Iran Letter Blowback Startles GOP

I've noted before that today's GOP base and its political whores in Congress live in a bubble and never venture out into venues where voters and citizens have not been swilling Kool-Aid by the bucket full.   When, on rare occasions, they do venture out of the bubble, they seem stunned by the fact that most people do not believe the myths, fairy tales, and propaganda so popular among the knuckle dragging, Kool-Aid drinking party base.  Hence, the shock and surprise among the cretins and political whores who signed Tom Cotton's seditious letter to Iran.  A piece in Politico looks at the bewilderment experienced by the modern day GOP traitors/secessionists.  Here are excerpts:

Some Republican senators admitted Wednesday they were caught off guard by the backlash to a letter warning Iranian leaders against a nuclear agreement with President Barack Obama. And Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Republicans — many of whom blessed the missive during a brisk signing session at a Senate lunch a week ago, as senators prepared to flee a Washington snowstorm — should have given it closer consideration.

On this at least, Democrats and Republicans found agreement.  “I find it hard to believe that they understood the severity of what they were doing,” said Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.).

Though none of the 47 Republican signers has expressed regret for co-signing it, the missive, authored by freshman Sen. Tom Cotton, is creating unexpected fallout in Congress. And it threatens to linger politically and legislatively.

Sensing a public relations advantage, the campaign arm for Senate Democrats on Wednesday quickly circulated newspaper op-eds criticizing Republicans who signed the missive, and strategists said the issue will soon show up in TV ads in states of vulnerable senators. Democratic leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) took to the Senate floor for a second time to blast Republican “gimmicks” on Iran and Secretary of State John Kerry called it a “stunning” breach of protocol after being teed up by a question from a Democratic senator at a committee hearing.

On the legislative front, a fragile bipartisan coalition of Iran hawks, who had been approaching a veto-proof majority for legislation that could potentially scuttle any U.S.-Iran nuclear agreement, was showing signs of cracking, as some centrist senators warned they were close to backing away from the measure.

[T]here appeared to be little hope of turning back the clock on the politicization elicited by the letter, and multiple Democratic strategists predicted there would be more political repercussions to come for Republicans. One said there’s “no question” that Democrats will run ads attacking Republicans who signed onto the letter.

Message to Senate Republicans: get your heads out of your asses, stop drinking the Kool-Aid and stop listening to Christofascists and white supremacists.