democrat socialist party

Late yesterday, smart Republican Web guru Patrick Ruffini sent out an invitation to join a Facebook page that protests the proposed Republican National Committee “Democrat Socialist Party” resolution.
As conservatives, we shouldn’t shy away from calling out officials in both parties who have supported this unprecedented growth in government power as “socialists.” But… are you kidding [...]

I just talked to Frank Llewellyn, the national director of the Democratic Socialists of America, who was understandably nonplussed by the Republican National Committee’s “Democrat Socialist Party” resolution.
“It’s objectionable,” said Llewellyn, “because they’re giving socialism a bad name by associating it with the Democrats, who are the second-most capitalist party in the world. The election [...]

Here’s the text of the already-famous proposed resolution, below the fold. It’s courtesy of the Republican National Conservative Caucus.

Roger Simon confirms that the Republican National Committee will vote on, and probably pass, “a resolution rebranding Democrats as the ‘Democrat Socialist Party,’” even though weakened RNC Chairman Michael Steele has warned it “will accomplish little than to give the media and our opponents the opportunity to mischaracterize Republicans.”
In a totally unrelated development, Richard Posner [...]