I point.
I point, and I laugh.
As Pam Spaulding said a few weeks ago, GOP envy led to “hey, let’s get a black guy too”.
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January 30th, 2009
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I knew you would be lovin this.
Wow. This is the best the GOP could come up with?
It’s really good news for Dems. Steele has never had a real strong work ethic and I defy anyone to come up with any idea of Steele’s that actually worked.
Friend of what?
Terrorists? Communists? Socialists? Campus Radicals?Anarchists? Murderers? Fraudsters?
Oh, no… that’s the President.
My bad. Sorry.
Ha! You totally schooled us, there, steno! I’m gonna go change my voter registration right now!
Mr. Steele’s closing words: “God bless you, God bless our party.”
Why does he hate America?
Oh, no… that’s the President.
Just thought I’d point that out.
Great, now the Sunday talk shows can fill their “black person quota” and their “Republican quota” at the same time. Tavis Smiley will have to make due on his show, I guess.
The GOP’s version of Humpty Hump is now their “leader.” And now the GOP gets to say that they are “diverse” too.
Now, GOP house Negro Steele and the WWE’s King Lawlor can get together on “RAW” to discuss their mutual fondness for “puppies”…
As Pam Spaulding said a few weeks ago, GOP envy led to “hey, let’s get a black guy too”.
I’m not putting words in anyone’s mouth, but I guess the implication Pam Spalding is making is that the Republicans are copying the Democrats who said “Hey, let’s get a black guy.”
Congratulations, Dennis.
Hillary Clinton runs, they get Sarah Palin.
Obama runs (and wins), they get Michael Steel.
Hey GOP! We’re gonna get a homosexual to run next! Maybe even an atheist homosexual. Hurry up, maybe you can pre-empt us.
“Hey GOP! We’re gonna get a homosexual to run next! Maybe even an atheist homosexual. Hurry up, maybe you can pre-empt us.”
They’d have to make more room in the closet, though.
Maybe even an atheist homosexual. Hurry up, maybe you can pre-empt us.
You already beat us when you ran Al Gore, Duros.
Hillary Clinton runs, they get Sarah Palin.
Obama runs (and wins), they get Michael Steel.
Hillary wasn’t the first woman to run and Obama wasn’t the first African-American to run. Michael Steele ran, and was elected, to be RNC Chairman. You aren’t making much sense.
Condoleeza Rice was appointed Secretary of State, they get Hillary Clinton.
Colin Powell was appointed Secretary of State, they get Barack Obama.
The times call for diversity. Even if it’s for a guy your kind once threw Oreo cookies at. Almost like what you’re doing right now.
Meant to write:
Hillary wasn’t the first woman to run for President and Obama wasn’t the first African-American to run for President.
Republican women had run for President well before Hillary, and an African-American Republican had run well before Barack Obama.
And a woman had been chosen for a VP running mate well before Sarah Palin. Not following your logic, Duros.
As diverse as a Cabinet George W. Bush had, I especially don’t follow your logic when you say ‘Congratulations, Dennis’ for an African-American who ran and was elected to an office far different than the one Barack Obama won.
It’s borderline racist, Duros, and I don’t make that claim often or lightly.
Not that anyone here does.
Please tell me you aren’t comparing idiot Alan Keyes to our current president.
Seriously.
No, not a comparison, Oliver. It was just one example of several where Duros62’s logic did not follow.
You already beat us when you ran Al Gore, Duros.
Looks like someone’s an Ann Coulter fan.
Here’s some fun tidbits about the new RNC chair: (From Pandagon)
1. Steele compared stem cell research to Nazi experiments during the Holocaust.
2. Steele bused in homeless African Americans from Philadelphia to distribute literature in inner-city Baltimore that featured a “Sample Democratic Ballot” with votes for Steele and former Gov. Bob Ehrlich, along with photos of prominent black Democrats.
3. Steele once described that “R” next to his name as a “scarlet letter,” complaining that being a Republican was hurting his electoral chances.
4. Steele was endorsed by Mike Tyson during his run for Senate. When Tyson, who used to be married to Steele’s half sister, pleaded no contest to assault in Montgomery County in 1998, Steele was on hand to support him.
5. Steele defended former Gov. Bob Ehrlich’s decision to hold a $100,000 fundraiser at a country club that did not allow non-white members, saying that the club’s membership’s policies were “not an issue” because “I don’t play golf.”
Here’s some fun tidbits about the new RNC chair: (From Pandagon) –Zython
OW posted that link on this thread already, Zython. Please try to get a clue. Just at least an attempt at it if you could.
OW posted that link on this thread already, Zython. Please try to get a clue. Just at least an attempt at it if you could.
For someone who “doesn’t have a clue”, I sure sent you running time and time again.
Seriously, though, didn’t notice that.
Honest question Republicans — if you’re party of “ideas” is so strong and powerful, why does it attract such utter failures? There’s the con trolls here of course, munching Cheetohs in the bowels of the parents’ house, but what about the ones that actually go into politics? Giuliani? Fred Thompson? I’ll grant you Romney might have a future as pro-choice, tax-raising governor of a liberal state.
(Still praying you nominate Palin in 2012.)
Republicans Choose Failed Pol, Friend Of Rapists Michael Steele To Be Chairman
William Ayers, Tony Rezko, Jeremiah Wright, and Rod Blagojevich were unavailable for comment.
Oh, and who’s the second rapist besides his former brother-in-law?
J.
Oh, and who’s the second rapist besides his former brother-in-law? –Jay Tea
I think maybe he’s just assuming Steele’s a casual friend of Bill Clinton, Jay Tea.
But then, I don’t know, since liberals are really not too cool with this ‘guilt by association’ thing, so it’s kind of confusing trying to follow their logic.
One has to wonder what if Barack Obama had decided to be a Republican early in his career and the unlikely event he had risen to anywhere close to his current level, or even the more likely path of a Michael Steele. What ‘fun facts’ about Barack Obama would Oliver be posting here if he had just been named the RNC chair?
Sellout? Uncle Tom? Oreo?
Sambo? Idiot?
“HA,HA.”?
“I point. I point, and I laugh.”?
Oh, no… that’s the President.
Just thought I’d point that out.
I’m totally unsurprised that a pinhead like you would miss the point, Duros.
Guilt by association Fill-in-the-blank-condemnation for me, but not for thee. Not as popular as the hasty generalization, but still a favorite tactic of Oliver’s.
And since you didn’t bother to defend President Terror-Buddy-Fraud-Pal-Commie-Sympathizer-Racist-Preacher-Associate-Murderer-Associate Obama, we know you believe it’s all true.
No need to confirm what we already know – you’ll excuse anyone who agrees with you condemn everyone who doesn’t.
Oh, however shall I sleep tonight, weighed down by your lefteous contempt? O Woe is Me!
Not to mention that he’s also now TWO DEEP in tax cheats, one of whom he chose to run the freaking economy!!
Where is Oliver with his condemnations of Bernie Kerik? That would be fun to review, huh?
Obama’s list of first mistakes is starting to get pretty long. I’m sure the conservative mainstream media that Oliver loves to flog will be noticing any minute now…
Any minute…
Just waiting patiently…..
Any time…
Maybe even an atheist homosexual. Hurry up, maybe you can pre-empt us.
You already beat us when you ran Al Gore, Duros.
HA! Oh SNAP! I am PWNED!
I especially don’t follow your logic when you say ‘Congratulations, Dennis’ for an African-American who ran and was elected to an office far different than the one Barack Obama won.
That is not what I was referring to and you know. I was referring to you understanding what Pam Spalding wrote without help from your mom.
Who else of the female persuasion was nominated to be the Republican VP prior to Sarah Palin?
Remind me, who was the first female Sec of State? Madeline something or other?
It’s borderline racist, Duros, and I don’t make that claim often or lightly.
Well, that’s a relief, because that’s completely and utterly not what I said.
Don’t make go all Strowbridge on your ass.
lefteous
Is that a word?
You guys are becoming increasingly unhinged.
William Ayers, Tony Rezko, Jeremiah Wright, and Rod Blagojevich were unavailable for comment.
None of those people are “Friends of Rapists”, and except the last one, none of them are even politicians. Nice try.
Oh, and who’s the second rapist besides his former brother-in-law?
You? Just a stab in the dark.
I think maybe he’s just assuming Steele’s a casual friend of Bill Clinton, Jay Tea.
ITT: Consentual sex = rape
Obama’s list of first mistakes is starting to get pretty long.
Care to list them yourself? And no, defending women’s right to choose is NOT a “mistake”.
Dennis: One has to wonder what if Barack Obama had decided to be a Republican early in his career and the unlikely event he had risen to anywhere close to his current level, or even the more likely path of a Michael Steele.
Are you saying that had Obama been a Republican he wouldn’t have a chance to be President, having to settle instead for party chair?
Are you saying that had Obama been a Republican he wouldn’t have a chance to be President, having to settle instead for party chair?
I didn’t say he’d have no chance, I said it would be unlikely. Read some of the names called Steele by leftist bloggers that I posted previously, which is just a sampling. I’ll leave it up to you to speculate what kind of treatment they would’ve afforded Barack Obama had he been the Republican nominee instead of the Democratic one.
You sure that’s the only reason Obama wouldn’t be elected as a Republican? Clue: How many other Republican legislators happen to be black?
Sorry to interrupt the food fight, but it’s my understanding that a party chairman is supposed to be able to raise lots of cash and build a roster of viable candidates.
Any evidence that Mr. Steele is up to the job?
Oh, preemptory warning: replies to my previous question that reference Mr. Clinton will be ridiculed.
marriage is “a covenant between one man, one woman, and god?” – fuck!! i had no idea god could get in on the action. maybe i was too quick to dismiss christianity…
It’s official. If you’re an Obama supporter, you’re pro-torture:
Wrong, Daveinsocal:
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/02/02/renditions/index.html
Wrong, Daveinsocal:
Ah yes. Glenn “Sockpuppet” Greenwald is the first of what I expect to be many liberals who only now recognize rendition as a necessary tool in the war on terrorism and are willing to go to great (and in the case of Greenwald, wordy) lengths to explain how rendition under Obama has absolutely nothing to do with torture. Nein, nyet, nada, zip. As opposed to the outrage over renditions during the Bush administration, of course, when rendition was merely Bushitler outsourcing torture.
Not so fast, Jaim:
By the way, this is coming from a fellow liberal and “progressive”.
And yes, he addresses The Mighty Sockpuppet King’s weak arguments as well.