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1. #637857
   On March 3rd, 2009 at 11:37 am, taylork said:

   sigh

2. #637864
   On March 3rd, 2009 at 11:40 am, NJ-Aviator said:

   Yup. I have to agree. That’s my take on it and essentially what I wrote in an email to Steele.

3. #637872
   On March 3rd, 2009 at 11:42 am, AmericanPatriot said:

   Cut out this infection before it grows any more.
   Steele is the wrong man.
   We need a conservative Howard Dean type.
   Vocal firebrand, in your face type.
   Oh, did I say conservative?

   Obama and the Dems didn’t win.
   The Repubs lost and will continue to do so.

4. #637873
   On March 3rd, 2009 at 11:42 am, txvet2 said:

   Steyn strikes again.

5. #637874
   On March 3rd, 2009 at 11:43 am, granite said:

   I also have to agree.

   Glad this happened before I sent any money to the RNC after receiving a request from Mr. Steele the other day!

6. #637875
   On March 3rd, 2009 at 11:44 am, granite said:

   On March 3rd, 2009 at 11:42 am, AmericanPatriot said:

   Obama and the Dems didn’t win.
   The Repubs lost and will continue to do so.

   That’s it in a nutshell.
   Well said.

7. #637876
   On March 3rd, 2009 at 11:44 am, txvet2 said:

   On March 3rd, 2009 at 11:42 am, AmericanPatriot said:

   I agree he has to go, and I’ve said so ever since this story broke. But be prepared for the media response. It’ll be spun as the party of white guys figuratively lynching the black guy because he strayed off the reservation.

8. #637878
   On March 3rd, 2009 at 11:45 am, hunter said:

   Now is not the time to be experimenting with leaders to see if they are truely conservative or moderate. We need Steele out if this is how he is going to lead and he needs to be replaced with someone we know to be a true conservative.

9. #637879
   On March 3rd, 2009 at 11:45 am, James Felix said:

   All I know is the party that brought us “the Obama Youth” and their own hand salute has got some pair of balls comparing someone else to Nazi Germany.

10. #637881
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 11:46 am, Paul Revere said:

    Mark Steyn is always good. Always.

11. #637888
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 11:51 am, jt3151 said:

    Liberals argue that day is night and the Republican leadership consistently fails to counter their arguments. The mainstream media then prints stories declaring that day is night and millions of ill-informed sheep take it as gospel.

12. #637890
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 11:53 am, swmbo said:

    Quick, someone call Sarah and see if she is available to lead?

13. #637892
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 11:55 am, ClassicFilm said:

    Very strange coincidence, but mere hours after I shot off a strong email to RNC head Michael Steele about his disparaging remarks about Rush Limbaugh and GOP voters at the CPAC, I received an email signed by none other than Mr. Steele, requesting a donation to the RNC because of the dire straits of, well… everything. Good grief, Mr. Steele, money would be rolling in like marbles down a slope if you, the friggin’ HEAD of the RNC, would not act like the DNC’s high-profile toady! You have really “jumped the shark” this time and your weak, stammering apology sounds just as sincere and convincing as a kid caught with his dad’s Playboy magazine.

    Oh, and I see it’s getting pretty cold out there in DC, what with all the snow brought in by global warming and the “Nazi Germany” frenzy stirred up by those irresponsible, hate-mongering conservatives.

14. #637895
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 11:56 am, ClassicFilm said:

    Oh, and mega-kudos to Mark Steyn. He has delivered eloquence and straightforwardness in his piece, as he always does.

15. #637897
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 11:58 am, Cameron said:

    Personally, I would have considered being called a Nazi or being compared to them an insult and my reaction to the reporter for daring to make the comparison would have been vicious.

    We need someone who will verbally take reporters to the woodshed for being that rude and not apologize afterward.

16. #637900
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 11:59 am, JDinTX said:

    The Chairman of the R.N.C. cannot remain spineless and expect conservatives to just follow along. We want someone with the backbone, big cajones, etc. to lead this party and not back down against the liberal D.N.C. or the people in our own party who are willing to speak out. Rush was right in saying he hoped Obama fails. Obama’s plan for saving this country is failing now and is going to cause the whole country to fail. Every time he speaks on T.V., the Dow goes down. Every time he tries to fill a job, the nominee has to say he/se is sorry for not paying their taxes. We do NOT want to be led by a bunch of tax cheats and crooks.

17. #637902
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 12:01 pm, Anita said:

    Mr. Steele, time for you to leave & join Powell’s club.

18. #637906
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 12:04 pm, Ilovemycountry said:

    Didn’t I tell you that Steele wasn’t very smart?

    You should have gone out and gotten an uneducated forklift driver to lead the RNC.

19. #637911
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 12:06 pm, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:

    I had such high hopes for Steele. He seems a nice enough guy, and says the right things when filling in for Bennett.

    I could even accept that being a Northeast Republican, he would not be a 100% solid conservative. And if he could bring some ‘Reagan Democrats’ back into the party, well, that would be great.

    But for a month now Obama and Emmanuel have been trying to paint Limbaugh as some kind of boogie-man. The roughly half of the American population who accepts the MSM news as fact generally belief Limbaugh is an ogre.

    And then Steele goes out and reinforces the image, that many in the Republican Party are indeed ashamed that such an ogre has so much influence in the party.

    Nobody who spends much time listening to Rush Limbaugh with an open mind can accept the MSM description of him. They may not agree with everything he says, but he is funny far more often than angry, and he uses the absurd to demonstrate how silly the Democrats are.

    Steele should wait a few months, so the MSM doesn’t have a story about how Limbaugh and the rednecks chased out a Black man, then step down.

    Or grow a pair in a big hurry.

20. #637914
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 12:08 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    On March 3rd, 2009 at 12:04 pm, Ilovemycountry said:
    Didn’t I tell you that Steele wasn’t very smart?

    Like you care.

21. #637918
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 12:11 pm, WaterBoyz said:

    I was hoping thinking that Steele was the right person for the job. I started to get disappointed when his face and comments were NOT in the msm. I figured that every time a Dems was on TV he should be countering back. I sent him many emails asking for him to grow a pair and get in front of the msm.

    ==========
    The Dems win because they have a better marketing plan. Even Burger King wishes theirs was as good.

    Playing nice and following the rules are for losers. The Dems prove that every day.

22. #637924
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 12:13 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

    Where’s Tom DeLay nowadays? Isn’t he available to head the RNC? He’s got the ‘nads to come out swinging and not back down.

23. #637926
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 12:15 pm, nlebou said:

    Nobody who spends much time listening to Rush Limbaugh with an open mind can accept the MSM description of him. They may not agree with everything he says, but he is funny far more often than angry, and he uses the absurd to demonstrate how silly the Democrats are.

    Agree 100%. I don’t always like how Rush puts his msg out, but I usually agree with the msg.

24. #637927
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 12:16 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    How about Sarah Palin? She’ll fire up the base, encourage conservatives to run – all while demoralizing and agitating the RINOs. Paging Ms Parker…Valet Lindsey Graham has brought your car…

25. #637928
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 12:17 pm, jt3151 said:

    Where’s Tom DeLay nowadays? Isn’t he available to head the RNC? He’s got the ‘nads to come out swinging and not back down.

    Tom DeLay was branded sneaky and corrupt, with no defense from the Rebuplican leadership.

26. #637929
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 12:19 pm, nlebou said:

    What about Ken Vlackwell? Wasn’t he being considered?

27. #637931
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 12:20 pm, nlebou said:

    ugh….Blackwell not Vlackwell

28. #637933
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 12:22 pm, Socky said:

    What Michael Steele should have said to DL Hughley:

    “The reason Rush Limbaugh exists is because the mainstream media, outside of FoxNews, affords no respect to conservative ideas. We’re a big-tent party, and we welcome all kinds of views. And conservatives bring a lot to the party. They want to keep the government out of people’s faces so they can make their own choices. They know that keeping the government out of people’s faces only works when you have a solid system of values in place. They also don’t believe spending a trillion dollars we don’t have on things we don’t need is fiscally responsible. And if the mainstream media respected conservatism enough to give a fair shake to those ideas, Rush Limbaugh would be out of business.”

29. #637936
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 12:23 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    This may sound off topic but think about it. Both branches of the Democratic Party continue to hang onto their “one-world” dreams as the rest of the world is disintegrating (e.g. EU is fragmenting and and Euro may not survive the year).

    I have a feeling that Obama may represent the last desperate hope for this crowd and the GOP finds itself to be too lame to seize the moment. That is the problem with Steele. He can’t even frame the problem correctly. How can he chart a path to victory?

30. #637938
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 12:25 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    On January 30th, 2009 at 4:06 pm, flenser said:

    Steele is not a conservative.

    #57On January 30th, 2009 at 4:07 pm, hunter said:

    Care to elaborate?

    #58On January 30th, 2009 at 4:08 pm, flenser said:
    All the Steele supporters should be aware of what they support.

    Link[link is borken - go figure].

    On January 30th, 2009 at 4:10 pm, flenser said:
    Aside from his political celebrity — and knack for being a good talking head — there’s little else about the man that would make him a good chairman. While much has been written about his candidacy and the reasons conservatives should be skeptical, time is running out to convince the 168 members of the RNC they should steer clear of him. Here’s why:

    Steele boasts that his chairmanship of GOPAC qualifies him to run the RNC. He cites GOPAC’s work to elect Republicans as good preparation. So how did GOPAC fare under Steele’s leadership? During the 2008 cycle, GOPAC gave 11 candidates seeking U.S. House seats nearly $20,000. Six won and five lost. (See my update, “The Tale of Two GOPACs.”)

    Among GOPAC’s expenditures in 2008 was $5,000 to Steele for Maryland, even though Steele wasn’t on the ballot. The money probably went to pay off Steele’s 2006 campaign debt. It also happened to be the third largest expenditure for GOPAC, raising questions about the organization’s priorities under his leadership.

    Money has been a problem for Steele in the past. Jennifer Skalka of National Journal’s Hotline reported that when Steele’s consulting business struggled financially, two banks threatened to place liens on his house. Although Steele cleared his debts, these financial issues are factors that must be considered for anyone seeking the RNC chairmanship.

    Steele’s well-documented role with the Republican Leadership Council and association with co-founder Christie Todd Whitman is perhaps the most egregious political error he’s made. Any conservative who partners with the liberal Whitman must be viewed skeptically. Steele claims he was trying to broaden the party’s base by appealing to moderates. “We have to elect moderates in the party,” he told CBN’s David Brody.

    One of those moderates Steele supported was former Rep. Wayne Gilchrist, a classic RINO if there ever was one. Gilchrist faced a primary challenge from conservative Andy Harris, a Maryland state senator with strong backing from the Club for Growth. It didn’t matter to Steele. He threw his support to Gilchrist. Harris went on to win the GOP primary, prompting Gilchrist to turn on the GOP and endorse Harris’ Democrat opponent.

    Is this the type of judgment we could expect from Steele at the RNC? The answer is yes. How do we know? As Matt Lewis reported, Steele has tapped Blaise Hazelwood to run his RNC race, meaning there’s a good chance she would follow him to the RNC if he is elected. During the disastrous 2006 election cycle, it was Hazelwood who ran media and political operations for the National Republican Senatorial Committee. Recall that the NRSC lost six seats that cycle and, as a result, the Republican majority in the Senate. Under Hazelwood’s direction, the NRSC spent $1.2 million in the GOP primary to save traitorous Lincoln Chafee from a challenge by conservative Steve Laffey.

    So, it appears on Jan 30 flenser got it right.

    Sorry so long but it is good reading for those who really care.

31. #637943
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 12:28 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    Steele claims he was trying to broaden the party’s base by appealing to moderates. “We have to elect moderates in the party,” he told CBN’s David Brody.

    Need ANYTHING more be said about Steel?

32. #637944
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 12:30 pm, yohannbiimu said:

    Steele either has a skull full of mush, or he was never really in-line ideologically with conservatism. Actually, I think it’s a bit of both. They guy ISN’T the sharpest knife in the drawer, and he’s never fully embraced principles that would identify him as someone who believes in America’s founding, and it’s relating to us. Somewhere within him, he believes that America’s founding was based upon tyranny, and that Western Civilization is evil, just like the conclusion of such people as duh Rev. Jackson.

33. #637945
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 12:31 pm, yohannbiimu said:

    Need ANYTHING more be said about Steel?

    Like I said yesterday, Michael Steele is a dirty whore.

34. #637950
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 12:38 pm, faraway said:

    Weak Steele

35. #637955
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 12:41 pm, faraway said:

    Steele, stick to this:

    Obama promised to be non-partisan. Yet, he has proposed the most far left agenda in our lifetimes.

    Dems said Bush spent too much in 8 years. Yet, Obama has proposed spending over 4x what Bush spent – in less than 60 days.

36. #637956
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 12:41 pm, Lars said:

    Steele attended the Travis Smiley’s Black State of the Union in L.A. on Sat. as well and did the same thing in response to Al Sharpton. He sat and laughed as Sharpton ran through a string of attacks on republicans, from stealing elections to total blame for the economy. It was very sad and just as disturbing as this

37. #637959
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 12:42 pm, mike.musculus said:

    Out on a limb here, but:

    Has anyone considered that MS hasn’t rebutted the NAZI remark because he actually agees with it?

    I mean, come on people: I could say nice things about drinking H2SO4, but would I? Probably not.

    So why do *we* roll over when someone says they’re Conservative but acts like a Race-panderer?

    I thought about this during the entire flight back to McChord, but I just don’t have a good answer.

38. #637963
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 12:43 pm, Pessimist said:

    Ken Blackwell wouldn’t have done this

39. #637964
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 12:43 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    I am watching the Obama-Brown press conference where Obama is putting on public display his ignorance of free markets. He is not concerned with the gyrations of the markets because they are just “tracking polls”. Huh?

    Another observation, he frames all his answers in global terms, not in American terms. Jimmy Carter all over again.

40. #637965
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 12:44 pm, Ilovemycountry said:

    how about givng the job to: John Daly – but only after he grows his mullet back?

41. #637966
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 12:45 pm, John Deaux said:

    I was all for Steele. Then he spoke.

42. #637969
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 12:47 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    Get ready for the next leg down in the stock market. We are getting it double-barreled today. Geithner is now testifying in the Senate just as Obama is talking in his press conference. Who knows, maybe two negatives will cancel each other out.

    So far, Geithner is oh-for-three with markets when speaking formally in public.

43. #637976
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 12:51 pm, NJ-Aviator said:

    On January 30th, 2009 at 4:10 pm, flenser said:
    ….Under Hazelwood’s direction, the NRSC spent $1.2 million in the GOP primary to save traitorous Lincoln Chafee from a challenge by conservative Steve Laffey.

    Good post by flenser. thnx for re-posting soap-box.

    This last tidbit is telling. Hazelwood and Steele seem to have a fondness for “moderates”. Sounds a lot like McCain…and we know where that road leads.

    Steele must go. Email the RNC and tell them so. He can’t be let off the hook.

44. #637977
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 12:51 pm, jdtruly said:

    After seeing this latest squirrelly response I sent a demand to the RNC that they cease mailing me, almost daily, their requests for contributions. I’ll gladly get back on the mailing list when I see even a few GOP politicos who can get past the latest talking points and truly speak about conservative principles. The pattern of “1: GOP statement 2: Dem talking point 3: GOP muddled response 4: Dem talking second talking point 5: GOP deer in headlight try to be Mr Niceguy response” is simply not worth my time, money or vote.

45. #637982
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 12:56 pm, NJ-Aviator said:

    mike.musculus said:

    Out on a limb here, but:

    Has anyone considered that MS hasn’t rebutted the NAZI remark because he actually agees with it?

    I’d yes. Of course he agrees with it. He also hates Rush Limbaugh and thinks Rush is incendiary. He only apologized for giving the Dems some ammo. Not for saying what he said.

    This guy is the same as McCain.

46. #637984
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 12:56 pm, NJ-Aviator said:

    err..

    I’d say yes

47. #637987
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 1:01 pm, jsmiddleton4 said:

    I’m thinking that if the RNC does not get back to and BE the conservative party we joined, conservatives will leave the Republican Party and start our own conservative movement. If that happens the RNC will merge into the Democrat Party and we’ll still have a two party system. Conservative vs. liberal instead of this schizoid mess we have now.

    At the end of the day while we can rightfully complain about the likes of Steele, Snowe, Collins, Cantor, Specter, etc., they may actually be doing us conservatives a favor. Pain motivates. When the pain of staying in the RNC is greater than the pain of starting a new conservative party, we will see the birth of a new party.

48. #637988
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 1:02 pm, John Deaux said:

    Of course, if Steele steps down because of this, the MSM will say we feigned disappointment but really wanted him out because he’s black.

49. #637990
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 1:03 pm, southsideironworks said:

    Granite said:

    Glad this happened before I sent any money to the RNC after receiving a request from Mr. Steele the other day!

    Yeah, got the same letter sitting right here on my desk. *sigh*

50. #637993
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 1:06 pm, NJ-Aviator said:

    Send those letters back with a copy of Steel’s comments… and nothing else.

51. #637998
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 1:09 pm, jsmiddleton4 said:

    “…the MSM will say…”

    Who cares? They won’t get it right no matter what so why bother? This is what Steele didn’t get.

52. #637999
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 1:12 pm, Pasadena Phil said:

    On March 3rd, 2009 at 1:01 pm, jsmiddleton4 said:

    I’m thinking that if the RNC does not get back to and BE the conservative party we joined, conservatives will leave the Republican Party and start our own conservative movement.

    Isn’t that what is happening? At the 2004 election, both Dem and Rep claimed 39% of all registered voters. The Dems have held to this day. The Reps sunk to 26% in the November 2006 election and that has done nothing but go down since. I estimate that the number is now somewhere near 22-23%.

    I vote “none of the above” these days. I would have much rather been voting for Bob Barr as a coordinated conservative effort to deny Obama any claim to a mandate but all my efforts accomplished was getting booted out of Townhall.

    Those 7 million Republicans who stayed home could have made the difference had they also voted “none of the above” but… (deer in the headlights).

    McCain’s defeat would have set us up for 2010 but here we are again fighting the same RINOs who just won’t surrender control of the GOP even after two catastrophic defeats resulting in the halving of party registrations. I just don’t know what it takes.

    Why don’t we start a new party?
    Conservatives now outnumber Republicans! If we could just agree to target our votes to “none of the above”, things would start moving for us again. We are never going to make any gains in the GOP if we cannot get rid of the various gangs of McCain and his friends.

53. #638002
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 1:13 pm, AuntiEm said:

    The Republican party chose him as a reflex to Obama’s success. Because he is black. Not a very good reason but it seems obvious. Like they are trying to hard to live down the racist labels unfairly thrust upon them, but no Soros to back them up.

54. #638006
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 1:14 pm, hatfield said:

    We’re so screwed. I e-mailed steele informing him that the check book is closed.

55. #638007
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 1:15 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    All requests for money should have the return envelope taped to the top of a box with a brick in it.

    The RNC pay the postage and gets a clue.

    A box of rocks is a good metaphor as well.

56. #638011
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 1:18 pm, By Choice said:

    I have been a major Michael Steele fan and have no idea where this all came from or why. Nothing said here convinces me that he should be thrown out of the RNC just yet.

    After public reaction to his remarks this week will tell whether I continue to support him or not depending on his responses. I don’t trust anything coming out of the MSM to be reported truthfully, they always take sound bites totally out of context, as we all know.

    When he first started he vowed to support conservative core issues and railed at Snowe, Collins and Spector for going to the other side. I was totally bouyed by his statements. This issue may be a hiccup. We’ll see….

57. #638013
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 1:19 pm, rambler said:

    It’s time for a new party; one that actually will represent the American public.

58. #638014
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 1:20 pm, granite said:

    “Craven squish.”

    It just dawned on me….

    That term sounds like a great name, not for an antagonist, but for an unhelpful character in a superhero comic strip!

59. #638015
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 1:20 pm, jsmiddleton4 said:

    “Why don’t we start a new party?”

    Because right now the pain is less. We are still trying to see IF the RNC can get back on track with conservative ideology. It is obvious conservatives are not convinced that it will happen. It feels like we consider it MIGHT happen, COULD happen, not sure it WILL happen. Once we are convinced one way or the other, then what will be, will be.

    I for one would prefer to see the Republican Party return to its conservative roots. But my patience is not endless.

60. #638017
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 1:22 pm, granite said:

    On March 3rd, 2009 at 1:18 pm, By Choice said:

    Something to think about.
    Is it worth giving him another chance?

61. #638029
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 1:29 pm, single stack said:

    I knew Steele was a mistake from the beginning. When he was first selected as RNC chairman and people were having Obamagasms over him my only thought was, “Damn fools!”
    We don’t need a moderate RNC leader sucking up to liberals. That’s been the Republican party’s problem for a long time now. It’s people like Steele that pushed conservatives away and put the party in the crapper.

62. #638045
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 1:39 pm, rightisright said:

    The RNC best get rid of this reacher before it’s too late for the next election, local, state or federal. Months ago I thought he was pretty good, every day since he’s been sliding backwards IMHO…dump him before it’s too late.
    Question, how does the RNC survive without large donations, from what I read here and other sites most conservatives refuse to give. I sent the RNC nasty worded replies last summer when Juan was the nominee, to never ask me for money until they could grow a pair and stand for conservative ideals, haven’t heard back, it worked.

63. #638057
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 1:47 pm, lgm said:

    Please, by all means throw any halfway sane Republican under the bus. Let’s see how the party of Palin and Limbaugh and Joe Plumber does in the next election. I know how it stands in the polls — up to Obama’s knee.

64. #638058
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 1:49 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    Okay, who said “Ididot”? Now look what you have done.

65. #638063
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 1:50 pm, jsmiddleton4 said:

    “Let’s see how the party of Palin and Limbaugh and Joe Plumber does in the next election.”

    Oh please, can we have that? I mean please! The last time Reagan took the entire country and we won majorities in Congress. So please from your lips lgm to reality!

    Great to see you’ve joined us conservatives lgm. Welcome to the side of liberty.

66. #638066
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 1:51 pm, b-cat said:

    On March 3rd, 2009 at 1:47 pm, lgm said:
    I know how it stands in the polls — up to Obama’s knee.

    No, that’s you.

67. #638068
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 1:52 pm, granite said:

    On March 3rd, 2009 at 1:49 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    Okay, who said “Ididot”? Now look what you have done.

    Naah.
    It’s just Cissy, the socialists’ cheerleader.

68. #638074
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 1:56 pm, mike.musculus said:

    Yes lgm,
    Let us all follow the advice of the Dem-Socialist! Obey Your Enemy: He Only Has Your Best Interests At Heart!

    Just like Prez Cucuracha has for the USA…

69. #638078
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 1:57 pm, Bachbone said:

    I get my mail at a Post Office box and sort it there. RNC mail goes directly into their ’round file.’ They try to disguise it by putting various bigwig names (e.g., Steve Forbes) in the return address area, but I’m onto that game. It never makes it to my house. Hasn’t for years. The GOP must have a latent death wish. Maybe it needs to spend some time with a good psychiatrist finding out why it has so much difficulty sticking to conservative principles.

70. #638089
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 2:08 pm, wighttrasch said:

    You should have gone out and gotten an uneducated forklift driver

    Why ilovemycount–are you unemployed & therefore free?

71. #638091
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 2:10 pm, cheapseat said:

    lgm by 2010 the working class white voters will be so tired of being abused by the one that the house will fall. by 2012, the communist party will be relegated to 20 years of minority status. you can bet that as every union job in the u.s. is lost except for school teachers and gubmint workers, those folks are going to blame trickle up thug thizzle economics. every time another car dealership fails, mechanics (union workers) lose their job. jimmy carter issued in 28 years of conservative to moderate government. center right shall we say, because clinton was generally a centrist, at least as much as bush jr. so 4 years of nancy writing tax/spending laws and obama rubber stamping her insanity, this country will swing so hard right the left may finally perform their long promised exodus to france.

72. #638095
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 2:12 pm, James Felix said:

    You should have gone out and gotten an uneducated forklift driver to lead the RNC.

    Snotty contempt for people who work for a living? Check.

    Underestimation of skills they don’t understand? Check.

    Yep. ILMC’s a liberal, all right.

73. #638099
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 2:13 pm, Oink said:

    I think we need Newt Gingrich as RNC Chair.

74. #638105
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 2:17 pm, b-cat said:

    You should have gone out and gotten an uneducated forklift driver to lead the RNC.

    I drive a forklift, and while largely self-educated, I do have an Associates Degree in Business Admin and Computer Apps. Hey, the gig pays the bills nicely.

    I am, however, available for the RNC gig. You can reach me here, GOP.

75. #638145
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 2:39 pm, FirstSkirt said:

    When LGM says, “…any halfway sane Republican,” referring to Mr. Steele, it’s time to cut him loose. I do not want any moderates in the GOP. Moderate, to me, means somebody who can’t or won’t take a stand on an issue, or who is looking for expediency to make themselves look good. Moderate is a made-up liberal word for protecting the identity of a flaming liberal who ran as a Republican to get elected. Enough, already! I agree with the other posters, grow up and grow a pair. We need someone who loves, just loves, to tangle tooth and nail with the MSM.

76. #638160
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 2:49 pm, NC BLUE said:

    Michael Steele is a big LIBERAL dressed in a RINO pinstriped suit. I believe Eric Cantor sided with him on Rush. If so, another loser. Steele won’t respond to the Nazi slander–isn’t that hate speech? He should be canned by the RNC–why wait for him to resign. He wants the hip-hop crowd who pride themselves in singing about ho’s, bitches, kill the cops, back that thing up, nasty,nasty, nasty. What an idiot.

77. #638175
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 2:57 pm, Texhoma said:

    We’re screwed in 2012 if he stays the RNC Chairman.

78. #638194
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 3:14 pm, DirkBelig said:

    This is why, despite what alphabetical ordering may suggest, Steyn comes before Steele.

79. #638244
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 3:57 pm, bluesoc said:

    The meeting apparently did happen.
    

    In the first meeting of the two leaders at the White House, Mr. Obama renewed his commitment to the partnership between the United States and Britain

    Another example of MM’s fine journalistic skills.

80. #638246
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 3:58 pm, bluesoc said:

    The meeting apparently did happen.

    Sorry, wrong thread.

81. #638274
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 4:19 pm, happyscrapper said:

    Geithner is now testifying in the Senate just as Obama is talking in his press conference.

    Why, in the name of all that is sane, does Obama have a televised press conference every friggin day? Every time I turn around, there he is!

82. #638293
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 4:30 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Why, in the name of all that is sane, does Obama have a televised press conference every friggin day? Every time I turn around, there he is!

    Amortizing the teleprompter…

83. #638303
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 4:36 pm, Salt said:

    On March 3rd, 2009 at 3:57 pm, bluesoc said:

    The meeting apparently did happen.

    In the first meeting of the two leaders at the White House, Mr. Obama renewed his commitment to the partnership between the United States and Britain

    Another example of MM’s fine journalistic skills.

    Sorry, wrong thread.

    Wrong thread and likely a misfire on what Michelle was pointing out that British journalists were reporting. It was not about a lack of meeting between the two, but the lack of a full dual-podium press conference (or “newser” in Brit speak).

    So if you’re going to come to criticize, you might want to double check what MM is actually posting.

84. #638321
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 4:52 pm, southsideironworks said:

    Why, in the name of all that is sane, does Obama have a televised press conference Stump Speech every friggin day? Every time I turn around, there he is!

    FIXED!

85. #638325
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 4:56 pm, txvet2 said:

    On March 3rd, 2009 at 3:58 pm, bluesoc said:

    Sorry, wrong thread.

    No, wrong website. The liars are all congregating over at Huffpo and Kos.

86. #638343
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 5:13 pm, Drained Brain said:

    Craven squish – heh!

    Mark Steyn and Michelle Malkin are on my list of those capable of making pithy comments that are right on the money. They’re also making me feel I’m not alone in our incipient Obamaland.

87. #638462
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 7:19 pm, edward cropper said:

    What do you expect from someone who is not, nor has he ever been a real conservative.
    All those who went ga ga over his election to the RNC were living in never never land.
    His basic political reflects never indicated a conservative and his election was a mistake as his craven remarks about Rush have surely shown. His apology is meaningless.

88. #638470
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 7:29 pm, BlackFlag55 said:

    Michael Steel pulled a Josh McDaniels.

    Josh McDaniels is the new head coach of the Denver Broncos. Young, hip, cast as a definitive gun slinger and ready to lead. Owner Pat Bowlen had thrown out one of the winningest coaches of all time in Mike Shanahan who had allowed the team to fall on hard times through a series of roster-mistakes (sound GWB?).

    McDaniels rolls into town and immediately screws the pooch in the most fundamental way a coach cannot crew a pooch. Tried to trade Denver’s next John Elway, the team’s franchise quarterback, Jay Cutler. Cutler is spectacular, going to be a legend and this yayhoo from Boston, talented as he surely is, tried to trade Cutler to other teams in order to squirrel in his boy, Matt Cassel … who is also a fantastic quarterback.

    But … it’s the way the team went about it. What’s happened is, like Steele, by doing dirt to the team, McDaniels has sown dissent, distrust and question marks all over the place. Team is about trust. Team is about 50+ guys working as one, and when the new guy blows into town and not only tries to undo the Number 2 ranked offense in the NFL, but get rid of it’s anchor … and THEN BLOWS IT, and then tries to deny blowing it, and then has lackeys and PR squigs try to plant the idea that Cutler ought to man up and not be so ‘concerned’ about these shenanigans … well, welcome to Michael Steele territory.

    In one short burst of babble, Steele has sown distrust, discord and question marks all over the place by trying to blow the Republican’s franchise player out of the view finder.

    There’s a major amount of Stupid Gas loose.

89. #638618
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 11:58 pm, Stillwaiting said:

    Perhaps the left kidnapped Steele and replaced him with Larry David!!!

90. #638619
    On March 3rd, 2009 at 11:58 pm, yohannbiimu said:

    On March 3rd, 2009 at 1:47 pm, lgm said: Please, by all means throw any halfway sane Republican under the bus. Let’s see how the party of Palin and Limbaugh and Joe Plumber does in the next election. I know how it stands in the polls — up to Obama’s knee.

    Explain to us how Steele’s pathetic appearance with D.L. Hughley and subsequent “apology” in any way displays sanity. Also, explain to us how Rush Limbaugh and his program is (in the words of the “sane” Michael Steele) “incendiary” and “ugly.”

    Your’s and Michael Steele’s impressions of people like Limbaugh and other conservatives are based either upon ignorance or intellectual dishonesty. Steele (as with most liberals) cannot honesty define and describe Limbaugh and conservatism, so he has to use liberal “conventional wisdom.” I’m only surprised that he didn’t include that Limbaugh is “racist,” “sexist,” and “homophobic.”

    If you have ever heard a single syllable of Rush’s program or otherwise, and you have a disagreement with him, then let’s hear it. Really, if you haven’t done so, you ought to call up his show (1-800-282-2882) and talk with him (liberals get to the front of the line). There truly isn’t another talk show host who is more patient with HONEST liberals (ones who say they are, and aren’t putzes claiming to be conservatives) who want to talk about what they disagree with him and conservatism.

91. #638634
    On March 4th, 2009 at 1:28 am, RabbidSquirrel said:

    Someone needs to immediately get over to the RNC offices and check on their water supply.

    I fear that someone from the DNC is maliciously spiking their drinks with high doses of estorogen. Its starting to become obvious obvious that no one over there has any nads left.

    Either that or the “men” there have finally gotten on the same cycle with the ladies.

92. #638635
    On March 4th, 2009 at 1:30 am, RabbidSquirrel said:

    On March 3rd, 2009 at 2:13 pm, Oink said:

    I think we need Newt Gingrich as RNC Chair.

    I would have said that a few months ago too. BUT Newt sold out and caved on the bailout right along with the rest of them.

93. #638636
    On March 4th, 2009 at 1:34 am, RabbidSquirrel said:

    On March 3rd, 2009 at 2:10 pm, cheapseat said:

    are going to blame trickle up thug thizzle economics

    I like that! Bravo!!

94. #638637
    On March 4th, 2009 at 1:44 am, yohannbiimu said:

    lgm, I just read what you said in another thread about Rush’s program being “hate radio,” and it’s obvious that you have never actually listened to it, or you are an imbecile. Chances are, it’s both…

95. #638644
    On March 4th, 2009 at 2:03 am, love2rumba said:

    I already sent back my “donation” for $0 to the RNC. I also demanded the resignation of Michael Steele.

    What a friggin’ waste of time he is!

96. #638775
    On March 4th, 2009 at 10:41 am, pueblo1032 said:

    MARK STEYN said it well, with very few words… Again I say, VERY, VERY DISAPPOINTING!!!