Suckers: Cramer and Steele

Watching the Cramer/Stewart interview last night, and then reading this piece about Rush Limbaugh versus Michael Steele in Salon, it looks to me that the time has come for Evil to get rid of the dead weight. Cramer was thrown into the hyped up fray by a network that saw the chance to create a scapegoat and get some free publicity. He practically whimpered at his predicament last night. And Steele, though probably not a very nice person and definitely a moron, seemed to have the best intentions for trying to update his party, so it might have had some chance of surviving the next few decades. He's finding out very quickly that if you don't do what the fat man says, you're screwed.

However, the little darts of sympathy I’m guilty of are relieved by the thought that, “hey, you boys wanted to be in the tough guys’ clique.”

You wanted to hang out with the people who built their power on being mean, fanatical sons of bitches, who scared their base into following them. If you’re not capable of being one of the best of them, they were bound to turn on you. There is no room for moderation or intelligent discussion in Limbaugh’s party or on the equally scary cable news networks. Steele, if you thought you were capable of changing the RNC’s archaic hate-riddled path; then you are a naïve fool who closed his eyes to the reality of being a figurehead. Cramer, you don’t make friend with robbers. They slit your throat in the middle of the night, unless you get them first. And when they get caught, you go down with them.

When you’re going to fight amongst monsters, you’d better either be one yourself, or be something much bigger. It’s natural selection. You can’t be the kind of bully that cries when he gets slapped in the face. This isn’t the Hallmark channel.

By the way, I highly recommend getting drunk and watching the Daily Show interview. It was the emotional equivalent of watching an Obama campaign speech. Maybe even better, because it didn't have that greasy frosting covering up the rancid meat of the matter.