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After gays and flag-burning, what's next for GOP?

With the President and his panicky Republican allies seeking to rally the base with constitutional amendments against gay marriage and flag-burning, what else can they do to win support? They're betting that the rural, Midwest and Southern voters who fell for their pandering before will respond again, even if they lose on those red-meat issues in Congress. But to shore up their support, here are some other measures under consideration by the Bush Administration:

1. Mandating that all grade-schoolers learn to read directly from the Bible -- with chapbooks just like in colonial days.

2. Administration supporters are working with the Fox News Network to launch MolestTV, a 24/7 cable network highlighting coverage of trials, arrests and in-depth profiles of accused and convicted child molesters, mostly focusing on gays (even though critics of the new network note that a majority of pedophile cases involve heterosexuals.) Bill O'Reilly will anchor an hour show on the network, "Fighting for Our Kids," focusing on politicians, liberal journalists and judges who are "soft on crime" while featuring regular appearances by representatives of the North American Man-Boy Love Association (NAMBLA)

3. Executing a few scary-looking accused terrorists with "funny-sounding" Arabic names who have been held at Guantamano Bay.

4. Cracking down on all that cursing on HBO, once and for all.

5. Having Attorney General Gonzales order the arrest of mostly Jewish reporters for publishing leaked classified information about our secret intelligence-gathering and interrogation (i.e., domestic spying and torture) operations.

The closer we get to November, here are some other desperation moves being considered:

6. Putting out an all-gay list of fugitives and serial murderers on the FBI's Most Wanted list.
7. Banning all condoms and contraceptives from drug-stores because they promote "teen sex cults."

8. Pushing a constitutional amendment calling for life imprisonment for all doctors who either perform abortions or tell patients how to join NARAL.

9. Finding one of those flag burners, somewhere, and ordering a federal SWAT team to invade his house for a high-profile arrest. (Failing that, arranging through shell groups and third-parties a payment to an undercover Republican operative willing to be the perp and take the fall. That's Karl Rove's idea, but some administration insiders say it goes too far, dubbing it "Operation Reichstag.")

10. When all else fails, starting a pogrom. But this time, include illlegal immigrants, too. It's helped rally the base in other countries, so why not try it here?

Posted by Art Levine on 06/06/06 at 11:18 PM | E-mail | Print | Digg this | de.licio.us

Comments

Um... source for any of this?

Posted by: John on 06/07/06 at 12:14 AM

Yes - what is the source for this and do you have a confirming source? Actually as much as these guys have done I've a tendency to believe they're considering these options but I don't want to be a Rush Limbagh in Progressive clothing so - "Show me the Proof!"

Posted by: Roberta on 06/07/06 at 7:54 AM

Um, John, Roberta, he's JOKING.

Posted by: sleepofreaon on 06/07/06 at 10:04 AM

I'm not sure #7 is that far from reality these days.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/050806WA.shtml

Posted by: Brad Plumer on 06/07/06 at 10:07 AM

Like any good satire, it's just absurd enough to be funny, and just plausible enough to give you a little shiver. Nice job.

Posted by: Tim J. on 06/07/06 at 12:27 PM

Where the hell were these teen sex cults when I was in high school? Damn, we never had any fun! All we got was Madonna on MTV in a studded brassiere.

It wasn't until college that the sex cults popped up. We used to call them "dormitories".

Posted by: scott on 06/07/06 at 12:57 PM

I was going to say...you know when the two worlds get this close, we are walking at the edge.

Posted by: Ben Merc on 06/07/06 at 2:09 PM

I suspected he was joking, but honestly, in the blog format, it doesn't come across clearly.

Posted by: John on 06/08/06 at 1:07 AM

Unfortunatly, I can actually picture this crap going on; in our day and age.

Posted by: Lacey on 06/09/06 at 1:37 PM

Are you all that sure he is joking?

Posted by: Lynn on 06/09/06 at 5:00 PM

Hook, line and sinker! I was ready to ralley my resources and head to DC. Ahh, satire! I wouldn't put these things past them though. I can't wait for 2008.

Posted by: Samara on 06/10/06 at 5:00 AM

Knowing this sneaky, law breaking administration, they have the potential to do all of this!!!!!

Posted by: cheryl on 06/10/06 at 6:49 AM