Political Hay
Steele Drums
The RNC chairman marches to his own beat.
(Page 2 of 2)
The first thing Steele did upon taking the RNC job was clean house. He still has yet to fill 70 positions, the New York Times reported on Sunday. But he’s been on TV a lot. He has even said he would do a hip-hop duel with Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert. That he will find time for. Hiring a finance director for the RNC? Eh, maybe one day.
The tail end of the New York Times story says much about Steele’s priorities:
“I’m very spontaneous,” he said, comparing working with him to riding a roller coaster without knowing when the next dip or curve might come.
“Be prepared; you have no idea,” he said. “Just buckle up and get ready to go.”
You, dear Republican, have no idea where Michael Steele is going. And neither, apparently, does he. But, hey, you’d better buckle up because it’s going to be a lot of fun. Isn’t that what roller coasters are for?
About the Author
Andrew Cline is editorial page editor of the New Hampshire Union Leader. His Twitter ID is @Drewhampshire.
Letter to the Editor View all comments (55) | Leave a comment
Related Articles
More Articles by Andrew Cline
More Articles From Political Hay
http://spectator.org/archives/2009/03/10/steele-drums
Follow us:
ADVERTISEMENT
Current Issue
- A President Loses His Power
- The Demise of Money and Credit
- Hannah and Her Friends
SPONSORED LINKS
FLASHBACK TO: 1995
-
Pope Culture
A man of faith in a godless age is hitting Americans where it hurts.
-
Why the GOP Does Not, Like, Totally Suck
Mr. and Mrs. American Spectator Reader, let P.J. O’Rourke talk sense to your kids.
-
Dames at Sea
-
In the Absence of Guns
In Britain, defending your property can get you life.
-
The Metaphysical Martini
-
Counting the Costs of Clintonism
The debacle of this president’s administration is both a cause and a symptom of the decline of American values. Unless Congress impeaches him, that decline will go on unchecked. An eminent jurist surveys the damage and assesses the chances for the recovery of our culture.
-
Chuck McHagel
It won’t take long for conservatives to scratch this presidential wannabe off their 2008 scorecard.
-
The Legacy of Old John and Mother Fresh-Roasted
-
It’s the Best Time of the Year
The American Christmas, like the songs that celebrate it, makes room for everybody under the rainbow. Is that why so many people seem to be hostile to it?
-
The Bush Crack-Up
Was the President done in by the economy, or by the politics of the economy?
Clip of the Day
H/T to National Review Online
ADVERTISEMENT
Rocco| 3.10.09 @ 7:21AM
Thank God I am not a Republican, and do not support this circus financially. But I am amazed for the same reasons as Mr. Cline. Here we have a target-rich environment, yet the GOP, or better, stupid party, is clueless. Geez, talk about fiddling while Rome burns. I just don't know what it will take for this party to get its act together. For the sake of our republic, I hope it does soon, but I won't bet the farm. I had high hopes for Steele, but he has been a gross let-down, particularly after he allowed himself to get sucked into a quarrel with Rush. Democrats have been laughing all the way to the bank!
Admr. S. O. B. Buniontow VI| 3.10.09 @ 7:38AM
Well stated, Andrew. Michael Steele is the cringe-worthy RNC chair.
At a time when the Republican Party should be standing on its principles and contrasting itself from the most liberal Congress and President in history, we have the apologetic RNC chair more concerned with basking in his personal glow than representing the party's values.
The venture into the Hip-Hop world is surreal. In large measure, it is like asking the Taliban to join the American Legion. Consider the opportunity cost versus gain from such a venture.
Adam Cunningham| 3.10.09 @ 8:36AM
The signs were there. The minute Fox began going to him for interviews - even before they made him an official "Fox News Contributor," it was obvious this guy was an intellectual lightweight (at best) with a minimal grasp of policy as well as the issues.
He's a huge disappointment and one who subscribes to the David Frum school of conservatism: turn it into Democrat Lite and people will like us!
The way to increase the size of the tent is not to dilute conservatism (which every GOP-er at one time or another, including Newt, seems to advocate) by moving our boundaries leftward; it's to convince folks that it's in their best interest to rethink their core principles and cast their gaze rightward toward freedom. Not an easy task, but the only way to keep this country from being ransacked and plundered by greedy Dems who don't care a rat's ass for anything but power.
Steele is an embarrassment and more than a bit of a fool. I'm still looking for someone (in addition to Rush) who can carry the conservative mantle. As with Jindal's pathetic prime-time audition a few weeks back, my comment about Steele's turn in the spotlight: "Next, please. And pick up the pace."
Mecca Almighty | 3.10.09 @ 9:39AM
Chuck D is not a "Gangster-Rapper". He's a legendary Hip Hop artist, reknown lecturer, Author, Successful Businessman and Activist that has contributed more to music and the world in general than you will probably contribute to anyone in two lifetimes. As a journalist I would expect you to perform research before you stereotype someone.
Rush Limbaugh's show is absolutely both "incendiary" and "ugly" (to say the least) and for you to refer to Michael Steele's statement as being foolish in this regard shows how ignorant you are Mr. Andrew Cline. There's nothing "peaceful and pretty" about Rush Limbaugh or his rally cry of wanting President Barack Obama to fail. If the President fails, the country fails. Democratic, Republican, Green and Independent....We all fail.
grzmlyk| 3.10.09 @ 10:03AM
Mecca, if the president succeeds we all fail because we will all become vassals of the state. But you probably will be one of the beneficiaries of Obama's spreading the wealth. Either monetarily or as a means to assuage whatever guilt you have. My, isn't it easy to advocate the spending of other people's money? It sure doesn't take courage or moral conviction.
Did you want Bush to succeed? I don't think so. I seem to recall one or two public voices crying out for Bush to fail - and by one or two I mean the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, PBS, MTV, Time Magazine, Newsweek, The New Yorker, John Stewart, Steven Colbert, Michael Moore, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, John Murtha, Ted Kennedy, The Huffington Post, Media Matters and Moveon.org. And that's just off the top of my head.
Did a single one of those cretinous entities want Bush to succeed? I don't think so. Seems to me many gleefully imagined Bush being impeached or assassinated.
In addition, every lemming on the left talks about how Rush is "incendiary" and "ugly," and many accuse him of being a hater. Have you ever listened to Rush? Of course not. You get your marching orders from Obama's cheerleaders, all of whom have a vested interest in the Great Plunder. From a policy perspective, Rush espouses the twin concepts of freedom and personal responsibility.
Since you hate Rush and everything he stands for, you obviously hate freedom and personal responsibility.
Why are you such a hater? Someone needs a vaccuous, vainglorious hug.
stmichrick| 3.10.09 @ 10:08AM
Agreed; Michael is a disappointment as was McCain being chosen. Both have admirable personal qualities but commit the sin that will keep the Democrats in power:
They readily accept the premises of the left on too many issues.
Rick Josey | 3.10.09 @ 10:21AM
This country needs some patriots, not "party-pushers." Sure Michael Steele is head of the RNC, but only when Republicans talk about America and her greatness will the RNC rebuild itself. Most Americans don't give a flip about ANY party. We want our COUNTRY restored.
Stop bragging about your PARTY and start talking about AMERICA. And the PRINCIPLES that make her great.
Inspire Americans to become "self-reliant" again, put men and women of character in office and downsize the federal government.
Talk about the Founding Fathers. Nobody says much about Washington, Adams, Madison or Jefferson anymore. We've lost our moorings and must regain them. The Democratic Propaganda Machine (Dept. of Education) no longer teaches our kids America's heritage and what made/makes her great. And they don't have the first inkling of how our country functions. Many thought Republicans controlled Congress during the Bush years! And a recent poll reveals that 25% of our citizens believe the government will solve our problems not with taxpayer dollars, but with "its own" money.
We are looking for PATRIOTS, not politicians. People who stand up for what they believe and tell it like it is. Come hell or high water. Men and women of character, who love their country more than they love the limelight.
We wish you the best, Michael Steele. Lead, and we'll follow.
Flake out and we will not vote Republican.
www.PatriotHangout.com
Appleby| 3.10.09 @ 10:31AM
Everybody knows why Michael Steele got that job.
Theygottablack, wegottablack.
It's as simple as that.
The Republican party will begin to climb toward the light again when we stop playing the Quota Game and find somebody who knows which end the diaper goes on.
David T.| 3.10.09 @ 10:32AM
I knew Steele was not the one to lead the RNC when I heard him quote the Preamble and say "prosperity" instead of "posterity." This is a third-grader's mistake. Ken Blackwell would have been a much better choice, but he was not chosen because he's a conservative and a Christian. This combination was too much for the Big Tent, Democrat-lite crowd.
El Rey| 3.10.09 @ 10:45AM
The GOP is clueless; Rush is not.
MECCA ALMIGHTY | 3.10.09 @ 11:21AM
Dearest grzmlyk,
You're Ignorant, in every sense and definition of the word. :)
"But you probably will be one of the beneficiaries of Obama's spreading the wealth. Either monetarily or as a means to assuage whatever guilt you have."
I'll do you a favor and ignore the undertone you provided within the word "beneficiaries". It was very "Real American" of you...
Secondly beyond that ,you have no idea of the amount of my income, nor if it's "guilt" or if I have a problem with paying taxes because I may be in a higher bracket.
You're assuming....and you know what they say when you "ASS-U-ME".
grzmlyk| 3.10.09 @ 12:12PM
Gee, Mecca, I love the "ASS-U-ME" comment. Think of that one all by yourself, did you? Clever. That is witty stuff. You blow me away with your intellect.
Hey, did your welfare check arrive today?
Do you know what ignorant means, or is that just a word that you try to stop people with? Just how many definitions do you think there are?
There's ignorance here alright.
Look in a mirror.
Obama Drools| 3.10.09 @ 12:26PM
Of course like a typical lefty, Mecca uses petty attacks and doesn't address the points made on why we want Obamadabadprezorganizer's POLICIES to fail.
macdaddy| 3.10.09 @ 12:38PM
Rush wants him to fail. The RATS want him to succeed. Wanting's got nothing to do with it. Obama's policies will assure that we all fail.
Son Of Sam | 3.10.09 @ 12:46PM
say there mecca, while you're scarfing down your hate potions and spewing your disconnected hallucinations, you might take time to notice that the Teleprompter In Chief is NOT America. We do not wish him success for the very simple reason that his polices are BAD FOR AMERICA. Instead of waging your pathetic attempts to carpet bomb us with your hatred-laced ObamaNazi propaganda, perhaps you can try explain away the fact that Obama doesn't care about the stock market. Hint: its because its NOT HIS RETIREMENT that is at stake; its OURS.
until freedom dawns
Son Of Sam
http://www.geocities.com/samadamssos
MECCA ALMIGHTY | 3.10.09 @ 12:49PM
Did my welfare check arrive?
Hmm, Well, give me a second to put on a shirt, put down my shotgun and 6 pack of schlitz, turn off Rush Limbaugh and step out of my double wide trailer in West Virginia to see if it's arrived. If it has then maybe we can exchange info and get together so we can buy me a brand new confederate flag to hang on top of my trailer.
I'll let you know in a few minutes.
grzmlyk| 3.10.09 @ 12:53PM
Yes, Obama Drools, I agree - they always revert to ad hominem attacks. It's the last refuge of scoundrels and - dare I say it - the ignorant.
Those on the left invariably disparage Rush as a hater; folks can quarrel about his bedside manner (as it were), but the content of the precepts he espouses is utterly devoid of hate. Indeed, it really is optimistic about the tremendous potential that lies within each individual.
The real hate invariably comes from the left. It never ceases to amaze me that the lemming rank-and-file doesn't see it.
Thanks for the tip-in.
grzmlyk| 3.10.09 @ 1:07PM
Hey, Mecca, you wouldn't be engaging in stereotyping would you? Sounds an awful lot like bigotry. But we know that liberals are Good with a capital "G" and would never stoop to such baseness; we all know just how much liberals CARE.
Besides, how can you diss West Virginia with such paragons of liberal values as David Rockefeller and Robert Byrd as that great state's senators? Or haven't several decades in office been enough for them to create Utopia in the hinterlands? They're good democrats, after all: One is a former KKK'er and the other is a professional parasite.
Tsk tsk. Where is the love? Where is the tolerance? Where is the appreciation for diversity? Yeah, I know: you love diversity as long as everyone thinks like you do. And you love government spending as long as it's Other People's Money. And you love America as long as it's being balkanized and destroyed.
You ARE a good liberal.
MECCA ALMIGHTY | 3.10.09 @ 1:17PM
grzmlyk ,
As far as wanting Bush to fail, no one wanted him to fail, i think everyone wanted him to make the right and best decisions, which he didn't, which Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and every radical extreme right winged republican or independent has never called him out on.
The Iraqi War and not keeping a watchful eye on the economy spawned from bad decisions made by George Bush and others under his administration which lead to over 5000 american soldiers dead as well as 4.4 million people currently not having jobs. No one wants that.
Son of Sam-
I haven't said anything that was laced with hatred. It's idiotic for you to even put President Obama's name within the same text of Nazi.
Obama Drools
President Barack Obama has only been in office for 3 months and there's so much hatred and ill feelings toward him from those who are ignorant..I wonder why?
Is it because of his policies or is it because of something else...No other President in the history has endured this much scrutiny and hatred, especially within just 3 months. Let's be honest and real about what the true concerns are instead of speaking in code "Real Americans"
Grzmlyk| 3.10.09 @ 1:24PM
Mecca: You've hit the Liberal jackpot - you've added dishonesty to your repertoire.
Naw - there's not hate in your posts! Perish the thought! Of course not! You're incapable of such primordial emotions, right? You're Evolved!
You didn't want Bush to fail?
HA ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
Mecca Almighty | 3.10.09 @ 1:24PM
grzmlyk-
"Hey, did your welfare check arrive today? "
I'm just following your lead...
Also what's wrong with what I described?
Welfare is a reality which plenty of "Real Americans" and "Americans" benefit from, right?
daboss| 3.10.09 @ 1:36PM
I for one want Presiprompter Obama’s policies to fail … because if those policies success, freedom fails.
This country has entered the fascist period (end of Bush and beginning of BHO). Look at all the planks of the left – socialists, fascists, communists and unfortunately our current liberal democrats. They are indistinguishable – and that should scare all freedom loving citizens.
Our founding fathers would be considered right wing nuts by today’s standards. Well, count me in the nut house then!
Grzmlyk| 3.10.09 @ 1:47PM
Really? Let me ask you a question: After throwing $7 trillion at LBJ's War on Poverty, are there still poor people in this country? What is the illegitimacy rate of black births? Over 70%. In 1940 (before America's transformation into a welfare state) the black illegitimacy rate was 13%. Do you know where the fathers of most of those kids are? Neither do the teenage mothers.
Democrats with generous welfare policies have been in charge of cities like Washington D.C., New Orleans, Chicago, New York and LA for years and years - how come the poverty rates in those cities continue to endure?
Obama doesn't even want inner city blacks to have school choice so they can escape the charnel houses otherwise known as public schools and begin to fulfill their potential as valuable human beings instead of keeping their place as perpetual wards of the state.
The fact is that welfare is a corrosive tool employed by the Democrat power structure that destroys families and individual values just so a dependent class remains dependent - and grows. It's all about keeping Dems in power.
They don't care about you, me, the downtrodden or any of the victim groups they're continually creating. Like Nancy Pelosi and her private jet, they live like friggin kings while they're supposed loyal constituents remain in bondage. It's disgusting.
Wise up!
Lo
Doctor Right| 3.10.09 @ 2:26PM
I disagree with the eesence of this article.
And let me say I was VERY upset with Mr. Steel over the Limbaugh fiasco (which he resolved with class).
Mr. Steele is NOT the head of the Republican Party. He is the head of the Republican National Committee. Put simply, he is the Party's chief fundraiser.
The titular heads of our Party are House Minority Leader John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnel. The head of the conservative movement is Rush Limbaugh.
At present, Mr. Obama has been in office less than 100 days, and (amazingly) still enjoys approval numbers in the 60-65% range (although that is eroding).
Much of the public is still infatuated with this neer-do-well (Obama), so for Mr. Steele to venture into a non-stop attack campaign would be very poor timing, somewhat detrimental, and not really his job.
McConnell and Boehner have done a decent job (especially Boehner) in trying to stop Obama's idealogically driven agenda. And that SHOULD be their job, not Steele's.
In addition, let's not kid ourselves and think that the media would EVER give Steele any elbow-room because he's an African-American. To them, that makes him all the more despicable as a Republican. Steele was savaged by the Press when he ran for the Senate and for the Governor's chair in Maryland - Were they unaware then that he's black??
And finally, Steele is no lightweight. Any Republican from the People's Republic of Maryland, especially an African-American Republican, has a thick skin and knows how to maneuver to get things done.
Good grief!! Pseudo-Conservatives scream "Give Obama a chance!" Meanwhile, we want to destroy the Party's chairman less than 2 months into his job.
Makes sense...
Mecca Almighty | 3.10.09 @ 3:50PM
Grzmlyk,
Energy applied toward logical and planned solutions go farther than disguised and hidden hatred .
Dan| 3.10.09 @ 3:58PM
I would have voted for Steele too, but upon listening to him on talk shows now believe he hasn't a clue as to what his new job entails. Can he be romoved ?
Mike| 3.10.09 @ 4:06PM
Mecca,
I like the trailer park welfare comeback...but did you realy think calling someone ignorant was a good ice breaker for a liberal on a conservative website?
Bush didn't cause this economic collapse. Can any president can cause a GLOBAL financial meltdown? Get over the BDS.
We all want Obama to fail. We all hate his ruinous stimulus bill, his omnibus earmark spending spree, his cap and trade tax, his union thug check bill, his soak the rich and investor tax hikes, his censorship doctrine. Of course we want them fail. We're conservatives. Leave it for the Republicn politicians to pretend they "want Obama to succeed."
Rush may be incidiary and ugly to libs, but to conservatives he's nothing but pure poetry. Truth be told, Rush isn't really all that provocative any more...he's pretty much gone mainstream conservative. I like Steele, but he was stupid to call out Rush.
grzmlyk| 3.10.09 @ 4:12PM
Mecca: A stitch in time saves nine.
That's about as relevant as your hoary little shibboleth. And the word is further, not farther.
Didn't anyone ever tell you that using cliches in place of logic is a sign of intellectual weakness? Pathetic.
WTF? How is my championing people who are getting screwed hatred? Please explain that to me. Do you know what hatred means? It does not mean anyone who disagrees with mecca ALMIGHTY.
Never mind: Any time you can't defend the meat of my arguments - and you have not done so even once - you have resorted to namecalling, bigoted stereotyping and accusations of hate. Typical liberal.
Oh and of course your big nuclear weapon: Those who disagree with you are ignorant (as if you knew what the word meant).
Adios, sucker. Your future is two words: Soylent Green.
macHagus| 3.10.09 @ 4:25PM
@ Mecca Almighty| 3.10.09 @ 3:50PM
Grzmlyk,
"Energy applied toward logical and planned solutions go farther than disguised and hidden hatred ."
Show me the love Rush...
Here’s Our Top 10 Racist Rush Limbaugh Quotes
1. "I mean, let’s face it, we didn’t have slavery in this country for over 100 years because it was a bad thing. Quite the opposite: slavery built the South. I’m not saying we should bring it back; I’m just saying it had its merits. For one thing, the streets were safer after dark."
2. "You know who deserves a posthumous Medal of Honor? James Earl Ray [the confessed assassin of Martin Luther King]. We miss you, James. Godspeed."
3. "Have you ever noticed how all composite pictures of wanted criminals resemble Jesse Jackson?"
4. "Right. So you go into Darfur and you go into South Africa, you get rid of the white government there. You put sanctions on them. You stand behind Nelson Mandela — who was bankrolled by communists for a time, had the support of certain communist leaders. You go to Ethiopia. You do the same thing."
5. "Look, let me put it to you this way: the NFL all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips without any weapons. There, I said it."
6. "The NAACP should have riot rehearsal. They should get a liquor store and practice robberies."
7. "They’re 12 percent of the population. Who the hell cares?"
8. "Take that bone out of your nose and call me back(to an African American female caller)."
9. "I think the media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well. They’re interested in black coaches and black quarterbacks doing well. I think there’s a little hope invested in McNabb and he got a lot of credit for the performance of his team that he really didn’t deserve."
10. Limbaugh attacks on Obama. Limbaugh has called Obama a ‘halfrican American’ has said that Obama was not black but Arab because Kenya is an Arab region, even though Arabs are less than one percent of Kenya. Since mainstream America has become more accepting of African-Americans, Limbaugh has decided to play against its new racial fears, Arabs and Muslims. Despite the fact Obama graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law school, Limbaugh has called him an ‘affirmative action candidate.’ Limbaugh even has repeatedly played a song on his radio show ‘Barack the Magic Negro’ using an antiquated Jim Crow era term for black a man who many Americans are supporting for president.
You be da man Limpbo!
jr| 3.10.09 @ 4:39PM
Steele was preceded by another _______ . Mel Martinez who is "my" senator from Florida was a General Chairman of the RNC for a year or so, ending in 2007 I think. That was an attempt to get the hispanic et al votes, something like appointing Steele to try to buy black votes. It ain't gonna happen. 9.5 to .5 votes for the Messiah should have told the new dimbulb Repubs that you cannot buy votes unless you are going to spend big, rob the rich and give everything free. Whoops, at least one of those is Jorge Bush's legacy.
Leslie Anne Lowe| 3.10.09 @ 5:13PM
Why does the GOP keep rewarding failed candidates?
If Michael Steele knew anything of value he would be a U.S. Senator.
bigotsRus| 3.10.09 @ 5:23PM
Wahwahwahwahhhhhhh. And do you think ol' man McCain and Queen whack-job would be doing any better? Hell, Palin's coranation would have cost $ 900 billion! You guys can't even make up your mind who's Jesus is better. (ie Mormon's and super righty -rights). Then there are the RINO's vs the John Galt's. Soooo many choices and no where to go. You all remind me of spoiled little children who didn't get to keep the toy. So if the you can't have it, let's break it for everyone. Wahwhawahwhawha! And if and this is just if, the Rebugs steel (oops a pun) the election in 2012 like they did in '00 and '04, do you think the Libs are going to sit back and play dead while the Billionaire's Boy Club Screw You Party' start a few more wars. You are very good a lying after all. So it just becomes a vicious circle doesn't it?
Start talking like AMERICANS and then more people will start listening. Hate attracts hate and we already had enough of that w/ Bush/Cheney 00-08.
GOD BLESS AMERICA.
EW of NH| 3.10.09 @ 7:53PM
Frank Schaeffer, whose own family helped create years ago the movement known as the Religious Right, now disavows the Republican Party. This is a portion of what he has to say today:
“You Republicans are the arsonists who burned down our national home. You combined the failed ideologies of the Religious Right, so-called free market deregulation and the Neoconservative love of war to light a fire that has consumed America. Now you have the nerve to criticize the “architect” America just hired — President Obama — to rebuild from the ashes. You do nothing constructive, just try to hinder the one person willing and able to fix the mess you created…
“How can anyone who loves our country support the Republicans now? Barry Goldwater, William F. Buckley and Ronald Reagan defined the modern conservatism that used to be what the Republican Party I belonged to was about. Today no actual conservative can be a Republican. Reagan would despise today’s wholly negative Republican Party. And can you picture the gentlemanly and always polite Ronald Reagan, endorsing a radio hate-jock slob who crudely mocked a man with Parkinson’s and who now says he wants an American president to fail?!
“With people like Limbaugh as the loudmouth image of the Republican Party — you need no enemies. But something far more serious has happened than an image problem: the Republican Party has become the party of obstruction at just the time when all Americans should be pulling together for the good of our country. Instead, Republicans are today’s fifth column sabotaging American renewal…..
“After Obama was elected, you Republican leaders had a unique last chance to send a patriotic message of unity to the world — and to all Americans. You could have backed our president’s economic recovery plan. Since we all know that half of our problem is one of lost confidence and perception, nothing would have done more to calm the markets and project resolve and confidence than if you had been big enough to take Obama’s offered hand and had work with him — even if you disagreed ideologically. You had the chance to put our country first. You utterly failed to rise to the occasion.
“The worsening economic situation is your fault and your fault alone. The Republicans created this mess through 8 years of backing the worst president in our history and now, because you put partisan ideology ahead of the good of our country, you have blown your last chance to redeem yourselves. You deserve the banishment to the political wilderness that awaits all traitors.”
PCP Smoker| 3.10.09 @ 8:43PM
This is an article. Beautifully written and to the point. Steele does appear concerned with injecting "hip hop" into the GOP image instead of cleaning out a primary process that allows democrats to vote in our primaries. We could use his leadership, if there is any, in fighting ACORN too and maybe pushing voter id laws. However, this would take away time from his antics.
His beginnings remind me of the Kwame Kilpatrick's reign in Detroit: all image and no substance.
All in all, he is at least more entertaining than some white guilt ridden liberal republican like David Frum, David Brook , or the scumbag McCain
Loulou| 3.10.09 @ 9:38PM
I wish Steele would step down for the good of the party. Since I doubt he has that much sense, we will need a de facto chairman of the RNC. Steele could just be there for window dressing and can go grovel to the hiphop crowd to his hearts content.
Maybe he'll resign when he finds out we conservatives will not be sending him any $$!
hk40cal| 3.11.09 @ 8:09AM
I'm sure Mr. Steele isn't having any trouble counting the donations.....on one hand......I recieved three calls from the RNC the day after he insulted Rush......what Gall!!!....They tried very hard too talk me down, I felt like I was talking too Senator Levins (D)MI office....Mr. Steele better get a clue, or life in These United States as we know it will become very dark shade of Gray......
moviesguy| 3.11.09 @ 10:08AM
@machagus:
1. "I mean, let’s face it, we didn’t have slavery in this country for over 100 years because it was a bad thing. Quite the opposite: slavery built the South. I’m not saying we should bring it back; I’m just saying it had its merits. For one thing, the streets were safer after dark."
Phony quote. Rush never said that.
2. "You know who deserves a posthumous Medal of Honor? James Earl Ray [the confessed assassin of Martin Luther King]. We miss you, James. Godspeed."
Another phony quote. Rush never said that either.
4. "Right. So you go into Darfur and you go into South Africa, you get rid of the white government there. You put sanctions on them. You stand behind Nelson Mandela — who was bankrolled by communists for a time, had the support of certain communist leaders. You go to Ethiopia. You do the same thing."
Out of context.
Rush was criticizing Democrats on how they decided what countries we should and shouldnt go into. Showing how hypocritical their decisions were. Here is the transcript:
LIMBAUGH: Here's [caller] in Lake Orion, Michigan. Thank you for calling. Great to have you on the EIB Network.
CALLER: Hey, Rush. It's great to talk to you. I talked to you once before. I've been listening to you for a couple of years now, and I think I'm getting brighter, but there's a lot to be learned. I know I'm no expert in foreign affairs, but what really confuses me about the liberals is the hypocrisy when they talk about how we have no reason to be in Iraq and helping those people, but yet everybody wants us to go to Darfur. I mean, aren't we going to end up in a quagmire there? I mean, isn't it -- I don't understand. Can you enlighten me on this?
LIMBAUGH: Yeah. This is -- you're not going to believe this, but it's very simple. And the sooner you believe it, and the sooner you let this truth permeate the boundaries you have that tell you this is just simply not possible, the better you will understand Democrats in everything. You are right. They want to get us out of Iraq, but they can't wait to get us into Darfur.
CALLER: Right.
LIMBAUGH: There are two reasons. What color is the skin of the people in Darfur?
CALLER: Uh, yeah.
LIMBAUGH: It's black. And who do the Democrats really need to keep voting for them? If they lose a significant percentage of this voting bloc, they're in trouble.
CALLER: Yes. Yes. The black population.
LIMBAUGH: Right. So you go into Darfur and you go into South Africa, you get rid of the white government there. You put sanctions on them. You stand behind Nelson Mandela -- who was bankrolled by communists for a time, had the support of certain communist leaders. You go to Ethiopia. You do the same thing.
CALLER: It's just -- I can't believe it's really that simple.
LIMBAUGH: Well, see, I knew you couldn't believe it. But here's the -- here's one that's even going to be harder to believe and it is even more truthful. Could you tell me what vital national interest, [caller], is at stake in Darfur?
CALLER: Um, I don't know.
LIMBAUGH: Nothing. Zilch, zero, nada. Darfur is not attacking us. Darfur has not said they want to attack us. So they will -- same thing -- Clinton sent the U.S. military off to Bosnia. No U.S. national interest at stake. The liberals will use the military as a "meals on wheels" program. They'll send them out to help with tsunami victims. But you put the military -- you put the military in a position of defending U.S. national interest, and that's when Democrats and the liberals oppose it. And --
CALLER: Right. Terrorists have attacked us and our oil supply comes from, you know, Iraq and Iran and the Middle East, and yet that's not worth defending.
LIMBAUGH: Right. That's exactly right. You've got it. You've got it. Now you just have to believe your own instincts from here on out.
5. "Look, let me put it to you this way: the NFL all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips without any weapons. There, I said it."
Was said after New England San Diego playoff game in 2008 and to only over sensitive PC liberals would this be considered "racist"
6. "The NAACP should have riot rehearsal. They should get a liquor store and practice robberies."
That was said in jocular/critical response to Spike Lee who said he wanted all black kids to skip out of school that day to go and watch his movie Malcolm X (which had just been released)
8. "Take that bone out of your nose and call me back(to an African American female caller)."
Out of context. When he was a small time unknown radio host, the management at KUDL KC wanted him to be insult host. He told current audiences how much he hated it. He was given this line by management to use. He related in in a story about how insult radio was NOT his cup of tea and how he knew he had no future doing it.
9. "I think the media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well. They’re interested in black coaches and black quarterbacks doing well. I think there’s a little hope invested in McNabb and he got a lot of credit for the performance of his team that he really didn’t deserve."
And he was proven correct on that one. Again, something only an oversensitive liberal would find objectionable.
somnolence| 3.11.09 @ 12:30PM
If the GOP had wanted to implement a type of quota system in selecting the RNC Chairman why didn't they pick Alan Keyes instead. He is miles and miles ahead of Steele and many others in intellectual debate. It is because the hierarchy in the party are pacifiers and in reality, cowards. I say this as a lifetime conservative first, a Republican a very distant second. Unless we have someone willing to step to the forefront aside from Rush (bless him of course) we face a tumultuous road ahead.
Pingback| 3.11.09 @ 2:50PM
Music » Blog Archive » Drums Search Engine Results links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:
Thomas Boyette| 3.11.09 @ 9:50PM
Anybody else notice the hiding going on at the RNC web site? First, they took down the RNC homepage and linked to GOP.com. They did that the Monday after Steele jumped on Limbaugh's case. Now, they've completely removed Chairman Steele's blog. I can only assume this was bacause they didn't like all the complaining there about Steele.
stmichrick| 3.11.09 @ 11:06PM
Interloper;
You realize, I'm sure, how absurd your interpretations of Limbaugh sound bytes sound to people who actually listen to the guy everyday?
I'm not referring to disagreement on issues. I'm talking about misrepresentation based on your own willful ignorance.
Also, you seemed to be obsessed with race and incapable of seeing evil when leftists of a different skin shade are involved.
And, there were a number of reasons to invade Iraq but you curiously overlook the genocide there.
Pingback| 3.12.09 @ 11:14AM
RNC Leadership Missing in Action | National Federation of Republican Assemblies (NFRA links to this page. Here’s an excerpt:
sherry| 6.7.09 @ 3:10PM
if the president fails doesn't mean that we do...
if a president wanted SLAVERY and succeeds with it who wins and who loses. So the foundation of your comment is UNSUSTAINABLY INCORRECT. and mecca to do reserch is to be objective. Seems like CNN MSNBC are amongst the top two channels that sugarcoat OBAMAS fake presidency and then you empty brained people accept EVERYTHING.....
jhgjg| 11.26.09 @ 9:50PM
Mac TOD Converter,
TOD Converter for Windows