They Said It, Not Me

The Woodbury Democrat has a post about the Woodbury County Republican Chairman Steve Salem, who had some interesting remarks about his own party following Tuesday's election. Salem said the Republican Party has become Christian fascists.

Salem said he coined a new phase: "You've heard of IslamaFascists -- I think we now have Christian fascists. What is the definition of a fascist? Not only do they want to beat you, but they want to destroy you in the process."

Salem said "if things keep going the way things are going locally and statewide, it is going to be more and more difficult for Republicans to recruit candidates. We have elements of the party who are moral absolutists, who take the approach that if you don't take my position every step of the way, not only will I not support you, but I will destroy you."

Salem ended by saying...

Said Salem, "I think that the Republican Party needs to do a huge self-analysis and determine if we are going to learn from our mistakes or if we are going to repeat the same mistakes, which, if we do, we are going to continue to lose elections. ... Personally, I don't know how we could have done much worse in this election cycle. That should be a wake-up call to this party."

If it isn't a wake-up call for the Republican Party, it should be a wake-up call for Republicans. This isn't your grandfather's Republican Party.