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Steele: ‘I Ain’t Going Anywhere’
- Posted on December 13, 2010 at 10:28pm by
Meredith Jessup
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“I happen to think we are exceptional,” Michael Steele said Monday evening as he announced his intention to run for another term as RNC chairman.
“We have too much work to do,” he noted while stressing the differences between his views and those of President Obama, outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
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Comments (85)
Dinky Dot
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 5:36amAffirmative action lives in the Republican Party. There is a reason Rush and Glen have such a large strong following, I mean had anyone even herd of this guy before Obama? Let’s see the democrats have a black guy we need one too. Is pretty much how the meeting went.
Until the republic get back to the core values of less government in our daily life’s and a balanced budget. It’s going to be the same old song and dance
The up swing is we will see if the Tea party was for real or not if the put up with the republican same old song and dance
Report Post »New-American-Saviors
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 2:16amIt may NOT be Steels’ Choice to make.
Report Post »RoBoTech
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 5:33amAgreed.
Report Post »I don’t think he will be re-elected.
He has ruffled too many GOP feathers AND spent too much money on un needed stuff.
he’s gone,he just doesn’t know it yet!
Another RINO that is clueless on what 2 Nov was about.
5412
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 1:17amHERE IS WHAT I CALL THE DIRTY LITTLE SECRET
I know lots of folks who have donated to the Republican Party but no more. Now what they do instead is donate to the CONSERVATIVE candidate of their choice directly, without the money being filtered through the party. The Republican leadership knows this and until they get a true conservative heading the party the process will continue.
I have at least a half dozen friends that every time they get the request for money, send it back with no money and a note that until they have true conservative leadership their wallets are closed and their mouths are open supporting the conservative candidates.
Report Post »republitarian
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 1:49amGood point. I am trying to get the party to listen, but if they will not, by all means, send money to the candidate that best represents your values.
Report Post »bbquizzle
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 3:31amRNC is a middleman. Cut it out of the equation.
Report Post »tamalpass
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 3:53pmRNC is irrelevant so it really doesn’t matter who the chair is.
Report Post »pstawicki
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 12:44amPlease quit, you are a joke and no one wants you. How about we start a letter writing campaign. Maybe he will get the point.
Report Post »Dakota
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 12:42amMichael Steele – “I have too much work to still do…” Translation – “I still have too much money to make…and other people’s money to spend before I leave this gravy train…I ain’t going anywhere….Sarah who?”
Report Post »QuietRiot
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 12:31amYou could waterboard me and I still wouldn’t agree ….. Michael Steele time to Go !!
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 12:03amI wish Jim DeMint could run the RNC.
If the GOP thinks it‘s going to be politics as usual they’re in for fewer donations, primary challenges and fewer Establishment Repubs in DC.
Report Post »Sunnyr
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 11:52pmDang. Even though I like the man personally, I don’t think much of his leadership skills. I was hoping he would step down and let someone else take the helm.
Report Post »red penny
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 11:52pmDamn,I didn’t realize we had so many experts (on anything) posting here.I wouldn’t have a clue as to how to do what Steele has done. True,he’s made some gaffs but who,hasn’t? Get off Palins’ back—-she makes more common sense by accident than most do on purpose.Finally,I ask if not Steele,then who?
Report Post »republitarian
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 11:40pmIt does not matter what his political leanings are. His job is to raise money. Period. He is not the leader of the party. The question is, can he bring home the bacon? Can anyone else do better? And you Libertarians who have an opinion on this are welcome to join the party. We have earned a seat at the table.
Report Post »TheBMT
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 3:02amThe fact that his kids love Ron Paul and he actually read End the FED, gives me some hope that he is seeing the light. So we will see, there are worse choices for his position.
Report Post »MeteoricLimbo
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 11:40pmand the tongue laps the head as the eyes cross…
Report Post »flagbearer
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 11:23pmTerm limits for RNC chairman.
Report Post »13thGenerationAmerican
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 11:18pmIf we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will not be Mason and Dixon’s but between patriotism and intelligence on the one side, and superstition, ambition and ignorance on the other.
Ulysses S. Grant
That pretty much sums up my thoughts on the Teabaggers
Report Post »CYCLONE
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 2:37amI’m so glad you back up the Tea Party too 13-th… you are a Patriot… !!!… ;-)
Report Post »bbquizzle
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 3:30am…so you’re on the ignorant side, right?
Report Post »treshall
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 8:01amCome, come now, 13th gen. surely the left has more to offer than ambition, superstition and ignorance?!
Report Post »Conserving Ink
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 11:18pmWhy does Steel think he gets to say whether or not he stays, does he think its his party? We kicked out the Democrats this election because they did not represent us. Steele does not represent us either. Out he goes!
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patriot4evah
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 11:14pmGood luck to you Michael, thanks for helping to make it possible to win the majority back in the house, and gaining the seats we did in the senate. Thank you for your support of O’donnell in DE when the rest of the cocktail party turned their backs. You are one of the most real people in the GOP, you make mistakes, you misspeak, but you get the job done. Thanks for the hard work the last two years.
Report Post »bbquizzle
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 3:32am/sarcasm
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 11:12pmSome guys just don’t get it! Get OUT!
Report Post »spreadcommonsensenot pc
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 11:07pmbummer that your BACK……………….
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 11:04pmHopefully if he does stay the head of the RNC, he will learn to keep his mouth shut especially when there are no microphones around. The Democrats can’t beat us, we can only beat ourselves by not keeping our mouths in check.
Report Post »MadeintheUSA2
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 11:03pmMr. Steal–you do need to go away and quit bullying people who may be better suited to lead the party. America can not afford more people like you. Also, the GOP did NOT win because of you, you progressive POC. Gosh, I am cranky tonight.
Report Post »Sinista Mace
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 10:52pmSarah Palin Sucks.
She couldn’t even cut it as Alsaka State Governor without quitting…
She’s effectively co-opted the Tea Party…
Even though Ron Paul really started the grassroots movement…
I wouldn’t ever vote for Palin.
She’s a progressive puppet who campaigned with progressive Mccain, even after they used her like a prophylactic and tossed her aside when they were done.
I’d vote for Chris Christie or Ron Paul…
Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 11:06pmneither would I
But Palin has brought much energy and invigoration to the right. She needs to be put in a place where she doesn’t want to be in order to prove herself.
RNC chair is a great start,
My fellow americans, don’t support this woman without proof and evidence of action.
All of SINISTA MACE’s points are valid.
Palin needs to cut her chops in real politics and not on reality tv.
cheers
Report Post »Nvrforget
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 11:11pmThere’s much more money to be made in reality TV though. I don’t think Palin cares so much for political power as for popularity and the perks it brings.
Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 11:35pmtouche’ nvrforget
but the “cult of palin” wont die until it is put to the test.
Palin needs to enter the meat grinder of national and international politics in some way that doesn’t involve book signings (of books that are trite) and screeeeeecking moronic speeeeeeeches.
she is tone-deaf to any ideas except her own.
This is how she can prove herself.
I support it
Report Post »Deutscher
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 11:52pmMy problem with her and some others is the anti-intellectual attitude. Where are the Buckleys? Where are the libertarian and conserative thinkers? It is disheartening to have to choose from a group that calls thinking people “elites.”
Report Post »WHITE HAT PATRIOT
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 12:05amLet’s get the facts strait about Ms. Sarah…
Sarah quit being governor of Alaska because of all the frivolous lawsuits against her. See, the State of Alaska does not pay for these lawsuits. Remaining as governor would have put placed her family in financial ruin just trying to defend these lawsuits. It is my understanding that this is the reason she resigned as Governor of Alaska. This is what the “Lame Stream Media” (thank you Mr. Goldberg of FNC), will not tell you. They would like to have everyone believe that Ms. Sarah is a “quitter” when nothing could be further from the truth.
I don’t think Ms. Sarah is a “quitter” by any stretch of the imagination. If people will take the time to actually research the circumstances behind her resignation as Governor, they would much likely draw a different conclusion.
Personally, I don’t know if Governor Palin is quite “Presidential Material” yet, however, this may change by 2012. Sorry, I just do not have clairvoyance to see that far into the future. Whatever she decides to, I pray that it will be the right one for her and her family.
Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 12:26amDeutscher
you make a great point. WF Buckley’s wit and insight is so needed.
But Palin and the teaparties anti-intellecualism is setting the stage for 2012
I think the left is far more anti-intellecual than the right, which is so much more insane…..
the idiots are everywhere
America will implode within 5 years.
I think Buckley, Jefferson and Paine would welcome this…
I do.
Purging BS is the only a republic can live.
religion is first on the list
Report Post »APatriotFirst
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 7:01amWhite Hat Patriot……Sarah quit being governor of Alaska because of all the frivolous lawsuits against her. See, the State of Alaska does not pay for these lawsuits.
Alaska people do pay for those lawsuits, it is why Palin quit. So Alaska did not have to foot that bill.
Report Post »highcarry
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 10:59amor better yet, vote for yourself, since you’re the smartest guy in the country.
Report Post »takemout
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 11:41amI don’t understand Sarah haters like you. I know that I would have quit the governor’s office if I were to be sued with a barrage of frivolous lawsuits from leftists that the state would not pay for. She trusted Katie Couric and shouldn’t have. She supported McCain’s re-election and shouldn’t have. As a Tea Partier, I know that she has not “co-opted” the Tea Party. The election won’t be for another 2 years. Watch what develops and keep your mind open.
Report Post »Clive
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 11:50amagreed. you believe she quit to save alaskans money? you are a fool. she quit for more money and fame. besides the quitting… i want a thinker. she’s not a smart woman, she went to 5 colleges to get a lousy journalism degree? her experience before that is sportscaster, and mayor of a small hillbilly town. She has a great personality, but I think we can do better. Believe me, dems are praying that she runs against obama, licking their chops over it. We need to have a real leader. I just don’t know who that is.
Report Post »Sinista Mace
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 12:29pmWhy didn’t she get any support from her party…
If she wasn’t prepared to deal with lawsuits, then she shoudln’t have been the Governor to start with.
She wasted too much money trying to get elected, her fault, her problem.
But she left Alaska hanging.
Report Post »Sinista Mace
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 12:30pmAside from the issue of her quitting, what about her campaigning with PROGRESSIVE John Mccain?
Report Post »booger71
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 10:50pmHe is also taking credit for the big Republican win in November instead of giving praise to where it belongs-to the Tea party
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 4:48amIs Affirmative Arrogance contagious? He sounded just like Obama.
Report Post »The Bees Know
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 10:47pmCan we not do better?
Report Post »MadeintheUSA2
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 11:10pmI am wondering why those that are in power tend to think they are doing us ALL a favor by staying in office/limelight for decade after decade? The old geezers need to check into the nearest nursing home as far as I am concerned. I am sick of looking at all of the wrinkles and listening to the wrinkled ideas. Steal may not be that old, but he is washed-up and utterly useless. He does NOT represent me or my ideas about politics.
Report Post »Silversmith
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 10:41pmI was all ready to praise him for his foresight in NOT running. Don’t live up to the RINO creed of “self over party”!
Silversmith
Report Post »MamaofJ5
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 10:37pmPlease, let someone else do it already. You’ve done enough.
Report Post »MadeintheUSA2
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 11:05pmRight? Sick of him and all of the other progressives that are destroying our country…and the world if you think about it.
Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 10:37pmif there is a place for sarah palin its as the head of the RNC
SARAH PALIN FOR RNC HEAD
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 11:13pmHeres a wild idea, why don’t they get an actual Conservative to be the head of the RNC?….I know it sounds crazy, but it just might work.
Report Post »Mary Jo
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 11:51pmI whole heartedly agree on this one..Sarah can do the job and bring in the money..
Report Post »ZOMBIE JESUS LOVES ME
Posted on December 13, 2010 at 11:57pmI know the perfect place for Sarah Palin. How about at the bottom of an icy revine? Both legs broke and Arctic wolves closing in.
(That would be a glorious Christmas!)
MrButcher
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 12:14amzombie jesus brain eater,
that aint a nice thing to say…
QuietRiot
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 12:29am@ ZOMBIE JESUS …. we will pray for you ….
Report Post »CYCLONE
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 12:47amRight On … RIGHT ON… !!!! … SARAH would be perfect…and is a CONSERVATIVE !!!
… after watching Steele….this is like going to a mental institution and watching one of the inmates bounce off the walls
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 1:01amPalin has already said she is not interested – although she would be perfect! http://maboulette.wordpress.com
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 8:03amRon Paul Stands next to Michael Steele: ‘He’s the First Chairman to at Least Talk to Me’
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Marcobob69
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 9:03amShe’s got my vote MRBUTCHER!!!
Report Post »JKN
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 9:05amTypical… What? Do something for the good of the party? Heck no! These “public servants” only do what’s best for them.
Report Post »akim
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 9:21amHE IS BLACK AND NO ONE WILL DARE RUN AGAINST HIM.
The GOP will not dare fire a Black man no matter what. This is why McCain appointed Steele to the post, McCain knew it would destroy the RNC yet no one would dare fire a BLACK.
Report Post »akim
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 9:22amHE IS AN OBAMA MAN AND HE IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
Don’t even dare waste time with an election. He is there for Life.
Report Post »Clive
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 11:41amwell, steele does suck… but i don’t want him replaced with that bonehead palin. i want a decent, rational, smart person to have this job.
Report Post »Dandylyon
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 11:52amI like the idea of Palin and the wolves but I want her to be able to run like the wolves do when there hunted by planes.(chicken s**t hunter’s)
When are people going to get over blacks and woman and history makeing events and start thinking about a real and qualified person to get this country back to freedom and prosperity.If that happens to be a black or a woman then so be it but not these two Obama era clowns.
At this rate nothing will change and Soros and his commie coup will take over in 2012,if the constitution loveing people blow this then America will get what it deserves.
Report Post »tamalpass
Posted on December 14, 2010 at 3:22pmSarah has already said No to RNC Chair!
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