Steele: I ‘just need to learn how to shut up and listen.’
Steele: I ‘just need to learn how to shut up and listen.’
RNC chairman Michael Steele attended a town hall forum at the Detroit Athletic Club yesterday, an event “meant to establish a dialogue with Republicans in urban centers.” Steele was largely silent on recent GOP scandals and made fewer controversial or silly comments than he has in the past, telling the audience, “My mama told me when I was a little boy: ‘You just need to learn how to shut up and listen.’” A sampling of what he heard at the forum, according to the Detroit News:
Marie Kaigler-Reese, a Ph.D student at Michigan State University, said that is not enough. She said the party takes African Americans like herself and trots them out to show they care about blacks but does nothing to address matters like corruption in Detroit’s City Hall.
(Republicans) “are out of touch,” she said, noting her son has become so disenfranchised with the party he has become a Democrat and is running for office in Ohio. “Michael Jackson is dead. God rest his soul. I am not going to be the Michael Jackson of the Republican Party. You will not use me until I am dead.“
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What a sorry pathetic “doofus” Steele is.
June 27th, 2009 at 10:27 amNow that you’ve figured out the shut up part, when will you go away?
June 27th, 2009 at 10:30 amI really wish TP would take a little more care with their headlines.
For instance, it does not appear that Steele said “I need to shut up and listen”. It appears that he was repeating advice his mama gave him, which is not the same thing as admonishing himself.
It’s cheap and makes TP look bad.
June 27th, 2009 at 10:33 amWell, that just went flying over Steele’s head. She smacks Steele right between the eyes and he doesn’t get it.
June 27th, 2009 at 10:33 am“I am not going to be the Michael Jackson of the Republican Party. ”
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Apart from sharing the same first name, you don’t have to worry about that, Mikey.
I’d be thinking “the Lou Costello of the the Republican Party” might be more appropriate… or perhaps your choice of Larry, Curley, or Moe…
June 27th, 2009 at 10:34 amralph the wonder locust Says:
It’s cheap and makes TP look bad.
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Yeah… but it does make for some first rate snarking on a Saturday morning, raphie.
June 27th, 2009 at 10:34 amI really wish that people would stay away from using the recently departed to make a point, regardless of party affiliation, be it metaphorically or not.
June 27th, 2009 at 10:38 amBut TRoHS, doesn’t it make it a little like playing badminton without a net?
June 27th, 2009 at 10:39 amMost of us would settle for “shut up”, Michael…
June 27th, 2009 at 10:39 amSorry, but as I read this, Steele’s reference to his mother’s advice had only to do with this single visit. Translated: “I’m just here today to listen to you,” which always sounds so sincere and well-meant (yeesh) and is inevitably garbage. Steele is clearly not admonishing himself for all the dumb remarks he’s made over the last months and there’s no way he’ll ever “shut up and listen” because it’s clearly not possible for him to do so.
June 27th, 2009 at 10:41 amMorning, TRoS, ralph, everyone.
In re-reading this, it appears that it was Marie Kaigler-Reese who said the part about Michael Jackson. Not Michael Steele, who is (apparently) too stupid to realize that he’s being used.
Ralph, you’re right, TP cut-and-pasted the quote badly. Maybe the headline should have read: “Michael Steele, Listen to Your Mama!”?
June 27th, 2009 at 10:41 amOh yes they will (use people only to serve the Republics win-at-all-costs tactics).
June 27th, 2009 at 10:43 amMichael Jackson???? What a stupid analogy. Guess it shows Republicans, black or white, are all f%cked in the head.
June 27th, 2009 at 10:48 amAnd, no offense to Ms. Kaigler-Reese, but exactly what does she mean by: “I am not going to be the Michael Jackson of the Republican Party”? She’s not going to be a mentally unstable genius who had too many cosmetic surgeries/drugs? It’s a ridiculous, meaningless comment.
June 27th, 2009 at 10:50 amThe trolls never show up to defend Steele but they’ll be calling Judge Sotomayor racist the next time theres a story on her.
June 27th, 2009 at 10:54 amMs. Kaigler-Reese really should have said, “I am not going to be the Michael Steele of the Republican Party. You will not use me until I am dead.”
June 27th, 2009 at 10:55 amJane E. Schneider Says:
And, no offense to Ms. Kaigler-Reese, but exactly what does she mean by: “I am not going to be the Michael Jackson of the Republican Party”? She’s not going to be a mentally unstable genius who had too many cosmetic surgeries/drugs? It’s a ridiculous, meaningless comment.
Maybe it was a slip of the tongue, because Jackson was on people’s minds. Maybe what she really meant to say was “I am not going to be the Michael Steele of the Republican Party” – not be a token African-American for the GOP.
June 27th, 2009 at 10:55 amSorry, my ‘bold’ went weird. But you get the idea.
June 27th, 2009 at 10:55 amGummitch, GMTA! :D
June 27th, 2009 at 10:57 am….
“an empty wagon
makes a lot of noise.”
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June 27th, 2009 at 11:11 amahhhhhhhhhhh the RNC chessboard MASTER
another brilliant move Michael
June 27th, 2009 at 11:27 amShallow waters babble.
June 27th, 2009 at 11:30 amawww c’mon…we all know Steele can’t shut his yap for very long. Give him another few days and he’ll say something stupid.
June 27th, 2009 at 11:39 amas saturdays go, this would be a good enough thread to call “OPEN”…
also posted on the dead GE thread, some good news:
GE opening research center in Michigan
Fri Jun 26, 2009 12:06pm EDT
DETROIT (Reuters) – General Electric Co plans to open a research center in the economically ailing U.S. state of Michigan, where it will develop new manufacturing technologies.
The $100 million site will eventually employ more than 1,100 people and will be part of GE’s network of Global Research Centers, the largest U.S. conglomerate said in a statement on Friday. It will be located in Van Buren Township, in Michigan.
Michigan, home to the nation’s auto industry, faces high unemployment as a result of the car makers’ struggles.
GE Chief Executive Jeff Immelt told reporters in a press conference that hiring for the facility would start by the end of this year.
GE “can tap into some of the great labor resources that already exist in the state,” Immelt said, adding that, “We view this as a long term commitment.”
The announcement by GE comes on the same day that General Motors Corp is expected to announce that it will build a small car at an existing plant in Orion, Michigan.
GE, the world’s biggest maker of jet engines and electricity-producing turbines, also has research centers in Niskayuna, New York; Bangalore, Shanghai and Munich.
[...]
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE55P4JE20090626
again, thank you….
June 27th, 2009 at 11:41 amSteele: I ‘just need to learn how to shut up and listen.’
Dude! Too late.
June 27th, 2009 at 11:41 am“My mama told me when I was a little boy: ‘You just need to learn how to shut up and listen.’”
And he is not listening to what his mama told him. Steele is such a tool. If I was a Republic, I would be so embarrassed about him.
June 27th, 2009 at 11:48 amSteele: I ‘just need to learn how to shut up and listen.’
Well Mr. Token black cancervative republicon, being that you come from a party that usually has their heads up their collective a$$es may I suggest that when you re-insert your head up your a$$ try turning your head sideways, with your best ear pointing outwards.
June 27th, 2009 at 11:55 amjoe cantwell Says:
“an empty wagon
makes a lot of noise.”
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Or
“a rattling can is always empty”
June 27th, 2009 at 11:58 amSteele is a true sell out for the GOP African-American’s.
June 27th, 2009 at 12:08 pmRegarding President Obama’s so-called “executive order allowing for indefinite detention”:
http://rawstory.com/08/news/2009/06/27/white-house-denies-indefinite-detention-report/
This just goes to show that we need to take public reports with a grain of salt. Our right wing MSM is out to derail President Obama and isn’t shy about either distorting something or flat out making up a story. Until such time as I hear something out of President Obama’s mouth, I will choose not to believe what’s reported in our MSM.
June 27th, 2009 at 12:09 pmHe belongs to the Party of Stupid. Everything he says is really outrageously hilarious and crazy. Please, repiggies, keep Michael Steele in his position.
The lunatics and the dumbasses are running that party. Perhaps they will totally destroy it.
The Comedy Channel couldn’t write material this good.
June 27th, 2009 at 12:11 pmI’d be happy with him just shutting up, period.
June 27th, 2009 at 12:25 pmWOW, I came to this website thinking of aliening myself with the progressive movement. But reading this comments. You’re all like children at the playground.
June 27th, 2009 at 12:31 pmThe name calling! The centralized myopic reasoning, the arrogance makes me feel like I’m still in High school. You People forget we’re all Americans! You argue will Rome burns. The ship is sinking instead of bucket in your hand you have a drill. I guess opinions are like AS*HOLES. God save us all!
Even Mike’s mom couldn’t teach him a thing…
Bonus for us!
June 27th, 2009 at 12:31 pmI’m sure some hate filled lovely person will point out my spelling mistake.
June 27th, 2009 at 12:36 pmUnum_Pundit Says:
WOW, I came to this website thinking of aliening myself with the progressive movement…and more stupid dithering…
June 27th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
Wow, I think this concerned person really thinks he/she/it is being original…
June 27th, 2009 at 12:37 pmUnum_Pundit Says:
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I’m sure some hate filled lovely person will point out my spelling mistake.
June 27th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
No, but I will point out your failure to hold to your own standards of “no name-calling,” within five minutes of your initial comment.
Well done! You held out longer than most trolls.
June 27th, 2009 at 12:39 pmWOW, I came to this website thinking of aliening myself with the progressive movement. But reading this comments. You’re all like children at the playground.
June 27th, 2009 at 12:39 pmThe name calling! The centralized myopic reasoning, the arrogance makes me feel like I’m still in High school. You People forget we’re all Americans! You argue will Rome burns. The ship is sinking instead of bucket in your hand you have a drill. God save us all.
Ummmm UP, you forgot your AS*HOLE.
June 27th, 2009 at 12:44 pmPlease Michael, dont shut up or listen. Your moronic proclamations are one of the best things we Dems have going for us to drive voters out of the independent column. Keep up your work for us.
June 27th, 2009 at 12:45 pmAmericasBack,
The Republic of Hymenoptera Stupidity is not a troll. He’s one of our first-rate troll-bashing snarkers, and often works tag-team with ralph. :-)
June 27th, 2009 at 12:48 pmime shore glad i hav speel chek
June 27th, 2009 at 12:48 pmI’m sorry. I guess this is your life. I’m going outside and enjoy day. Poor pathetic Zooey!
June 27th, 2009 at 12:53 pmWOW, I came to this website thinking of aliening (sic) myself with the progressive movement.
You argue will (sic)Rome burns.
The ship is sinking instead of bucket in your hand you have a drill. God save us all.
I wonder if this troll came here to alienate rather than align itself? Seems to be a right wing phenomenon, thinking one thing while trying to write or say something else.
I suppose it knows that Rome did burn but not that Nero was accused of fiddling while it burned, he wasn’t arguing.
The first order of business on a sinking ship is to stop the source of water. Unless a bucket will plug the leak it will be like someone treading water, a lot of work but no progress.
Perhaps this troll needs to go back to school to learn some language basics.
June 27th, 2009 at 12:58 pm… curious…
how does one alienate WITH someone or a group…?
cute.
i respect anyone who is trying to learn the english language…
it certainly is not easy…
no offense if my guess is incorrect…
June 27th, 2009 at 1:08 pmoh, st.augustine, i did not think of that…
it COULD be “align”…
the rest of my comment still stands…
June 27th, 2009 at 1:10 pmUnum_Pundit Says:
I’m sorry. I guess this is your life. I’m going outside and enjoy day. Poor pathetic Zooey!
Well, that certainly sounds like a brand-new participant. I’m sure this is not one of the usual drooling trolls . . .
TP has let their standards go completely.
June 27th, 2009 at 1:13 pmUnum_Pundit Says:
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I’m sorry. I guess this is your life. I’m going outside and enjoy day. Poor pathetic Zooey!
June 27th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
Go to the garden and eat that worm!
Yet another hilarious troll! :-D
June 27th, 2009 at 1:17 pmRegulars,
I am pretty sure we all know our new “concern” Troll is just another incarnation. Glaringly evident. Alas, old habits.
Pathetic
June 27th, 2009 at 1:29 pmUnum_Pundit Says:
“I’m sorry. I guess this is your life. I’m going outside and enjoy day.”
by chewing on the hot tar pulled from the road would be my best guess.
June 27th, 2009 at 1:30 pmO/T
June 27th, 2009 at 1:35 pmOeezay,
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Steele: I ‘just need to learn how to shut up and listen.”
Finally, Mike found a brain and said the most intelligent comment. But, of course, that didn’t last long.
“I am not going to be the Michael Jackson of the Republican Party. You will not use me until I am dead.”
Again, his brain went back into stupidity and his brain, once again, got lost in the closet. Mike, haven’t your mama taught you that it is not nice to speak ill of the dead, given the fact that Jackson has been dead in the past two days?
June 27th, 2009 at 2:10 pmoh, st.augustine, i did not think of that…
it COULD be “align”…
the rest of my comment still stands…
June 27th, 2009 at 2:17 pmZooey got the trolls jealous. Great job Zooey! You don’t have to say anything and trolls leave.
I wish I had that thing you have Zooey! :)
June 27th, 2009 at 2:19 pmRemember when steeley damn said he was par with President Obama?
Now he’s on MJ’s (rip) level. HAHAHAHAHA
teabagging repugs just love to force themselves on others. They did it with the teabagging party.
repugs are like a boogie you can’t flick from a finger.
June 27th, 2009 at 2:26 pmSteeley damn the repugs are using you and you are too stupid to know or you like that lowly, token position.
June 27th, 2009 at 2:28 pm‘You just need to learn how to shut up and listen.’ Please don’t take your mama’s advice. Stop listening to people and just keep talking.
The more you do, the better it is for the sane voters to recognize that the Republication party is full of wingnuts and will avoid voting for Republican candidates!
June 27th, 2009 at 3:34 pm“I just need to learn how to shut up and listen.”
Like that will ever happen.
June 27th, 2009 at 4:21 pmPlease, get rid of Santo Gnende – forever- from this site. He/she has nothing to offer about each topic, let alone anything else.
June 27th, 2009 at 4:50 pmOh no, Mr. Steele, just keep on talking, your words do so amuse us with your “Chessmaster” like cunning, and skillful manuvering.
June 27th, 2009 at 5:15 pmThis is the best and brightest the RNC has to offer?
June 27th, 2009 at 5:51 pmI need to shut up and listen, that is one of the most intellegent quote I’ve heard from a politician. I just never though I’d have heard it from this man, although I’m sure he will not take advantage of his own advice.
June 27th, 2009 at 6:32 pmGee, don’t shut up and listen. You are so very entertaining. And everything you say makes us glad you are on the other side. And it gives us such a feeling of superiority. You are right for your party. The GOP is the gift that keeps giving.
June 27th, 2009 at 7:16 pmGame of Life Says:
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Zooey got the trolls jealous. Great job Zooey! You don’t have to say anything and trolls leave.
I wish I had that thing you have Zooey! :)
June 27th, 2009 at 2:19 pm
I wish I knew what it was! :-D
June 27th, 2009 at 8:26 pm@bucky
June 27th, 2009 at 8:34 pmI loved when he said that, all his mistakes are carefully calculated! It’s working out beautifully, for the other side! :)
I suspect Mr. Steele’s mama actually said something like, “May the Sweet Baby Jesus shut your mouth and open your mind.” Unfortunately, the Lord refused to intervene and MS has never been real good about taking direction.
June 28th, 2009 at 1:40 amCan we get that in writing?
June 28th, 2009 at 2:17 amSteele: I ‘just need to learn how to shut up and listen.’
How about shut up and go away?
June 28th, 2009 at 4:28 amIt looks to me that Steele is as much out of touch with the American people as Ross Perot was with the NAACP when he gave his “you people” speech.
June 28th, 2009 at 10:12 pm