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For the record, Republicans aren’t scared of Michael Steele because he’s black, but rather because this man supposedly representing their philosophic ideas and political goals is a hammy buffoon who can’t decide if he wants to be, as an adept purveyor of incoherent hip-hoppity gobbledygook, merely incompetent or just plain vanilla embarrassing. Let’s hope he’s struggling toward an identity beyond Ticker Offer in Chief, anyway.
But then again, maybe I’m just too dim to understand the grand chess game he’s playing in his head.
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SoCon| 11.9.09 @ 7:14PM
I'm afraid of Steele because he's a RINO, other than that, I find him amusing.
Jack Russell| 11.9.09 @ 10:24PM
better a RINO than a DIABLO
SoCon| 11.10.09 @ 12:27AM
A Conservative would be nice; at least we'd have a shot at winning. Why vote for Democrat-lite when you can vote for the real thing?
MattSwartz| 11.9.09 @ 11:20PM
I have all sorts of problems with Steele, but this quote isn't one of them. There are racist Republicans (and Democrats) , and fear is a part of racism. We have no idea what indignities this man might have had to bear in his professional life.
When we can get more than ten comments into a discussion of Joseph Cao without somebody here (putatively conservative) calling him a "gook" (and yes, that is the asian-bashing equivalent of the n-word) then I'll halfway consider hopping onto the "racism is dead" bandwagon.
It isn't the biggest issue in the world, nor should counteracting it be a government policy consideration, but I see no reason to deny that racism exists, and even that some members of our "team" are practitioners.
Jamie| 11.10.09 @ 12:33AM
I don't think racism is dead, there is plenty of bigotry coming from all sides: I just can't believe that grown, well-educated and successful men could "fear" Michael Steele. He looks like a perfectly fine gentleman to me.
MattSwartz| 11.10.09 @ 11:07AM
What would possess you to think that all Republicans are grown, well-educated, successful men (even if using the term in it's original, gender-neutral sense)?
No political party can claim that, not even the one you or I might tend to prefer.
Jamie| 11.10.09 @ 3:48PM
I prefer to see the best in people; I'm not a fatalist like you, Matt. Wallow in your pessimism, it's your life to waste.
Yosemeti Sam| 11.10.09 @ 12:45AM
The GOP primaries - that will be where the
true battleground for 2010 will occur.
Select a conservative - with a historical track
record; not somebody who makes unctuous
promises - and said conservative will wipe the
floor with his/her democrat party candidate.
Not need for Steele to muddy the waters.
Ken (Old Texican)| 11.10.09 @ 9:11AM
Sam
Please e mail me any specific names of candidates you like and where they are. We will contact them.
Thank you kbjudgeroybean06@gmail.com
Lisa| 11.10.09 @ 7:10AM
Mr Steele is articulate, diplomatic, clear thinking and certainly well to the right of the political spectrum of the US. I am proud of him in his position in the Republican party.
louis tully| 11.10.09 @ 9:36AM
He's a doofus, albeit an amiable doofus. And the GOP is stuck with him for the foreseeable future.
SoCon| 11.10.09 @ 3:53PM
Unfortunately for us, RINOs will insure we have Obama II: Why vote for democrat-lite when you can vote for the real thing?
Margie| 11.10.09 @ 2:50PM
Some people fear Michael Steele more than they fear having Obama II.