Dangerously Incompetent G.O.P.

With Dick Cheney still claiming that the Iraq insurgency is in its last throes, President Bush insisting that we will achieve “victory”--whatever that means--and Donald Rumsfeld continuing to ignore the advice of military brass, it's easy to forget that many of the problems and disasters America faces are the result of a dangerously incompetent party running all three branches of government.

The Grand Old Party of the Republicans cannot escape primary responsibility for messes including budgets laden with pork, scandals going uninvestigated, repressive and polarizing policy objectives, the diminution of civil liberties, the widening and broadening of government meddling and intrusion, massive debt growth, and the destruction of the environment.

Now that the GOP has thoroughly succeeded in smearing, labeling and belittling the Democrats, here are a few labels that might appropriately redefine the acronym G-O-P:

Grumpy Old Pigs
Go Oppress People
Gas, Oil, Petroleum
Greedy, Overcharging Pirates
Gang Of Pain
Gross, Objectionable, Putrid
Glum, Ominous Pinheads
Grisly, Odious, Pathetic
Greed-Orgy Politicians
Greasy, Obnoxious Pretenders
Glaring, Outrageous Propaganda
Gluttony Over Principles
Ghastly, Overbearing Pomposity
Grouchy, Overrated Partisans
Gutless, Opportunistic Prudes
Grievous, Offensive Polluters
Guilty Occupying Prison
Group Originating Problems
Gentry Organizes Plunder