[quidnunc]

CA Conservative wrote: Your headline is a bit off the mark - it is not the Republican party that is acting stupid - it is all of those self-declared "true conservatives" (usually Buchanan or Keyes supporters) that will vote against anyone who doesn't meet their single-issue litmus test. Much better to throw the whole country to the dogs (or to the Dems, which is worse) just to prove a point.

It was Wesley Pruden (or maybe Emmett Tyrell) who a number of years ago tagged the GOP as the Stupid Party for it's infighting during the Clinton administration.

I think it's time to resurrect that moniker.

[lepton]

It was Wesley Pruden (or maybe Emmett Tyrell) who a number of years ago tagged the GOP as the Stupid Party for it's infighting during the Clinton administration.

I seem to remember Joseph Sobran using it very early on.

[Pelham]

It was Sam Francis, and he borrowed it from a British wit who was speaking of their 'conservative' party.