The New GOP Look: Shaved Heads

NOT more than a few days after some of the more vitriolic members of Free Republic, a conservative blog and sounding board, called Malia Obama "a typical street whore" and "ghetto street trash," and "wonder[ed] when she will get her first abortion" (story here)—comments provoked because she had the gall to wear a T-shirt with a peace sign on it—a slight but distinct majority of the Young Republicans have elected Audra Shay, no stranger to racist comments herself, as their Führer.

The public face of the GOP is starting to look more and more like the BNP. I can't help but think that what would be best for the Republicans—maybe not from a practical standpoint, but an important ideological one—would be to split into two wings: in one, the vile, belligerent chauvinists who wept or threatened to take up arms because a black man was rightfully elected, and in the other, the more rational members of the party who might not agree with Obama's policies but for whom assassination and insurrection aren't particularly attractive solutions. Based on the Young Republicans' vote, however, it would seem that the latter category is quickly fading into a voiceless minority. But is it really worth it for them to continue colluding with the racist arm just to maintain a certain strength in numbers?