Michael Steele Is Going To Shake Things Up By Keeping The Status Quo

2:06 am EST June 22nd, 2006 | Politics | 9 Comments

As I noted yesterday, Michael Steele is positioning himself as someone who stands above the two parties, with a vow to go to Washington and clean up the corruption. Of course, the problem is that it is his fellow Republicans who are responsible for the ongoing ethics and moral violations running rampant in D.C. Far from being a maverick of any sort, Steele is just another right-winger who will rubber stamp the failed conservative agenda.

Which is why Bill Frist is coming to town to raise some cash for him. Secretly, the right has organized a fundraiser for Steele with “honored guest” Bill Frist, hosted at the home of right-wing smear artist David Bossie (you’ll remember Bossie as the rabid anti-Clinton activist who got kicked out of his House job for deceptively editing transcripts in an ongoing congressional investigation). Here’s the text of the email invite:

Citizens United Political Victory Fund and The National Conservative Campaign Fund Invite You To

For a
Reception in Support of
The Honorable Michael S. Steele
Republican Candidate for U.S. Senate

With Honored Guest

Senate Majority Leader William H. Frist, MD

Thursday, June 22, 2006
7:00 pm VIP Reception
7:45 pm General Reception

The Home of David and Susan Bossie

Host Committee $5,000 give or raise
VIP Reception $1,000 Personal Contribution; ($2,500 PAC Contribution)
General Reception $500 Personal Contribution; ($2,000 PAC Contribution)

So, in other words, Steele plans to buck the system and clean up Washington by partying with a senator under SEC probe who has presided over one of the least popular congresses we’ve ever had along with a far-right zealot who wrote smear books on John Kerry (who received 56% of the vote in Maryland), and Vice President Gore (57%). Oh yeah, Bossie also blames President Clinton (50%,54%) for 9/11.

That’s the kind of company Michael Steele is keeping. You know, to “improve” the tone in Washington.

Not.

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9 Responses to “Michael Steele Is Going To Shake Things Up By Keeping The Status Quo”

  1. scratch says:
    June 22, 2006 at 7:06 am

    Let me get this straight. John Kerry only got 56% of the vote in heavily Democratic Maryland? That’s a hoot.

  2. factcheck says:
    June 22, 2006 at 9:06 am

    Steele wants to be elected as a Republican in moderate Maryland, but he can only get money when he works with rabid fundamentalists with corruption problems like Frist. Clearly out of step with the views of Marylanders.

  3. DCPanic says:
    June 22, 2006 at 9:06 am

    Hypocricy thy name is Ollie…

    Please review the record of Hillary’s finance manager David Rosen. I think he was indicted for trying to hide cash from the Federal Election Commission in connection with a Hollywood concert fundraiser. I could be wrong, but I am not.

  4. pshropshire says:
    June 22, 2006 at 2:06 pm

    You know, sometimes I just can’t believe those stories that there were black soldiers who fought with the Confederacy. Then I look at the careers of Ken Blackwell and Mr. Steele and think, yeah, quite possibly..

    Philip Shropshire
    http://www.threeriversonline.com

  5. Oliver Willis says:
    June 22, 2006 at 3:06 pm

    I had no idea Hillary Clinton was running for Sen. in MD.

  6. DCPanic says:
    June 23, 2006 at 8:06 am

    So if you are running for Sen. in NY it is OK to be associated with a crook?

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