Steele Calls GOP Base Bigoted, Says They ‘Rejected’ Romney Because They Have ‘Issues With Mormonism’
Steele Calls GOP Base Bigoted, Says They ‘Rejected’ Romney Because They Have ‘Issues With Mormonism’
In December 2007, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) delivered a speech on religion, in which he addressed how his Mormon “faith would inform his Presidency if he were elected.” Though Romney claimed it was “not a Mormon speech,” it was widely believed to be an effort to dispel “skepticism about his religion” among some conservatives.
Since losing the GOP primary to Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), Romney has insisted that the Republican Party’s base doesn’t have a problem with Mormonism. “I believe that religion will not be a factor of a significant nature in selecting our nominee, regardless of who might run,” Romney told the Deseret News last month.
But RNC Chairman Michael Steele disagrees. While guest-hosting Bill Bennett’s radio show yesterday, Steele debated a caller who thought Romney could have beat Obama if Democrats and the New York Times hadn’t “co-opted” the GOP primaries.
Steele insisted, however, that Romney couldn’t have won because the GOP base “rejected Mitt because it had issues with Mormonism”:
STEELE: Yeah, but let me ask you. Ok, Jay, I’m there with you. But remember, it was the base that rejected Mitt because of his switch on pro-life, from pro-choice to pro-life. It was the base that rejected Mitt because it had issues with Mormonism. It was the base that rejected Mitch, Mitt, because they thought he was back and forth and waffling on those very economic issues you’re talking about. So, I mean, I hear what you’re saying, but before we even got to a primary vote, the base had made very clear they had issues with Mitt because if they didn’t, he would have defeated John McCain in those primaries in which he lost.
Listen here:
Steele regularly claims the Republican Party is “still a big-tent party.” But apparently he doesn’t believe it is big enough to accept a Mormon candidate for president.
Transcript:
CALLER: I have with me in front of me here, Michael, one of your blue envelopes addressed to 310 First st.
STEELE: Yes sir.
CALLER: I’ve been recieving a lot of them and honestly, a disheartened Republican.
STEELE: Ok, tell me why.
CALLER: Well, one of your earlier callers, a lady, kind of stole my thunder, but she’s making a lot of the points I do. But I’ve said and watched in my lifetime, liberals co-opting everything they can, whether it be, you know, the judicial process or even the Republican selection process. That is one of their tactics. It’s right out of Saul Alinsky’s book. And she made the point and I totally agree with her that the New York Times, who you’ve mentioned a couple times, alright, has co-opted our primaries by backing John McCain. And I totally believe that…
STEELE: Well, let me..go ahead.
CALLER: Well, their evaluation. I believe that their evaluation at the time was that they saw that Mitt Romney could win. He had the money.
STEELE: Well, wait a minute Jay, let me ask you. But Jay.
CALLER: He had the ideas and they did all they could to back John McCain and get independents…
STEELE: But Jay, do you really, I mean, I’m going to ask you an honest question here. Look, I don’t have a dog in this fight one way or the other because I think that there were other problems that went well beyond who our nominee was. But do you honestly think that Mitt Romney or any of the other nominees. I don’t care, pick ‘em, would have won in last year’s cycle?
CALLER: I believe Mitt Romney could, yeah.
STEELE: Ok, ok.
CALLER: I believe he could stand on the stage and he could, he could, pronounce his ideas clearly, as well as Barack Obama without a teleprompter and there’s certainly.
STEELE: Alright.
CALLER: Certainly would have the confidence of the common voter about financial knownledge of what happens in the financial world. And he wouldn’t call…
STEELE: Yeah, but let me ask you. Ok, Jay, I’m there with you. But remember, it was the base that rejected Mitt because of his switch on pro-life, from pro-choice to pro-life. It was the base that rejected Mitt because it had issues with Mormonism. It was the base that rejected Mitch, Mitt, because they thought he was back and forth and waffling on those very economic issues you’re talking about. So, I mean, I hear what you’re saying, but before we even got to a primary vote, the base had made very clear they had issues with Mitt because if they didn’t, he would have defeated John McCain in those primaries in which he lost.
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While I don’t disagree with him, I do wonder if calling your voters reprehensible bigots is the best way to cast the net…
May 9th, 2009 at 11:11 amWell you have to admit that anyone that finds golden stuff under a rock and then somehow manages to lose the goods is sort of worthy of ridicule…
May 9th, 2009 at 11:12 amI don’t think you need to look any further than some of the comments which were made about John McCain after Arlen Specter left the party to figure out what is wrong with the Republicans these days. They ran John McCain for President and just a couple months later you have the de facto heads of the party calling for him to resign from the party.
The losers in a Presidential race often find themselves confined to secondary status. I don’t think John Kerry is ever going to regain his stature as a Senator after his loss to George W Bush. But the idea that Democrats would seriously call for John Kerry to resign from the party is unthinkable. He wasn’t a great Presidential candidate, but he is a good Democratic Senator.
The Republican party right now seems split between whether to go with the wonky pseudo-conservatives like McCain and Romney that have been their bread and butter for decades or with the new breed of splashy, dumbed down, outright bigotry that is the hallmark of Palin and Bachmann.
May 9th, 2009 at 11:16 amI thought they had issue with Mitt because he spoke intelligently in complete sentences…
May 9th, 2009 at 11:16 amI’ve got real problems with that tie…
May 9th, 2009 at 11:17 amThis kind of cherry picking by TP is creepy. Steele made one comment about Mormonism in the middle of a much longer comment about Mitt’s waffling. Focusing on one sentence in the middle of a much longer paragraph while ignoring the content of the rest of his words is dishonest.
May 9th, 2009 at 11:18 amAnd she made the point and I totally agree with her that the New York Times, who you’ve mentioned a couple times, alright, has co-opted our primaries by backing John McCain
Wow. Newspapers endorsing a particular candidate is “co-opting” a primary?
Let’s see… the NYT endorsed McCain, therefore co-opting the Republican primary.
The NYT also endorsed Hilary Clinton, but Democrats instead nominated Barack Obama.
I guess this means that Republicans are easier to manipulate than Democrats.
May 9th, 2009 at 11:20 amI totally agree, gum.
I’ve made complaints like this before, and they keep on doing it. I would hope TP could do better than this.
May 9th, 2009 at 11:21 am“Steele regularly claims the Republican Party is “still a big-tent party.”
Is that like a big circus tent with lots of clowns inside?
May 9th, 2009 at 11:25 amOnce again Steele is speaking the truth. The ChristoFundie base of the GNOP does have a problem with Mormons. They see the LDS church as a satan-based cult.
Will Rushbo call on him to apologize again? I don’t recall any MittRush love during the primaries, but then it was all white noise to me.
PEACE
May 9th, 2009 at 11:25 am“I believe that religion will not be a factor of a significant nature in selecting our nominee,…”
As long as they are a christian it won’t be a factor.
May 9th, 2009 at 11:26 amI thought they had issue with Mitt because he spoke intelligently in complete sentences…
They also had issues with the fact that he spent even more time on his hair and eyebrows than John Edwards.
May 9th, 2009 at 11:27 amThat comment misses the point entirely, which is that-in addition to waffling and disingenuousness-Mormonism was part of what the Republican base (the primary voters) rejected about Mitt Romney. No matter how you slice it, he’s still calling them bigots, and he’s still correct.
May 9th, 2009 at 11:28 amIt’s still a big tent, there’s just not as many people in it, and the ones that are tend to be more interested in dissing what kind of mustard the Pres puts on his burger.
May 9th, 2009 at 11:28 amThey have too many clowns for them to all fit in one Volkswagen.
May 9th, 2009 at 11:28 amCALLER: ” believe he could stand on the stage and he could, he could, pronounce his ideas clearly, as well as Barack Obama without a teleprompter and there’s certainly.”
First, there’s that stupid teleprompter thing again! WTF is the R’s fixation with that? Second, I don’t agree with the caller, I think that Mitt Romney is the R’s John Kerry when it comes to speaking extemporaneously. I always thought Mitt was kinda, well, dopey. But then again, he has those “shoulders you could land a 747 on”! ;)
May 9th, 2009 at 11:33 am” . . because they thought he was back and forth and waffling on those very economic issues you’re talking about.”
It goes without saying, Mikey is a FOOL – always sticking foot in mouth. It wasn’t just a matter of the lunatic base THINKING Romney was speaking out of both sides of his face, EVERYONE who listened to Mitt KNEW he was double speaking – HE IS A WAFFLER and said anythig he thought necessary to win the nomination – that should NOT even be questioned. I mean, come on, they made John Kerry look like a waffler, when in reality, Mitt was/is a TRUE WAFFLER [FLIP-FLOP]. Of course, the lunatic base DOES NOT FACT REALITY under any circumstances. And they’d better NOT bank on Romney being any different in the future since he is trying to position himself for 2012.
May 9th, 2009 at 11:35 am…
i agree with mike.
rnc give him back his powers
as chairman, now!
:)
mike steele.
man of steel.
:|
May 9th, 2009 at 11:40 amoh man… this guy is HISTORY with the GOP… this latest comment on his part I think might be “a bridge too far” for most Republicans… I guess this is his way of trying to make the party more “moderate”, but the guy’s simply got no sense of how to go about this…
just like an earlier commentator said, calling your own fellow party-members “bigots” (even if it’s true) is just not the way to “reform” the party (does he really think this will make the “bigots” in the party change their views??) the guy is simply a TOTAL JERK, and totally INCOMPETENT as a leader, from any point of view your care to look at it…
May 9th, 2009 at 11:44 amFirst, there’s that stupid teleprompter thing again! WTF is the R’s fixation with that?
They’re not aware that a lot of people prefer TelePrompTers to written notes or cue cards when they speak because of the aesthetic appeal. Or they don’t care.
Second, I don’t agree with the caller, I think that Mitt Romney is the R’s John Kerry when it comes to speaking extemporaneously. I always thought Mitt was kinda, well, dopey. But then again, he has those “shoulders you could land a 747 on”! ;)
There was a great moment toward the end of Mitt’s run where he was in a debate and he started on this, “House that Reagan built” extended metaphor that just went terribly wrong.
“All of us on the stage are Republican. But the question is, who will be able to build the house that Ronald Reagan built — who will be able to strengthen that house, because that’s the house that’s going to build the house that Clinton, Hillary, wants to build,”
Ay. . . Mitt. I SOO hope you run in 2012.
May 9th, 2009 at 11:45 amHaving taught high school, and now teaching college freshmen and sophomores – in the South – I have noticed a significant trend away from religion in the younger generations. If the Republican Party continues on its insane Christo-rant approach to religion, they are going to find themselves without new members.
In fact, a recent article gave the right-wing attitude towards religius fanaticism as the reason so many young people are leaving its folds.
Perhaps now, as young people reject centuries old superstitions, we’ll find progress again in America.
May 9th, 2009 at 11:52 amHi, unb, nice to see you.
May 9th, 2009 at 11:53 amI was hoping at one point for the election to come down to Edwards and Romney, just so the two could have the most ingenuous debate in the history of Presidential elections.
I wouldn’t trust Romney (or Edwards) to sell me a used car.
May 9th, 2009 at 12:05 pmhillary1 Says:
That comment misses the point entirely, which is that-in addition to waffling and disingenuousness-Mormonism was part of what the Republican base (the primary voters) rejected about Mitt Romney. No matter how you slice it, he’s still calling them bigots, and he’s still correct.
Steele Calls GOP Base Bigoted, Says They ‘Rejected’ Romney Because They Have ‘Issues With Mormonism’
Steele didn’t call them bigoted and he didn’t say they rejected Romney because of his Mormonism. If the headline and post had even mentioned the waffling, I would cut TP some slack; by focusing on the Mormon comment and ignoring the bulk of Steele’s comment they’ve been dishonest in their reporting.
May 9th, 2009 at 12:09 pmI have issues with Romney because he’s dumb as a post.
May 9th, 2009 at 12:12 pmand oh so Stepford…
May 9th, 2009 at 12:14 pm“…isn’t big enough for a Mormon candidate..”
May 9th, 2009 at 12:14 pmIt is big enough for racial bigots, cultural bigots, supremely stupid underclass whites, and the plutocrats that rule them. There is no room for anyone else.
Now I get it: Steele is trying to get fired from his job so he can go the path of Specter!
May 9th, 2009 at 12:20 pmSteele is consistently inconsistent.
May 9th, 2009 at 12:26 pmIncoherently incoherent.
He’s a fine leader for the RNC.
They run in circles pointing out each others bigotry, while ignoring their own; criticizing others while believing they are above reproach. Hypocrites. Liars. Mean-spirited. Racists. Misogynists. Misanthropes. Homophobes.
They have provided validation for the low opinion of politicians.
father michael phlegm is flying the american flag upside down as we speak. my oh my how the shitheadedness of chicago drags down the rest of the state.
May 9th, 2009 at 12:27 pmWhen they show Steele the door, he can claim bigotry too.
May 9th, 2009 at 12:27 pmFun while it lasted.
Mitt Romney is handsome , successful, rich, articulate, has an intact family, and is Right on all the issues that matter to Republicans.
So why didn’t he WIN the GOP Primary?
Because the Voters didn’t think he was GENUINE.
There’s no cure for that but amnesia.
May 9th, 2009 at 12:29 pmIt still ain’t working but keep trying…
May 9th, 2009 at 12:30 pm“neoparody” isn’t good at parody.
May 9th, 2009 at 12:31 pmYES! SteelyMike, YES!! Insult them, sneer at them, drive them away in droves! That’s the ticket!…Heckuva job Mikey!
Idiot.
May 9th, 2009 at 12:38 pmHeckuva puptent, Mikey.
May 9th, 2009 at 12:40 pmIs there a site keeping track of RNC Chair SteelyGaffes?
May 9th, 2009 at 12:41 pmI need the wording of the first one, like why would anyone listen to anything we have to say..??
ralph the wonder locust Says:
gummble-bee-itch Says:
This kind of cherry picking by TP is creepy. Steele made one comment about Mormonism in the middle of a much longer comment about Mitt’s waffling. Focusing on one sentence in the middle of a much longer paragraph while ignoring the content of the rest of his words is dishonest.
I totally agree, gum.
I’ve made complaints like this before, and they keep on doing it. I would hope TP could do better than this.
Me three. I am feeling that TP is starting to sound a lot like a tabloid these days. There are lots of important issues out there that need discussion. But, all we seem to get here are one issue “gotcha” posts about all the right wing loonies.
May 9th, 2009 at 12:43 pmZooey Says:
I have issues with Romney because he’s dumb as a post.
Zooey, true dat, but he sure is purdy!
PEACE
May 9th, 2009 at 12:55 pmOh, that poor, poor, obliviously deluded little man…
He thinks the GOP base is bigoted because they don’t like MORMONS…?
May 9th, 2009 at 1:00 pm“Steele Calls GOP Base Bigoted,…”
For once, he’s right.
May 9th, 2009 at 1:25 pmSince TP seems to be obsessed these days with right wing wing nuttery, they should start a thread on this:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/08/david-feherty-cbs-golf-an_n_200514.html
Here’s what he said:
The sad part is that as of yesterday he had suffered no consequences for what he said. If this happened under the Bush Administration and he was talking about Boner and McConnell, this guy would have been picked up by the Secret Service and be in jail right now.
May 9th, 2009 at 1:27 pmBigots and racists hate Fr. Pfleger because he is always in their face as a defender of the “least among us.”
While we are all sick and tired of the latest sensational domestic murder case of Drew Peterson, as that is all the media seems to cover, Fr. Pfleger is continuing to call attention to the number of innocent children who have been killed in gang crossfire and go virtually unnoticed.
May 9th, 2009 at 1:27 pmBilbo, I hope the Secret Service is on top of that story as we speak. There is no excuse and should be no tolerance for this abuse of “free speech.”
May 9th, 2009 at 1:29 pmThe GnOPers are making so many gaffes that Rush will either:
1) Loose track of all the gaffes and give up
May 9th, 2009 at 1:35 pm2) Have an OD on pain killers to suppress the pain
3) Have a heart attack
4) All of the above
THE POLITICAL BASTARDIZATION OF RELIGION
Evangelicals are the bullies and hypocrites who believe the earth is 6,000 to 10,000 years old despite it being 4,500,000,000 years old. The “rationalization” that the word “day” may not mean 24 hours is an admission that the bible IS NOT a literal document, but one that is literally dependent on the reader’s subjective/biased interpretation rather than a verbatim dissemination of “god’s words” or his intentions.
It’s amazing that fundamentalists who claim to base their values on the words in a book pick and choose which words ARE and ARE NOT to be interpreted literally/factually.
Why should a book that has been translated numerous times from numerous languages by numerous fallible human beings over a period of more than 2,000 years be necessary as proof of and or a justification for one’s moral values? When faith itself is completely ethereal, why do so many people base their religious values on the written word?
The majority of people who place so much emphasis on a bible DO NOT practice ALL the values in that bible nor do they project the grace and tolerance of an enlightened believer. Where in any interpretation of any bible does it suggest that god wants people to use his words as a political weapon or litmus test?
The “faux Christians” who do that aren’t just misinterpreting words; they are perverting the spirit and intent of religion into a political/cultural sword borne of sacrilege and evil.
May 9th, 2009 at 1:53 pmI think anyone that wears magic underwear deserves severe ridicule.
What is funny is that this is the reason he did not beat mcain for the nomination. If Mitt was some evangelical we might never had Barack as a president at least not this time around.
May 9th, 2009 at 2:00 pmThe majority of people who place so much emphasis on a bible
If people are getting their morality from the Bible then we are in trouble.
The Bible is one giant book of contradictions written by men starting around 6-8k years ago.
May 9th, 2009 at 2:05 pmYeah, that tie has “caution” written all over it.
May 9th, 2009 at 2:14 pmIt was the base that rejected Mitt because it had issues with Mormonism.
In related news, Michael Steele was shocked when told the Pope is Catholic.
May 9th, 2009 at 2:23 pmWith regard to someone’s comment about the R’s obsession with “the teleprompter”: my parents (God love them) are KKKonservative Republicans. My father was a very successful stockbroker for over 40 years, retiring in 2003, so believe me: they lack NOTHING. However, they didn’t get cell phones until about 3-4 years ago, and are barely proficient on the internet (even though they’re both well-educated and closer to 65 years old than 70). Can you say “technophobia”? Well, I can, and I just did.
With regard to someone else’s comment about TP “cherry-picking” Steele’s comments: Michael Steele quite clearly IMPLIES that the GOP base is bigoted (he all but uses the word), so what’s the problem? President Obama puts dijon mustard on his hamburger and you people all have the psychological equivalent of grand mal seizures. What gives with you KKKrazy KKKonservatives, anyway? I’ve given up attempting to figure you out. Just go away, won’t you?
May 9th, 2009 at 2:28 pmIf Mitt Romney dressed up like Superman – he still wouldn’t have won the election. I don’t care if Mitt was a baptist preacher or an atheist – he would’ve lost. The fact remains that people were tired of Rethuglican nonsense then and they’re tired of it now. That’s why the GOP lost BIG in 2008.
I don’t mind all of the posts on the wingnuts. I like to know what the GOP of wingnut crazies are up to. Not paying attention to them is what nearly brought our country down.
May 9th, 2009 at 2:38 pmMr. Steele is correct. The base will never nominate a non-WASP. He is intelligent bold and in the wrong party. The Gop. base all need The “Right Wing Deprogrammer”.
May 9th, 2009 at 3:03 pmI do think this part of the interview was picked out correctly in making the point that no matter how “big-tent” the Republican party wants to try to make itself look, it is still moving more and more towards an exclusively evangelical Christian base—which leaves many of their strongest long-time supporters, including Mormons like Romney and many others, out in the cold. Keep in mind though, Romney was governor of a blue state for a long time, and another concern with him was that it had made him “soft” to the “principles” of the Republican Party.
I think he’d have been a good Vice Presidential candidate—if McCain had chosen him instead of Palin it would at least have shown a lot more integrity and political fiber, instead of pandering to the base (and baseness) of the party just to try to be President at any cost. It was a pick the 2000 McCain would have made, when he still had a soul that he hadn’t sold to Boss Limbaugh.
In any case, as a Mormon who is politically on the liberal-progressive end of the spectrum (yes, it is possible) it is interesting to see the Church, which has often been used as a scapegoat as of late on issues like Proposition 8, being used as an example of the increasingly exclusionary attitude of the Republican Party. It’s just more and more evidence that there’s going to be a falling out between the so-called “base” 10% of the population, and the rest of the party who either leave but can’t bring themselves to become Democrats, or force out the far-right wingnuts.
For anyone who asks, the only principle of my religious beliefs that I actively apply politically is “agency,” or the ability of people to freely choose their actions and take responsibility for themselves. Thus, I support same-sex marriage legislation (when done right, and still protecting freedom of religion), women’s right to choose, non-abstinence-only sex ed, and so on down the list of progressive positions. We’re not all like Glenn Beck or Mitt Romney. ;)
May 9th, 2009 at 3:06 pmMr. Steele doesn’t seem to be making very many friends on either side. He also doesn’t want “No stinking empathy.” Which is good, because I do not know anyone who is going to give him any.
http://progressnotcongress.org/blog/?p=844
May 9th, 2009 at 3:06 pmHow ironic to call critics of Mormonism ‘bigots’.
Is Steele even aware of how the Mormons view black people?
I don’t want ANY delusional people in positions of power and authority.
May 9th, 2009 at 3:09 pmThat is not bigotry, it’s sanity.
(If anyone would like to discuss the issue of my own religious beliefs and political opinions, the way to do so is to contact me through my blog, linked from my name above my comment. I apologize for the off-topic remarks.)
May 9th, 2009 at 3:09 pmoooh. Steele just burned his toes a little bit.
May 9th, 2009 at 3:11 pm@PFWoody488
Perhaps you didn’t know that the restriction against people of African descent holding lay-clergy positions in the Church was lifted with tears of joy by a unanimous vote of the entirety of the Church’s membership in 1978. Of course they are still a minority within the Church, but all of the African-Americans I have met who are members of the Church are excellent people, worthy of and treated with total equality by the rest of the membership of the local congregation.
May 9th, 2009 at 3:17 pmdrew petersen should be all over the news because the liberal state of illinois can’t even amass the prosecutorial competence to nab this guy with anything other than a heresy law that’s open to challenge. they can’t even beat the cop at his own game. i couldn’t even call this case circumstantial. i thought you libs were into education – why then are you so damn incompetent?
May 9th, 2009 at 3:37 pmIt still ain’t working…
May 9th, 2009 at 3:40 pmshut up, db.
May 9th, 2009 at 3:42 pmCome On, Steele has gotta be working for us! Right? I mean he’s gotta be a mole. No Republican could possibly do so much in so short a time to put people off their party. Soon the “identity as Republican” won’t be 21%, it will be in the upper teens.
May 9th, 2009 at 3:44 pmfour more acorns arrested in pennsylvania. they are going to pay for the damage they did to the 2008 election and to democracy.
May 9th, 2009 at 3:46 pmneopsrdy,
Just because the state is slightly blue, it does not mean that all the police and all the DA’s are liberal. You cannot jump to such a wild generalization as that.
ie, Ted Bundy worked for the Republican party—therefore all Republicans are serial killers!
May 9th, 2009 at 3:48 pmi can because i’m an american. i’m also dealing with some uncomfortable wet farts right now. i just hope i’m not leaving any streaks. i hate washing those out.
May 9th, 2009 at 3:50 pmneopardy,
The illegal voting in the US is practically non-existant. The problem is the vote-counting machines are made by people who swear they will do anything to ensure Republicans win.
May 9th, 2009 at 3:50 pmthat’s a diversion from a diversion! everyone knows that ohio was handled with gusto!
May 9th, 2009 at 3:52 pmI agree, dbadass… still ain’t working.
maybe if he workshopped the character…
May 9th, 2009 at 3:53 pmAlthough I think the fart jokes represent a step up from his usual material.
Sad but true.
May 9th, 2009 at 3:53 pmralph, i’ve been consistent! i don’t know what else to do to make you guys laugh!
May 9th, 2009 at 3:53 pmMaybe say something funny once in a while?
May 9th, 2009 at 3:54 pmYou are a bad parody, aren’t you?
May 9th, 2009 at 3:54 pmbarack obama uses a teleprompter?
joe biden is the gaffinator?
something?
May 9th, 2009 at 3:56 pmdon’t forget Chappaquiddick!
May 9th, 2009 at 3:58 pmpeople don’t live forever. gdp does. say no to helfcare reform.
May 9th, 2009 at 3:58 pmClinton got a bj?
May 9th, 2009 at 3:59 pmbarack obama says people with education earn 80% more than those with a high school diploma. then why is obama making 400,000 a year when the national average is like 52,000?
May 9th, 2009 at 4:00 pmclinton slathered his man gravy all over that woman’s face!
May 9th, 2009 at 4:01 pmhe got a LOT of education
May 9th, 2009 at 4:01 pmany herbal advice for wet farts? i’ve tried grape juice and it doesn’t work …
May 9th, 2009 at 4:02 pmbut he only graduated summa come to kenya!
May 9th, 2009 at 4:03 pmcan i get a job in green energy with a couple of math degrees?
May 9th, 2009 at 4:04 pmone is such a lonely integer.
May 9th, 2009 at 4:07 pmneoparody Says:
Hello? Is this mic on? (tap tap) Hello?
May 9th, 2009 at 4:10 pmneoparody Says:
What is this, an audience or a jury?
May 9th, 2009 at 4:10 pmlooks like they found the body of the UGA marketing prof
May 9th, 2009 at 4:13 pmyou can be cruel at times ralph.
May 9th, 2009 at 4:15 pmyou mean the LIB professor? rock on!
May 9th, 2009 at 4:16 pmNeoparody, you have your republican ‘incomplete’s, and then there’s everyone else. The republicans want to go way back in time to a place where rights are not equal, and everyone else just wants to get on with it.
May 9th, 2009 at 4:42 pmActually Mr. Steele, they probably do have a problem with his being Mormon. As they have with being female, minority, middle class etc. But Romney has another problem. He is so oily he leaves a trail when he walks.
I remember when he was running for President. He was pro war. A reporter asked him that if this war was a good thing, why none of his five sons was helping in Iraq. He said,”my sons are helping the country.” “They are helping me get elected President.” That is an actual quote from a self serving, right wing nut.
The GOP has a problem being what they are. And they want to stay as they are. I hope they continue. They are too stupid to figure out why they lost. And as long as they keep Limbaugh and Steele, the country is safe enough from more “COMPASSIONATE CONSERVATISM.”
May 9th, 2009 at 4:43 pmThe hecklers on the balcony in the Muppets were my favorites…
May 9th, 2009 at 4:46 pmMoss underwear
May 9th, 2009 at 4:52 pmAnd Ted Haggard was bi-sexual which means noparody should take some meth and hire a male hooker to plug his wet fart leak
May 9th, 2009 at 4:56 pmI’ll be Waldorf. You can be Statler.
May 9th, 2009 at 5:03 pm63 deserves some consideration and cred. The simplicity and the anger and frustration so encapsulated…
May 9th, 2009 at 5:13 pmThe Repubigot Party is becoming a refuge exclusively for Stepford Americans.
May 9th, 2009 at 8:14 pmThe only problem i have with Mormons is that they want me to do stuff. If they would lay off it would be OK.
May 9th, 2009 at 8:20 pmneoparody Says:
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Good Dog… what a desperate, lonely cry for attention…
May 9th, 2009 at 8:25 pmMy biggest problem with the Mormon church is that they are a blatantly political entity, a trait they share with other religions, yet still manage to be legally recognized as a church.
May 9th, 2009 at 9:03 pmWe have a nice family that lives down the street that is mormon. My daughter was close friends with their daughter for about three years. They’re very nice people – but we had a chance to find out a quite a bit about the church they belong to. In addition, I read the book “Under the Banner of Heaven”
I personally could not vote for a mormon candidate for president.
May 9th, 2009 at 10:09 pm*
I rejected Romney because he was a millionaire who was all about making millionaires and billionaires richer. His healthcare “reform” in Massachussetts (passed by a Democratic legislature) is a rip off and is impoverishing the citizens there while making the insurance companies wealthier.
May 9th, 2009 at 11:07 pmHave we forgotten what PROGRESSIVE means?
BTW, a bit off topic, but anyone notice that TP is selling ad space to the SEIU (the worst thing to happen to unions since the mob)? Now why would the SEIU be buying ad space to promote healthcare “reform”? What’s the pay off the Andy Stern? Seeing as how Andy Stern is a classic example of a CORPORATE SHILL (cutting sweetheart deals with employers to gain more union dues for himself at the expense of the rank and file dues-paying members) I find this advertising questionable. He just screwed Sal Roselli who broke away from the SEIU and took some 100K rank and file with him.
May 9th, 2009 at 11:11 pmI wonder if the caller “Jay” is our resident troll?
May 10th, 2009 at 3:55 amFormer Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney clearly did not tell the whole story about his faith in his “Mormon address to the nation.” He sold Mormonism as a flavor of Christianity which it is, sort of. Many Christians would be disturbed to know of the angels that appeared in New York to John Smith, the Garden of Eden is actually in Missouri, men are superior spiritually and that Jesus appeared in the North American continent after his resurrection was witnessed by his disciples.
I’m just saying that Mitt Romney was not honest with the American people.
May 10th, 2009 at 2:06 pmseslichat
May 10th, 2009 at 11:30 pmsesli chat
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The base has a problem with Mormans? Or Mormanism? How about Morons? Or Moronism? I think that is what they have in spades and should really be worried about. Starting with the head moron Michael Steele!
May 11th, 2009 at 3:41 amhttp://www.kharianto.co.cc/2009/04/mengatur-cahaya-yang-masuk-kedalam.html?showComment=1242027120000#c4667231236873256856
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ecthompson and diffrntdrummr demonstrate the problems that Romney had with some unintelligent and illinformed people among the Republican base. By the way ec, it was Joseph Smith – NOT John Smith.
There is a really good book about Romney’s campaign and the anti-religious attacks he faced. The book is titled, A Different God? Mitt Romney, the Religious Right and the Mormon Question. It is worth reading. People will be amazed that things like this could happen in America today.
May 11th, 2009 at 7:36 amSteele may come off as loopy but I understand what he’s trying to do. The Repulican Party wants to maintain the status-quo (dominated by white males) while the demographics of the country are radically shifting. If things don’t change within the party, it will be irrelevant in 10-20 years and I don’t know if that’s a good thing. I live in Georgia and was glad Saxby Chambliss won as I don’t like any party having absolute control. Checks and balances help us stay closer to the center.
May 11th, 2009 at 4:15 pmNo it wasn’t Jane. Again you make it all about me.
May 12th, 2009 at 1:10 pmLook up the definition of “bigot” and it applies to the Liberals and the Progressives on this site.
Hypocrites all.
May 12th, 2009 at 1:27 pmNot only do I hope this is true, I have to say the Republicans–and everyone else–should have a problem with Mormonism. These people are really uneducated to believe what’s in that religion. It’s right up there with the Thetans of Scientology.
Mo Rage
May 13th, 2009 at 10:42 amhttp://www.moravings.blogspot.com