Raw Story:

Determined to enforce the party line, the GOP has taken new steps to punish those members who have crossed the aisle in recent weeks to vote in support of the federal stimulus package and to send the message to any party moderates – turncoats will not be tolerated. In a Monday interview with Fox News’ Neil Cavuto, Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele said he was open to primary challenges to the three Republican senators who voted in favor of the federal stimulus package –Arlen Spector of Pennsylvania and the two senators from Maine, Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe. Spector is up for re-election in 2010. “My retribution is the retribution of the voters in their state. They’re going to have to go through a primary in their state,” Steele said, adding that the RNC would follow the lead of the state parties in choosing which Republicans to back with campaign money. “When the state party says we’re going to endorse a candidate, the RNC is behind them. When the state party says we have a problem with them, so does the RNC.” More…

What in the world are they thinking?? This isn’t a game. This country is in serious trouble – no thanks to the disastrous attempts at governing by the GOP. We are all Americans, and now is the time to work together for the good of this country – to try and SAVE this country. Is Michael Steele and the rest of the GOP missing this? Do they have ANY clue whatsoever how the lives of Americans (not Republicans or Democrats, but AMERICANS) are being affected by this terrible crisis RIGHT NOW? We are headed straight down, and there is no change in the direction of that line on the graph yet.

They should change their name. Really. The PFS Party. (Pretty F***ing Stupid), or PDS (Pretty Damned Shameful). Or, how about this: OTWO… (On Their Way Out).

This is petty politics at its absolute worst..

I would like to take a second and acknowledge the courageous actions of the three Republican Senators in voting for the Stimulus Bill. Thank you Senators Spector, Snowe and Collins. It took a real courage of your convictions to go against the ‘party line’ and instead vote for what was needed no desperately now – what was best for all Americans and the good of the country. Thank you.

Oh, and by the way, I am going to put in another plug for an EXCELLENT book by Thom Hartmann called “Screwed – The Undeclared War on the Middle Class“. It is a MUST READ! I can’t believe how much I am learning, and how much it is putting things in perspective for me. Thank you Thom Hartmann.

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