Steele skipping Log Cabin Republican convention.
Steele skipping Log Cabin Republican convention.
Later this week, the Log Cabin Republicans are hosting their national convention in Washington, DC, which will feature appearances by former New Jersey governor Christie Todd Whitman, former congressman Tom Davis (R-VA) and Meghan McCain. In her Daily Beast column today, McCain reveals that RNC Chairman Michael Steele was invited to speak, but declined due to scheduling issues:
Former Virginia Congressman Tom Davis, a well-respected Republican lawmaker who has made no bones about his desire to see the GOP move on from its obsession over social issues, is also speaking. I understand that Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele was invited to speak, but was unable to schedule an appearance.
Steele’s absence will be conspicuous considering that the Log Cabin Republicans initially cheered his election to the chairmanship, but issued a stinging rebuke of his claim that it was “crazy” for the GOP to even “consider” civil unions for same-sex couples.
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Maybe Steele is in denial.
April 13th, 2009 at 2:09 pmDarn. That’s one fewer chance at top-notch Republican entertainment. Any opportunity for Michael Steele to speak in public is an opportunity for another comment made with the aim of helping him to locate his place on the chess board.
April 13th, 2009 at 2:11 pmScheduling issues? How conveeeeeenient.
April 13th, 2009 at 2:13 pmThat closet Steele lives in apparently has no doors…
April 13th, 2009 at 2:15 pmYeah, it was either that or “exhaustion”.
April 13th, 2009 at 2:21 pmWhatzamadderwidya, don’t you believe that Steele has a conflict in schedule? I do. I believe he has a very important meeting scheduled with himself to determine how he can say something else strategically stupid in the near future. Cutting edge. Hip.
April 13th, 2009 at 2:24 pmDidn’t you guys hear? Steele and Palin are too big to show up just anywhere! They have certain preferences. Being the leaders of the GOP(Next to Limbaugh of course) they simply don’t have time for everything. Steele has to make time for his one-armed midgets and Palin is on the run from the Alaska legislature after originally rejecting stimulus funds.
April 13th, 2009 at 2:25 pmbig tent! …in your pants.
April 13th, 2009 at 2:32 pmthe old skip the meeting and then see what they all say about me ploy…..we fall for that everytime.
April 13th, 2009 at 2:34 pmYou da man, you da man.
Fcuk the Republicans
April 13th, 2009 at 2:36 pmThe wingnuts get nuttier all the time. It is hilarious.
April 13th, 2009 at 2:36 pmSteele’s afraid if he goes he might get some “gay’ on him. You know, first its speaking engagements, next thing you know they’ll have him in a leather miniskirt and pink, fluffy midriff shirt, lipsynching to Barbara Streisand tunes.
(Oh, wait… that was me at that party this last weekend…..)
April 13th, 2009 at 2:37 pmspearNmagicHelmet Says:
the old skip the meeting and then see what they all say about me ploy…..we fall for that everytime.
Would it be fair to consider this move “en passant”?
April 13th, 2009 at 2:38 pmI am still baffled that something like the log cabin republicans even exists. The GOP has taken an official stand against the gay community. They don’t want us. That has been made clear again and again, in as blunt a way as is possible.
I am gay, and have views that could be considered conservative, but I will NEVER sign on with a group whose official stance on gay people is almost entirely negative. And yet the LCR still don’t get that they are not wanted or needed in any conceivable way. Steel’s response should be no surprise, but they seem to have been surprised by it anyway.
Gay Republicans are like Jewish Nazis.
April 13th, 2009 at 2:39 pmI’m not surprised, but it is pretty weak that he won’t show up at the Log Cabin REPUBLICANS convention but begged and pleaded to get to speak at the Chicago “nonpartisan” Tax Day Tea Party. On a side note, is that not the funniest picture of Steele in existence?
April 13th, 2009 at 2:42 pmThis man is a monumental coward. All his actions speak to this – so this certainly can’t surprise anyone, can it?
April 13th, 2009 at 2:42 pm*
No, no, you don’t understand! This is part of his strategy! What Steele REALLY meant by he won’t be there, is he WILL be there. He’s just testing people’s responses, remember? It’s all part of the masterful Steele Strategy none of us can possibly hope to grasp with our limited intellects…
April 13th, 2009 at 2:46 pmAnd why is there such a thing as a gay Republican?
April 13th, 2009 at 2:47 pmIsn’t it funny how they always have “scheduling conflicts” whenever it comes to attending the Log Cabin conventions.
For the life of me, I don’t understand how any self-respecting gay person could ever be a Republican.
April 13th, 2009 at 2:48 pm“Gay republicans”, tee-hee, I cant help but giggle a little when i hear that. It’s almost as funny as a black man being in charge of the RNC. LOL.
April 13th, 2009 at 3:03 pmlemmie get this straight: he’c clamoring for a “big tent” repukie party yet refuses to meet with one population of his group? perhaps steel has a teabagging party to go to instead
April 13th, 2009 at 3:07 pmScheduling Conflict…isn’t that the same sort of euphemism that celebrities use when they check into a facility with “exhaustion”?
Or when public officials suddenly decide to leave their post to”spend more time with their family”?
April 13th, 2009 at 3:08 pmSo far Steele has spotted two rooks and the king side bishop. Quite the gambit Steele, now try it blindfolded.
You da man!
April 13th, 2009 at 3:08 pmhey steele,
April 13th, 2009 at 3:12 pmthis whole teabagging idea was developed by and practiced whole heartedly by the log cabin republicans. guess the joke’s on you, hater
I’m not gay, so presumably I can’t be as confused.bemused as kpaul(#14).
Stay strong kpaul. Don’t think of them as gay first, think of them as deranged first. It might help.
April 13th, 2009 at 3:33 pmOnce again, conservatives tormented by gay elephants.
April 13th, 2009 at 3:37 pmMr. Steele,
Just a reminder that the Republicans have a long history of forming and maintaining “exclusionary” clubs.
How’s that working out for you?
April 13th, 2009 at 3:55 pm“Scheduling issues” my fat ASS!!!
April 13th, 2009 at 4:13 pmFurther evidence to back up my claim that being gay and republican doesn’t fit. When the head of the GOP isn’t even going to meet with another GOP group, it’s time to abandon ship.
April 13th, 2009 at 4:20 pmHe’s probably afraid he wouldn’t be able to control himself.
April 13th, 2009 at 4:24 pmHmmmm… Masochistic republicans would be a better term.
WHY? Vote for the party that votes against your interests?
April 13th, 2009 at 4:55 pmI’m conflicted about the Log Cabin Republicans. On the one hand I do appreciate that they are trying to influence the party to drop bigotry from its platform and stop using divisive hate speech to rally its members. On the other hand I can’t reconcile the notion that anyone who is gay or lesbian would belong to a party whose platform is so hateful and whose politicians revel in their bigotry.
April 13th, 2009 at 5:18 pmLog Cabin republicans meet Uncle Tom’s Cabin ?
April 13th, 2009 at 5:23 pm“Gay Republicans are like Jewish Nazis.” kpaul #14
’nuff said . . . .
April 13th, 2009 at 5:27 pmCome on, it’s easy! The LCR’s value money above all else.
April 13th, 2009 at 6:31 pmCrazy Cricket Cat Lady Says:
Money, money, money speaks for itself. They will take the money and give you the big tax breaks just stay away from me and if you are poor vote for me because I feel you pain but you stay away unless it’s at the polls because that’s truly the only place the repugs want you.
April 13th, 2009 at 8:00 pmGotta love Michael Steele: he’s right out in front, narrowing the tent of the GOP even further.
April 13th, 2009 at 8:41 pmSteele, a man of character, a leader in his own mind. I believe he has the stuff all good republicans are made of,
April 13th, 2009 at 9:26 pmBullsh#$.
Careful, Mikey, no one knows about your penchant for stall-tapping…yet.
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April 18th, 2009 at 5:31 amsac ekimi