Readers can, however, be even more grateful he's not a doctor:
Now, this doesn’t mean that the national Republican apparatus is anything to be emulate. There needs to be a wholesale party colonoscopy in the GOP to flush out the political effluent of party hacks and opportunists has made Republicans so ineffective over the last couple of decades.A colonoscopy, after all, is a different procedure for a different purpose:
It is through a colonoscopy that a doctor can see if there is inflammation or abnormalities in the rectum, intestines and colon.
The patient is given pain medication and a mild sedative so they can stay relaxed and comfortable during the procedure. A colonoscope (a long, flexible, lighted tube) is inserted into the patient's rectum and is slowly guided up through the small intestines and further up into the colon.
There is a tiny camera in the scope that transmits an image of the lining of the colon. By examining the image on a video monitor, the doctor can check for any abnormalities. If any are detected, the doctor can either remove it or take samples to be tested in a lab.
No flushing accomplished by that means.
(A "wholesale party colonoscopy" is a proposed Republican National Committee "Young Eagles" event at a dwarf hermaphrodite showtunes piano bar in Branson, Missouri.)
So how to flush the effluent?
You can't.
Effluent is already out. Merriam-Webster:
Main Entry: 2effluent
Function: noun
Date: 1859
: something that flows out: as a : an outflowing branch of a main stream or lake b : waste material (as smoke, liquid industrial refuse, or sewage) discharged into the environment especially when serving as a pollutant.
Maybe the word he's searching for is "enema."
Curiously, before calling for "party hacks and opportunists" to be flushed out of the party, the Spy praises South Carolina Republican office holders for being party hacks and opportunists:
Palmetto State politicians aren’t dumb (go ahead… laugh. I’ll wait). If they want to be elected, most of them come from districts that won’t pick a Democrat. So, no matter what their political philosophies, they do the expedient thing and register as Republicans.
If you've ever had a colonoscopy, you know the procedure is preceded by a couple of days of "cleansing."
ReplyDeleteI wasn't praising SC Repubs, just pointing out their method to be elected.
And, I know about effluent. I read your blog.