Ace on the Whispering Campaign Against Michael Steele

by Little Miss Attila on April 6, 2010

(No, not the hot guitarist; the head of the RNC.)

I have no problem with an eviction of Steele. I have a problem with this pussy chickenshit leaking campaign against him which continues to hurt the party by damaging the head of the RNC while leaving that head in place.

If you want Steele out — which you do — then move on it already. Steele is not going to resign politely.

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ck April 6, 2010 at 3:18 pm: I supported Steele hoping he would be better than he has been. But like all AA hires he can’t be fired. It only makes us look bad. We need to suck it up and support him through the elections.

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ck April 6, 2010 at 3:20 pm: At least when you hire a white hetero male, you can get rid of him if it doesn’t work out.

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richard mcenroe April 6, 2010 at 3:56 pm: Ace wouldn’t last ten minutes in the College of Cardinals…

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Jenn April 6, 2010 at 4:35 pm: Ace wouldn’t last ten minutes in the College of Cardinals…

You say that like it’s a bad thing. I agree with Ace. Steele has to go but all these leaks and whispers do is make the RNC look weak. I initially supported Steele as he appeared to be the best qualified from a buttload of weak candidates but he has been incredibly disappointing.

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Darrell April 7, 2010 at 3:14 am: It would make me so mad that I might change everything into italics!

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Brad S April 7, 2010 at 4:51 am: “….I agree with Ace. Steele has to go but all these leaks and whispers do is make the RNC look weak….”

One of these days, we will all learn that Leaking is the Free Speech of Washington, DC. Until that time, we get our blood pressure up over what is not really that much.

As for Steele, all I’m going to say is that while most conservatives and Republicans put on their worst face possible toward women/minorities during this whole fracas, Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann (among others) are playing on the media and cultural battlefield, with THEIR rulebook. I would suggest the rest of conservatism do the same.

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Lipton T. Bagg April 7, 2010 at 11:14 am: This is what we need at the help of the RNC – a true Conservative who is not afraid to meet the enemy on the battlefield – and change the rules of engagement to suit his side. Unfortunately, Steele doesn’t appear to be that person.

Keep him, dump him, whatever. The consensus needs to decide – LIKE YESTERDAY – which course to follow and pull/hold that heading. All these shadow tactics weaken the party mission, discourage the faithful, and provide needless fodder for the other team.

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Brad S April 7, 2010 at 12:57 pm: “Keep him, dump him, whatever. The consensus needs to decide – LIKE YESTERDAY – which course to follow and pull/hold that heading. All these shadow tactics weaken the party mission, discourage the faithful, and provide needless fodder for the other team.”

Why should the consensus decide ANYTHING involving Michael Steele right now when there is no real consensus that the GOP should be winning the House on Nov. 2? Has it occurred to you that there may be some strategic reasons behind the whisper campaign, reasons that don’t have that much to do with the ’10 midterms and MORE to do with running the GOP and the conservative movement beyond the tactics of the day?

Or to put it another way: Why would Sarah Palin, after giving Michael Steele praise, decide to prefer not to be linked to an RNC fundraiser?

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