Fail: Gop Tries to Rebrand, Dresses Up Women in Fur for Offensive 'Pretty in Mink' Calender

Posted by Digby, Hullabaloo at 8:02 AM on November 25, 2008.

"Republican women decked out in mink coats. Not exactly a 21st century image."

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Republican women decked out in mink coats. Not exactly a 21st century image. But it sure says it all about the GOP. Their problem in a nutshell, or maybe should I say in a calendar.
Announcing the conservative women "Pretty in Mink" calendar. The Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute hammers home that Republicans are a 20th century party, complete with smart, even beautiful women, but whose ideas simply don't match the times.
Ann Coulter and Michelle Malkin preening in fur coats. Now that's classic conservatism.

Attempting to save a dying industry through featuring a dying political brand, both in need of rescue.
But at least the girls look great.

h/t to reader Bill who adds, "they'd better watch their backs or Sarah Palin might accidentally shoot them."

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how Neanderthal [Report this comment] Posted by: babs on Nov 25, 2008 9:05 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] a bunch of shrill harpies wearing dead animal skins. (coulter is already brain dead). do they have a dartboard version? I'd buy that. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Talk about lipstick on pigs! [Report this comment] Posted by: Quannah on Nov 25, 2008 10:18 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] From the website selling this piece of shit calendar: "We took some of your favorite leaders of today’s conservative movement on a journey back in time, and made them up into glamorous movie stars of classic Hollywood. Back when the big screen was a little more glamorous, women were a little more feminine, the men a little more charming—and the world a little less politically correct." Oh, I think I just threw up in my mouth a little... [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: Talk about lipstick on pigs! Posted by: Longdream » RE: Talk about lipstick on pigs! Posted by: Quannah Repubs want to be the party of trashy women? Bring it. [Report this comment] Posted by: Jasonix on Nov 25, 2008 2:00 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] I loved the 2008 election, with two strong, 6-foot-plus men running for the Democrats and a short, hobbled old man and a skirt-wearing tramp running for the Repubs. The Repubs seemed feminized and weak. That's a bad combo for a party that runs on the implicit appeal that authoritarianism has for a segment of the population which is chronically addled by fear and willing to trade its own prosperity for the promise of holding back change. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] Hey--from torturing men to torturing little furry animals.... [Report this comment] Posted by: Longdream on Nov 25, 2008 3:48 PM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] An improvement, no? No. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: Hey--from torturing men to torturing little furry animals.... Posted by: Quannah » RE: Hey--from torturing men to torturing little furry animals.... Posted by: Longdream Are they reassessing their stance on trannies? [Report this comment] Posted by: realist on Nov 26, 2008 7:40 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] After all, Ann Coulter's adam's apple is prominently featured in her photo. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: Are they reassessing their stance on trannies? Posted by: realist » RE: Are they reassessing their stance on trannies? Posted by: Longdream The Refucklicans........... [Report this comment] Posted by: tap17x on Dec 7, 2008 11:02 AM Current rating: Not yet rated [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] ......are trying to make the stupider members of the voting public associate Refucklicanism with prosperity. It will fail miserably, I hope. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5]

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