GOP Wonk and/or Wank

Digby as always offers up a sensible, simple and concise rule for anyone trying to get a grip on the GOP and the U.S. political elite wankery.

In fact, here's a good rule of thumb:

anyone who is in the GOP leadership is, by definition, a corporate owned wanker, sometimes pretending to be either a revolutionary firebrand or a deep thinker, but a wanker nonetheless.

It's not impossible that one could also be a "serious wonk" and a wanker (the Democrats have quite a few) but the it's highly unlikely considering the amount of whoring and wanking that's required for the job in the GOP.

The Republicans have an intellectual arm but it's not in the congress. It's in the myriad corporate sponsored think tanks that have been set up over the years to advance the interests of the wealthy and keep the rubes entertained with culture wars and real wars. If you're looking for conservative wonkery, there's where you find it.