Steele’s latest analogy: Do you want to get ‘saved from the sharks,’ but ‘picked up by a bunch of pirates?’
Steele’s latest analogy: Do you want to get ‘saved from the sharks,’ but ‘picked up by a bunch of pirates?’
RNC Chairman Michael Steele is known for his creative analogies. In April, he declared that regional differences in the GOP were just like people who wear their hats in different ways, a metaphor he used again at a recent College Republican conference. On Frank Beckman’s radio show on Wednesday, Steele broke out a new metaphor to describe why he thinks its bad for government to step in and help save jobs in private industries:
BECKMAN: And the people who are out of work, you know, they’re not much concerned right now about, about who saves them, whether it’s the private sector or public, they just want to be saved.
STEELE: Yeah, that’s true, but there’s a danger that lies in that. And I think that’s where an appreciation, if not an education, of the consequences of certain policies has got to get talked about and people really need to understand. You know, it’s like the guy who, you know, is in the water and you know, he wants to get saved from the sharks, but then — from the sharks — but then he gets picked up by a bunch of pirates or, you know, or some bad guys. You know, what’s worse being in the water or being in the boat where they’re beating the heck out of you every day? So, you know, the reality of it is, it does matter who saves you.
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BECKMAN: And the people who are out of work, you know, they’re not much concerned right now about, about who saves them, whether it’s the private sector or public, they just want to be saved.STEELE: Yeah, that’s true, but there’s a danger that lies in that. And I think that’s where an appreciation, if not an education, of the consequences of certain policies has got to get talked about and people really need to understand. You know, it’s like the guy who, you know, is in the water and you know, he wants to get saved from the sharks, but then — from the sharks — but then he gets picked up by a bunch of pirates or, you know, or some bad guys. You know, what’s worse being in the water or being in the boat where they’re beating the heck out of you every day? So, you know, the reality of it is, it does matter who saves you. It does make a difference who is throwing you that lifeline because there could be things attached to that lifeline that may in the long run not save you as much as you think you are being saved.
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June 25th, 2009 at 5:01 pmHere’s a swell experiment to test his hypothesis.
Take SteelyMike out in shark infested waters, cut him just a bit and toss him in the water.
Then have a boatload of drunken idiots (republicans, no doubt) drive by and hurl epithets at him while the sharks devour him.
That’ll give him his answer.
June 25th, 2009 at 5:03 pmI’ll take pirates over sharks. Yeesh, even if you take his analogy as valid, it still fails.
June 25th, 2009 at 5:04 pm…and insurance companies, like AIG for instance, are never ever pirates, but $50k/yr. public employees always are.
sure thing, Mikey. why don’t you settle in with a nice, big bowl of life cereal and watch some teevee.
you’d really have to be lead-poisoned to buy the crap these *holes try to peddle.
June 25th, 2009 at 5:07 pmOh, where are the Navy SEAL snipers when you need them, Mikey?
June 25th, 2009 at 5:07 pmThe Republicans could quickly and easily be well on their way to restoring the reputation of their party if they followed one, simple rule…NEVER EVER SPEAK IN PUBLIC!
June 25th, 2009 at 5:08 pmWho writes this stuff for Steele, Yogi Beera?
June 25th, 2009 at 5:09 pmThis, my friends, is the absolute best the GOP can come up with. I really pity them. All hats and no constituants.
June 25th, 2009 at 5:11 pm“And since those Pirates are so bad, we’re going to save you from them, by keeping them away from you as the sharks eat you!”
Awesome analogy, Mike.
June 25th, 2009 at 5:12 pmtombaker Says:
sure thing, Mikey. why don’t you settle in with a nice, big bowl of life cereal and watch some teevee.
June 25th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
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Or, say, a nice big bowl of Cream of Mosquito Soup. :)
June 25th, 2009 at 5:12 pmIf I follow his analogy, the Republican “solution” to the recession is to bob helplessly in shark infested waters until you get eaten. No wonder they keep losing.
June 25th, 2009 at 5:12 pmRUCeriousMaggot! Says:
Here’s a swell experiment to test his hypothesis.
Take SteelyMike out in shark infested waters, cut him just a bit and toss him in the water.
I have a feeling that this is what JohnM meant about “jumping the shark”.
June 25th, 2009 at 5:14 pmWhat does that even mean? A human in shark-infested waters is guaranteed to be eaten. A human on a boat of pirates or bad guys at least stands a chance of surviving.
Which, quite simply, turns his argument back on him.
What an idiot! But I repeat myself over and over when it comes to Steele.
PEACE
June 25th, 2009 at 5:14 pmSTEELE: Yeah, that’s true, but there’s a danger that lies in that. And I think that’s where an appreciation, if not an education, of the consequences of certain policies has got to get talked about and people really need to understand. You know, it’s like the guy who, you know, is in the water and you know, he wants to get saved from the sharks, but then — from the sharks — but then he gets picked up by a bunch of pirates or, you know, or some bad guys. You know, what’s worse being in the water or being in the boat where they’re beating the heck out of you every day? So, you know, the reality of it is, it does matter who saves you.
Right. Education is the last thing you want for your base. You prey on their ignorance of your policies.
June 25th, 2009 at 5:14 pmCould be that when someone asked him for an ‘analogy’ he thought they said ‘anal orgy’ and came up with this crap.
June 25th, 2009 at 5:15 pmCould the Republic party just hire somebody like Ron White or Lewis Black? They’d say outrageous things and be Intentionally funny!
June 25th, 2009 at 5:16 pmI’ll say it again! Will someone pls check his Meds!? He’s bat s**t crazy. Who talks like that?!?!?!
June 25th, 2009 at 5:20 pmThe more he talks, the stupider he sounds.
Here’s an idea: let’s throw Steele to the sharks, then point out to the pirates where he is and have them attack this idiot. (Easy to find, he’s the one wearing a hat.) Then Steele himself can make his decision.
Be sure to write to us, Mike, and tell us which one is better.
June 25th, 2009 at 5:22 pmHey, Mikey!
I got one for ya…
Which is worse, drowning because you steadfastly swam against the tide or drowning because you refuse to recognize that you are underwater at all?
June 25th, 2009 at 5:25 pmThis is about people out of work looking for jobs, Michael.
You are comparing being out of work with being attacked by sharks and you are comparing being employed with being held by pirates.
The analogy doesn’t work.
Unless you want to give more people jobs as pirates.
Of course, some of the jobs I’ve had in the past seemed to be with sharks and pirates.
June 25th, 2009 at 5:25 pmI, you know, can’t, you know, even, you know, understand, you know, what, you know, Michael, you know, Steele, you know, is, you know, saying, you know, between, you know, all, you know, of, you know, the, you know, you, you know, knows, you know.
Michael Steele, why don’t you find a nice community college somewhere and take Communication 101 – Public speaking if you want people to be able to under stand a word you are saying. Or is that why you don’t speak clearly, because you don’t want people to understand what you are saying?
June 25th, 2009 at 5:28 pmStupidity: The endlessly renewable resource.
I’m truly surprised that Mr. Steele hasn’t yet electrocuted himself with his WaterPik.
June 25th, 2009 at 5:29 pmCould someone remind me again? Are the republicans the sharks or the pirates?
Mr. Steele strikes me as the jet ski type (think Waterworld), but I could see him as a megamouth shark.
June 25th, 2009 at 5:29 pmSo the government does create jobs, eh steeley damn?
June 25th, 2009 at 5:32 pmYeah, because having an income, paying bills and feeding families is exactly like getting beat up by pirates.
Republicans are trying very hard to make us think that even temporarily employing people via government projects is a bad thing. That because the jobs are “work” and not “careers” or because they won’t last until retirement that they are a hidden danger somehow.
But the entire point of these jobs is to allow people to have income while the economy recovers and adds some more of those more permanent jobs that it lost over the last few years.
Besides, what job these days is “permanent” until retirement? What’s the difference between working on a government project for 6 months and taking a private sector contract position? Nothing. Both provide income and hopefully lead to the next gig.
June 25th, 2009 at 5:33 pmThe sad, sad part of this is SteelyMike doesn’t realize what a joke he is. A poor joke, the Uncle Tom of the Publican party.
June 25th, 2009 at 5:33 pmSomeone beat me to the plank.
Steele’s absolutely right. Republicans in government are pirates.
June 25th, 2009 at 5:34 pm…
of course all of this depends on
how you wear your pirate hat.
:|
arrrrr!
:)
June 25th, 2009 at 5:34 pmThe idiot Steele apparently doesn’t realize that the sharks aren’t their to save anyone. What an idiot this man is. Analogy? No. Stupidity? Yes.
June 25th, 2009 at 5:35 pm“You know, it’s like the guy who, you know, is in the water and you know…, but then…you know, or some bad guys. You know, what’s worse…?”
No, Rusty! I don’t know.
June 25th, 2009 at 5:36 pmIn fact, I don’t have the slightest fcuking idea what the hell you’re talking about! You know?
You know, it’s not fair to, you know, criticize someone for his speaking habits, you know, but sometimes it kinda, you know, hard to follow the flow, you know. Of his, you know, message. You know.
June 25th, 2009 at 5:38 pmSteele must have the same comedy writers that work for Fox News.
June 25th, 2009 at 5:39 pmLefty Liberal Says:
I, you know, can’t, you know, even, you know, understand, you know, what, you know, Michael, you know, Steele, you know, is, you know, saying, you know, between, you know, all, you know, of, you know, the, you know, you, you know, knows, you know.
I swear I hadn’t read your post when I was writing mine. Guess I wasn’t the only one that noticed, you know?
June 25th, 2009 at 5:40 pmAnonymouse Says:
“Could someone remind me again? Are the republicans the sharks or the pirates?”
neither.
June 25th, 2009 at 5:42 pmi liken them to the red tide. a toxic, suffocating primitive life form.
can you imagine steele, palin and bachmann in the same room?
can you then imagine having to interview them?
my head would implode.
June 25th, 2009 at 5:51 pm@ Luis Chapulin M
Well, you know, I don’t, you know, mind. You know, this is, you know, one of, you know, my, you know, pet peeves, you know, when people, you know, speak.
(sorry I just can’t keep up the you know’s) It just really screams “I’m too ignorant to develop a coherent thought before I open my mouth”.
You know, just like an ignorant Republican!
June 25th, 2009 at 5:53 pmBUT WAIT! Let’s not sacrifice any defense industry jobs.
Those F-22′S ALL need to be assembled to save those PRIVATE
INDUSTRY jobs.
By the way, I’ll bet Lee Iaccca sure was pleased to be saved
June 25th, 2009 at 5:55 pmby “pirates” thirty years ago.
LividLib Says:
can you imagine steele, palin and bachmann in the same room?
can you then imagine having to interview them?
Screw that, let ‘em interview each other. Give ‘em a weekly show on FOX. Glen Beck can moderate. I’d watch that.
June 25th, 2009 at 5:55 pmElBruce, I was thinking the same thing. Let them debate each other! Each would be asking and answering his/her own questions, talking over each other, hearing nothing but all willing to agree, in the end, it’s all Obama’s and those damn Dem’s fault!
PEACE
June 25th, 2009 at 6:01 pmOk, obviously Mikey’s solution is we all grow gills, jump in the water and hope the sharks aren’t hungry.
Sorry, I’ll take the pirates. At least there is a chance at rum.
June 25th, 2009 at 6:02 pmThis analogy is plain wierd…until you consider that Mikey may mean the pirates are actually Republicans…I’ll go for the sharks any day…
/snark
June 25th, 2009 at 6:03 pmLefty Liberal Says:
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@ Luis Chapulin M
Well, you know, I don’t, you know, mind. You know, this is, you know, one of, you know, my, you know, pet peeves, you know, when people, you know, speak.
(sorry I just can’t keep up the you know’s) It just really screams “I’m too ignorant to develop a coherent thought before I open my mouth”.
You know, just like an ignorant Republican!
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Lefty Liberal,
Dammmmm, you beat me to it with the “you know” of Steele’s.
Reading this guy gives me a royal headache.
As I read his analogy, I wonder if this was inspired by Rush the Fathead.
June 25th, 2009 at 6:16 pm“The Republicans are not to listen to the public, but to go out and teach the public”.
We can now call Steele “Steele the teacher of the American way”. Gives me great comfort when I fall asleep at night.
OT
Michael Jackson suffered a cardiac arrest and is now in a coma.
June 25th, 2009 at 6:25 pmCan I be picked up by ninjas instead?
Wait, wouldn’t the pirates offer me a job? I could be a pirate too. Arrr!
June 25th, 2009 at 6:26 pmMJ R.I.P.
June 25th, 2009 at 6:29 pmIs Steele on crack?
June 25th, 2009 at 6:32 pmGame of Life Says:
MJ R.I.P.
And little boys everywhere breathe a sigh of relief. Moving on…
June 25th, 2009 at 6:38 pmSorry, I can’t even read this jerk’s comments any more. He’s an ignorant idiot who tosses comments out with no thought.
June 25th, 2009 at 7:18 pmOnce upon a time there was a healthy economy. Low be though some pirates came along, hopping around, using wild metaphors. They fooled half the country and fed us to the sharks. A huge mess was created. The pirates ran their ship on to the shoals. The sharks laughed.
Today, off the shores of Never Never Land, the pirates can still be heard shouting directions, metaphors, and inane analogies. One of the loudest is a parrot named Steele. There is no end.
June 25th, 2009 at 7:24 pmWhen is this dude going to walk the plank already?
June 25th, 2009 at 7:43 pmReal Republicans are real adulterers. None of the namby-pamby BJ stuff like Bill Clinton.
June 25th, 2009 at 7:51 pmAnonymouse Says:
Could someone remind me again? Are the republicans the sharks or the pirates?
A lot of them are butt pirates… right daryl?
June 25th, 2009 at 8:24 pmWhat is it with these republicans anyway? Its like they are on another planet and they don’t give a damn about anybody but themselves.
June 25th, 2009 at 8:41 pmElBruce Says:
Game of Life Says:
MJ R.I.P.
And little boys everywhere breathe a sigh of relief. Moving on…
Go to hell.
This news is worth mentioning and it’s more interesting than you trying to one up trolls.
June 25th, 2009 at 9:10 pmPublic jobs are theft, you see. Don’t think about them as saving you from the sharky waters of the street, or paying you so that you can keep a roof over your head and food on the table. Think of government jobs as theft and a fate worse than being eaten by sharks.
June 25th, 2009 at 9:52 pmWould choose pirates over sharks, that is a nobrainer.
June 26th, 2009 at 10:47 amI wonder if Mr. Steele is aware that his rantings sound uncannily similar to the gibberish that you might expect to hear from a dead drunk alcoholic, laying in a gutter with an empty bottle of gin in his hand.
Was that his intent?
June 28th, 2009 at 3:22 amDidn’t someone make a movie called “Sharks Below, Pirates Above?”
June 28th, 2009 at 3:44 am