How Fucked Is The Republican Party?

On The Daily Beast, Christopher Buckley makes the case for Joe Scarborough as the man to lead the Republican party out of darkness:

There’s been a lot of talk lately among Republicans about the need to find a new face for our party. Rush Limbaugh’s and Dick Cheney’s are, let’s face it, a bit scary. John Boehner’s looks like it wants to sell you a used car. Mitch McConnell’s looks like that of the accountant who’s explaining to you why you can’t afford the car that Mr. Boehner is trying to get you to buy, no money down.

So we Republicans have a Face Gap with the Democrats, who—let’s face it—have the best one of all in Mr. Obama.

Well, I think I’ve found the new face of the Republican Party. It’s not a new one, entirely, and it’s been hiding out on national television every weekday morning from six to nine.

Joe Scarborough.

I say this because I have just read his new book, The Last Best Hope: Restoring Conservatism and America's Promise. It’s not a perfect book by any means. It’s a bit preachy here and there, a bit speechy here and there, a bit cutesy here and there, and occasionally repetitive. That said, it is a thoroughly honest book about the largely, if not entirely, self-inflicted wounds the Republicans have visited upon themselves over the last eight or more years. And his argument that we are heading to certain fiscal disaster is quite calmly and dispassionately made. Into the bargain, Joe Scarborough comes across as a profoundly likeable and reasonable man. Reagan Lite, you might even say. Could we do better? I’m open to suggestions.

Suggestion? How about a random retard hauled off a random short bus? Seriously dude, if you're looking for Joe Scarborough to lead you, you might as well just curl up and whimper yourself into the great beyond. This guy makes Bobby Jindal look like, well, William F. Buckley. Plus I'm not altogether convinced Scarborough is human. There's something naggingly ape-like about him. It's possible he may have started out human, but fell into some mad scientist's de-evolution machine at some point, and came out as something closer to Jon Voight.