By The .Gif Shop Staff
During the Independence Day weekend festivities, a Marion County GOP Central Committee member — who also happens to be a member of Sons of Confederate Veterans — placed three Confederate battle flags (one for each of three Confederate veterans buried in Marion County) on his truck, which was later used to haul the Marion County Republicans float in parades in Pella and Pleasantville. It didn’t go over well with Republican Party of Iowa leadership.
Well, it didn’t go over well with RPI chairman Jeff Kaufmann.
In a meltdown of epic proportions, Kaufmann said he was “embarrassed” and “disgusted” by the display. “I am absolutely resolved that I will not tolerate this,” he added (if you haven’t yet seen the full video, click here).
So, The .Gif Shop staff went to work. And, since we’re once again talking about the “cold war” that is deeply dividing the RPI, they figured Stanley Kubrick’s classic “Dr. Strangelove” would be the perfect medium.
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Realizing the kind of story they had after a holiday weekend, the liberal Iowa media be like …
After hearing about the Confederate battle flags flying on a truck hauling a GOP float in a parade, Kaufmann be like …
Upon learning that Owen Golay, the “offending” Central Committee member, must resign or there would be repercussions, the Marion County Central Committee be like …
A majority of conservatives in Iowa, who don’t get worked up about the Confederate battle flag (even if they don’t like it), be like …
After Golay resigned, Kaufmann and the Marion County GOP were “friendly” again, like …
Realizing their party’s leadership was this concerned about a flag, but not about a 43-percent increase in the state’s gas tax, the grassroots base of the RPI be like …
Gov. Terry Branstad, upon thinking about the damage to the RPI “brand name,” be like …
To which grassroots conservatives in Iowa be like …
Meanwhile, the Liberty wing of the Iowa GOP, in preparation for the coming fallout, be like …
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