So tell us how you really feel, Repubs!

Are the Republicans really trying to lose?

Clark Durant is a GOP candidate for Senate in Michigan. His list of backers reads like a Who's Who of Michigan far-rightists, as he wins support from Betsy DeVos, Spencer Abraham, and the usual suspects.

While speaking to a College Conservatives group, Duran Durant attacked the Occupy movement and said America's wealth gap should be even worse than it is. "I think it should be wider," he declared point-blank.

That showed 'em! It showed 'em what the Republicans really think. They're not even pretending to care about the poor or the middle class.

As Occupiers continue to gain support despite official suppression and hostile media coverage, the Republicans are sneering in America's face. I'm reminded of the wealthy TV executive in 'UHF'. Letting the mask slip like this isn't how you win elections. So I hope the Republicans keep doing it - unless of course the GOP has become such a cult that people are willing to follow them no matter how much harm they face from the party's own stated policies.

Clark Durant is also a charter school executive - which kind of pokes holes in the Far Right's claims that "liberals" run the schools.

(Source: http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2011/11/senate_candidate_clark_durant.html)