Is the end near for Michael Steele? Just listen to Jim Nussle
By John Amato Monday May 04, 2009 5:45amI've been writing about my good buddy Michael Steele's precarious position for awhile now, but now it's official: the Steele Watch is on!
Jim Nussle had some strong medicine Wednesday for the Republican Party, as the former Iowa congressman and Bush administration official broke his public silence on politics since leaving the White House.
Nussle, the Iowa GOP gubernatorial nominee in 2006, said that the party nationally needed a thorough reorganization and that new Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele was not the figure the GOP needed to turn itself around."I don't think we've found that yet in Michael or anybody else yet for the party," Nussle said in his first public comments about politics since his time as President George W. Bush's budget director ended in January. "So we're going to have to struggle through that for a while."
It looks like the GOP is not buying his juvenile justifications for his ineptitude so far.
Steele: I'm a cause and effect kind of guy, so if I do something there's a reason for it. Even, it may look like a mistake, a gaffe. There is a rationale, a logic behind it.
Q: It's all strategic.
Steele: It's all strategic.
Steele has turned himself into a national laughingstock, but Republicans don't find his bumbling at all humorous.
Yesterday's Washington Post carried an item about how some RNC members were trying to get the committee's purse strings out of Steele's hand. A resolution is circulating among the 168 members of the RNC that would require that any spending over $100,000 be approved by the executive committee or the treasurer. They'll be meeting next month in a special session to decide whether or not to label Obama a socialist and will try to decide what to do about Steele as well. Steele is reacting hysterically and called the resolution a "scheme" and an attempted power grab.
Michael "Spassky" Steele's reign as the RNC's chief chessmaster might be over very soon indeed.
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They grab the only black guy they have and shove him out into the spot light to counter charges of being the rich white guy party and lookie what happens: The black guy turns out to be a nut because only a a nut would be black and Republican.
What's next, they planning on grabbing one of those Log Cabin Republicans for the next round of "Look at us aren't we soo modern, hip and accepting"? That would be as much fun to watch as Steele has been, after all only a nut would be gay and Republican.
POOR and PUKIE is the ultimate oxymoron, and gay PUKIE is also a death-wishing sociopath.
Great analysis. These people just can't accept the fact that their amazingly successful 30 year con job of the American people is over.
Reality has finally caught up to, and surpassed the GOP's bullshit express.
Did they really think they could bullshit 50.1% of the population into voting for their own economic destruction indefinitely?
The taxman cometh rich assholes, and its long overdue! Sorry tea bag dead-enders, your just going to have to throw your tantrums while others make your circumstances better. Deal with it!
Shame and ridicule them publicly (and on message boards) to the point of embarrassment until they realize Republican ideology will prevent them from achieving "The Dream" .
I refuse to work and spend most of my unemployed days on blogs and message boards, while receiving government money (from tax payers) so I can live my "Dream".
Everyone should just go on message boards and troll away pretending to be a liberal, and failing miserably in the process.
I guess it is a fine line you have to walk between playing pretend liberal and trying out your lame asssed digs, in a futile effort to be recognized by your GOP idols and be offered that head troll position you have in mind so you can live the "dream."
LOL
Should STFU with your weak and transparent attempts to be slick.
For a time, you had the wool pulled over most peoples eyes...but not anymore.
We see exactly who you righties are, and what you mean to do to our country.
And it ain't gonna happen you fascist enabling bitch.
Let me see if I'm reading that correctly;
You mean that republicans can't be closeted homosexuals?
Hmmmm.
That's strange. History seems to prove you false.
They've got gay meth addicted preachers, giving favors in bathrooms stalls, giving favors to gay reporters, engaging in gay sexual assault (look up Glenn Murphy, Jr), Mark Foley, Republican Mayor Jeffrey Kyle Randall.... The list is too damn long.
Way too damn long.
What's really sick, is that it seems that, unlike normal homosexuals, they really get into the illegal side of gay sex. Things like prostitution, sexual assault, and pedophilia.
That says a lot about Republicans.
Nice try at reading too much into what I said.
I'll give you a tip, I say what I mean.
And in this case I was pretty clear, if you are Republican and gay you are nuts. Your examples highlight my point.
Only a fool would say there are no gay Republicans, particularly considering the entertainment they have been providing us these past few years.
I have absolutely no respect for black Republicans. They joined a party that hates them. Same goes for gay Republicans.
A soulless, gutless, token hiring, a la Clarence Thomas. And Steele was an imbecile for taking that dead end job in the first place. I would like to thank "Toby" Steele for leaving a few extra turds in the clogged GOP toilet for the Democratic cause.
I disagree. Black folks ought to have the freedom to be either liberal or conservative. These are traits found in the brain and the heart rather than on the skin. That said white people make me uncomfortable and I'm white. A black dude representing the white people's party is just what we need to learn some humility and compassion so I hope he lasts. Racists left and right hate him I know so he's probably toast.
He was a fucking figurehead being pimped by a racist party trying to ride the waves of black being a fad in their assbackwards thinking.
You seem misinformed.
I think you're right, I just wish he could stick around for a while longer.
I feel so much better. And here I just thought the Repugs lost my R+3 District NY-20 (with 70,000+ more registered republicans) because Tedisco kept toting party line regardless of how absurd it was considering the economy.
The Republicans, proud owners of stereotypical views, hired Michael Steele because he is black. If Hillary Clinton had won, they would have hired a woman. That is how simple their thoughts are. A black man to oppose a black president and a less qualified man they would have been hard pressed to find. There aren't many black Republicans to choose from though. I guess even in the Republican party Alan Keyes is too much of a nut job. Scary, huh?
They put Palin in as veep candidate because they thought the Hillary voters would flock to her just because she was a woman. They're kinda shallow that way.
Shallow and superficial. I actually know some PUMAs and when push came to shove, one of them stayed home and one voted for Obama. None voted McPalin. I guess the horror of having Palin as VP made them see reason.
hired a black woman?
If they want to eat their own, that's okay with me.
If Steele goes I will miss him, he's been fun to play with.
LeftandLeft is right, who in their right mind would have taken that job? Who the hell would want the job of making the septic tank smell delightful? Only an idiot.
I just find it funny that the Repugs are calling a special session to decide whether to label Obama a socialist or not. In Illinois we already decided that Alan Keyes is a nut job. The Republicans don't realize how out of step they are with the rest of the country.
I was gonna say the same thing.
a committee of the "top 168 Republicans" are going to have an emergency session, to see if they should fire Michael Steele, for being inept and failing to capture the spirit or "pulse" of the average American voter ..... and to also see if its a good idea to call Obama a Socialist. lol. pot, meet kettle.
you know, I always thought Godwin's Law was a terrible "law". we should never let history repeat itself. but as long as Godwin's Law is in effect and we're never supposed to compare people to Hitler or else we lose the argument by default .... can someone please add an additional clause to Godwin's Law, for those stupid enough to compare black men from Chicago's South Side, to Lenin, Stalin or Marx?
I would but I just don't have the clout.
Godwin be damned. I always call a...um...spade a spade. But I always thought Bushco et al to be more in line with Stalinists than Nazis.
I will miss Gangsta Mike. He was down wid da homeys.
He brought much needed flavor...I mean flava to the GOP...oh...and street cred also.
He was a true ride or die gangster for the repugs.
M-Dogg always pretended to keep it real.
supporter of Steele? I'm not sure of who is the failure, Steele or the RNC. Where is Hannity when Steele needs him?
Wasn't he a politician or something?
I thought the republicans had already labeled President Obama a socialist. Are they that far behind on this too?
We need to start calling republicans sociopaths for their cold hearted attitude towards anyone who not is in the top 5%.
Socialist or sociopath. Which do the people prefer? In the ole' days socialists set up commonwealth's for the common good.
Socialists who care about their country and countrymen, or sociopaths who only care about themselves. Yes, lets have that debate on words. That would send the GOP imbeciles running for another slogan convention real fast.
Please don't stop the King's of Comedy comedian tour.
Featuring:
Michael " It's all (Stragedgy)" Steele
Michele "Lucy I'm Home" Bachman,
Bill "Take Off your Shirt Girls" O'Reilly,
Rush "Little Boy Lover" Limbaugh
The Star of the Show.
Glenn "My Butt Hurts" Beck.
Who could possibly replace your lead act.
Page Joe the Plumber.
Somebody needed to remind this guy Steele that he's a comedian. Kind of like those cringing, big eyes and teeth, scared of everything black dudes in "The Three Stooges" skits.
I too will missing this minstrel.
"First, I'll say what I think about Rush"
"Then I'll cleverly smooch his obese, pale, pimpley arse!"
... cunning linguist?
Ewwwwwwwwww.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AaElp-mimg
If they give Steele the pink slip, who will they get to replace him? Maybe the guy who sent out the Barack the Magic Negro cds at Christmas? He was in the running for the position that Steele now holds. Maybe they would change the cd title to Barack the Magic Socialist Negro.
Granted Steele is a joke but a lot of this is not his fault. He's trying to put lipstick on a pig with a Crayola.
Steele is certainly a bumbling buffoon, but let's be honest. If he were white, the GOP would be circling the wagons to protect him, and ignoring his shortcomings.
The Conservative base won't accept a black guy, and so Steele is always on thin ice.
That video reminds me of when you trip and fall in front of a crowd of people, jump up and say "I meant to do that!"
Hahahaha. Oh brother, Steele is too much. He's the black Sarah Palin. Please keep him!
More like Chutes and Ladders. He climbed up to RNC chair now he's about to slide out the door!
regarding the fact that he looks like a colossal dipshit?
It must suck to be Mr Steele.
It's like being the black guy in a sci-fi horror film.
Killed dead before the intermission.
..the GOP hasn't figured out that they have nothing to offer the American public in modern times. Everything they've done since Lord Reagan ruled the roost has failed and blown up in their faces like a proverbial mushroom cloud.
Ultimately, W's response to 9/11 was a complete and total failure and the American Public will NOT forget that for a LONG time. You know, wouldn't it be hilarious if they made W the head of the party. More comic relief, doncha' think, you betcha! There should be a political cartoon somewhere out in the ether with the GOP elephant lying in the Elephant graveyard. That is, if the other dead elephants let him in. Sorry, NO room in the graveyard either!
...........Cheney who gets to be the black-head (pun intended) of the PUKIE SOCIOPATHS.
About to go the way of New Coke.
Same big plan as Bush: Pretend you know your ass from a hole in the ground. Never say die as you fly by the seat of your pants until your ousted (leaving the nation in ruins).
Then just blame everything on others.
an important point in Steele's favor, John.
Because Steele is one of very few non-white faces in the party, he may be somewhat protected. While many republicans don't accept that they need to attract minority voters, the ones with at least half a brain realize they do need to widen their scope and know that dumping Steele would hurt a bit in that regard.
I suppose that if they do dump him, it may be just a short-term big-tent cost that they're willing to endure.
If 40% of the American people were not the biggest dumbasses in the solar system, the GOP would have been toast years ago.
Think about it!
They have no clue, because they have no thinkers. Anti-intellectual (watch out for them socialists who will tax the rich and save everyone else), anti-science (watch out for them librul' smart people who will tax the rich in order to benefit mankind), and anti anyone who is not white and in the top 5% (watch out for them bleeding hearts who believe in economic justice); the republican party is left with nothing but a few dupes, alot of bigots, a healthy dose of morons, and leaders whose entire agenda is figuring out how to screw everybody else for the own gain because they were born into rich families who never thought about anything but their own greed and happiness - at the expense of the less fortunate. Defined as a "Bush" in Websters.
Don't think for a second that when the inevitable firing of Steele occurs that Steele himself is not behind it. It is all strategic. It may look like his incompetence catching up with him, but don't be so easily fooled.
In which he could have traveled through time and had his brain transplanted into vanilla ice's body at the height of his career.
What's Ice doing these days anyway? Maybe he could give steel some career advice.
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CHEAT-LIE-STEELE
The "NEW" G(no)P
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best thing for the dems is if steele keeps his position
so lets not rejoice
and remember when the late, great, steve gilliard showed steele in blackface....and then was pillaried for it?
steve was right...steele is a clown...
its just so sad
Whenever I see this video of Steele it makes me think of this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJXU7EVXs2A
The GOP put Steele in charge in a childish, short-sighted move to compete for the Black vote, with Obama. And now, if they fire him, they should forget getting ANY new Black voters. Can they afford that? Do they think that, between that and fences against the Mexicans, they will get ANY new voters? Really? To lose both the Black and Hispanic voters is deadly. They STILL don't GET it.
Keeping Steele to get any of the black vote is a dumb idea, and therefore a good one for us. Remember when he had to kiss Lush Rimjob's ass in public? The house boy had to apologize to Massa, yet again, which is a mite counterproductive if the official policy is to show young blacks that independent thought will be prized if they join the Repukes.
The democrat party needs you! Hell, the NATION needs you.Comedians like you don't come along very often and lord knows this nation needs a good laugh every now and then.STAY STRONG!!
He's funny!
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