Republicans’ New Motto for 2008

According to House Minority Leader John Boehner, the Republicans will begin by Wednesday unveiling a new campaign slogan for the 2008 election, running on the theme “Change You Deserve”.

Are you kidding me? Did Americans deserve 5000 soldiers dead in Iraq? Did they deserve trillions of dollars in debt? Did they deserve a recession, high gas prices, a declining environment, and 8 years of rancid corruption?

And to top that off, Boehner said this:

With both Democratic contenders for the presidency stressing messages of change, Boehner, R-Ohio, has challenged his members to help get the public to view the GOP as a vehicle for new ideas.

But Boehner spokesman Michael Steel admitted it is a work in progress. “It’s a goal that we can be viewed as agents of change,” he said.

What have these guys been smoking?