April 06, 2012 08:58 PM UTC

So You Planned That, Did You?

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• by: Colorado Pols

A report from Bente Birkeland of Rocky Mountain Community Radio this week on the utilization of Twitter by politicians and others involved in Colorado politics turns noteworthy at -3:33:

BIRKELAND: In fact, Brophy drove his own news cycle when he Tweeted last month about Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown law student who testified about contraception. Progressives railed against Brophy for Tweeting, quote, “Ms. Fluke, I don’t want to buy your booze, pay for your spring break or your birth control. Call your Dad for that.” Brophy says he doesn’t regret the Tweet, and it actually helped him pick up more Twitter followers.

BROPHY: I rarely post things without thinking about them. I actually tried that line out on a number of people at Republican gatherings, and it was very well received. [Pols emphasis]

So, uh, a couple of visuals present themselves after the revelation that GOP Sen. Greg Brophy planned and rehearsed his Tweet about Sandra Fluke. The first is Brophy practicing delivery of this insult in the mirror, which we are unable to picture without it coming off rather creepy.

The second is Brophy attempting to explain how this is not an act of mind-blowing political foolishness. Given that Republicans’ #1 challenge this year is stopping the bleed-out of suburban women, and the outrage the controversy over Sandra Fluke’s treatment by Republican talking heads like Rush Limbaugh provoked–which Brophy acknowledged by conceding Limbaugh had made a mistake in calling Fluke a “slut”–he proudly admits to rehearsing his own insults? Which helped drive home the Democrats’ “War on Women” meme locally?

If this really was planned, it’s an incalculable gift to Democrats. It’s honestly a gift either way.