they have to hold onto. There is literally NOBODY in the Republican party that can take them to victory. They'll talk about the great Sarah Palin and how great she'd do against Obama in an election, but they'll only be fooling themselves. I'm going to venture a guess and say that Palin has never read a book about the Middle East, World Wars one or two, Vietnam, Korea, Communism, Eisenhower or even an Atlas of the world. If she had, she would have known that Africa was a continent and not its own country. But when I tried to convey these points to my poor republican friend, all I got was a lecture about liberal bias in the media and lies about Sarah Palin. I asked him to cite one lie the media told about her, and he couldn't. I really hate the democrats, and call them out every chance I can. I think it's a bad idea for one party to be in control of all of the legislative bodies in Washington. We saw what happened when the republicans held both houses of congress and the White House. We're watching history repeat itself at this very moment. Unfortunately, thanks to a group of mind numb ditto heads and birthers, it's probably going to be a long trip back for the republican party.