Comments on: Steele’s Communication Skills Will Serve GOP Well

By: Sean A

Sean A — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 06:06:06 +0000

#11: “Actually Hannity, Limbaugh and the rest of the sh*t throwers so worshiped by the right only humiliate those who drool and follow them.”

ADD, once again you’re too obtuse to see the irony in your own dim-witted comments. At least with regard to Hannity and Limbaugh, you can only accuse them of being “sh*t throwers” metaphorically. In contrast, if I refer to the liberal “shoe-throwing” media, it’s a LITERAL reference.

By: Peter Hughes

Peter Hughes — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 17:09:21 +0000

Actually Olbermann, Matthews, Maddow and the rest of the sh*t throwers so worshiped by the left only humiliate those who drool and follow them.

There, ADD – fixed it for you. And it also makes more sense. Not to mention truthful.

Regards,
Peter H.

By: a different Dave

a different Dave — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 06:39:42 +0000

Actually Hannity, Limbaugh and the rest of the sh*t throwers so worshiped by the right only humiliate those who drool and follow them.

By: Sean A

Sean A — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 02:14:20 +0000

Filtered! Curses!

By: Sean A

Sean A — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 02:14:02 +0000

#8: Yeah, NDT, what sage advice Jack Allen has offered to the GOP. All along, the solution to the Republican Party’s problems has been right under our noses! All we need to do is…wait for it…wait for it…BE MORE LIKE LIBERALS! Why didn’t we think of that before?! Clearly, it wasn’t enough that we allowed the New York Times to select our Presidential candidate for us. Next time, we should just go straight to the Daily Kos and solicit their recommendations, not only on acceptable candidates, but a complete overhaul of the GOP platform. Thanks, Jack, for your brilliant plan.

By: North Dallas Thirty

North Dallas Thirty — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 23:50:16 +0000

LOL..of course, Jack Allen, you want Hannity and Limbaugh silenced because they regularly humiliate liberals. They were the ones who broke the news about Obama’s tax cheat nominees. They were the ones who hammered the point home that Obama was hiring lobbyists after he claimed he would never do so. They were the ones who called out the fact that Obama was still allowing torture and extraordinary rendition.

Do you think “independents” support Obama’s belief that tax cheats should be high government officials? Do you think “independents” support Obama’s obvious lies about hiring lobbyists? Or are you simply trying to claim “independents” when you really mean “Obama Party shills like yourself”?

By: Jack Allen

Jack Allen — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:08:29 +0000

While I disagree with Michael Steele on a number of issues, I think he is an excellent choice to head the Republican Party. He is indeed a good communicator. His problem will be getting his voice heard above the noise made by the likes of Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity.

Talk to the independents the GOP needs to win and way too many will tell you they think Limbaugh and Hannity speak for the Republican Party. And they don’t like the message.

By: Peter Hughes

Peter Hughes — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:26:13 +0000

#5 – MMatt, thanks for the clarification.

And yes, you are correct – to my knowledge, Steele is trying to do more gay outreach than Howlin’ Howie did. But of course, if Steele even tried to do half the stuff that Dean did to the gay communities in terms of exclusion, we wouldn’t hear the end of it from the DNCMSM.

Regards,
Peter H.

By: Michigan-Matt

Michigan-Matt — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:18:48 +0000

Peter, just a clarification… the RNC Board is made of the elected representatives from each state (usually the state party chair, a male and female representative elected by the respective state central committee, maybe the state party’s executive director) or territory.

Steele is asking for the resignations of the RNC’s staffers. He may reappoint or rehire some, let others go on to greener pastures… it is his call. I think ScreaminHowieDean did something similar with his DNC tenure… didn’t Howie close a couple of gay outreach offices and fire a few gay staffers over at the DNC?

At least Steele isn’t starting off by doing the same thing with gays inside the GOP’s national agency.

By: Gene in Pennsylvania

Gene in Pennsylvania — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:18:30 +0000

I like Michael Steele, always have. He should have won his Senate seat. Can anyone even tell me who the outgoing chairman was? I can’t and I’m pretty tuned in to these kinds of details.

By: Peter Hughes

Peter Hughes — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:34:17 +0000

Breaking news on TownHall.com – Steele has ordered the entire RNC board to resign. All 100 of them.

You go, Michael! Clean house now!

Regards,
Peter H.

By: GayPatriotWest

GayPatriotWest — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 07:26:01 +0000

Let’s hope he moves to the right on fiscal, foreign and judicial issues and veers center on everything else,

By: a different Dave

a different Dave — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 02:57:04 +0000

Some have said that the only way to save to achieve victory again for the Republican party is to purge the moderate (that’s a much more polite word that what I have seen) voices and take a more hard line right approach. From what I’ve read it seems that Steele, at least on LGBT issues, has a more rational attitude. I’m not at all saying is not rational on other things, I honestly have not read enough about him. With him in this position are we likely to see the party move further to the right as some want?