Did you see — of course you did — Rand Paul out there trying to woo the black vote by arguing that once upon a time, in a land far away, the Republican Party was good to and for Afro-Americans? Talk about underestimating voters. There's not a person in this country who would ally with any political party based on what some who were nominally of that party did decades ago. No one. I'm sure even Senator Paul could name lots of things the G.O.P. did in the past that would drive him from the party if they were examples of its current policies. I don't think today's Republican Party is the same mob that elected Ronald Reagan, let alone the one that supported the Emancipation Proclamation. If that's the best argument they can make for themselves…
I'm going to keep a running list of Things Republicans Shouldn't Do. So far, I have…
- Discuss rape, especially if they're male.
- Attempt to lure black voters by going back to the previous century.
There will be more plus I may start one for the Democrats. The first item on it will probably be something about blaming the Iraq War solely on Republicans.