Michael Steele on punishing 3 GOP senators: 'I'm always open to everything, baby'
By David Neiwert Tuesday Feb 24, 2009 11:00am
Neil Cavuto pressed Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele on whether the RNC was going to punish the three Republican Senators -- Olympia Snowe, Arlen Specter and Susan Collins -- who voted for Obama's economic-stimulus package:
Cavuto: ... What retribution will you exact?
Steele: Look, my retribution is the retribution of the voters in their states. They're going to have to go through a primary in which they're going to have to explain to those Republican voters in that primary their vote.
Cavuto: I know that, but will you as RNC head recommend no RNC funds being provided to help them?
Steele: That is something I will talk to the state parties about and I will follow their lead.
Cavuto: So in other words, are you open to that, Michael?
Steele: Oh yeah, I'm always open to everything, baby, absolutely.
Cavuto: So -- by being open to that baby, does that mean you would consider punishing them for that vote?
Steele: My responsibility is to follow the lead of the state parties, to get their advice, what their intent is. Those senators are going to have to account to those voters there.
If there were any serious likelihood the state parties would actually take on their senators over an issue in which polls show the voters are actually on the side of the "traitors," this might be an actual warning shot for straying Republicans. Certainly the mighty ideological-purity guardians at Red State seem to think so.
Then again, their grasp on reality hasn't been so firm these days.
But it sure is fun watching Republicans try to figure out that "big tent" thing.
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The real reason the Republicans voted against the Stimulus Bill. Not because they thought it was a bad idea, but because they were brow beaten by bullies. And they call Democrats cowards.
They were all willing to try this fancy, touchy-feely, hippy "moderation" stuff, just like young Bill Clinton sucking on a bong without inhaling it for the sake of peer pressure....right up until Rush Limbaugh pulled his dominatrix routine on Phil Gingrey, and scared them back into line. (The lineup to follow Limbaugh off a cliff into oblivion. I can't wait to see the skeletons in the paleontology section of the Smithsonian)
But then, of course, these oafs never got the memo that those three senators were from MODERATE states, and they compromised for the sake of their own SURVIVAL! If the Republican party wants to punish them by replacing them with some KKK grands wizards in bed sheets during the next primaries, I'm all for it. Three more Democratic senators commin' up!
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What a joke!! That Steele actually thinks the re-Thugs can reinvent themselves!
For the foreseeable future - the Re-Thublics are completely the party of immature, voraciously rapacious, depraved, despotic, doughy white, cowardly, angry troglodytes, bigots, racists, perverts, xenophobes, pedophiles, murderers, war criminals, homophobes, misogynists, self-righteous hypocrites, self-hating women, fetid wombs, preeminent whiners and consummate chronic liars.
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You forgot philistines!
Troglodytes outrank philistines, unless you're talking about some kind of creepy, money-obsessed cult centered around Phil Gramm. (Which wouldn't surprise me, actually. What was that cult in California that committed mass suicide when a comet flew close to the earth? I think the "Philistine" cult is set to commit mass suicide when UBS, Citigroup, and the Federal Reserve merge to form one giant god of MONEY And Phil Gramm (aka 'the Profit') is determined to bring this about.)
BUT!!!
What outranks the dreaded...Troglodyte/Philistine Hybrid...The Troglostine?
You don't have to sugar-coat it for us...
"Oh yeah, I'm always open to everything, baby..."
Nah...
too easy.
I need a laugh.
With apologies to Iggy Pop.
...jack shit to those Senators. The only power Steele has is to runaway from his masters...like the slaves of old.
that goes too far. Bad taste comment.
And that you also believe that this token black "minstrel" in a basically all white party will be allowed to "discipline" three veteran white Republican Senators? I have no clue what world you live in, but I don't lie or play games.
No, just that "they" are the ones that are the racists and showing it. "we" are above and beyond that. Case in point, I was trying to find the republican group that is threatening the Repubs, and googled "republican traitors" and David Duke popped up his ugly writing. Calling Steele a racist traitor.
We don't need to call "them" names. They can do it for us. I think if you want to call him a rasict, a token, an oreo, say he sold his soul to the GOP them go to Malkin's site. They'd welcome that talk there.
People like Steele and his soulless, voting against his own best interest behavior pisses me off most particularly because I know that he's not being truthful...to himself. You do whatever you have to do...I am not you.
that he has an enlightened "liberal" to set him straight. To bad he's not enlightened enough to listen.
SNARK
Sorry, I thought you were open to enlightened argument. Now I see the light, so I say f-that enlightened bullcrap, let's just resort to yelling racial epithets to those we don't agree with. That's better. How can they possibly argue with that.
Look all I meant was the republicans are throwing around enough hate speech. What with their cartoons and other garbage they spew why should we lower the discourse to their level? But if you want to resort to red-neck racist commentary, hey, I grew up in the sticks, I can keep up with you. Pick a group, I've heard enough hatred about all of them.
It's not like they're gonna know!
OK so you're all right, I'm being overly sensitive on this matter.
But as far as I am concerned the repubs can show their racist side. We should be showing our disdain for the lack of knowledge that racist arguments show about the commenter. ((Not meant to say that L&L is a racist!))
"They" can yell "macaca", read David Dukes writings, and vote for a "token back man" as their "leader" to show how open their "big tent" is. We should be pointing out that yes they will take your black, gay, uper-religous and woman votes, but then they'll vote against gay rights, stone wall votes against RvsW, shoot down equal pay, and rally around one-language laws.
"They" are the party of watch my words, we should be the party of action. They say one thing and do another, we should just say what we believe and stand by it.
Those buttons? Really stupid. Wait. They don't have buttons. But still...
...with "brothers" like Steele, who willfully accept what his party has and will continue to do to him and expect people like me to close my eyes and do the same. It's easy for you and hungryMoose to blow off my anger as unjust...I don't always feel a need or have the time to clarify...today's a busy day for me.
I've been lurking and posting in this forum for a couple of years. I've read a lot of your posts, and know you aren't a racist. I just can't stand when "our side" sinks to "their" level.
Steele sold out. The log cabin republicans, poor people in Kentucky (or was it Kansas?), working class republicans all got sold a rotten bill of goods. I just think that instead of echoing their g=ignorance we should point out the inconsistancies in their actions.
Let them be the ugly racists.
But don't be surprised if a high profiled black person(Clarence Thomas, Condi, Juan Williams, et al) who is perceived as acquiescing to a group that clearly(and historically) doesn't care for us brown folk gets such harsh(and yes, over the top at times) treatment from other black people.
Actually, I didn't think it went far enough, but it was a very good start.
Steele is so completely out of touch with reality that it's almost impossible to comprehend.
It would seem, at best, that Steal is not one to shy away from telling tales, or adversly, exposing his crippled subconcious whenever he's experiencing feelings of abandonment or vulnerability.
There are as many ideas for stories and pathetic television screenplays as there are inbred slack-jawed mouth-breathers Repugs in South Carolina. What’s the story? “The Ruble” - a tale of self-important Russian turmoil and Barney, the learning-disabled Cossack? “The Rabble” – improbable songs of frightened ennui and mindless escape specifically designed for the uneducated mob with dismal fashion aesthetics and tight pants? “The Rubble” - the detritus of modern society, whimsical musings on the conditions of my existential angst, and my failed ambitions? “The Ribald” - a tale of a wasted vulgar life, all the naughty bits included, and clean front porches? (Note the clever metaphor masquerading as street argot) “The Robble” - a shaky story with too many chapters, run-on sentences that put stream-of-consciousness to shame, and indiscernible punctuation? “The Rappel” - ascending wobbling bar stools in drunken various piss-scented Dublin watering holes while hanging on a thinly frayed pretense?
Unlike Steal, I hold onto my reputation dearly as a debauched old bird. Bubbles, the barmaid at my favorite watering hole has become cranky as spring approaches - beads of sweat running rivulets of salty seduction that snake around the turgid typography of her luscious melons necessitating her hefting of each of her monstrous mams, hopefully for my benefit. "Damn, you could grow a crop of morels in the humid crease of these puppies," she bellows at the bleary-eyed assembled. In spite of my purely altruistic offer to lick said saline torment from her bodacious tatas, she opined that I was coarse and bad-mannered.
So, huh? Huh. Well, same to you. Sorry if I'm not always responsive. Will these jabber-owls, luddy-duddys, and moon calfs ever get a clue or at least grow up? My mood waxes and wanes like the yellow autumnal moon. Depression nags like the proverbial saddle burr. The Janus-faced condition of sobriety and sodden-soaked stupidity is less like the keen edge of a well-stropped razor and more like the dull, ragged fish gutter wielded by a mad-capped harbor harlot earning money for her college education.
That interview was an exercise in not only blatant asshattery...but douchebaggery as well.
.... well ... it IS Cavuto and Steele we're talking about here.
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BUT!
One simply MUST call them out for asshattery and douchebaggery at every opportunity...to do any less...would be...uncivilized.
The Republican senators who voted against the bill are the ones who should be sweating.
Santelli just had another rant and rave but some of the other hosts on CNBC went up against him this time. He came out looking rather foolish. He was asked how many more homes will go into foreclosure and he had no idea. Kind of like some other republicans we have heard lately who say things they can't backup.
Every time he opens his mouth it seems his pisses off a good number of people. I do believe the Republicans have selected the perfect guy for ensuring another massive beating a the polls.
He's such a throbbing dork.
It's like a bad Black lounge singer took over Joe Biden.
LOL. I'm going to remember that one.
Though I know some throbbing dorks who would definitely object to being lumped in with this guy. Let's not smear all the hard-working, worthy throbbing dorks out there by association, OK?
Lounge singer you say?
Like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoS8j9eNMZU
Good one.
Actually (Canuck)you're right in that there are indeed "hard-working, worthy throbbing dorks" who shouldn't be painted with the same brush.
That is the warm-up band for a Michael Steele appearance. Standing room only...
OMG that's good -- everyone here is going to SO steal it ...
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NO...I don't mean this as covert racial slur on Mr. Steele, my point is that the entire GOP, plus their talking points pundits, proxies, etc..are just flingin' shit everywhere...hoping against hope that something will stick.
This is so completely true. We need a good graphic to illustrate the point now.
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"They're going to have to go through a primary in which they're going to have to explain to those Republican voters in that primary their vote."
Ooh that will be a challenge alright.
What planet do these freaks live on?
Shouldn't it be the ones turning down money to help their own constituents who should be worried?
Krikey.
Steele thinks we actually need MORE of the same old GOP tropes. And, somehow, this will be construed as beyond the cutting edge and off the hook.
Susan Collins won in the 2008 election by a healthy margin. She will represent Maine until 2014 by which time Mr. Steele will be drinking Metamucil on the front porch of the Republican Old Farts' Home.
Olympia Snowe is almost as iconic as Margaret Chase Smith - may be her equal in the eyes of some. The only people who challenge her in Maine are masochists - they enjoy the pain of being stamped "irrelevant."
Specter I don't know. Mercifully, I've only traveled through his state and that was many decades ago. Traveling over PA has always made more sense.
Steele is a perfect fit for the RNC. A black from a blue state trying to be scarlet. ROTFL
We need to bury this party and ideology once and for all. We can't get complacent or uncomfortable in the leadership position. There are much more benefits than just having a 50-49 lead or whatever. We need to clean the house and senate of losers and replace them all with clear minded educated and intelligent people. Ned Lamonts replacing Liebermanns etc.
All those republican idiots just need to listen to their "educated and intelligent" brothers to show them the way.
I get the impression Steele wants to be the start of some kind of new, right-wing, congressional Rat Pack.
Sort of like Frank, Dean and Sammy, except he panders to lobbyists and pundits instead of nightclub audiences.
Come to think of it, 'Rat Pack' is appropriate. Steele and his pals truly are rats.
Mr. Steele, please don't try to be cool. Or relevant :-)
That would be quite the bunch: Steele, Bush, Boner, Rummy, Gonzo, PlasticLady Harris and old man Darth to even it out.
It's become the party of accountability now, eh? Weren't these the same bastards whose 8 years of misrule and, before that, 8 years of cynical, calculated political obstruction, brought the American economy, and the world's economy, to the distastrous situation we are now in? When do we get an accounting for that?
... is the balance sheet that lists the $4 trillion in debt racked up by George W. "Fiscal Conservative" Bush and his buddies.
Open to helping Obama?
Open to creating government jobs?
That's not really that open, baby.
You stay classy, Mr. Steele.
...and correct, too. There are no red or blue states. They're all purple.
That's right Mr. Blow job Cavuto ,keep drinking the Kool Aid! If anything these 3 will probably be looked on as HERO'S!
Wait a minute: Blow Job Cavuto? Is that his Vegas lounge act name or how he's affectionately referred to by Larry Craig?
Is Steele trying to show how cool and hip the republican party of today is when he uses the word, "baby"? I think it's going to take a little more than that.
... I heard someone use "Baby" in conversation, it was a comedian doing a bad Barry White imitation.
...or "Barack the Magic Negro".
and when a guy calls me baby, it kinda pisses me off a little lol!
Unless you're A) my mawma
B) my girlfriend
or C) my waitress at the fish camp
Ya shouldn't oughta be callin me baby.
There's something really creepy about Michael Steele using the word, "baby", in that way. I don't know if it's because he's about as "uncool" as one can be or because he's a former seminarian.
A former seminarian? Now that really creeps me out.
Yep, he was studying to be a Catholic priest until he decided that politics were for him. And I agree with you wholeheartedly.
There really should be a damn LAW to keep overtly religious people/zealots from entering politics!
I'm SICK to death of these bible bangers!
Does anyone get the sense that Fox News is acting like congress conducting hearings?
I'm thinking that the Republican National Committee is starting to think that Michael Steele was maybe a mistake... baby.
Also I'm thinking that maybe Snowe and Collins are not too worried that they could have any possibility of losing in any primary against any Republican... especially when the economy will be coming around and the Republican party will only be known as the Party of "no" and "obstructionism". Senator Sphincter will probably not even run next time so he certainly is not shaking in his boots. Hahahahahha. This Steele person is really quite funny. And Cavuto is just another Fox tool.
The "baby" part reminded me of Palin and her drill baby drill motto. Using that word takes all the seriousness out of the sentence and makes it sound trite.
Steele 2012
"Why go half way when you can go all the way!"
Palin-Steele 2012
Or maybe the other way around.
Bobby Jindal for Secretary of Idiocy.
I'm going to pencil that in the memory journal. It isn't that far out.
he's gettin jiggy wit it and calling Cavuto 'baby.'
Despite the obvious, FOX schills like to deny that FOX is the Republican Party propaganda network...
But in asking Steele to exact retribution on the Republicans who voted for the stimulus, Neil Cavuto basically admitted FOX was totally on the side of the Republicans.
That's why you're a republic party member.
If he stole that line from Larry Craig?
High fives to miss_kitty and RWH!
Wow. Remember "way back when" Leiberman was out shilling for McCain and the righties were in a hissy over imaginary repercussions that might be imposed on Joe? How they showed the democrats wouldnt allow independent thought... hypocrites...
and a pussy. why doesn't he call them out for real if he's so pissed off at them??
Another dog and pony show brought to you by the clueless re-Thuglic party.
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Steele "is always open to do anything" including being used as a token and doing his totally best to win the Uncle Tom award of the year. Wait till he shows up at the Birmingham or Biloxi or Charleston Country Clubs and is told that the hired help entrance is in the rear. Republicans--what a sorry bunch of southern white male assholes.
Steele: That is something I will talk to the state parties about and I will follow their lead.
This made me laugh it reminded me of one of my childhood motherisms :If all your friends jumped off a cliff, would you …???
Yeah baby-jump-hee
Steel is another "gift" -- like Palin. Everytime he opens his mouth he puts one or both feet into it. This is going to be SO much fun.
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The gift that just keeps on giving. If only we could get Steele and Palin on the same bill. Repug Comedy Uber Alles.
So, the stimulus plan is both inflationary AND deflationary? Way to go, Mike. You've just earned your Republican economics-expert credentials.
I noticed that as well. How stupid. It's one or the other, moron.
as Republicans practice taking their conservative values message to Urban-suburban "hip-hop settings."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU18sFdYY6s&fe...
as being from "Planet Old Black Guy" on the Rachel Maddow Show.
Great. Bleat about "bipartisanship" and how the (D)'s must do it, but be sure to punish any (R) who breaks rank.
bipartisan talks???
i think it does!
WTF.
Why would anyone vote for a Republican who promised to serve the needs of his or her local/home constituencies when trying to deliver on his or her campaign promises would result in the Republican Party trying to unseat him or her? I think the election of Mr. Steele as the NRCC will setback the resurrection of the GOP at least a decade if not longer. It seems that every day another dumb ass Republican opens his or her mouth and shoots himself in foot, and the Republican Party in head. Republicans are literally driving more and more nails into the political coffin.
What does "maverick" mean, again?
Not with the DoJ/FBI/FEC investigating that campaign fund payment to his sister's non existent company.
Always open to everything... baby? In response to punishing those senators? It sounds like this fucking idiot thinks this is a game! That, or he's got a thing for Cavuto!
I didn't here the step of making Amends and atonement.
Like Paying the money back?
Let me know when Steele gets to the Twelve stepping because Booby Jindal needs some help.
Steele doesn't get the fact that it isn't just spending money because he will vote to give aid to Israel, Pakistan, Egypt and other countries. He just doesn't want to spend it on Americans or in America.
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