Republicans In Disarray!
Can you remember back just over one year ago when the Republicans were electing the chair of the Republican National Committee? The last three choices came down to Michael Steele, the guy who was a member of an all-white country club and the guy who sent the “Barack the Magic Negro” song to his buddies for Christmas. Out of that bunch, Steele looked like the best choice.
In the subsequent year Steele has said some very silly things, spent a lot of time enriching himself (remember the book he published that the Republican leadership had no idea he was working on), mismanaged money in the most embarrassing manner (lesbian sex bondage clubs) and just been generally incompetent. Democrats love him!
Steele is defending himself by claiming Republicans don’t like him because of race:
For his part, Steele spoke to George Stephanopoulos for ABC’s “Good Morning America,” and the RNC leader said he would not step down from his post. Steele went on to say that race likely plays a factor in his on-the-job difficulties.
“The honest answer is, ‘yes,'” he said on “Good Morning America” today. “Barack Obama has a slimmer margin. A lot of folks do. It’s a different role for me to play and others to play and that’s just the reality of it. But you just take that as a part of the nature of it.”
This has the potential to make matters worse. Steele has plenty of detractors in Republican circles, and if they believe Steele is accusing them of racially-motivated criticism, they’re likely to push back aggressively.
Tags: Michael Steele, National Republicans, RNC
Gibbs: “I think Michael Steele’s problem isn’t the race card, it’s the credit card.”
Zing!
Although, the concept of racist Republicans is not a far-fetched one.
Steele has already been fired and doesn’t know it yet.
Republicans alwYs fail upward. So what’s next for Sreele? Republican nomnee for Prez? Great post UI and nice link anon.
Steele has been far from incompentent. He is winning. He helped set the tone early and drove a message that changed the political dynamic. Steele will beat the Dems like a drum.
Delusional David speaks again. The only place Steele is going is to a strip club with imitation lesbians – oh wait, he’s already been there. He’ll go looking for the real thing, since he wants the GOP to by hip-hop. Wonder if Mary Cheney will give him a lap dance.
Steele has been very successful in reclassifying what counts as Office Supplies these days:
Go see the whole thing.
Personally, I preferred Ken Blackwell, who has much more substance the Steele does.