Eeesh. I saw this interview. He was ALL over the place.

I dunnno, Steele sounds off the hook to me! I'm lovin' the new crunk GOP, how about you homies?

I_Love_Verdi: I dunnno, Steele sounds off the hook to me! I'm lovin' the new crunk GOP, how about you homies?

For shizzle.

He da man!

This guy is a sleeper agent. There's no way he's working for the good of the GOP. I think he's a troll IRL.

He's Burntdan's alt.

From a TalkingPointsMemo reader this a.m.:
I think that with a lot of Michael Steele's gaffes, he seems to say whatever he perceives to be the opinion of the person to whom he is speaking at the moment. Then later he has to backtrack because it doesn't match the conservative orthodoxy. Take a look back at all the misstatements he has made and to whom he has made them. The man is a mirror. He just reflects back what he thinks you want him to say.

Seems about right to me.

I_Love_Verdi: I dunnno, Steele sounds off the hook to me! I'm lovin' the new crunk GOP, how about you homies?

Bah-dah bah bah bah
I'm lovin' it

What a strange man.

robmilmel: Seems about right to me.

Spot on.

Did they chop off his balls before they let him have the RNC chair?

Meh, no one cares what Steele thinks anyway. They take their marching orders from Rush.

patrick767: Did they chop off his balls before they let him have the RNC chair?

Well, you do know what can happen...

robmilmel: From a TalkingPointsMemo reader this a.m.:
I think that with a lot of Michael Steele's gaffes, he seems to say whatever he perceives to be the opinion of the person to whom he is speaking at the moment. Then later he has to backtrack because it doesn't match the conservative orthodoxy. Take a look back at all the misstatements he has made and to whom he has made them. The man is a mirror. He just reflects back what he thinks you want him to say.

Seems about right to me.

so he's basically Bush without competent(evil scumfarking bastards, but competent) handlers.

Just wait until he admits he voted for Obama.

Michael Steele could win an Olympic race solely by backpedaling.

stickmangrit: so he's basically Bush without competent(evil scumfarking bastards, but competent) handlers.

I really think Bush believed in the crap he was selling-anti-science, pro-jeebus, turrists, etc; he isn't a bright man, but committed to what he believes in, right or wrong.
Steele is Charlie Brown style wishy-washy, I imagine he wakes up every morning thinking "How the hell did I get to be RNC Chair?" His opinion changes more than I change my socks.

robmilmel: stickmangrit: so he's basically Bush without competent(evil scumfarking bastards, but competent) handlers.

I really think Bush believed in the crap he was selling-anti-science, pro-jeebus, turrists, etc; he isn't a bright man, but committed to what he believes in, right or wrong.
Steele is Charlie Brown style wishy-washy, I imagine he wakes up every morning thinking "How the hell did I get to be RNC Chair?" His opinion changes more than I change my socks.

And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large political party.
And you may find yourself with a minority in the House, with a minority in the Senate.
And you may ask yourself- well, how did I get here?

/Same as it ever was, same as it ever was, same as it ever was, same as it ever was...

Heh, anyone not see this coming? I guess they shouldn't have gone with the token black guy for RNC chair.

GAT_00: Heh, anyone not see this coming? I guess they shouldn't have gone with the token black guy for RNC chair.

Actually, if he really is a good 'mirror', then he's very good at getting power. Just terrible about doing anything with it once he's there.

This is great. I hope for a long, drawn-out struggle over the chairmanship ending with replacing Steele with someone to the right of Ann Coulter.

I can just imagine legions of Democratic strategists eating popcorn and watching TV all day..."What can we do that these idiots aren't doing to themselves?"

GAT_00: Heh, anyone not see this coming? I guess they shouldn't have gone with the token black guy for RNC chair.

Are you saying you're against affirmative action?

Sorry, Micheal.

I know you're trying to get educated, pro-military, fiscal conservative, social moderates back to being active in the party.

But St. Ronnie made a deal with the fundies, and you're not going to get out of it. ALL MUST BE PRO LIFE. So sayeth the Reagan.

GAT_00: Heh, anyone not see this coming?

I remember several articles claiming he was a joke when he first got the spot.

RNC Chair Michael Steele backtracking again: When I said I was pro-choice in the interview recently, I meant choice as in keep the baby or put baby up for adoption. Uh-huh

How is babby adopted?

The Republican party is now just a loosely affiliated group of whack jobs. At least Bush/Rove then McCain/Palin gave them a nucleus of stupidity. Now they are being stupid in all sorts of random directions to the point that they are actually being smart by accident sometimes.

Pick a leader and go with it. Palin, Paul, Romney, Huckabee, Norris, Arnold. If they were smart, they would pick whichever person was most vocal against Bush.

mrshowrules
Pick a leader and go with it. Palin, Paul, Romney, Huckabee, Norris, Arnold. If they were smart, they would pick whichever person was most vocal against Bush.

RON PAUL!
/please no

I don't understand how you can be pro-choice and not pro-death penalty, and vice versa. It's a killing, regardless of who does it and why.

/I'm for both

I bet he's a secret muslin.

Time to buy a farm in the country and peacefully retire from your totally ruined career, Steele. Cows respect you just for feeding them regularly.

This is GREAT!

Democrats are experiencing their version of Reagan...
And Republicans are experiencing their version of Clinton!

Steele is a total douchebag. When he was running for office in the Metro DC area, his commercials just reeked of "HEY! IM A SCUMBAG!"

ILoveBeer3000: I don't understand how you can be pro-choice and not pro-death penalty, and vice versa. It's a killing, regardless of who does it and why.

Last year I really kicked ass and I made a killing at bonus time.

I guess that means I have to be pro-choice and pro-death penalty too.

ILoveBeer3000: I don't understand how you can be pro-choice and not pro-death penalty, and vice versa. It's a killing, regardless of who does it and why.

/I'm for both

One key distinction is who the decision maker is: mother for #1, the state for #2.

/I'm against both

Oh great, a black man getting the third degree over child-rearing

Hideously Gigantic Smurf: And Republicans are experiencing their version of Clinton!

Um...Clinton didn't do so bad, actually. He rallied a lot of people around him.

Hideously Gigantic Smurf: This is GREAT!

Democrats are experiencing their version of Reagan...
And Republicans are experiencing their version of Clinton!

Carter

It always amazes me that these staunch pro-lifers are also big fans of military, executions, rendition, torture, privacy erosion, etc...

I guess after you're born you're someone elses problem eh?

ILoveBeer3000: I don't understand how you can be pro-choice and not pro-death penalty, and vice versa. It's a killing, regardless of who does it and why.

I feel about abortion, guns, capital punishment and war pretty much the same way...

Don't like them, accept they are sometimes necessary, think they should be handled prudently.

could it possibly be any more embarrassing to be a fan of the GOP today?

Of course it can. Can't wait.

He just hasn't grasped that he needs to jettison any sense of credibility to be in his post.

They hired him to sell bullshiat to retards. Stick to the script and get on it.

ILoveBeer3000: I don't understand how you can be pro-choice and not pro-death penalty, and vice versa. It's a killing, regardless of who does it and why.

/I'm for both

I don't view an embryo in the first trimester as human life, and after that I support abortion in the case of medical complications for the mother.

/Against death penalty, so I'm pretty much the type of person you were asking about

what_now: Hideously Gigantic Smurf: And Republicans are experiencing their version of Clinton!

Um...Clinton didn't do so bad, actually. He rallied a lot of people around him.

True, but the man could practically claim this...

As his second residence!

For the record, I take mine scattered, smothered, covered, peppered and topped. YUM!

BFletch651:
One key distinction is who the decision maker is: mother for #1, the state for #2.

/I'm against both

It's the inconsistent views people hold that irks me. I completely understand being against both.

Hideously Gigantic Smurf:
I feel about abortion, guns, capital punishment and war pretty much the same way...

Don't like them, accept they are sometimes necessary, think they should be handled prudently.

I agree 100%.

I think I'm in love with Michael Steele.

Michael Steele, will you marry me?

I almost feel bad for him.

Trying to say what you think and filtering out all the stuff that Rush or the GOP disagrees with must be really hard.

He's trying to get more moderates and minorities to cross over to the Republicans, but that's really hard to do with all the fundies breathing down your neck. Which is why it will never happen, and each time he tries he looks more like a spineless tool.

David Frum summarized the problem nicely in Newsweek.

priestrape: could it possibly be any more embarrassing to be a fan of the GOP today?

Of course it can. Can't wait.

I've been telling myself for years now, "Okay, that's the dumbest thing that a Republican will ever say" and time after time they keep proving me wrong. We've gone way past zero credibility / rationality and have moved far into the negative range.

I Said:
I don't view an embryo in the first trimester as human life, and after that I support abortion in the case of medical complications for the mother.

/Against death penalty, so I'm pretty much the type of person you were asking about

I see why you think that. I guess it's just the principle for me: if killing innocent life should be legal then the same rules should apply for what society has deemed as the ultimate guilty, for those whose actions have terminated their right to remain alive.

The when life begins part of the debate always throws a wrench into things.

republicans can't do anything right.


how long till they kick him to the curb??

tombotia: It always amazes me that these staunch pro-lifers are also big fans of military, executions, rendition, torture, privacy erosion, etc...

I guess after you're born you're someone elses problem eh?


"Republicans want live babies so they can grow up to be dead soldiers!"

/RIP Funnyman

ILoveBeer3000: I see why you think that. I guess it's just the principle for me: if killing innocent life should be legal then the same rules should apply for what society has deemed as the ultimate guilty, for those whose actions have terminated their right to remain alive.

The when life begins part of the debate always throws a wrench into things.

FWIW I'd completely agree with you if I viewed an embryo in the first trimester as human life, at which point I'd be against any abortions (that were not done for the medical safety of the mother) and against the death penalty.