Next time someone says the Democrats are elitists, remind them

[yesthattom]

that this was printed in the REPUBLICAN congressional committee newsletter:

-Republicans usually wear hats. Democrats usually don’t

-Democrats buy banned books. Republicans form censorship committees and read them.

-Republicans study the financial pages of the newspaper. Democrats put them at the bottom of the bird cage.

-On Saturday, Republicans head for the golf course, the yacht club, or the hunting lodge. Democrats get a haircut, wash the car, or go bowling.

-Republicans have guest rooms. Democrats have spare rooms filled with old baby furniture.

-Republicans hire exterminators. Democrats step on the bugs.

-Republicans sleep in twin beds, some even in separate rooms. That’s why there are more Democrats.


Source: The National Republican Congressional Committee Newsletter

How many elitist references that the NRCC is proud of can you count? Lets see... golf, yacht clubs, hunting lodges, big houses, hiring others to do menial tasks. It’s pretty everyone knows that the implication of having lots of kids is an underhanded reference to minorities. And of course, what greater insult could an elitist give than to imply that someone else goes bowling.

If the DCCC newsletter printed jokes on this level, there would be congressional hearings and ethics proceedings followed by a multimillion dollar investigation.

(I’ve researched this a bit and the original source seems to be Congressman Craig Hosmer (R-CA).)

Comments

[bensong1.livejournal.com]

Funny, it looks to me like they're just lightheartedly making fun of themselves (and I was ever so mildly amused).

[cos]

That was amusing. Especially the last one (which I don't think the writer sounds proud of :)

[grendelgongon.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was more on the "making fun of themselves" end too. And the "sleep in separate beds" doesn't really seem like much of a reference to minorities--more a joking reference to the idea of republicans as prudes.