I think it’s time to totally eliminate the word “rebranding” and stories on GOP rebranding, don’t you?
The Republican National Committeeman in Arizona used the phrase “shucking and jiving” on Thursday in a Facebook post intended to mock the Obama administration’s decision to delay certain parts of the Affordable Care Act.
Bruce Ash used the phrase in a post that linked to a BuzzFeed story with the headline, “White House Delays Obamacare While Attacking Republicans For Trying To Delay Obamacare.”
“Some people wonder why I cannot figure out why I believe Obama is shucking and jiving on ObamaCare,” Ash wrote.
Would “shucking and jiving” likely have been used if Hillary Clinton was President? Would “shucking and jiving” likely have been used if Mitt Romney was President? You know the answer, although some will find ways to say, yes, it would, why of course, you’re being PC. But you know the answer, don’t you?
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.