Republicans, the true self-executing party

Oh, sweet, sweet irony. Remember how the far-Right were all up in arms over the 2010 Census, claiming it would lead to … well, whatever the hell their garbled brains imagined it would lead to? Remember how Michele Bachmann in particular, the stupidest woman in politics^[1], announced how she would refuse to fill out her census form and urged others to do the same? Well, it turns out that many wingnut Republicans are actually heeding that advice and are refusing to fill out and send back their census forms.

The result? Hilariously ironic self-destruction:

To the consternation of Republicans who know better, the anti-census effort may be having an effect. The party is starting to get more actively concerned about the consequences of right-wing paranoia related to the census spreading.

Some Republicans are worried that an anti-government surge among conservatives will lead to lower participation in the U.S. census, which they fear could reduce the number of Republican seats in Congress and state legislatures.

The census, which is currently being collated and is gathered every ten years, dictates the distribution of federal funding, how many House members each state gets and how congressional and legislative districts are drawn within states. [...]

The unstated concern [among Republican leaders]: An under-representation of conservatives could mean fewer Republicans in Congress and state legislatures for the next 10 years.

So, in trying to battle against a supposedly tyrannical government, they’re making it so that they have even less representation, leaving more room for Democrats to maneuver.

Hmm … um – hey, wingnuts! You know, the census? Uh, it’s also how they compile your fingerprints and DNA and read your minds! Yeah, don’t just refuse to fill them out; throw them away! Burn them, shred them, feed them to your dog(s) or small children! Just don’t fill them in and mail them back!

Oh, Republicans. You make political blogging so much fun at times.

(via Forever in Hell)

^[1] Believe it or not, I classify Sarah Palin as #2 in terms of pure dumbness. She’s more of the “pablum-gushing attention whore” type, whereas Bachmann is just certifiably brainless.