The party of Lincoln

I was thinking about this blog article in the Christian Science Monitor: Limbaugh rips into GOP chair... which got me to thinking about this whole notion that radio commentator Rush Limbaugh is, effectively, the true leader of the GOP.

The central analogy of Limbaugh’s explanation for why he wants Obama to fail in the attempt to salvage the U.S. economy says it all, I should think, the former drug addict (under court control following his arrest for illegally obtaining prescription medicine) going on at length about how his desire for Obama’s recovery plan’s failure is no different than wanting the football team opposing his own favorite team to fail.

The fact that someone who sees the future of the United States in terms of an us-against-them football game is cast as the de facto fead of the Republican Party should be more than a little frightening, it seems to me.

I was a Republican for about a decade, seeking, fancifully, I suppose, to try to reconnect with the spirit of Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt that had been so central to the GOP when I was growing up.

That’s gone. The buffoons, simpletons, and street thug kingpins are running the show, now.

Maybe I AM in “the party of Lincoln” now — now that I’m a Democrat.