Ken Blackwell smacks down Steele: ‘Get to work — or get out of the way.’
By on Mar 12th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
Ken Blackwell smacks down Steele: ‘Get to work — or get out of the way.’
During the campaign for chairmanship of the RNC, the candidate with the backing of far right conservatives wasn’t Michael Steele — it was former Ohio secretary of state Ken Blackwell. In response to Steele’s flip-flopping on abortion, Blackwell told conservative blogger Matt Lewis:
Chairman Steele, as the leader of America’s Pro-Life conservative party, needs to re-read the Bible, the U.S. Constitution, and the 2008 GOP Platform. He then needs to get to work — or get out of the way.
When Blackwell dropped out of the RNC race, he threw his support behind Steele. However, will he now instead be part of the Steele recall effort?
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I lived in Ohio for a long time and watched Blackwell ascend to SecState. He is way more dangerous than Steele could ever be.
March 12th, 2009 at 2:28 pmOh, boy, the other black dude in the Republican Party speaks. Who on November 5, 2004 would have ever believed that in 2008, we would witness the utter and rapid immolation of the Republican Party? (Hey, Rove-Pig — permanent Republican majority??? bwahahahahahaha)
I have a stomach from eating so much popcorn since November 4, 2006. Weeeeeeeeeeee Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!
Perhaps these goons will realize that bumper sticker slogans actually do not pass for ideas in the long term.
March 12th, 2009 at 2:29 pmwags, I am an Ohio now and you are absolutely correct about Blackwell. He bears watching, on the stage or behind.
March 12th, 2009 at 2:30 pm.
Dear Mr. Blackwell,
Theocratic much?
.
March 12th, 2009 at 2:31 pmKen Blackwell will shake your hand while peeing down your leg.
http://www.pufferfishblog.com/
March 12th, 2009 at 2:31 pmBlackwell ran against Ted Strickland in the last governor’s race in Ohio. I thanked God and the voters when Strickland won. Blackwell wanted Steele’s current job, so I am sure he is trying his best to oust him. Seriously, Blackwell is a right wing nut case.
March 12th, 2009 at 2:32 pmI didn’t know you were an Ohian, PLC. It seems we have quite a bit in common.
March 12th, 2009 at 2:33 pm.
So…
… Blackwell was (running) against Steele before he supported Steele and then jumped ship against Steele?
That’s a double FLIP-FLOP!
.
March 12th, 2009 at 2:34 pmI nominate Rush Limbaugh (or Ann Coulter or Michelle Malkin or Dan Savage or…) for RNC Chair.
March 12th, 2009 at 2:35 pmAs sad-yet-hilarious as that would be, I would, for once in my lifetime, like to have 2 rational, substantive parties that can work together like adults and actually get things done.
March 12th, 2009 at 2:37 pmDr. Mr. Blackwell,
WTF does the Bible have to do with this? Or anything else in the political realm? I await your prompt response.
Fck you very much.
March 12th, 2009 at 2:38 pmAs bad as Steele is, Blackwell is way worse.
¶ AIO
March 12th, 2009 at 2:39 pmlast night was karaoke night
here at the buckeye club in cleveland.
ken got up and dedicated this song
to mike steele:
If I were your woman
And you were my man
You’d have no other woman
You’d be weak as a lamb
If you had the strength
To walk out that door
My love would overrule my sense
And I’d call you back for more
If I were your woman
If you were my woman
If I were your woman
If you were my woman
And you were my man
Yeah
She tears you down Darling
Says you’re nothing at all
But I’ll pick you up Darling
When she lets you fall
You’re like a diamond
And she treats you like glass
Yet you beg her to love you
But me you don’t ask
If I were your woman
If you were my woman
If I were your woman
If you were my woman
If I were your woman
If you were my woman
Here’s what I’d do
I’d never no, no stop loving you
Yeah
Life is so crazy
And love is unkind
Because she came first Darling
Will she hang on your mind
You’re a part of me
And you don’t even know it
I’m what you need
But I’m too afraid to show it
If I were your woman
If you were my woman
If I were your woman
If you were my woman
If I were your woman
If you were my woman
Here’s what I’d do
I’d never, no, no, no stop loving you
If I were your woman
Here’s what I’d do
I’d never, never, never stop loving you
If I were your woman
You’re sweet lovin’ woman
If you were my woman
If I were your woman
If you were my woman
If I were your woman
If you were my woman
I’d be you’re only woman
…you’d need no other woman
::
March 12th, 2009 at 2:41 pmBlackwell to Steele: “Get to work– or get out of the way!” Steele hasn’t done nearly enough work disenfranchising voters, rigging elections, or destroying ballots. He really needs to get on the stick. You can’t disrupt the election process on a moments notice, you know. It takes planning, teamwork and lots of manpower. Steele has been in office for several weeks, now, and hasn’t even hired a goon squad.
March 12th, 2009 at 2:41 pmnanlichi Says:
Dr. Mr. Blackwell,
WTF does the Bible have to do with this?
Unfortunately, everything in Blackwell’s view. He has ties to Rod Parsley, to name one very “out there” fundaMENTAL Christian.
March 12th, 2009 at 2:43 pmDuring the 2004 election Blackwell closed a couple of Ohio voting districts because of ‘terrorist threats’, and locked the voting machines away. (sorry I don’t have a link, I’m just remembering it now).
March 12th, 2009 at 2:45 pmI think lil’ Kenny is pissed he doesn’t have a big blue bus with his picture on it, like Mikey.
Blackwell and Steele: The Chris Brown and Rhianna of wingnuttery.
March 12th, 2009 at 2:45 pmIf Steele is what ails the GOP, Blackwell is not the cure.
March 12th, 2009 at 2:45 pm#9 I think you mean Michael Savage, as Dan Savage is that adorable and buff gay boy from Seattle who is about as LEFT as LEFT can be. But we know what you mean.
March 12th, 2009 at 2:47 pmAny chance Blackwell had anything to do with voting shenanigans in Ohio in 2004, sort of like Katharine Harris in Florida in 2000?
March 12th, 2009 at 2:48 pmHaha, I always get their names mixed up too.
However, Dan Savage would do wonders for the party as chairman. Just think how fabulous they’d all look.
March 12th, 2009 at 2:49 pmSomething to do? Pretty much everything to do…
March 12th, 2009 at 2:49 pm5th Estate at #17, I should have read the comments first. You answered my question. Thanks
March 12th, 2009 at 2:50 pmI suppose by the Constitution, he means “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”? What a joke. He only selectively uses an ambiguous quote from our documents to make it seem as though it supports Christianity, and then excludes the “liberty” and “happiness” parts when he’s fear-mongering over loving same-sex individuals.
March 12th, 2009 at 2:51 pmTo avoid confusion, refer to Michael Savage not by this his radio name, but by his real name, Michael Weiner. So much better!
March 12th, 2009 at 2:51 pm5th Estate, I think that happened in Warren or Butler County near Cincinnati. I have always thought that he threw the 2004 election to Bush. He was kind of like our very own Katherine Harris.
March 12th, 2009 at 2:53 pmOthers went to jail in OH, but Blackwell escaped justice.
That GOP clown car just never runs out of clowns, does it?
March 12th, 2009 at 2:56 pm…Bible, the U.S. Constitution, and the 2008 GOP Platform…
Those three sources are contradictory. If Steele tries to use all three, he will really be confused!
March 12th, 2009 at 2:59 pmInstead of a Chair, perhaps the RNC can just get one of those big sectional sofas with recliners, cupholders and a built-in cooler. Then they’d have room for all of today’s “leaders” to sit back and criticize while providing no ideas or solutions.
PEACE
March 12th, 2009 at 3:00 pmWhen can we expect the apology to Jabba the Rush?
March 12th, 2009 at 3:03 pm#22 wags,
March 12th, 2009 at 3:05 pmSantorum might object.
Haha. As a transplant from Ohio to PA, I sincerely apologize to the nation for these two yokels.
March 12th, 2009 at 3:08 pmMaybe Michelle Bachmann will show up soon kneeling down before Blackwell and chanting “Ken Blackwell — you be da man!” After all, Steele must not be “da man” — he gots no cojones…
March 12th, 2009 at 3:08 pmOh and Steve Chabot. I’ve never had the misfortune of meeting a bigger sleazeball. And he was from my district…
March 12th, 2009 at 3:10 pmI just love this stuff.
I’m, almost, starting to feel sorry for Steele. While the dregs of the GOP have been assembling their circular firing squad he staked out the center. (NOTE: The center of a circular firing squad is an awful place to be.)
But, the best part is, that it proves any dissent is not tolerated. The GOP just continues to reject any voice of moderation or compromise. Only extremists need apply.
Ya know? I’m actually starting to think a viable third party could arise from this mess.
March 12th, 2009 at 3:19 pmChairman Steele, as the leader of America’s Pro-Life conservative party, needs to re-read the Bible, the U.S. Constitution, and the 2008 GOP Platform. He then needs to get to work — or get out of the way.
Yeah, Blackwell is what the GOP needs – just another rightwingcrazymadhatter! What’s the Bible got to do with this mess?! Maybe Blackwell needs to have a conversation with John McCain’s daughter! LOL
March 12th, 2009 at 3:21 pmThis reminds me of when Kraemer got the Merv Griffin TV show set out of a dumpster. You know…
-The whole thing smells
-People talking, no one listening
-The Host looking to bring up dirt on each other
-Hawks & Squirrels in the same room
-Non-existent ratings
March 12th, 2009 at 3:25 pm“However, will he now instead be part of the Steele recall effort?”
Is a bean green? I wouldn’t put it pass Blackwell to throw Steele to the wolves. I have to agree with comment #1. Blackwell is much more dangerous than Steele. Steele is weak and Blackwell knows it. And Steele bowing down to the chief gas bag of radio really showed Blackwell that Steele is useless in the rebuilding of the GOP party.
March 12th, 2009 at 3:29 pmMr. Steele, meet your new friend, Mr Bus Axle.
March 12th, 2009 at 3:36 pmAre the Republicans pro-life, really? I thought I read that the chairman of the RNC was pro-choice. Seems like a weird choice.
March 12th, 2009 at 3:46 pmWOW!!!! Now you got the only black people in the “Repuke-Party” getting after each other. I LIKE IT!!!
March 12th, 2009 at 4:01 pmBlackwell thinks he isn’t a token because he is an accomplice to the crimes of KKKarl Rove in Ohio in 2004 presidential election. I have news for him…color matters to much of the GOP.
March 12th, 2009 at 4:17 pmFellow Ohioans and the rest:
I remember that fellow Blackwell. A theocrat who delivered Ohio to Bush in 2004, just as he promised as head of the group working for Bush. And he was Secretary of State! How delicious for him and the other pubbies.
Be careful. He hides his theocracy under a faux mantle of intelligence and common sense.
March 12th, 2009 at 4:38 pmThe way the Republicans are headed their ‘chairman’ will be able to sit and read the Bible in private on the platform of their one holer out behind the pig sty. The Constitution will be there too, right next to the corn cob, courtesy of Mr. Bush.
March 12th, 2009 at 4:59 pmWannabekool Says:
Be careful. He hides his theocracy under a faux mantle of intelligence and common sense.
March 12th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
Doesn’t look like he’s a very good hider to me…
March 12th, 2009 at 5:00 pmKen Blackman to Steele:
“Get to work –
March 12th, 2009 at 5:08 pmObay what Rush Limbaugh tells you,
or
get out of the way.”
Chairman Steele, as the leader of America’s Pro-Life conservative party, needs to re-read the Bible, the U.S. Constitution, and the 2008 GOP Platform. He then needs to get to work — or get out of the way.
What does the bible have to do with government?
March 12th, 2009 at 5:41 pmnice song cantwell, keep singing lol
March 12th, 2009 at 7:25 pmBlackwell should be in jail for election fraud! Steele should be in jail for stupidity.
March 12th, 2009 at 10:11 pm