Republican Party

Let’s play “The Blame Game”!

Republicans and their media flacks just can't shut up about "Finger Pointing" and "The Blame Game." Their new fave catchphrases sound like reality show titles to me, but for really bad reality shows that would premiere on VH1 or something. "Up next on the Blame Game, watch what happens when Omarosa tries to pin the rap for a clogged toilet on Verne Troyer! And then, on Finger Pointing, who will host Steven Cujacaro point his pointy finger at today -- Jose Canseco or Vendela?!"

Oh, but, unfortunately, these phrases are not a bad reality show, they are part of real reality, Bush style, in which a couple of key phrases get repeated ENDLESSLY by the GOP mouthpieces, then by their shills at Fox News, the Washington Times, and on shoutradio, then, quite quickly, by the Mainstream Media. And thus the phrases become a legitimate part of the lexicon of Katrina talk.

The absurd part is that these heartless schnooks suggest that assigning blame (or what I like to call it, responsibility) is NOT part of solving the problem. When, of course, it's THE FIRST STEP to solving the problem.

So but since they're so enamoured of the phrases, I suggest that we turn the phrases right back at them. Yes, let's keep playing "The Blame Game!" If it's proven that you're "To Blame!" then you don't just get a "Finger Pointed!" you get "Fired!" and, ideally, "Sued!" and "Sent to Jail!"