Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal famously said that his party, the Republican Party, had to stop being The Stupid Party. A nice sentiment…but he just wrote an editorial that is kind of based on the assumption that Republicans are so stupid they'll believe any negative thing about Democrats. You can read it here and it's kind of amazing. It sounds like it was ghosted by Michael Savage or one of those "Liberals suck the blood of young virgins" talk show hosts like Michael Savage.
I have a lot of smart, reasonable right-wing friends but every so often, I run into someone who has an image of liberals that bears no resemblance to reality; that reminds me of when I was sitting in a comic book editorial meeting one time and the assignment was to create the most hateful, evil villains in the history of the medium. (The meeting never led to an actual published project but there were exchanges like, "How about if they have a ray that will torture every man, woman and child to the point where they will all commit suicide just to end the pain?" "No, that's too nice..")
I don't for a minute believe that Governor Jindal thinks the Democratic Party is 90% of what he says it is. I'm just kinda stunned that he thinks that's the way his followers should be thinking. Maybe somebody oughta remind him that all conservatives live in trailer parks, practice incest, hate minorities, worship Jesus but loathe the poor, etc., etc. Here are some other folks who think Jindal has not just jumped the shark but pole-vaulted over Sea World…