No, this isn’t aboot Michael Steele. God, give me some credit.
Doug TenNapel wrote a column called “Republican is the New Punk” that I found interesting. He speaks of how, now that Obama Politics is the new status quo and the former “rebellious” rock stars have now fallen in lock step with the establishment, conservative republicans are now the new counter culture.
So sayeth Mr. TenNapel…
Now that the art nerds and punks just became the football jocks and prom queens, a new rebel is emerging from the wilderness. They are the new anti-establishment. One minority force bands together against every other branch of government swallowed by the Democrat octopus. The last evidence of a check or balance against the popular people are now the Conservative Republicans.
The arts have failed. They no longer keep mass culture in check with thought-provoking art that challenges the establishment. Now they’re in charge of spreading the mainstream mandate of the Liberal Vatican. There isn’t an original thought among them, just a thousand-mile stare, a blue logo and the drone-like vocabulary of emotive, vaguely inspiring chants. We’re the new rebellion against the majority juggernaut that doesn’t take kindly to dissent. Make a fist and show them what happens when they tell you what to think, feel and believe.
What I found most interesting is that I’ve been noticing a little of this myself. Between Top Conservative on Twitter, the Nassau County Young Republicans, and various other conversations I’ve had with my fellow conservatives, I’ve definitely felt an “us against the world” vibe.
I think the fight against the crap sandwich the kids like to call the Fiscal Suicide Act of 2009 is a testament to that (as the amount of the bill grows, so grows the title). We stood together like a gang to encourage Republicans in the House to say “Nyet,” and as a result they all stood together and headed into their weekend retreat more focused then the party has been in years.
I’m not saying that we need to put “Ouck Fbama” bumper sticks on the back of our cars. That would make us childish and liberal. But by sticking to principle and sticking together, and keeping up the energy we all feel right now, all this noise aboot “the death of Republicanism” is something we can all have a good laugh aboot in 2010.
And even though this isn’t a “pro-Republican” song, a little Johnny Ramone never hurt anybody…
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