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Operation Enkourage the Krazy - Pitting Republicans Against One Another
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Congressman Paul Broun, Jr. of Georgia is pretty crazy. He's compared Obama to Hitler and claimed that the CDC wants to force Americans to eat more fruits and vegetables against their will.
The Flagpole, an Athens, GA, periodical, has a weekly segment titled "Paul Broun, Jr.'s Krazy Korner" in which author Matthew Pulver discusses the latest Broun-related controversy. This week, though, Pulver has decided to talk about something different:
Pulver is obviously joking around with the example e-mail, but could encouraging radicals to express openly just how radical they really are have any appreciable effect?
The Flagpole, an Athens, GA, periodical, has a weekly segment titled "Paul Broun, Jr.'s Krazy Korner" in which author Matthew Pulver discusses the latest Broun-related controversy. This week, though, Pulver has decided to talk about something different:
Matthew Pulver wrote:Last time out, I introduced Operation Enkourage the Krazy, my new plan to cheer on Congressman Broun in his most radically right-wing endeavors. The plan sounds counter-intuitive, but my goal is to destroy the Republican Party by fomenting internecine conflict. Emboldened by the Tea Party movement, Broun and the radical hardliners of the GOP are attempting to grab the ideological reins of the party and steer it toward unprecedented conservatism. Tea Party paragon Michelle Bachmann—to whom Broun once said "I love you" on the House floor, true fact—is almost certainly running for president. The radicals want the party's platform to all but mirror Broun's and Bachmann's. But, if successful, the radicalization will only spell electoral disaster for the party on the national level. That's where we come in.
Send Broun a letter. Send an email or call his office. Follow Broun's biggest supporter, "brounfan," on Twitter. Let Broun know that you are a big fan of his ideas. It's what I call "Broun-nosing." Here's a sample message with a few options:
"Thank you, Congressman Broun, for keeping the [gays, taxes, illegals] away from my [liberty, freedom, lawn]. Keep fighting [that Kenyan, that Muslim, that Communist] for my freedom to [own assault rifles, step on gerbils, own assault gerbils]."
As long as you mention your "liberties" and "freedoms" enough, the message will almost surely appear to be a Tea Partyer's encouragement. Pretty soon, Broun will be boasting of even more support and feeling invincible. It's only a matter of time before the Bachmann/Broun 2012 juggernaut is forcing an existential crisis within the GOP.
Pulver is obviously joking around with the example e-mail, but could encouraging radicals to express openly just how radical they really are have any appreciable effect?
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