Friday, May 28, 2010

Clueless Brett Guthrie

By Wednesday afternoon, Congressional repugs' silly "Speak Out America" website was already the laughingstock of the Interwebs, liberals saboteurs having overloaded it with sarcastic suggestions to the point that it broke down.

Wonkette has the best takedown. Be sure to read the comments.

But on Thursday afternoon, 24 hours after it became just the latest exhibit in the terminal ridiculousness of Congressional repugs, Kentucky's Brett Guthrie (R-2nd) was promoting the site to his constituents.

If you cannot attend one of these events, I encourage you to visit www.AmericaSpeakingOut.com, where you can suggest ideas of your own or weigh in on ideas offered by others. This website brings the halls of Congress into your home.

Brain-dead grafitti and all.

And from Steve Benen, the DCCC has already gotten in on the fun:

In its return volley, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) has come up with a rival site that allows participants to vote for the worst Republicans ideas.

GOPContractWithAmerica.com is a campaign website that links to a new Facebook application that allows supporters to fill out a poll and share it with their Facebook friends. Republicans have said their new site is not campaign oriented.

"The DCCC launched this new initiative to enable our four million plus grassroots supporters to vote for the worst GOP priorities that benefited big corporate special interests under George W. Bush," DCCC Spokesman Ryan Rudominer told CNN in an e-mail. "The DCCC will continue on the cutting edge in allowing our grassroots supporters' voices to be heard."

As far as I can tell, the Dems' project is paid for with party money, not tax dollars.

Salon's Mike Madden, meanwhile, reports on another potential down-side to the Republicans' site: if it becomes more popular, it costs taxpayers more money. "[C]oncerned about keeping government expenses in check?" Madden asked. "Whatever you do, don't click on America Speaking Out."

But Mike, ridiculing the repugs on their own lame site is so much more fun!

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