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Michael Steele Elected RNC Chairman

By on 30 January 2009

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92 Responses to Michael Steele Elected RNC Chairman

  1. Betsy 30 January 2009 at 4:06 pm #

    Well, I guess as MSNBC said “he sounded like Obama”. I’m sure the Repubs are trying to get back to where they were a few years ago with this election of Steele. Personally, I think he’s as sleazy as Bush. Anyone who runs for the Senate seat and puts out a bumper sticker that has him as a democrat to get votes is just that, sleazy.

  2. Audiegrl 30 January 2009 at 4:09 pm #

    Remember these dirty tricks from Steele?

    http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/michael_steele/

  3. BrooklynGirl 30 January 2009 at 4:13 pm #

    I hate to sound cynical but I’m reading this selection as a “hey look, we got a black leader in our party too”.

    If this is an attempt to attract minorities then Republicans really are clueless. Michael Steele couldn’t win an election in a deeply blue state like Maryland with a large African American population.

    Republicans are becoming more and more of a joke. Instead of using gimmicks to win votes, it would nice if they were able to present sound policies that haven’t already proven to be a failure.

    I’m a fan of the two party system….hopefully we’ll find a second party to replace the clowns on the right and we can continue this tradition.

  4. TaylorMarsh 30 January 2009 at 4:13 pm #

    Steele’s speech was given in an alternate universe. We’re going to win in the south, they’re going to own the west, watch out northeast, “baby.”

  5. TaylorMarsh 30 January 2009 at 4:14 pm #

    BrooklynGirl | 01.30.2009 – 4:13 pm | #

    I hadn’t seen this post when I posted, otherwise I would have simply said, what she said!

  6. BrooklynGirl 30 January 2009 at 4:16 pm #

    TaylorMarsh | Homepage | 01.30.2009 – 4:13 pm |

    Taylor, I’m still wiping tears of laughter from my eyes. I thought he was going to take out three balls and do a juggling act as he spoke.

  7. TaylorMarsh 30 January 2009 at 4:18 pm #

    Weird. Weird. Weird, BG.

  8. AnninCA 30 January 2009 at 4:19 pm #

    I like him, but I don’t know a lot about him, either.

    I just liked his response to several recent issues.

    We’ll see.

  9. Audiegrl 30 January 2009 at 4:20 pm #

    The selection of Michael Steele is just as transparent and offensive as the selection of Sarah Palin. The Repubs thought that by selecting Palin, as a woman, she would steal all of Hillary’s votes. In this case, they think that by having Steele, they will somehow magically bring minorities into the Republican party. Phu-leeeze.

    This is the same guy who screeched on Faux News during the primaries and GE against President Obama, repeating all the Repub talking points with glee. The same guy that in 2006 out-of-state homeless men to hand out misleading campaign literature in African-American neighborhoods.

    This is also an attempt to have Steele be out front, to attack Obama, and be able to say, well he is African-American too, so what he says can’t possibly be racist or offensive.

    This just makes me sick to my stomach, but more determined to work even harder against the Republican hypocrites.

  10. justlen 30 January 2009 at 4:21 pm #

    Steele’s a piece of work:

    While speaking to the Baltimore Jewish Council, Michael Steele compared doctors conducting stem cell research to Nazis performing human experiments during the Holocaust: “You of all folks know what happens when people decide to experiment on human beings, when they want to take your life and use it as a tool.” [Associated Press, 2/10/06]

  11. TaylorMarsh 30 January 2009 at 4:24 pm #

    Oh justlen, that’s right! How could I forget about that one?

  12. djjl 30 January 2009 at 4:28 pm #

    Steele is what the Republican Party is all about. What a lousy choice.

  13. Audiegrl 30 January 2009 at 4:28 pm #

    justlen | 01.30.2009 – 4:21 pm | #

    good grief. why do they always bring up Nazis? The minute you do, you lose.

  14. djjl 30 January 2009 at 4:29 pm #

    Taylor, I just got in and have been catching up on the postings. Congratulations to your husband and to you for making such a good choice in men.

  15. justlen 30 January 2009 at 4:30 pm #

    I guess they had to do something to make up for Alan Keyes heading to the Constitution party.

  16. justlen 30 January 2009 at 4:31 pm #

    good grief. why do they always bring up Nazis? The minute you do, you lose.
    Audiegrl | 01.30.2009 – 4:28 pm | #

    Godwin’s Law, sweetie:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_Law

  17. djjl 30 January 2009 at 4:34 pm #

    http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100057050&ft=1&f=1012

    Here is an interesting piece about Saul Alinsky

  18. Betsy 30 January 2009 at 4:34 pm #

    This whole thing is just laughable. I love the fact that Andrea Mitchell showed the bumper sticker. As usual the Republican party is filled with dishonest and desperate people.

    Now, after having said that I do have to say that I don’t believe the average Republican is in that category, but I do believe that the Republican politicians leave alot to be desired. Who in the hell do they think they are kidding. And I agree with Brooklyn Girl that they voted for him so they could put an AA in there to oppose Obama, and claim that he’s black too.

  19. djjl 30 January 2009 at 4:37 pm #

    You know Godwin’s law allows that there appropriate comparisons.

    From justlen’s wiki link:

    However, Godwin’s Law itself can be abused, as a distraction or diversion, that fallaciously miscasts an opponent’s argument as hyperbole, especially if the comparisons made by the argument are actually appropriate. A 2005 Reason magazine article argued that Godwin’s Law is often misused to ridicule even valid comparisons.

  20. TaylorMarsh 30 January 2009 at 4:41 pm #

    djjl | 01.30.2009 – 4:29 pm | #

    I got the better end of this deal, djjl.

  21. BrooklynGirl 30 January 2009 at 4:45 pm #

    justlen | 01.30.2009 – 4:21 pm | #

    What Justlen? I can’t believe he actually said that! Eye roll….

  22. Benny 30 January 2009 at 4:50 pm #

    Not surprised at all, especially after Blackwell threw his support behind him. He’s actually more articulate than most Repubs.

  24. TaylorMarsh 30 January 2009 at 4:58 pm #

    Benny | Homepage | 01.30.2009 – 4:50 pm | #

    Can you believe this is the depths the party of the “great communicator” has sunk?

  25. AnninCA 30 January 2009 at 4:59 pm #

    Here’s my real thought. Buckle up, Steele.

    You’re about to get the Palin treatment.

  26. justlen 30 January 2009 at 4:59 pm #

    Oh, as they swing more to the right they’ll sink lower.

  27. justlen 30 January 2009 at 5:01 pm #

    You’re about to get the Palin treatment.
    AnninCA | 01.30.2009 – 4:59 pm | #

    I don’t think so, Steele’s at least semi-literate, and doesn’t think Jesus rode on Dinosaurs. So far as we know.

    You betcha.

  28. Iceblinkjm 30 January 2009 at 5:04 pm #

    I am laughing my ass off at the comments on various GOP sites…They really do not have a clue.

  29. Lake Lady 30 January 2009 at 5:05 pm #

    I’m LMAO at justen’s last comment!

  30. justlen 30 January 2009 at 5:08 pm #

    I’m still LMAO at people regurgitating GOP lies about the EFCA.

    …also

  31. Iceblinkjm 30 January 2009 at 5:11 pm #

    You’re about to get the Palin treatment.
    AnninCA | 01.30.2009 – 4:59 pm | #

    I don’t think so, Steele’s at least semi-literate, and doesn’t think Jesus rode on Dinosaurs.
    So far as we know.

    You betcha.
    justlen | 01.30.2009 – 5:01 pm | #

    Give this man a drink on the house! Taylor it’s friday let’s have Tip O’Neal night!

  32. Lake Lady 30 January 2009 at 5:12 pm #

    What I don’t understand is all the deference paid to the Repubs by the MSM. Their policies, both foreign and domestic have utterly failed.

    I think I get what Obama is doing but it makes me impatient because I am partisan. I am willing to trust him, but it does not feel completely comfortable to me..

    Congrats to your hubub (daughter’s nickname for husband) Taylor!

  33. justlen 30 January 2009 at 5:18 pm #

    OK, maybe I was wrong, and I’m man enough to admit it.

    Steele has two sons, so I guess he can’t have a daughter get pregnant by a dropout son of a drug dealing Mommy.

    Also I don’t think there’s any Wolves in Maryland so he can’t shoot them from a helicopter. also.

  34. Iceblinkjm 30 January 2009 at 5:21 pm #

    Don’t get me started on the helicopters and those poor wolves. Watching those videos made me heart and soul sick. Palin is one cold hearted snake.

  35. justlen 30 January 2009 at 5:24 pm #

    Palin is one cold hearted snake.
    Iceblinkjm | 01.30.2009 – 5:21 pm | #

    In a mavericky way.

    Speaking of mavericks, did JTP get fragged in Israel yet?

  36. Jane Austen 30 January 2009 at 5:24 pm #

    Also I don’t think there’s any Wolves in Maryland so he can’t shoot them from a helicopter. also.
    justlen | 01.30.2009 – 5:18 pm | #

    Do they raise turkeys in Maryland?

  37. Audiegrl 30 January 2009 at 5:25 pm #

    I can’t wait to hear Rush champion this guy. He will have to take some extra Vicodin’s. LOL

  38. Audiegrl 30 January 2009 at 5:26 pm #

    Jane Austen | 01.30.2009 – 5:24 pm | #

    There are some rogue turkeys in Massachusetts attacking the postmen. ;-)

  39. Lake Lady 30 January 2009 at 5:27 pm #

    Good one Audiegrl! LOL

  40. Jane Austen 30 January 2009 at 5:27 pm #

    There are some rogue turkeys in Massachusetts attacking the postmen. ;-)
    Audiegrl | 01.30.2009 – 5:26 pm | #

    AG – ROFLMAO now. :-)

  41. justlen 30 January 2009 at 5:29 pm #

    There are some rogue turkeys in Massachusetts attacking the postmen. ;-)
    Audiegrl | 01.30.2009 – 5:26 pm | #

    Send the ‘first dude” on his snow machine. However, with the ice he should swap out his silk boxers for longjohns.

  42. Jane Austen 30 January 2009 at 5:29 pm #

    Well at least we can have some good laughs at the expense of the GOP. They haven’t got a clue that they are so outdated that the only thing we can do is to laugh at them. In some sense I feel sorry for them because they come across as desperate and pathetic.

  43. Lake Lady 30 January 2009 at 5:29 pm #

    Heard about that Jane. Postmen are going to carry unbrellas to defend themselves. LOL

  44. BrooklynGirl 30 January 2009 at 5:30 pm #

    justlen | 01.30.2009 – 5:18 pm | #

    “Steele has two sons, so I guess he can’t have a daughter get pregnant by a dropout son of a
    drug dealing Mommy.”

    Whoa Justlen, I’m almost cringed when I read this but I guess you just made a very valid point.

  45. Jane Austen 30 January 2009 at 5:30 pm #

    Heard about that Jane. Postmen are going to carry unbrellas to defend themselves. LOL
    Lake Lady | 01.30.2009 – 5:29 pm | #

    I thought it was mace. :-)

  46. Lake Lady 30 January 2009 at 5:31 pm #

    umbrellas…

  47. Iceblinkjm 30 January 2009 at 5:32 pm #

    Justlen- good question it’s been a bit since we have heard a peep out of JTP. I imagine the guy ran home with his tail between his leg.

  48. Jane Austen 30 January 2009 at 5:32 pm #

    umbrellas…
    Lake Lady | 01.30.2009 – 5:31 pm | #

    I bow to your choice. Not quite as dangerous. :-)

  49. Audiegrl 30 January 2009 at 5:34 pm #

    I thought it was mace. :-)
    Jane Austen | 01.30.2009 – 5:30 pm | #

    Maybe the postmen should carry photos of Palin to scare them. She is the mortal enemy of all turkeys. ;-)

  50. Lake Lady 30 January 2009 at 5:34 pm #

    NPR said umbrellas yesterday…I wonder if mace would just make them mad?

  51. Lake Lady 30 January 2009 at 5:36 pm #

    Maybe they should just pack a bag of turkey food.

  52. Jane Austen 30 January 2009 at 5:37 pm #

    NPR said umbrellas yesterday…I wonder if mace would just make them mad?
    Lake Lady | 01.30.2009 – 5:34 pm | #

    They’d probably have a “turkey revolt.”

  53. djjl 30 January 2009 at 5:40 pm #

    A Risky Strategy

    The House GOP’s anti-Obama stand risks marginalizing a wounded party.
    By Eleanor Clift
    Jan 30, 2009

    http://www.newsweek.com/id/182380

    Couldn’t happen to better folks.

  54. justlen 30 January 2009 at 5:40 pm #

    Hey, I just heard Steele’s a Muslim.

    I think we need to demand his COLB.

  55. djjl 30 January 2009 at 5:41 pm #

    This is just too good.

    “Have the Republicans no shame? After swarming around President Obama like adolescent girls swooning over the Jonas brothers, getting their picture taken with him and accepting his invitation to a White House cocktail party, every Republican in the House still voted like Rush Limbaugh instructed them to—registering a big fat “no” on Obama’s stimulus plan. It was their way to signal solidarity with the GOP base and its talk-show mouthpieces. But stiffing a popular president in the middle of an economic crisis risks further marginalizing a party already on the ropes.”

  56. Lake Lady 30 January 2009 at 5:42 pm #

    Just had to share this image with everyone. The lake is frozen and snow covered. The migratory geese have keep a open area.The sun is setting and they are coming back from their day of foraging in groups.They are making their spectacular landings through the sunset.

    Sometimes you have to just stop and appreciate what you have :)

  57. djjl 30 January 2009 at 5:44 pm #

    Spectacular Lake Lady

    Thanks for the portrait

  58. Jane Austen 30 January 2009 at 5:46 pm #

    djjl | 01.30.2009 – 5:41 pm | #

    Their strategy is all wrong. They should have waited before they started to oppose Obama. Instead they came out looking vindictive in addition to obstructionists. This is not going to go well with the American people who are desperate for some solutions to the economic crisis.

  59. djjl 30 January 2009 at 5:47 pm #

    JA
    Completely agree with you. The people want them to work together.

  60. Lake Lady 30 January 2009 at 5:47 pm #

    Lord…have kept an open area…Sheesh…!

  61. justlen 30 January 2009 at 5:48 pm #

    The freepers are melting down:

    “And he is certifiably black enough to criticize Obama too ! Wonder if he has authentic slave blood though…”

  62. Jane Austen 30 January 2009 at 5:50 pm #

    djjl | 01.30.2009 – 5:47 pm | #

    I really don’t see the majority of the Repubs working with the Dems or Obama. With them it’s “my way or the highway.” You have no idea the anger of the Repubs up here. They don’t know whether to s..t or go blind. And that’s the way I’m looking at the GOP today. They still haven’t figured out that their ideology has gone the way of Edsel.

  63. Lake Lady 30 January 2009 at 5:50 pm #

    djjl and Jane…completely agree! Political posturing when this country is on it’s knees! Shows them for what they are; selfish, mean spirited,wrong headed and in denial.

  64. Lake Lady 30 January 2009 at 5:53 pm #

    It is just a little scary. When they get out of denial some will be dangerous.

  65. djjl 30 January 2009 at 5:54 pm #

    I’ll be tuning in to Washington Week tonight ………should be interesting.

  66. djjl 30 January 2009 at 5:55 pm #

    Maybe this is how we can wrench back control of this country – away from conglomerate media.

  67. djjl 30 January 2009 at 5:57 pm #

    Wow, I just saw that Mayor Bloomberg announced that he may have to lay off 23,000 public employees in NYC.

  68. Audiegrl 30 January 2009 at 5:57 pm #

    justlen | 01.30.2009 – 5:48 pm | #

    good grief! ;-)

  69. djjl 30 January 2009 at 5:58 pm #

    Can we say “irrelevant?”

    “Can GOP Still Enjoy Its Retreat?

    The Republican National Committee sets to work this weekend. But a new poll shows the GOP can only claim significant voter majorities in a handful of states. We explore what’s in store at the RNC’s annual weekend retreat and who they’re considering as a new party chair.”

    http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100057036&ft=1&f=1012

  70. Jane Austen 30 January 2009 at 5:58 pm #

    djjl | 01.30.2009 – 5:57 pm | #

    NYC has terrible financial problems right now and it’s going to take a miracle to get them out of it. I expect more layoffs.

  71. Lake Lady 30 January 2009 at 6:03 pm #

    Bloomburg also wants resturants to reduce the salt they use by 50%. He can be a little much sometimes.

  72. djjl 30 January 2009 at 6:04 pm #

    Well, I’ve been waiting a long time for the Republicans “trickle down” to happen. They scream about “redistribution of wealth” – they only worry when the real workers might get to keep some of what they have created. They have long been the dominant force in the redistribution of wealth – from the many to the few.

  73. Lake Lady 30 January 2009 at 6:06 pm #

    The last 8 years have seen the biggest shift in wealth since right before the depression, I believe.

  74. Betsy 30 January 2009 at 6:06 pm #

    Where did Ann go. I guess she left since we were picking on the Repubs. :-)

    JA the republicans here are so angry it’s too funny. I haven’t read the local talk show hosts blog in the past week. I figure he’s probably angry and hateful.

  75. Lake Lady 30 January 2009 at 6:09 pm #

    Karma is a bitch:)

  76. Jane Austen 30 January 2009 at 6:09 pm #

    Lake Lady | 01.30.2009 – 6:03 pm | #

    Lake Lady – I think this is what you’re referring to. Being a health nut myself and having eaten at many NYC bistros I’m kind of in favor of lowering the salt content.

    http://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/52187/

  77. justlen 30 January 2009 at 6:09 pm #

    Where did Ann go.
    Betsy | 01.30.2009 – 6:06 pm | #

    Hopefully she went to read the EFCA.

  78. GeoT 30 January 2009 at 6:12 pm #

    Jesus rode on Dinosaurs.

    justlen | 01.30.2009 – 5:01 pm | #

    “new this summer… at Disney World”

  79. Jane Austen 30 January 2009 at 6:12 pm #

    Betsy | 01.30.2009 – 6:06 pm | #

    I mingle with alot of Repubs; can’t help it; it’s a Repub county. I am shocked at what I’m hearing people say in social gatherings. My son-in-law actually had to ask one of his neighbors to leave my daughter’s birthday party last week because the guy was using some really objectionable racial language and in front of my 7 year old grandson. I might add language that just has never been allowed in my family.

  80. Lake Lady 30 January 2009 at 6:13 pm #

    For some reason the pop up got blocked,but thanks Jane.

  81. Jane Austen 30 January 2009 at 6:14 pm #

    Where did Ann go.
    Betsy | 01.30.2009 – 6:06 pm | #

    Hopefully she went to read the EFCA.
    justlen | 01.30.2009 – 6:09 pm | #

    I wish she’d do some serious research.

  82. Jane Austen 30 January 2009 at 6:15 pm #

    Jesus rode on Dinosaurs.

    justlen | 01.30.2009 – 5:01 pm | #

    “new this summer… at Disney World”
    GeoT | 01.30.2009 – 6:12 pm | #

    Oh boy, I can’t wait and will hold my breath. :-)

  83. Lake Lady 30 January 2009 at 6:18 pm #

    I’ve been shocked at some emails my nephew has been sending out,that he thinks are funny. He and my daughter got in an email fight over it.

    He is in banking and evidently he and his email circle think this is funny stuff.

  84. justlen 30 January 2009 at 6:20 pm #

    Oh boy, I can’t wait and will hold my breath. :-)
    Jane Austen | 01.30.2009 – 6:15 pm | #

    Why wait? Just check out the coloring book from the Palin house:

    http://tinyurl.com/6syg64

  85. GeoT 30 January 2009 at 6:21 pm #

    My son-in-law actually had to ask one of his
    neighbors to leave my daughter’s birthday party last week because the guy was using some really
    objectionable racial language and in front of my 7 year old grandson.
    Jane Austen | 01.30.2009 – 6:12 pm | #

    good for him! You can’t turn a deaf ear to that kind of stuff.

  86. GeoT 30 January 2009 at 6:24 pm #

    He is in banking and evidently he and his email circle think this is funny stuff.

    Lake Lady | 01.30.2009 – 6:18 pm | #

    My wife’s good friend, a teacher none the less, made a habit of forwarding the nasty anti-Obama rumors and jokes during the election and I had to confront her on it…

  87. GeoT 30 January 2009 at 6:26 pm #

    Why wait? Just check out the coloring book from the Palin house:

    http://tinyurl.com/6syg64

    justlen | 01.30.2009 – 6:20 pm | #

    that can’t be for real, can it?

  88. justlen 30 January 2009 at 6:31 pm #

    that can’t be for real, can it?
    GeoT | 01.30.2009 – 6:26 pm | #

    Dunno, but the Creation Museum actually has dioramas depicting Adam and Eve with dinosaurs.

  89. GeoT 30 January 2009 at 6:32 pm #

    Dunno, but the Creation Museum actually has dioramas depicting Adam and Eve with dinosaurs.
    justlen | 01.30.2009 – 6:31 pm | #

    oh yeah, that part’s true :=)

  90. GeoT 30 January 2009 at 6:39 pm #

    FYI:

    5 Facts About The New RNC Chairman

    http://www.juddlegum.com/blog/2009/01/5-facts-about-the-new-rnc-chairman/

  91. Jane Austen 30 January 2009 at 6:45 pm #

    Dunno, but the Creation Museum actually has dioramas depicting Adam and Eve with dinosaurs.
    justlen | 01.30.2009 – 6:31 pm | #

    oh yeah, that part’s true :=)
    GeoT | 01.30.2009 – 6:32 pm | #

    I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.

  92. rickya 30 January 2009 at 7:14 pm #

    If Democrats can have an empty suit, why can’t Republicans?