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Is MIchael Steele a brain donor?



Politics has often been described as the silly season.  Nothing could be sillier that the recent words of Michael Steele.    In a press conference on Friday, he claimed he was responsible for the Republican resurgence. 

 

I’m not sure which qualifies as the most moronic statement of the week; Pelosi’s claim Democrats would retain the majority or Steele’s claim of credit for the victories this week.

 

Earth to Michael Steele.   What have you been smoking or has Washington done to you what it does to so many others, namely turn your brain to mush.  

 

Steele made these comments; only hours after having acknowledged the Tea Party had put the Republicans “on probation.”

 

Let’s see, Michael.  Politics has been transformed in the last two years.   Was it you or was it the Tea Party movement?   How many Michael Steele rallies have there been over the last two years?  How many candidates were “Michael Steele” candidates announced for office?  How many Michael Steele conventions were there in the past year?  How many Michael Steele websites are there?  How many Michael Steele PACs are there?

 

As Chairman of the RNC, you have spent money like a drunken Democrat.  You have used your position to fly all over the place to promote yourself and receive speaking fees of up to $20,000 an appearance.   That is something no other RNC chairman has ever done.  Perhaps if you had spent more time on your job, Harry Reid might be unemployed today.

 

Steele certainly does not share the Tea Party fiscal philosophy.  When he took over, in 2009, the RNC had a $23 million dollar surplus.    Now, they only have $3.4 million in the bank and debt of almost $6 million.   Four years ago, the Republican Congressional Committee and the Republican Senate Committee received $40 million from the RNC.  This year, they only received $4 million from the RNC.   Had Michael Steele been doing his job, we might be looking at a Senator Angle, Senator O’Donnell, a Senator Miller and perhaps a Senator McMahon.   We might be looking at a seventy-five seat gain against the party of Socialism. 

 

Michael Steele thinks he is responsible for what just happened last Tuesday?   Michael Steele is delusional.   Michael Steele needs to go and someone from the Tea Party needs to take his place.

 

Who is going to step up? 

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Permalink Reply by John R. Lancellotti on November 8, 2010 at 2:30am
I would like to respectfully suggest that I have detected a mean streak running through Tea Party people. I'm a conservative person. It was my understanding that the Tea Party Nation is a home for conservative people. This prompted me to join. Since joining, I have found people in the party to be arrogant, mean, and yes, vicious. These are not attractive characteristics. Certainly not politic. Not at all the way to win converts to a point of view. Understand now, I'm not saying there is anything wrong with disagreeing with people. Certainly, I have a strong disagreement with Democrats. I particulartly find offensive the policy of those Democrats -- beginning with the president ... whom I consider a consummate liar ... and winding down to the radical politicians -- whom I would NEVER even bother to refer to as Liberals-- in the currently lame duck Congress. These are people whose policies drive me crazy. Still, the way Michael Steele is discussed in the Scemamczky posting seems, to me, to be inappropriate, to say nothing of overwritten and entirely too personal an attack. Let me quickly add here that the piece is exceptionally well researched and the point is undobtedly well taken. However, please believe me when I say honestly that my long experience as a journalist in the political game has led me to conclude that only those without a lot of personal experience rant like the Scemamczky piece. Tear Michael Steele apart as the RNC leader, for all I care. But referring to him as a rodent is offensive. And saying he's a "'mouse' of ironic penitration who can't break out of the RNC containment and security cheese tent'" is not only a classic example of over-writing -- but barely comprehensible. In plain English, it's just hard to tell what Scemamczky is talking about. Hope I haven't offended anyone but that's how I feel.
Permalink Reply by Rachel Carney on November 8, 2010 at 4:31am
Wow, you just painted a whole lot of Tea Party supporters with a broad brush, because a few people got carried away with their righteous anger and rhetoric. You might consider that most of us are pretty darn sick of having been called "racists", "hate mongers", "domestic terrorists", "hicks", "stupid", "Hitler", "evil", and "radicals" for the last 2 years! Sorry if everyone isn't feeling quite so generous anymore.

Most of these posts are about replacing Steele. I doubt it's because they think he's done a good job. And if they think he did a bad job, it's hard to say that in a very complimentary manner. Do you want someone to say, "gee, he's delightfully incompetent" or maybe "boy Mr Steele really dropped the ball with a wonderful finesse and style"?? Sorry, but I found most of the posts to be pretty darn polite!

Personally, I have nothing whatsoever against Michael Steele. I used to have high hopes for him. But he has disappointed. I am just looking for someone in there who sticks to their Conservative principles, sells the message effectively, grows the party, and isn't playing games. And I think that's what ALL of the TPers want.
Permalink Reply by John R. Lancellotti on November 8, 2010 at 10:47am
Rachel:
Please look again at my post. I qualified many of the remarks I made. I didn't paint "a whole lot of Tea Party supporters" with the same brush, as you say I did. i said " since joining" I have found people to be arrogant, mean and vicious.
"Since joining..." This doesn't mean everyone. This means the people I've found and written to since I became a member. . This is what I said. Go back and read it, please. It could NOT possibly mean everyone. But this IS my opinion. I hope you will allow this conservative person (me) to have his own opinion. And you, of course, are allowed to have your opinion of me. If you like, however, I will GLADLY amend my post to say "some" of the people I've found. I hope this satisfies your objection to my comment. And I certainly want to point out that judging by YOUR post and with the exception of the word "Hitler," none of the attacks on Tea Party people -- as experienced by you -- are anywhere as politically inappropriate as comparing Steele to a rodent. Why insult the man LIKE THAT? Here's a man who has given his life to serving the people politically and risen to the top of his party. Why call him a "mouse." Isn't it enough not to call him names but to just POINT OUT HIS MISTAKES AND WORK FOR HIS REMOVAL from his present position? Calling him names isn't usually done in politics by experienced people ... and the Tea Party is a political movement -- given, of course, that it seems as if many of the people that I have chatted with are not quite as understanding -- or as tolerant -- of the way things are usually done in politics. Okay, that's their right, too. Many of them are new to the game. But I'd like to say -- as I said in my post -- it's not the way to convince people of the value of this conservative movement, so please don't speak for me when you say something as unconventional as calling a person a mouse. I don't believe I suggested criticizing Steele sweetly, as your post suggests I implied. If you want to say Steele dropped the ball, say it. Say he's imcompetent. Back up your allegations ... or not. That doesn't matter, either. In politics, you are allowed to make allegations (that are not libelous) without supporting facts -- Doing this, of course, would only give the opposition something to criticize. But you can do it if you like...even if it makes no sense. But what I AM advocating is that as the Tea Party matures, it will learn to abide by the ways of well-meaning politicians who disagree politically with other politicians Let's not make us all look bad by giving someone the chance to say that we Tea Party people stoop to NAME CALLING.
Respectfully
John
Permalink Reply by John R. Lancellotti on November 8, 2010 at 12:47pm
Susan,
I agree that the radicalism of the Liberal extremists and our Socialist president has made we conservative people feel as though we've had enough and must fight back but I think there is more strength in quiet determination than there is in name calling. If the majority of Republicans want to replace Steele, then let's do it. If the Tea Party conservatives feel Steele isn't the man to lead them, then we can nominate another candidate and enter the competition for the job. It wil have to come up for a vote. We'll see who wins, and I, for one, will accept the will of the people -- all the people, not just the Tea Party people. And if the Tea Party candidate doesn't win, I don't think we should split from the Party. Where will we go? Besides, leaving the Party will only weaken us. We will be particularly weakened if we seem mean, arrogant and vicious. And those characteristics will manifest themselves, in my opinion, in ways such as referring to Steele as a rodent, or demanding to have things our way.or threatening a fightl. I am urging prudence and intelligent articulation of the Tea Party view. Tea Party candidates in the last general election did not win everything. If you want to blame Steele for that, blame him and make the point intelligently. Let the Republican Party see our objections. But I want to suggest that we be wary of splitting the Party. It's not going to go away, as the Democrats learned. And I know the Republicans took great strength from the Tea Party's support. Now the idea should be to make it advocate the ideas that the Tea Party stands for:-- to REFORM the Republican Party, so it reflects our ideas about: smaller government, lower taxes, greater security. Let's convert people to those ideas. If necessary, let's try to unseat those in power who disagree with us. But first, let's do it from WITHIN... and secondly, let's do it without the kind of name calling that alludes to the present Republican Party leader as a rodent. That's not politics. That's guys in a bar, talking over a beer ... you know,the way Obama behaved when he made the mistake about the police officer and the professor. First he blamed the cop and then, understanding that he was a fool, he tried to be one of the boys, sitting down for a beer with both men. I would think that's the reaction of a cheap, tin-horn, machine politician from Chicago...not president of the United States...and calling Obama all these names is a lot better than calling him some sort of rodent ... an image that just was so repulsive that it seemed ill advised to me. Again, I hope you understand my opinion. I'm not talking about substance. I'm talking about the way we do things. Best alway, John
Permalink Reply by Rachel Carney on November 8, 2010 at 3:14pm
John you said, "Calling him names isn't usually done in politics by experienced people ... and the Tea Party is a political movement -- given, of course, that it seems as if many of the people that I have chatted with are not quite as understanding -- or as tolerant -- of the way things are usually done in politics. "


Since when has politics been the polite chat in the park! And suggesting "business as usual" is exactly NOT what the Tea Party wants. We are all for polite discourse, but the Tea Party isn't only fighting the leftwing takeover of our country, we are fighting the liberal takeover of our own Republican Party, AND fighting the Media! A little hard to be polite all the time when you are battling 3 vicious foes at the same time.

I do assume, since you are all for free speech, that those whose words you found offensive also have the right to THEIR opinion. I am not trying to encourage their hyperbole. I am merely saying that tempers are going to flare in the middle of a battle, and we all have to be patient. The Tea Party is a new movement. It didn't even exist 2 yrs ago. It is going through growing pains, and frankly I think it is an amazing and exciting...and EFFECTIVE movement. We just need the right people in leadership positions to direct us troops. We don't think Michael Steele is that person. And like someone mentioned, "we" don't really get any say in it. It's frustrating still not having any real power...yet. And it's exhausting constantly calling and writing our "representatives" trying to keep their feet to the fire, and writing letters to the media too.

As far as "giving the opposition something to criticize", I don't mean to laugh but....the Left will criticize you even if you are sitting there politely with your hands folded and your mouth shut. As long as you are a Conservative, they hate you and will do whatever they can not just to criticize you...but to destroy you. Sorry, but that is the reality of politics in the 21st Century. Going to a gunfight with a waterpistol just isn't going to cut it anymore. Not with the media, the universities, Hollywood and unions all in their back pocket.
Permalink Reply by Shirley Eliakis on November 8, 2010 at 4:27pm
Who was that guy who said, "You brood of vipers!"

So much for this nicey-nice political correctness!
Permalink Reply by John R. Lancellotti on November 8, 2010 at 5:08pm
1. I never used the word "polite." Politics is a rough and tumble game. But it usually doesn't revert to calling a guy a "mouse." A tin-horn politician? Yes. A machine politician? Yes. A crooked politician? Why not? A greedy politician? Of course. These are all names associated with playing the political game. But politicians don't compare politicians to mice. You don't ever hear a politician even say of anot her politician ... he's a dirty rat. That's gangster talk. Not political talk. Calling someone a "mouse" who eats some sort of cheese is just a bad image. It doesn't fit, in my opinion...and I said so. Best always, John
Permalink Reply by Rachel Carney on November 8, 2010 at 6:03pm
Do you have a thing about mice? I don't consider "mouse" a particularly terrible name. Mice are cute little nuisances that we don't want around. It's darn near a compliment compared to what they deserve.

Did you actually say politicians don't call other politicians names??? Have you been out of the country for the last 10 years? Unfortunately they do...and are on video tape doing so, and using much worse names than "mouse"! But WE are not politicians, are we. We are ANGRY citizens. If names are all we call them, they should be count themselves lucky...that we haven't dragged out the tar and feathers ...YET.
Permalink Reply by John R. Lancellotti on November 9, 2010 at 3:18am
I guess I respectfully disagree. I must admit that I've been retired for 15 years ... but before that, I covered politicians over a 30 year career as a journalist. As I said before, politicians and people call each other all kinds of names, Tin horn. Machine politician. Crook. Liar. Bag man. etc. All of these are associated with the political game. But to say that a guy is a mouse ... is just not a political association. It's a bad image. Animals are usually associated with other behavior, like rat,or squeelor. To say that a political leader, with a long, clean image is a mouse who eats some kind of cheese (I've forgotten the exact association now), is just inappropriate. As I said before, if you think he hasn't done the job and a majority of us want to get rid of him as the leader, fine by me. What I object to is this name calling that, in my opinion, doesn't apply. Sorry, but that's the way I feel. Obviously, you feel otherwise. And I don't have to tell you that that is your right. But we just must agree to disagree and let it go at that. Is that okay?
Permalink Reply by John R. Lancellotti on November 8, 2010 at 5:18pm
I agree ... the left will criticize us even if we are sitting there politely. But it's difficult to be convincing if they have nothing to point out. Start calling people names ... and you've made their case. Just think of Pelosi. Before the election, Republicans were saying "Fire Pelosi." Then theRepublicans won and Pelosi announced that she was going to run for Minority Leader, and the Republicans raised a banner saying "Hire Pelosi." You see? She gave them something with which they attacked her. Calling a guy a name like "mouse" has the same effect. The Democrats will attack you anyway but call solmeone a mouse, and they've got something to talk about. This is my point. It would not be the same if you were attacking our own guy as too Liberal, of a Rino Republican. These are political terms and they have political import. But in my opinion, comparing him to a mouse that eats some kind of cheese is just a bad, imcorrect image.
Permalink Reply by Rachel Carney on November 8, 2010 at 6:06pm
First off...."fire pelosi" is not a name. It's a plea. Secondly, you might have forgotten that Sharon Angle was called "a bitch" by Harry Reid, and Meg Whitman was called "a whore" by Jerry Brown's team. I'd say that's just a teensy weensy bit worse than saying "fire pelosi".
And guess what? THEY WON ANYWAY, even using that kind of bad language! Heavans, how could that have happened when politicians are supposed to be polite.
Secondly, it's not the worst thing that Pelosi and Reid are still there in prominent positions....reminding Americans just how vile they are. Oh! I'm sorry...did I call those cretins "vile"??? Shame on me. Oh no! I called them cretins too. Pardon me!!

Listen, I understand the point you are trying to make. I just don't think it's practical to expect the voters to follow Robert's Rules in the middle of a battle for our country.
Permalink Reply by John R. Lancellotti on November 9, 2010 at 3:30am
Both Reid and Brown's people were wrong and both men apologized. I didn't hear anyone say he was wrong or apologize for calling Steele a "mouse." And I think someone should apologize to him. All he did wrong was not support the Tea Party as some members of the Tea Party -- not all of them -- thought he should. And now there are some people who want him ousted. Not all. Well I think that should be proposed and voted upon. Let's see what the majority wants. Don't you agree?

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