Months ago the Republican Party redesigned its webpage to a shiny new, modernized image that makes iTunes seem like it’s for old people. They tapped into the social networking trends by adding Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube, and Flickr applications. They seemed to all of a sudden become “diverse”. Go there now, and look at the faces that pop up as the “O” in GOP. Around the same time, the GOP released a list of influential Republicans which featured only 4 WHITE MALES. Several of which were champions for civil rights, like Lincoln. Outlets were quick to skewer the selection of Jackie Robinson, among others, pointing to not a couple but many quotes from his autobiography that seem to suggest otherwise. The Daily Show had particular fun showcasing this quote: “By and large Republicans had ignored blacks and sometimes handpicked a few servile leaders in the black community to be their token “n***ers.” How would I sound trying to go all out to sell Republicans to black people? They’re not buying. They know better.” The most plain and obvious answer to the question came as a single thought, “…since I’ve never identified myself with one party or another in politics.” The new and improved GOP is at it again with another attempt to become the “cool” party in the eyes of young people, minorities, and the tech-savvy. Today their BlackBerry application called “WhipCast” will become available to the public. The application spurts talking points, summarizes bills, follows votes, and even keeps up with rumors, polls, and late-night comedy. To which the Democratic Party responded: with all those glitches and spyware, people still use BlackBerry’s???
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