Don't Worry Meghan, I Still Wanna Bang You

My lady friend:

So tonight, I am proud to join you in challenging the mold and the notions of what being a Republican means. I am concerned about the environment. I love to wear black. I think government is best when it stays out of people’s lives and business as much as possible. I love punk rock. I believe in a strong national defense. I have a tattoo. I believe government should always be efficient and accountable. I have lots of gay friends. And yes, I am a Republican.

What's annoying about this little speech is that instead of looking at how she thinks about things Meghan McCain doesn't say "hey, maybe I'm actually a Democrat." Instead, she calls herself a Republican and then works her way back from there. You can't be a dude who fucks other dudes but claims not to be gay cause you call them "women." "I'm a Republican but cool with gay people." Hey, you know who isn't? The Republican Party.

Before too long the GOP will see loosening up on hating gays as an easy way to squeeze back a few more votes; they'll say "see? look at us, so progressive!!" and expect everybody to stand up and applaud.

Hey, if you hate gay people and think they should have no rights, fine. That's you. But the point is, I'm less interested in seeing people pretend to embrace certain things as a course of winning elections than I am that the number of people who think like that becoming fewer and fewer until they've completely faded away as much as possible. Almost by definition the GOP cannot be "progressive;" yet we had an election in November that showed that the majority of us are. Being a Democrat or a Republican isn't something you choose because you like the uniforms - and clinging to one may mean you're only slowing down progress that you yourself are actually in favor of.