In the wake of the drubbing the GOP took on November 6, one prominent Republican after another has denounced the rhetoric the party used to sell its policies to the American electorate.
They're not denouncing the policies mind you, just the rhetoric used to sell policies which alienated a majority of the electorate and handed President Obama a second term.
Like so much of what passes for reform, the post-election cry for reform coming from the GOP is an insincere call for more of the same with form once again trumping substance. It amounts to little more than a new twist on the old trick of sweeping embarrassing dirt under a rug.
In this instance, the detritus consists of the GOP's unpopular, Machiavellian social policies, while the twist involves installing new, state-of-the-art, wall-to-wall carpeting designed to achieve the appearance of substantive change..
Today's Six Chix comic illustrates the concept...
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