Web Watch: Relaunch of GOP.com

This relaunch effort my Michael Steele has turned into a joke and a spectator sport for some waiting to discover the ways this website is a FAIL.  First, lets address the fact that Michael Steele is trying to bring “hiphop” to the GOP brand.  I don’t get it, he needs to worry less about hiphop and more about the GOP’s failing strategy.  Other websites reported that the initial title of Steele’s blog entry was, “What Up?”, this is the latest title of his blog entry.  The title seems to change with every new posting.

And notice how the first sentence starts out, “The Internet has been around a while, now”.  Another issue is the “Future Leaders” page.  The page doesn’t have any possible future leaders listed.  It goes on to ask people to email who they think is a future leader.  This situation is typical.  The majority of the people most likely to send an email are those who are upset or angry, right now the fringe right wing are the most involved which means they’ll probably respond with most Glenn Beck for 2012 emails.  Steele needs to put profiles up of young republicans moving their way up or else how is anyone going to take this seriously enough.  The page does help narrow down the possible choices of future leaders to a possible 4 million,

You are – you, the people who make America work. We built GOP.com for you because we recognize you want a place to express yourself where our elected leaders —the people you elected to do your business in Washington DC—can hear, respond and interact with you directly.

Yes, you are – you. I can soo tell that Steele wrote this.  Next, the website has an accomplishment section.  I know, I know, why even bother right.  But they list their last accomplishment as being in 2004 involving DC school vouchers.

Now don’t get me wrong, I do support school vouchers but it’s really sad that, that’s the last major GOP accomplishment, according to the GOP.  Another failure was citing Jackie Robison as a GOP.  The Plum Line points out that Robinson left the GOP after he criticized the party for their racist views.  Apparently GOP.com doesn’t moderate user made/taken photos and pictures.  Um, I’m pretty sure this picture isn’t supposed to be on the site….

Btw, this photo got two 5 star ratings.  Well, there’s more but all you have to do it check the site out for yourself. I thought it’d be best to end with the cute drawing of Sarah Palin with pancakes on her head. Oh, and notice how the site shows tons of “real” minorities that are “apparently” republicans.  Ahhh, giving the false appearance that the GOP is inclusive good job Steele, but I think people can see past that.

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Insurance Companies Throw Temper Tantrum, Helps Make Case For Healthcare Reform

AHIP Pres. Ignagni

The insurance companies “warned” us that they’ll raise premiums if the Baucus healthcare bill passed.  This latest tactic by the insurance companies of using the consumer as a punching bag only helps make the case for a public option and insurance reform.

The Baucus bill doesn’t include the public option, this threat from the insurance lobby is exactly why the public option is needed.  Health care reform would also come with the benefit of insurance reform.  No longer should these insurance companies arbitrarily raise insurance premiums or deny those with preexisting conditions.  And no longer should they be allowed to blatantly lie and be rewarded.  Apparently the report they put out to announce the jacking up of premiums is extremely flawed.

Weird that insurance companies would spend millions campaigning against the Baucus bill as well as hr3200 (with public option) and then threaten to raise premiums.  Considering if they do this under the hr3200 bill, it would only push more people to opt for the public option which is something I thought the insurance companies didn’t want.  Another ironic part about this whole situation is that regardless of whether insurance reform (or health reform) happens, insurance companies will continue to raise costs. This is from, Stand Up For Health Care,

In the decade of 2000 to 2009, average family insurance premiums for employer-based health coverage increased from $6,772 to $13,073 — an increase of 93 percent while median worker earnings rose by only 19 percent.

I mean, why do insurance execs think we are even contemplating health reform!?  It’s because Americans can’t afford to pay current premiums.

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(Update) Conservatives Have More To Worry About Then Obama’s Olympic Fail

(Update below)

Why conservatives wouldn’t want the Olympics to be held in an American city is beyond me.  But they are loving the fact that the Olympics wouldn’t be in Chicago.  Their reaction is that of happiness, like Erick Erickson at RedState wrote,

Hahahahaha.

I thought the world would love us more now that Bush was gone.

I thought if we whored ourselves out to our enemies, great things would happen.

Apparently not.

So Obama’s pimped us to every two bit thug and dictator in the world, made promises to half the Olympic committee, and they did not even kiss him.

So much for improving America’s standing in the world, Barry O.

Maybe now perhaps we can hope he will mature a bit on the issues of foreign affairs. But I doubt it.

BTW, Dear Barack Obama, you are no Billy Mays.

It truly perplexes me that conservatives would not want the Olympics here in America.  For a party that claims they love America more than the rest of us, it’s really ironic they would be happy about this.  But, the republican party is at a downturn right now.  They have no clear leader and let Limbaugh and Beck control the party.  That’s something they need to worry about.  With Limbaugh and Beck controlling the party, the favorability of the GOP is net negative,

This poll is via, Pollster.  Brendan Nyhan goes on to point out,

The CBS results (not shown) are even more dramatic. In June, when the question was most recently asked, Republican net favorables were -30% and Democratic net favorables were 25%, which swamps the comparable results from the previous cycles.

By the way, Rio, South America will be hosting the Olympics in 2016.

Update: Obama’s comments after his Olympic bid loss,

Pure class

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Lindsey Graham Slams Glenn Beck, Calls Him A Cynic

Hits the nail on the head with his comments about Glenn Beck, birthers and Limbaugh.

His comments about America, makes me feel so proud.

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SHOCKING VIDEO: Glenn Beck Uses Vicks To Cry On Cue

What a nutjob lol.  This is only shocking video to those that love Glenn Beck and think he cries non-stop because he “loves this country”.

Freud.  So you mean he wasn’t crying because he lives in a country where he can look like a crazy ass for a cover shoot?

Now whenever he wipes his eyes on air, I’m assuming he’s whipping vicks under his eyes.

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