The American Spectator : The Spectacle Blog : Et tu, Priebus?

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Michael Steele tells the Frum Forum's Tim Mak that he feels betrayed after appointing Reince Priebus to be RNC general counsel, only to watch Priebus oust him as chairman. "I know exactly how Caesar felt,” Steele said.

The whole interview is here.

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JmsA| 1.19.11 @ 11:18AM

Pathetic.

Richard Baker| 1.19.11 @ 11:21AM

He lost. Poor baby. Maybe there's an open slot at the DNC. What I'm waiting for is his conversion and the black press trumpeting how the RNC discriminated against an "African-American."

Yosemeti Sam| 1.19.11 @ 11:40AM

Will he seek political asylum as did Powell ?

Sheila| 1.20.11 @ 10:15AM

Yosemiti Sam - droll and spot on. Most of this right-liberal website's commenters won't get it.

matthew s harrison| 1.19.11 @ 12:07PM

I knew this cat was going to play the race card/discrimination card way back when he started saying he was going to make the RNC more "street friendly" and started all this hip hop bullshit. One needn't know anything about Steele other than the fact he tried to bring hip-hop culture to the RNC. That was the death throe for his tenure in the Chairmanship.

grant1863| 1.19.11 @ 12:31PM

What race card? Was Caesar black?
I like the bit about putting extra resources in Wisconsin. But didn't the Republican win so it seems resources well spent.

jimH| 1.19.11 @ 2:10PM

In 73 there was a blaxploitation film called Black Caesar. Maybe Steele thinks hes Fred Williamson.

WB| 1.19.11 @ 12:31PM

Would be best for all if he would just quietly fade off into the sunset ...

Charles Martel| 1.19.11 @ 2:30PM

Lost in most uses of Julius Caesar metaphors was that Caesar was a dictator-for-life who was bucking for a crown. The assassins were the good guys. Look what happened after they lost the ensuing war.

Tiberius, Caligula, Nero -- and those are just the lowlights of the first century.

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