Man of Steele
Former Maryland Lt. Governor Michael Steele has been elected the new Chairman of the Republican National Committee. He’s also the first African-American to head the RNC. (Now that’s change!)
It took several (six actually) ballots. Steele garnered major support when former Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell dropped out of the race and endorsed him. In addition to Blackwell, Steele also beat former Chair Mike Duncan, South Carolina Chairman Katon Dawson and Saul Anuzis of the Michigan GOP.
Steele beat Dawson 91-77 votes. This is so what the GOP needed. The old ways of doing business were not working at all. Plus, Steele can do a better job criticizing the President than a Southerner. No offense, but that’s reality. Deal with it.
January 30th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
He has been described as the ‘most moderate’ of all those running for the position. I like Michael Steele, but a moderate republican is not what the party needs. Does the name John McCain mean anything to you? This ‘reaching across the aisle’ crap has not worked. The libs in Congress should be viewed as enemies and should be defeated. No mercy! They are a greater threat to this nation than radical Islam. They(with Barry’s help) will bring down this country from within if they are not defeated.
January 30th, 2009 at 7:37 pm
Dear Rico, et al: I’ve met & spoken with Mr. Steele, a limited government fellow who endeavors to return the party to its roots, as the “Party Of Lincoln.” He knows what that means & he’s not kidding. This is a great day for those who’ve scouted the horizon for the soul (principles) of this party. As someone with dual citizenship (registered Republi-tarian), I’m psyched. Bon Soir.
January 30th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
I agree mostly what rico said…mostly, not all.
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However, I do admire Steele. I’ve read quite a bit about him many years ago. I do feel bad for the man though. I hope his skin is thick and can deflect the oncoming characterization of being a “uncle tom”, “hanky head”, and “sellout”
January 30th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
Another racial accusation and stereotype that can be somewhat muted (for now). I may not agree with President Obama on some things, but with his ascendency and that of Mr. Steele, we get closer to debating issues on merit instead of being waylayed with obfuscation.
January 30th, 2009 at 10:12 pm
Thanks for the good news!! I really like Mr. Steele, however, I was concerned about a comment he made about “country club Republicans” a few weeks ago…I am by no means a CC Repub…but i dont think that this is the time for our party to turn away any members…also, i hope he doesnt listen to anything Mike Pence (a.k.a. Congressman Chicken-Hawk) has to say…w/out moderates from the upper-midwest and northeast, we will never be the majority party again…and in a country with only 2 parties; isn’t that the goal?
January 30th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
I really like Rico’s attitude! That worked out so well for the GOP in 2006 and 2008 — I look forward to 2010 if the Republicans continue with Rico’s ideology…
January 30th, 2009 at 11:39 pm
Wilson, God love ya, you’re just as stupid as I remember you to be. The reason the GOP got spanked in the last few elections is because they abandoned conservative principles, not because they didn’t embrace the libs’ philosophy. The GOP has lost its soul. Republicans like John McCain and Dick Lugar are selling out due to their desire to remain in power and feel important. John McCain was the least conservative candidate of all repubicans running. That is why the GOP lost. So I’m not sure what about 2006 or 2008 disproves the points I made. It is your candidate who pretended to be more conservative than he actually is. Clinton did the same thing, and was elected. An informed electorate would have never voted for Obama if they knew his true intentions. So, as usual, you’re dead wrong. With the help of the media, the profoundly uninformed American public voted for Barack because they believed his words. And we will all pay the price for that.
January 31st, 2009 at 7:52 am
Rico, I sincerely hope you’re rigiht. Of course, all logic and reason points to the opposite. And, truth be known, the real reason the GOP lost the last two times is probably a mix of several things.
Most notably: pandering too much to the extreme right. Look at what Mitt Rmoney did: eh abandoned long-held views to try to win the nomination. He “saw the light” after his guberenatorial stint in Massachusetts? I think not.
If Steele presides over a more-mmoderate party, the GOP will win back some seats. If not, he’s toast. He abrely won this fight over a bigoted candidate. Let’s see how it goes.
I think Wilson may be right.
January 31st, 2009 at 9:05 am
Rico is closer to the truth in my opinion and so the fellow from Ohio would have been a better choice. But, I’m a D and it wasn’t my call. Of course, as to the need of a person of color to be able to talk everyone should take offense. It won’t be long before everyone recognizes our President as a loser, an associate of crooks, a really stupid guy who is more than lost without a prompter. Duh media can’t hide him forever. Of course, he did have the ability to make me vote for HC.
January 31st, 2009 at 11:04 am
Republicans lost due to a lack of grassroot suppoters diversified.
New Lawsuit challenging POTUS
OBAMA WATCH CENTRAL
Congress sued to remove
prez from White House
‘Defendants had to ensure
the Constitution is upheld’
Posted: January 31, 2009
12:00 am Eastern
© 2009 WorldNetDaily
A new lawsuit is challenging Barack Obama’s eligibility to be president, and this one targets Congress as a defendant for its “failure” to uphold the constitutional demand to make sure Obama qualified before approving the Electoral College vote that actually designated him as the occupant of the Oval Office.
The new case raises many of the same arguments as dozens of other cases that have flooded into courtrooms around the nation since the November election.
It is being brought on behalf of Charles F. Kerchner Jr., Lowell T. Patterson, Darrell James Lenormand and Donald H. Nelson Jr. and names as defendants Barack Hussein Obama II, the U.S., Congress, the Senate, House of Representatives and former Vice President Dick Cheney along with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Where’s the proof Barack Obama was born in the U.S. or that he fulfills the “natural-born American” clause in the Constitution? If you still want to see it, join more than 193,000 others and sign up now!
As WND has reported, dozens of lawsuits have been filed over Obama’s eligibility to assume the office of the president. Many have been dismissed while others remain pending.
The cases, in various ways, have alleged Obama does not meet the “natural born citizen” clause of the U.S. Constitution, Article 2, Section 1, which reads, “No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President.”
January 31st, 2009 at 11:31 am
Uh, KC, honey–the black helicopters are outside your house.
move on dot org
January 31st, 2009 at 8:32 pm
Who ever heard of a black Republican?
January 31st, 2009 at 8:41 pm
I only hope that Republicans keep fighting the Obama recovery, then return to thier core beliefs as espoused by their best intelectuals Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity and nominate their best candidate, Sarah Palin, in 2012. The country will be all the better for the results.
February 1st, 2009 at 12:01 am
If we’re as deep or deeper in the economic hole by end of two years of President Obama, what happens at the mid-term election? It’s witnessing madness, kind of like going to car races because that’s where the crashes are, to watch our country swing from one party extreme to the other (each wing of the “Cocktail” party spending more money we don’t have). Even more fascinating to see if the typical incumbent mid-term election “hit” even occurs. With genuine acknowledgment of incredible Bush and Republican failures, we’ve never had a President given so much a free pass and a media so blatantly tilted to one side as with President Obama (media historians: I’m listening for your contridicatory example). I sincerely hope I’m wrong, the stimulus package succeeds wonderfully, and credible assertation of responsibility isn’t needed. At this point I’m not as mated to a philosophically perfect free enterprise, capitalistic, democratic republic as a country where we can exert more common sense, keep the lights on, and have something left to pass on to our kids.
February 1st, 2009 at 12:05 am
…credible assertation of responsibility of failure isn’t….
February 1st, 2009 at 6:38 am
Tom,
Evidently you don’t know the political history of this country. African Americans who support the Repbulican Party’s principles and platform.