It’s official. Cheney kicks Colin Powell to the curb, while Steele exposes the truth about the base.
Cheney first:
Asked about recent verbal broadsides between Limbaugh and Powell, Cheney said: “If I had to choose in terms of being a Republican, I’d go with Rush Limbaugh. My take on it was Colin had already left the party. I didn’t know he was still a Republican.”
Now Steele:
“Remember, it was the base that rejected Mitt because of his switch on pro-life, from pro-choice to pro-life,” Steele told a caller. “It was the base that rejected Mitt because it had issues with Mormonism. It was the base that rejected Mitt because they thought he was back and forth and waffling on those very economic issues you’re talking about.”
Colin’s not a Republican, but Rush is? The base rejected Mitt because they had issues with his Mormonism?
Of course the base had trouble with Romney’s religion. The only way that guy has a shot in 2012 is if he converts. The slight against Powell cuts deeper, and I’m not really sure what Cheney hoped to accomplish with such language. Then again… does anyone understand what the conservatives are talking about these days? Last I heard they were all atwitter about mustard.