Steele on Limbaugh gaffe: ‘There is a logic behind it,’ ‘it’s all strategic.’
Steele on Limbaugh gaffe: ‘There is a logic behind it,’ ‘it’s all strategic.’
Earlier this month, RNC Chairman Michael Steele famously called Rush Limbaugh’s antics “incendiary” and “ugly,” resulting in a conservative backlash against the new GOP leader. Ultimately, Steele apologized to Limbaugh and has since cut back on his media appearances. Yesterday, however, in an interview with CNN’s Don Lemon, Steele said it was all part of his master plan:
STEELE: So if I do something, there’s a reason for it. Even, it may look like a mistake, a gaffe. There is a rationale, there’s a logic behind it. [...]
Q: There’s a rationale behind Rush, all that stuff?
STEELE: Yup, yup. … I want to see what the landscape looks like. I want to see who yells the loudest. I wanted to know who says they’re with me but really isn’t. … It helps me understand my position on the chess board. It helps me understand, you know, where the enemy camp is and where those who are inside the tent are.
“It’s all strategic,” Steele claimed. Watch it:
Steele also left the door open to running for President in the future. “I would think about it. I have to have a very long conversation with the wife and kids,” he said.
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This is akin to asserting attacking Iraq without provocation leading to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis is a strategic plan to gain the affection of Muslims.
March 26th, 2009 at 9:57 amOMG – this guy is really pathetic.
March 26th, 2009 at 9:59 amSTEELE: So if I do something, there’s a reason for it. Even, it may look like a mistake, a gaffe. There is a rationale, there’s a logic behind it.
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Kind of reminds me of the story about the drunk who staggers into a lightpost. Stunned momentarily, he struggles to regain whatever he has left of his composure, and then mutters to anybody who might be listening, “I meant to do that!”
March 26th, 2009 at 9:59 amWTF?? Steele is such a moron. I’m very happy he is the head of the RNC.
March 26th, 2009 at 9:59 amInspector Michael Clouseau Steele
from A Shot in the Dark: “I know I fell off the sofa, Madame. There’s no need to tell me—everything I do is carefully planned, Madame.”
March 26th, 2009 at 10:00 amDefinition of insanity: Intentionally making a jackass of oneself. Synonym: Michael Steele
March 26th, 2009 at 10:04 amWith a trio of bright and shining stars like Steele, Palin, and Jindal, the GOP becomes utterly “hopeless”.
March 26th, 2009 at 10:05 amI’m sure the conductor of the latest train wreck would utter these same moronic words: I planned it that way.
Steele is proving to be even more stupid than originally thought. He’s a human train wreck.
March 26th, 2009 at 10:06 am“It helps me understand my position on the chess board.”
Well, that’s a good start, Mikey.
Now, if you were only smart enough to play chess, you would have it made.
March 26th, 2009 at 10:06 amWho is less intelligent, Steele or Rush? It is hard to tell.
March 26th, 2009 at 10:06 amIt’s like PeeWee Herman saying “I meant to do that” after falling off his bike…
March 26th, 2009 at 10:07 amYeah, a pawn.
March 26th, 2009 at 10:07 amNothing to see here
March 26th, 2009 at 10:07 amMongo pawn in game of life
Master Plan in place
OK, speaking as a former Republican turned Libertarian yet still leans to the right sometimes… This is just pathetic.
One cannot help but wonder if the selection of Steele as RNC head will be used in future as an excuse to hold back any other aspiring black Republican leaders (what few there are or may be). “Well, we’ve already tried having a black man in charge, and look how well that turned out.”
Heck, wonder? May well have been the whole point.
Later,
March 26th, 2009 at 10:10 amMr. Steele,
“You must be smoking something bad to say something like that”!!
Ya, ‘It was all strategic…’
And it became ‘Strategic’ after Rush Limbuagh chewed you ass..!!
March 26th, 2009 at 10:11 amWhom are you trying to fool…!!!
Yes, this man is stupid enough to lead them.
http://www.pufferfishblog.com/
March 26th, 2009 at 10:12 amSteele:It helps me understand my position on the chess board.
Let me help you out with that, Mike; you’re the pawn that was sacrificed on the first move of the game. You’re sitting in the game box right now, waiting for the next round. That’s your position on the chessboard.
March 26th, 2009 at 10:14 amSteele also left the door open to running for President in the future. “I would think about it. I have to have a very long conversation with the wife and kids,” he said.
– - Steele is a black Blagoevich.
March 26th, 2009 at 10:14 amWow, Steele just made himself look even worse. It’s too late, you can’t re-write what happened Steele! I want him to keep it up though – I still have popcorn to eat! ROTFL
March 26th, 2009 at 10:14 amMaxwell Smart Steele: So if I do something, there’s a reason for it. Even, it may look like a mistake, a gaffe. There is a rationale, there’s a logic behind it.
March 26th, 2009 at 10:15 amSteele: It helps me understand, you know… where those who are inside the tent are.
Umm… wouldn’t they be inside the tent? Kinda by definition?
It must be a really big tent they got. One o’ those with lotsa rooms, huh?
March 26th, 2009 at 10:17 amIt helps me understand, you know, where the enemy camp is and where those who are inside the tent are.
– - Umm, those inside the tent are…inside the tent. And Mr. Steele, your enemy camp is the size of the Persians at Thermopylae in 480 B.C.
March 26th, 2009 at 10:18 amalph the wonder llama Says:
Steele: It helps me understand, you know… where those who are inside the tent are.
Umm… wouldn’t they be inside the tent?
– - Hey Ralph, there’s only room for one of us in my head. Heh.
March 26th, 2009 at 10:20 amIf Steele had to criticize Limprod to find out what the reaction would be he must have been in a coma for the past two decades or so. Come to think of it he may still be there. Good luck finding the chess board sir.
March 26th, 2009 at 10:22 amSteele also left the door open to running for President in the future. “I would think about it. I have to have a very long conversation with the wife and kids,” he said.
The Dems should be so lucky!
March 26th, 2009 at 10:22 amIf a Republican stops lying, no more words come out.
March 26th, 2009 at 10:24 amAnd Michelle Bachmann was in the background hollering “You be da man!”
Sheesh.
March 26th, 2009 at 10:24 amSteele also left the door open to running for President in the future. “I would think about it. I have to have a very long conversation with the wife and kids,” he said.
Better find out if it’s okay with Limpy…
March 26th, 2009 at 10:24 am… a very long conversation with the wife and kids,” he said.
i thought god was involved in that also, too…
March 26th, 2009 at 10:26 amSTEELE: Yup, yup. … I want to see what the landscape looks like. I want to see who yells the loudest.
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I want to see who’s laughing the hardest…
March 26th, 2009 at 10:26 amSteele may run for prez/
ONLY as an independent/third party. No way in Hell would the Rethuglic party base would ever let a black man(even if he IS an Uncle Tom) run at the top of the ticket for them.
GOP = KKK
March 26th, 2009 at 10:27 am” It helps me understand my position on the chess board. See when my rival lands on Boardwalk, I”ll sink his battleship with a triple word score and yell Sorry!”
March 26th, 2009 at 10:27 amCicero Says: “Well, we’ve already tried having a black man in charge, and look how well that turned out.”
From liberals, in context to Democrats, this question will have an entirely opposite response ;) It’s because we didn’t pick our guy based on his skin color at any level, but on the quality of his charater, intelligence, leadership, etc. Too bad Republicans don’t get that.
March 26th, 2009 at 10:27 amtpafla Says:
What’t the matter, you think someone has to be half white to run for president? Racist very racist!
March 26th, 2009 at 10:23 am
Flagged for OT, and pure idiocy.
March 26th, 2009 at 10:27 amUh, no… stewarjt’s comment had nothing to do with race.
It was an observation on the hapless campaign that Michael Steele would likely run, if his performance as RNC chair is any indication.
Why did you immediately assume that Michael Steele’s race had anything to do with it?
You know who thinks that way?
Racists.
March 26th, 2009 at 10:30 amMr. Steele, you have 51 minutes to apologize to Boss Limbaugh.
March 26th, 2009 at 10:33 amtpafla Says:
This dope gets my vote for “Most Stupid Statement from a Progressive Today”
March 26th, 2009 at 10:21 am
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Why?
March 26th, 2009 at 10:35 amRepublicans tend to see “enemies” everywhere. All I see are Americans.
March 26th, 2009 at 10:35 amtpafla Says:
This dope gets my vote for “Most Stupid Statement from a Progressive Today”
Awww, I wanted to win this coveted award!
March 26th, 2009 at 10:36 amCicero, welcome. I don’t recognize your handle as one who has posted before, so forgive my ignorance if you have.
I and some others suggested such a scenario a couple of weeks back, (mostly as a joke, in my own case, but still, behind every joke…) and of course trolls accused us of being racist. I still think it’s plausible, and an intriguing idea.
March 26th, 2009 at 10:36 amSteele: “It helps me understand, you know, where the enemy camp is and where those who are inside the tent are“.
They would be inside the tent, Michael.
March 26th, 2009 at 10:36 amBecause he is still defending Bush’s murder of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis.
March 26th, 2009 at 10:37 amtpafla Says:
So there must be some other reason you are giving him a hard time for maybe wanting to run for President. He has every right to do that just like anybody else does.
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Considering the man’s currently a laughingstock…
March 26th, 2009 at 10:38 amSteele can’t run for president unless he first gets permission from Rush Limbaugh.
March 26th, 2009 at 10:39 amMichael Steele is not prepared to run for President yet. He needs executive experience, such as being a Governor first. Might I suggest that he first run for Governor – of the State of Confusion?
March 26th, 2009 at 10:41 amtpafla Says:
The only reason people flag for OT is when someone strikes a nerve. So grow a thicker skin and stop playing the victim.
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Actually, that’s DECIDEDLY not true, but if you want to pretend that, yer free to…
FLAGGED for being an *ss hat…
March 26th, 2009 at 10:42 amtpafla Says:
Zoeey
The only reason people flag for OT is when someone strikes a nerve. So grow a thicker skin and stop playing the victim.
March 26th, 2009 at 10:40 am
Erm, just the funny bone, ding dong.
March 26th, 2009 at 10:42 amRight-wing extremists like tpafla would love to have a president who is afraid of Boss Limbaugh.
March 26th, 2009 at 10:42 amtpafla Says:
Laughing stock to who? What group is laughing at him, and why are they laughing?
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Well, for starters, us. And because he looked like a complete tool backing down from Limbaugh so quickly. Kinda like you.
March 26th, 2009 at 10:42 amBecause he’s an idiot that’s why their laughing.
March 26th, 2009 at 10:43 amWell, he is a laughing stock to Rush Limbaugh for one. And you are a laughing stock to most everyone at Think Progress.
March 26th, 2009 at 10:44 amtpafla Says:
So is this offensive or not. Or am I supposed to flag it because Im a baby and can’t take it?
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Flag it if you want. I doubt seriously you’ll get me bounced from here…
March 26th, 2009 at 10:44 amYou’re probably right, this isn’t a conservative blog.
March 26th, 2009 at 10:45 amtpafla Says:
buzz,
Why is he an idiot?
March 26th, 2009 at 10:43 am
This is precisely why this idiot needs flagging — she’s clogging the thread with stupidity.
(No offense to my friend, TRoS). ;)
March 26th, 2009 at 10:46 amOne time I crashed my car into the back of another at an intersection. The police showed up and asked me if I had bee drinking like Mel Gibson. I went into an anti-aussie rant about the really bad Thuunderdome movie and how aussies have the cheapest movie set in the world – a desert with junk vehicles with crap welded to them to make them futuristic.
After my rant I replied, “Look, I just wanted my insurance rates to go up because I think I am paying too little, It wasnt an accident, officer, it was intentional. Plus I wanted to test these 5 mph bumpers, you know, making sure Ralph Nader is doing his job.”
March 26th, 2009 at 10:47 amtpafla Says:
Why is he an idiot?
Why can’t you figure it out?
March 26th, 2009 at 10:49 amWhy are you posting on a progressive site?
Why are you unable to recognize sarcasm?
Why do you ask why so frequently?
tpafla Says:
Why is he an idiot?
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Because he embarrassed himself so completely around his Limbaugh comments and the way he immediately backed down. Plus there was the “pro-choice” gaffe. And “hip-hop makeover” comment…
March 26th, 2009 at 10:51 amtpafla Says: And when did having some sort of experience be important in order to rund for president?
Good morning tpafla.
March 26th, 2009 at 10:51 amWe’re talking to you, aren’t we?
March 26th, 2009 at 10:53 amWTF does any of that have to do with the way he runs his office?
I said “hapless” because Michael Steele has been a laughingstock as RNC chair. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, then you haven’t been paying attention.
What makes you think I am giving him “a hard time” about wanting to run for President? I’d love to see it. So would stewarjt, if my reading of his comment is correct.
You still haven’t explained why you immediately assumed stewarjt’s comment was about the man’s race.
Because, as I observed, you know what kind of folks immediately attribute something to one’s race?
Racists.
March 26th, 2009 at 10:53 amtpafla Says:
Why is he an idiot?
It’s his super secret logical strategy to take over the world. No one will suspect his diabolical and brilliant plots if he appears on the surface to be an idiot.
March 26th, 2009 at 10:53 amI’d wager he hoping to catch someone making a comment he can construe as racist, so he can go “Gotcha!”
March 26th, 2009 at 10:53 amPLC,
tpfly thinks she’s SO clever that she’s going to trap us into saying something racist about our Man O’ Not-So-Much Steele.
But that’s why she’s so stupid — we’re not going after him because he’s black, we’re going after him because he’s a dim-witted, ass-licking moron.
Like ralph says above — only racists think like tpfly. :-D
March 26th, 2009 at 10:53 amlol, look at this little right wing coward, tpafla
argues like a typical republican. no point, just trying to find any little tangent to distract from the point
the topic is: Steele claims all his mistakes and gaffes were done on purpose, which is laughable on it’s face
tpafla is just another right wing pansy coward afraid of facts, truth, and freedom
March 26th, 2009 at 10:53 amoooooofff! I meant to hit myself in the forehead with that hammer. Really… I did.
March 26th, 2009 at 10:54 amtpafla Says:
So all of you don’t think he’s an idiot but you like to be part of a crowd that calls Michael Steele him an idiot, so you can be part of something? And then when you get laughs, you feel cool.
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Do we have a translator here this morning? This comment doesn’t make any sense.
March 26th, 2009 at 10:54 amWTF?
Go over in the corner, untangle this rat’s nest tangle of language, and when you find out what you were trying to say, get back to us.
March 26th, 2009 at 10:55 amsee what I mean?
what a cowardly little whiner this tpfla is
your distraction techniques don’t work on me, you silly little pansy
March 26th, 2009 at 10:56 amHeh… beat’cha ralphie… got there first.
March 26th, 2009 at 10:56 amtpafla Says:
Ranting,
What mistakes and gaffes? Name one.
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I gave you three and you ignored them.
March 26th, 2009 at 10:56 amtpafla Says:
He’s smart, went to good schools, a lawyer, a good speaker, very personable, has a nice wife and kids and has a good grasp on what he believes in. Why give him a hard time for maybe wanting to run for President.
I’m sure you were right out front in supporting and complimenting our current president a few years back.
Oh, that’s right…
PEACE
March 26th, 2009 at 10:57 amtpafla Says: So all of you don’t think he’s an idiot but you like to be part of a crowd that calls Michael Steele him an idiot, so you can be part of something? And then when you get laughs, you feel cool.
I dont know if Steele is an idiot or not. O’Reilly called the bloggers here insects. I do now that neither is actually true, after all who ever heard of a Stalinist insect?
I dont think Steele is an idiot, but I do think what he said here is awkward, thats my opinion. I mean, how is calling Limbaugh incendiary rout out his enemy camps?
March 26th, 2009 at 10:57 amtpafla Says:
Zoeey,
Do all of you only talk to people that agree with everything you say or do you actually get out and relate to many different types of people?
March 26th, 2009 at 10:51 am
I relate well with people who have fully functioning brains, so that pretty much leaves you out, doesn’t it?
I live in northern Idaho, and I would bet I talk to more “different types” of people than you do.
March 26th, 2009 at 10:58 amtpfla, you are not asking questions seeking answers, you are just inserting your incorrect talking points and trying to irritate us
I don’t play that game. I ridicule you because that is all you deserve.
When you grow up a bit and start actually seeking knowledge, I will help educate you. Until then, remain ignorant because your cowardice demands it
March 26th, 2009 at 10:58 am*now = know
Mas coffee!! Stat!
March 26th, 2009 at 10:58 amtpafla Says:
Patriot,
Why is he an idiot?
It’s Michael Steele’s logical strategy, so go ask him.
Your “why” and “what” tactics are getting really tiresome. One or two to respond to is one thing, but acting innocently ignorant of Steele’s mistakes and gaffes is simply trollish.
March 26th, 2009 at 10:58 amYes, mr. Steele, because the business of running the government is PRECISELY like a game.
And they wonder why they are becoming more and more irrelevant?
March 26th, 2009 at 11:00 amPLC, I’m pretty sure tpfly is legitimately ignorant. ;)
March 26th, 2009 at 11:00 amso by his logic, it’s his plan to make the republicans look like blabbering idiots?
was that ok’d by his boss rush limbaugh?
March 26th, 2009 at 11:00 amClinton
We are much smarter than you. The sooner you recognize that, the sooner you can begin to overcome your ignorance-induced cowardice
March 26th, 2009 at 11:01 amtpafla Says:
Why is he an idiot?
Okay, I give up. Why?
PEACE
March 26th, 2009 at 11:01 amEven if I did say “Steele is an idiot” [which I havent] it doesnt mean he is an idiot, its just an opinion tpafla.
Its why I think O’Reilly calling us insects is funny even though I am pretty sure he meant it as an insult or smear.
March 26th, 2009 at 11:02 amZooey Says:
PLC, tpfly thinks she’s SO clever that she’s going to trap us into saying something racist about our Man O’ Not-So-Much Steele.
You are so right. I think this troll has been given way too many chances to engage in a reasonable discussion. Time to bring out the tpfly-swatter. Or we could just lure the thing into a bottle and turn the bottle on its side. Then, we could have fun watching it try to get out.
March 26th, 2009 at 11:03 amI live in northern Idaho, and I would bet I talk to more “different types” of people than you do. -=Zooey=-
I read that as potatoes instead of people the first time thru.\
[I keed I keed]
March 26th, 2009 at 11:03 amThis is a rather new phenomena in the Republican Party. Boss Limbaugh didn’t take over the GOP until after the election.
March 26th, 2009 at 11:04 amtpafla Says:
spencer,
So you don’t support Steele’s policies that is why you would not vote for him. That makes sense.
If you say so. I must not have my troll secret decoder ring set for FlapAt because I have no idea what you’re trying to say.
Do we have a translator on the board who speaks troll?
PEACE
March 26th, 2009 at 11:04 amOh, and it may have been said, but — Mr. Steele – the “enemy camps” are in the middle east … you know, Al Qeda – the people YOUR party built and then emboldened against us. Have you forgotten them? Because it seems that you have. It sounds like you are only interested in “enemy camps” within America. But, as far as I can tell, America is pretty much filled with Americans. If you’re looking for the tent cities of the poor, then, yeah, I guess they don’t really like you too much along with the rest of your party. But they’re still Americans.
March 26th, 2009 at 11:05 amO’Reilly didnt mean to call us insects. It was an intentional gaffe.
March 26th, 2009 at 11:05 amwhy?
March 26th, 2009 at 11:05 amAl Gore
March 26th, 2009 at 11:06 amWHY?
March 26th, 2009 at 11:06 amZooey, you might be right about tpfly being ignorant, which certainly is not the same thing as idiotic (necessarily). With all the “why” questions, tpfly might just be a child home on spring break and truly ignorant of the political realities that s/he stumbled on while internet surfing.
March 26th, 2009 at 11:06 amY?
March 26th, 2009 at 11:06 amQui?
March 26th, 2009 at 11:07 amQues qi c’est?
March 26th, 2009 at 11:07 amPorquoi?
March 26th, 2009 at 11:07 amspencers mom Says:
Do we have a translator on the board who speaks troll?
I think what he is trying to say is that: you should always vote for the Republican party no matter if you agree with them or not.
At least, that’s what the Troll Decoder Ring I got in my Completely Frosty Flakes Flakes Cereal decodes it as.
March 26th, 2009 at 11:08 amWhy not?
March 26th, 2009 at 11:09 amXisithrus Says: after all who ever heard of a Stalinist insect?
An ant? Hmmm…no, more Marxist than ‘Stalinist’.
March 26th, 2009 at 11:09 amA bee perhaps? No, that’s not right either, bees are really ‘Czarist’.
???????
March 26th, 2009 at 11:09 amtpafla Says:
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Who was the first president you voted for?
Alice Cooper.
March 26th, 2009 at 11:10 amAn ant? Hmmm…no, more Marxist than ‘Stalinist’.
A bee perhaps? No, that’s not right either, bees are really ‘Czarist’.
Bzzahh!!
March 26th, 2009 at 11:10 amXisithrus Says:
I read that as potatoes instead of people the first time thru.\
[I keed I keed]
March 26th, 2009 at 11:03 am
Funny guy. ;)
March 26th, 2009 at 11:10 amIt’s all just strategery, I tell you… strategery!!!
See… the secret plan is to get us all laughing so hard, we can’t function…
And then the GOOP will slither back into power and take over the world!
March 26th, 2009 at 11:10 amActually, Steele’s defense of fellating Oxybreath reminds me of certain trolls here, who post derogatory remarks, fling feces galore, lie up their wazoo, then when caught, utter “I was just seeing what reaction I would get”
March 26th, 2009 at 11:11 amPathetic.
I’d have more respect for Steele if he’d just stand by his original comment “Rush is an idiot” without pandering.
(Hey, does that make me racist, tpoopfly?)
Im pretty sure Washington was deceased by the time I reached voting age
March 26th, 2009 at 11:11 amWhy ask why? Drink Bud Dry.
March 26th, 2009 at 11:13 amtpafla Says
March 26th, 2009 at 10:51 am
Zoeey,
Do all of you only talk to people that agree with everything you say or do you actually get out and relate to many different types of people?
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I can’t speak for Zooey, but I’ll take a stab at answering your question.
No, I don’t only talk to people who agree with everything I say. That would be incredibly boring. In fact, I don’t even think I KNOW anybody who agrees with absolutely everything I do — even the most like-minded thinkers disagree on a few issues.
I am a progressive, and most of my opinions tend to lean to the left. Yet I have friends and even family members who are on the opposite side of the political spectrum (I even lived in Orange County, CA for eight years). We are capable of having lively and interesting discussions where we air our points of view and listen to each other’s — conducted in an atmosphere of mutual respect.
Here on TP, I also enjoy sharing my viewpoint and listening to the thoughts of others. There are some conservatives who post here regularly with intelligent arguments and I like reading and responding to them (Keltoi and backup are a couple of examples). Even though we usually (but not always) disagree, we can have interesting discussions without attacking each other personally.
And then there are people who only have the capability of parroting tired right-wing talking points, and these people will never engage in any kind of development of their arguments and never rebut flaws others find in their logic — they just think that by repeating the same talking point over and over and over again, it’s going to sway somebody. Or they think that if they can have the last post on a subject, they somehow have “won”. These people are tiresome — both here on TP and in person. And it’s these people whose ability to relate to others different from themselves I question.
March 26th, 2009 at 11:13 amI get the feeling the only president tpfla has voted for was the one for student council.
March 26th, 2009 at 11:14 amWell, anyone that gets addicted to oxy and goes deaf from it isnt mensa material….
March 26th, 2009 at 11:15 amTotal rebuttal to Steele’s logic (or lack thereof):
Several RNC / CPAC folk had already gone the route of criticising el Blimpo then apologizing on the air. So no reason for Steele to do the same.
March 26th, 2009 at 11:15 ammisshusseinmolly Says:
Or they think that if they can have the last post on a subject, they somehow have “won”. These people are tiresome
Tracist__5 anyone?
By the way, another articulate, well thought out post.
March 26th, 2009 at 11:17 amThank you.
Well, your certainly welcome to your opinion tpafla. Now, excuse me I have to go put on my big floppy shoes and warm up the clown car.
March 26th, 2009 at 11:17 amI totally agree. Whack-a-troll is my favorite game!
March 26th, 2009 at 11:18 amThanks, Miss Molly. You’re a nice person. :-)
I just couldn’t make myself care enough to respond fully to that imbecile.
March 26th, 2009 at 11:18 amtpoopfly Says:
You guys know that this site would be quite boring without visits from me and others. So enjoy, lifes to short. You take things so serious. Lighten up.
Why?
I just think going after a foundation that is trying to help rape victims is a battle that might have been served better another way.
Why?
But enjoy your day. Being mad all the time takes years off your life. Aren’t you people supposed to happy now, your guy won!
Why? And who was your first?
March 26th, 2009 at 11:19 amBut I love Bill-O! He Funny.
March 26th, 2009 at 11:19 amXisithrus Insectoid Says:
March 26th, 2009 at 11:17 am
Love the new name, Zep. It’s so….ThinkProgress. :)
March 26th, 2009 at 11:20 amThe GOOP puppeteers saw how much time and attention Hillary and Obama were getting, and how McCain was virtually ignored by the press and the electorate for months after it was clear he was their nominee.
They studied and studied the situation and decided that all they needed was a vagina and a black guy to call their own. And now they’re stuck with Palin and Steele as the faces of their party.
Not sure where Jindal fits in the mix, but I guess the GOOP is the only party in need of an exorcist.
PEACE
March 26th, 2009 at 11:21 amYes, its like Thoraxic Park!
March 26th, 2009 at 11:23 amXisithrus Insectoid Says:
Love the new name, Zep. It’s so….ThinkProgress. :)
Yes, its like Thoraxic Park!
March 26th, 2009 at 11:23 am
**snort**
On that note, I’m off to school. Have fun!
March 26th, 2009 at 11:24 amFYT
Havzzz Funzzzz!
March 26th, 2009 at 11:25 amDRxJ Says:
Why? And who was your first?
March 26th, 2009 at 11:19 am
Don’t say cousin….don’t say cousin….please, please…
March 26th, 2009 at 11:26 amtpafla Says:
As for Bill O. You guys are giving him way too much attention.
So, you suggest that we should just ignore him and let him say and do what he wants without opposition? Seems that that is PRECISELY what he and his kind would want:
Evil thrives on apathy.
I just think going after a foundation that is trying to help rape victims is a battle that might have been served better another way.
What foundation are you refering to? I see BillO being “gone after”, and deservedly so. Do you mean that because he appeared at a benefit that we should then back off of him? I am pretty sure that one could find worthwhile causes that (to use a hackeneyed but easy example) the Nazis supported. That does not mean that one ignores the things that are wrong-headed. There’s not a balance where one can weigh enough good deeds to balance out the bad deeds.
But enjoy your day. Being mad all the time takes years off your life.
You presume too much. I think that most people here are in a rather pleasant mood most of the time.
Aren’t you people supposed to happy now, your guy won!
Ummmm… This is not a sporting event. Our country elected a new leader. In a sporting event you can go out and party after your team wins the championship and wait until next gaming season to start all over. This is a matter of governmance, which never ends — there is no “win” or “lose” in that whole matter, unless you are bound up in partizan politics to the point of viewing it as a football match.
March 26th, 2009 at 11:26 amtpafla Says:
Just one more suggestion because you make it obvious none of you have anything that resembles an education, in order to be successful in life, you have to have a diverse set of friends. Not ones that just agree with everything you say.
Anytime you want we can compare what schools and universities all of us attended. Right now I have to go to work to support the ones that have all day to post on Think Progress. Life is good for you people, isn’t it.
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Whoa… what an intoxicating blend of stereotypes, cliches, insults, hyperbole, gross generalizations, and self pity.
March 26th, 2009 at 11:27 amNow your just finger painting people into groups of your making to rationalize your opinion. I am educated. I have conservative friends. And really, for the most part, they think Limbaugh is just embarassing and Steele is a weak leader.
March 26th, 2009 at 11:29 amHeh
March 26th, 2009 at 11:30 amXisithrus Insectoid Says:
Comedy GOLD!!!!
And you have a clown car?!?!?!!! I am SO envious.
March 26th, 2009 at 11:30 amtpafla Says: Just one more suggestion because you make it obvious none of you have anything that resembles an education
March 26th, 2009 at 11:31 am–
Is this the point where we compare?
tpafla Says:
Just one more suggestion because you make it obvious none of you have anything that resembles an education, in order to be successful in life, you have to have a diverse set of friends. Not ones that just agree with everything you say.
Wow. That’s deep.
If an “education” results in the gibberish you spout here, I’ll pass, thanks.
March 26th, 2009 at 11:33 amCageyCretin Said: And you have a clown car?!?!?!!! I am SO envious.
And it still has a vote for McCain/Palin sticker on the back bumper!
March 26th, 2009 at 11:33 amtpafla Says:
Just one more suggestion because you make it obvious none of you have anything that resembles an education, in order to be successful in life, you have to have a diverse set of friends.
Technically this is an ad hominem — you attempt to argue that the other person’s positions are not worth consideration because (insert an attack on the person, and not their position).
While many here are highly educated, actually education means nothing. You could have 27 degrees for 48 schools, and it means nothing if you still cannot think or present a rational argument. People with no formal education are not, by virtue of that lack of a piece of paper, unintelligent. talk about an elitist attitude (yes, that is mean derogatorily) — to presume that one or more pieces of paper indicate a greater intelligence. How shall we compare the “great thinkers” of history to modern education? Almost all of such figures can be found to have no education that even resembles our modern western university model. And even some who did very poorly (as I recall, Einstein was a lousy student with poor grades).
March 26th, 2009 at 11:36 amXisithrus Insectoid Says:
CageyCretin Said: And you have a clown car?!?!?!!! I am SO envious.
And it still has a vote for McCain/Palin sticker on the back bumper!
Not to blow smoke up your kiester, but YOU ARE ON FIRE.
No, really, YOU’RE ON FIRE!!!! DROP AND ROLL!!!! DROP AND ROLL!!!! (which BTW is a terrible way to try to put yourself out — I know from experience).
March 26th, 2009 at 11:38 amtpafla Says: a bunch of insulting stuff…
and you wonder why no one here really wants to discuss anything with you?
March 26th, 2009 at 11:39 amtpafla is right to a certain extent. The man is likely not an idiot by the strict definition of the word. Idiots don’t make it through Georgetown Law. He is however a prime example of the Peter Principle: “people rise to the level of their incompetancy.” Fortunately for him, the Republican Party has sought to make him an exception to the rule.
The man was apparently a good foot soldier for the Republican party in a fairly blue state with a large black population. His addition to the 2002 Maryland republican ticket as the lt. gov. candidate likely did its job in moving votes to the republican ticket. His time in office was not exactly marketed with high achievements and praise.
One of the problems with the republican party is they don’t get that Dems, Independents and yes even a portion of Republicans respect Obama based on the content of his character not on the color of his skin. As such we’ve seen the promotion of Steele, Palin and Jindal within the party.
The fact that these people are becoming exceptions to the Peter Principle seems lost on the base of the Republican party. As a result you get Jindal’s weak response to Obama’s address of congress; Steele being anti-pro-anti-abortion, kissing Limbaugh’s ass and poor management at RNC headquarters; and Palin, well don’t get me started.
March 26th, 2009 at 11:45 amHow can someone so ignorant
March 26th, 2009 at 11:49 amCome to be so arrogant?
Why? Why?
How can someone so diverse
Not know how to converse?
Why? Why?
Why does there have to be an “enemy camp”. What about different ideas to make this country a better place? Wouldn’t it be great if we could discuss the merits of the ideas rather than deciding how we feel based on who is an “enemy”?
March 26th, 2009 at 11:50 amI don’t even think I KNOW anybody who agrees with absolutely everything I do
What’s it like claiming to be in the majority while actually being in the minority?
March 26th, 2009 at 11:51 amBig Mike’s multi-gaffing was totally on purpose – just like Pee Wee’s bike wreck.
March 26th, 2009 at 11:56 amtpoofly Slings:
Just one more suggestion because you make it obvious none of you have anything that resembles an education, in order to be successful in life, you have to have a diverse set of friends. Not ones that just agree with everything you say.
Well, Ted Bundy had a diverse group of friends. Was he successful in life?
As for that degree on my wall? The one that says Bachelor of Pharmacy. Would that make me edumacated?
As for the last sentence, you might want to parlay that zinger on dittoheads, just for kicks.
Anytime you want we can compare what schools and universities all of us attended. Right now I have to go to work to support the ones that have all day to post on Think Progress. Life is good for you people, isn’t it.
Yes, let’s compare. Oh wait, you’re off to work (i.e. done posting), but I have a sneaky suspicion you’ll be back before “quitting time”.
March 26th, 2009 at 11:56 amAnd yes, life is REAL GOOD for me, thank you very much.
Now, SUPPORT THIS!
tpafla Says:Anytime you want we can compare what schools and universities all of us attended.
Progressive Leftwingnuttia University M.B.A., Moonbat Nightschool of Moonbattery R.N.A., Wellmakeemallgay Tech B.S., Marxist Lennon Socialist Fascist School for Young Anarchist Dictators P.S.P..
Shall I go on?
March 26th, 2009 at 12:09 pmfatpal reminds me a troll from a few months back whose MO was to continually ask stupid questions, like a first grader on the playground. Why don’t you like my BFF Steele? Why?
Obfuscate and divert but don’t offer any position or defense. Just stir shit.
Do you like arugula fatpal? Why?
March 26th, 2009 at 12:18 pmThat would be nice, wouldn’t it? Rather hard to do when keyboard commandoes get directed here from RedState or Weekly Standard or wherever else they get their news and promptly defacate all over our threads.
March 26th, 2009 at 12:19 pmtpafla Says:
Just one more suggestion because you make it obvious none of you have anything that resembles an education, in order to be successful in life, you have to have a diverse set of friends. Not ones that just agree with everything you say.
Anytime you want we can compare what schools and universities all of us attended. Right now I have to go to work to support the ones that have all day to post on Think Progress. Life is good for you people, isn’t it.
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this needs a question mark.
“Life is good for you people, isn’t it?”
work hard, but take time to learn too.
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good luck.
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March 26th, 2009 at 12:25 pmwags Says:
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Why does there have to be an “enemy camp”. What about different ideas to make this country a better place? Wouldn’t it be great if we could discuss the merits of the ideas rather than deciding how we feel based on who is an “enemy”?
That would be nice, wouldn’t it? Rather hard to do when keyboard commandoes get directed here from RedState or Weekly Standard or wherever else they get their news and promptly defacate all over our threads.
This rhetoric is generated at the leadership levels. Until their leadership stops with the “enemy” and “game” and other such divisive nonesense we will continue to see the followers parroting the attitude: which is, obviously, the danger with all the “we want you armed and dangerous” kind of rhetoric that they are cavalierly tossing around — it may not ’stick’ with the majority, but there WILL be a group of people who “hear” those “orders” a little differently form the normal person, and who will take such comments as explicit permission or even as marching orders.
March 26th, 2009 at 12:28 pmDo you know how stupid you look while playing the grammar police?
March 26th, 2009 at 12:29 pmOh believe me, I know. Too many of my relatives watch Fox ‘News’.
March 26th, 2009 at 12:31 pmCSH Says:
Do you know how stupid you look while playing the grammar police?
To whom is this directed?
March 26th, 2009 at 12:32 pmwags Says:
This rhetoric is generated at the leadership levels.
Oh believe me, I know. Too many of my relatives watch Fox ‘News’.
Oh, I figured that you knew, but wanted to indicate this for passerby who may not have made the connection.
And as far as the other thing… my sincere condolences.
March 26th, 2009 at 12:35 pmMaybe to you.
To the regulars, joe cantwell is known as a wry, insightful commenter who unleashes a sly wit on unsuspecting trolls.
And one must acknowledge that it’s kinda funny when a troll follows up a statement like you make it obvious none of you have anything that resembles an education with an embarrassing second-grade-level grammatical mistake.
March 26th, 2009 at 12:35 pmThank you for your compassion.
One day at a time, one day at a time…
March 26th, 2009 at 12:38 pmCSH Says:
Do you know how stupid you look while playing the grammar police?
Oh, Joecantwells’ note about your missing question mark. Actually, I do beleive that you are AGAIN mistaken, as there is a technical difference between grammar and punctuation. So, joe was playing the punctuation police.
Any english professor out there to clarify?
March 26th, 2009 at 12:42 pmRalph — are you sure that punctuation is part of grammar? Really I am asking.
March 26th, 2009 at 12:43 pmThat’s a good question, Cagey. Let me research it and get back to you.
March 26th, 2009 at 12:51 pmI think he does not know what an idiot he sounds like, which would mean that he truly is an idiot.
March 26th, 2009 at 12:56 pmnanlichi Says:
fatpal reminds me a troll from a few months back whose MO was to continually ask stupid questions, like a first grader on the playground.
Its style ( or lack thereof ) reminds me of the old troll michael.
March 26th, 2009 at 1:07 pmyo yo yo yo
he’s bringing new blood to the GOP
and that includes logic above you and me
limbaugh might be a flippin joke
March 26th, 2009 at 1:10 pmbut mc steele makes him look like a normal bloke!
Shorter Michael Steele:
“I’ve got them right where they want me.”
March 26th, 2009 at 1:18 pmCan Michael Steele say, “bafoon”?
Ok, I will say it; Michael Steele is a bafoon.
March 26th, 2009 at 1:24 pmReminds me of Sister Mary Jerome, my very elderly high school algebra teacher, who when caught making a mistake would insist “I was just testing you!” instead of admitting her error.
March 26th, 2009 at 1:29 pmWell, if his plan was to have his balls displayed on Lush’s mantel, he’s done a marvelous job.
March 26th, 2009 at 1:40 pmSorry, this is OT, people; but someone pushed the experience button.
March 26th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
This guy is pathetic. Now he say’s there was a purpose behind his continual gaffe’s. And here we thought he was stupid. He wants to see who yells the loudest. Hey dummy, it is your party that yells the loudest. Or haven’t you noticed? So you are now saying your not stupid, just crafty?
You want to run for President? How can you run with your foot always in your mouth? What would be your platform? How to succeed in politics without really trying?
Talk to your family. This would be the shortest conversation in history. This man should be kept simply for comic relief.
March 26th, 2009 at 2:28 pmJust gettin’ in on the grammar question. I think punctuation has to be part of overall grammar. “Jim’s a friend of mine” and “Jim’s new car” show that the first sentence is using an apostrophe for a contraction and the second indicating a possessive form for a proper noun. One could argue that it can be figured out without the punctuation but the punctuation certainly does make it clear. It’s even more noticeable in possessive situations when you have to distinguish between the singular and plural possessive: e.g. Mother’s purses (multiple purses owned by one woman) vs. Mothers’ purses (multiple purses owned by more than one woman). Haven’t consulted a grammar text for this but is that even necessary?
March 26th, 2009 at 3:21 pmI went up the page to find what started the grammar question and I have to say, with all respect to joe cantwell, that device of ending a sentence, particular one meant to be on the insulting side, with an “isn’t it” or an “aren’t you” is really not meant as a question even though it is put in the word order for a question. It’s meant to be added emphasis, like “you’re quite the piece of work, aren’t you.” It’s a different way of saying what I think the Brits put this way: “You’re quite the piece of work, you are.” That’s definitely a better way to put it to avoid the appearance on paper of actually asking a question. In speech, however, we say that so it’s clearly not a question. See what I’m getting at here?
March 26th, 2009 at 3:33 pmOh, God, that’s funny!!
It’s that old classic, “I *meant* to do that!!”
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!
Thanks for the belly laugh, Mikey!!
March 26th, 2009 at 4:58 pmJebus, tpafla, you are forcibly reminding me of Rainman and his never-ending obsession with Wapner.
Shut up, won’t you? You’re giving me a headache.
March 26th, 2009 at 5:07 pmCSH Says
March 26th, 2009 at 11:51 am
“I don’t even think I KNOW anybody who agrees with absolutely everything I do”
What’s it like claiming to be in the majority while actually being in the minority?
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Huh? Does anybody understand this question?
March 26th, 2009 at 5:18 pmI guess apologizing for his “gaffes” are part of his master plan too.
March 26th, 2009 at 6:23 pmFair enough.
I think as you become more familiar with our regular commenters and our personalities, you’ll recognize that joe cantwell is almost always delightfully tongue-in-cheek and yet frequently very insightful. I consider myself a fan.
And as far as your observation on grammar goes, a skillful writer can certainly bend the rules to get away with ending a sentence with a period, as you note. But if one fails to demonstrate skillful use of language, such a usage looks an awful lot like ignorance.
Our friend to whom joe directed his comment had not, in my estimation, demonstrated such a command of written language, even though his comment had begun with this message to the community at large: “you make it obvious none of you have anything that resembles an education”.
March 26th, 2009 at 6:46 pmI don’t even have a guess, missmolly.
March 26th, 2009 at 6:47 pmhu! HU! pee wee joke about steele on Countdown HA!
i beat you by hours, SIR…
royalty payment, please (hand outstretched ala Colbert)
March 26th, 2009 at 8:15 pmIt’s kind of like the guy who isn’t watching where he’s going, and when he walks into a telephone pole, he sheepishly comments: “I meant to do that”.
March 26th, 2009 at 10:13 pmA very obese, drug addicted telephone poll.
March 26th, 2009 at 10:49 pmYou know, Steele;s “I meant to do that” line works about as well as the “I meant to do that” look my cat affects after falling off the couch or running into the sliding door.
It’s amusing in both cases, but fools no one but the cat…
March 27th, 2009 at 1:20 amMichael Steele will destroy the Republican Party in order to rebuild it.
March 27th, 2009 at 2:04 amIsn’t this the same clown that played George Jefferson??
March 27th, 2009 at 4:55 pmWow.
What an idiot.
Somebody should just let him put a pointed hood over his head, and please, let him light the cross.
And yes, I’m taking about Steele.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:03 pm