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September 28, 2005

GUMPIFIED REPUBLICANS

Jeb Eddy, the Republican ashamed of his party, defended himself in an email exchange with a critic, John Armor, who claims Eddy is just a Democrat in disguise.

Getting a screwing Among the many things he says, Eddy notes that if one thing expresses "my Republican values," it is "Ike's farewell address three days before Kennedy's inauguration." He also says:

[A]s a Republican, I disagree with many actions, policies and values of the current Republican party, especially its present leadership. The effort to silence dissent within the Republican party has been a hallmark since Ronald Reagan. I believe it is misguided, and am willing to stand up and say so.

In the argument over whether Eddy is or isn't a true Republican, what escapes Armor and critics like him is that they're making Eddy's own case for him. By arguing that Eddy is not really G.O.P. ilk -- mainly because he has given contributions to Democrats and doesn't believe in the current Republican leadership -- they contend that to be deemed worthy of the G.O.P. he must be a narrow-minded, Bible-thumping, war-mongering supporter of incompetence, cronyism and mismanagement.

Which is precisely Eddy's larger point. And when Armor paraphrases Forrest Gump to clinch his argument -- "Republican is as Republican does" -- all he's doing is testifying to his and the G.O.P's Gumpness. Of which this is further proof: "Senator says storms are punishment from God." Needless to say, the senator is a Republican.

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Posted by jherman at September 28, 2005 10:49 AM

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