Grover And Newt Ankle Bite Obama With 1998 Talking Points

It’s so lame, dated and harmless. It’s almost kind of cute:

Grover Norquist, an influential conservative tax reform lobbyist, said: “Barack Obama has been able to create his own image and introduce himself to voters, but the swing voters in a general election are not paying attention yet. He is open to being defined as a leftwing, corrupt Chicago politician.”

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Newt Gingrich, the former Speaker of the House and Republican guru, recently described Obama as the “most leftwing candidate to run since George McGovern” – a reference to the anti-Vietnam-war Democrat who lost 49 states out of 50 to Richard Nixon in the 1972 election.

OMG, Obama’s leftwing! He’s a socialist!!!!!

McGOVERN!!!11!!!!

So pathetic.

The days when the GOP brand was strong enough that all a wingnut had to do is scream "McGovern!" are over. Now the game-changing name is "Bush."

And do these two dinosaurs even realize they’re playing right into Obama’s hands with this kind of "left/right" partisan attack? It’s almost as though they’re totally ignorant of the 2006 midterms and America’s strong preference for Democrats.

I think it’s going to take the Repubs losing another 2, maybe 3 elections before they realize just how much damage Bush/Cheney has done to their party.

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