Michael Steele's Infamous Afghanistan Gaffe ENHANCED AUDIO

[streetswell]

I love the sound of a political career ending

[tonylee1973]

1st...a period of profound peace, how much to the satisfaction of our country and to the honor of our country's name is known to you all. The great features of its policy, in general concurrence with the will of the Legislature, have been to cherish peace while preparing for defensive war; to yield exact justice to other nations and maintain the rights of our own

John Quincy Adams

[taosimplicity]

Yes, let the republicans run against the war now. BWAHAHAHAHA! It will get them nowhere. Newest polls indicate that 76% of Americans believe that this is George Bush's war. READ IT AND WEEP!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! And then, from the republicans, came. . .silence. (sound of crickets)

[tonylee1973]

@taosimplicity what is important is to get our soldiers home and end unnecessary death on both sides.

[ToxicOdiousOne]

We don't need pussy pansies telling us that victory is impossible. That's how you lose wars. You become demoralized. When are we going to start winning wars again? When we stop rejecting morality and we support our troops.

[ToxicOdiousOne]

Vietnam was lost because victory was undermined. When figure undermine victory by suggesting our atmed forces are defending freedom for no reason it makes victory harder. We don't need to lose hearts and minds. If our fighting forces believe Afganistan is a lost cause will we ever win another war?

[ToxicOdiousOne]

I'm sick of our troops being disrespected. Our troops are not overseas for no damn reason Mr. Steele. Are you another RINO disrespecting our troops? They exist to defend freedom and to fight for American values when foreign agressors challenge us. The military is incredibly insulted with McCrystal and now you Steele.

[RIPP1N]

@ToxicOdiousOne I agree and they also do not understand that they do not just insult the United States troops but Australia Canada Uk New Zealand etc...

[kulan2]

Whatever happened to cuting and running is for cowards.

[Keepseeker]

All people reading this need to wake up and stop being partisan tools and actually LISTEN to what Steele is saying. This isn't about Republicans or Democrats or Bush's War or Fox news or any of that shit. He's talking about saving troops lives by no longer involving ourselves in this conflict. He's talking about not putting them in further danger.

It IS Obama's war now. He is CHOOSING to prolong it when he ran on the ticket of peace. I don't see how that's a good thing for anybody.

[melchert6]

If you listen to everything hear you can see how the media Totally over played this as if he said something wrong.

He is talking about what is going on now, since Obama has been in office not the past when Bush started this. So in other words, "this is Obamas war, of his choosing."

He has Final say in all of this so it is he war.

Obama ran for president on a "peace" platform, and actually majority of political winners run on that platform. Majoirty of people are against the war.

[digitallysick]

For once I agree with a Republican lol

[MarcusCardiff]

@digitallysick

"For once I agree with a Republican "

Therefore you will always be a retard.

[burntonion05]

Repubs are not for America. Repubs are only for politics and winning elections. They will throw the entire country under the bus to get elected and that is very dangerous. They need to wake up.

[freedompatriot1]

You preach your tolerance, but lecture me Is there no end to your own hypocrisy Your god is power, you have no shame Your only interest is political gain You hide your eyes and refuse to listen You play your games and abuse the system You stuff your pockets while Rome is burning I've got a feeling that the tide is turning I will not give up on this fight I will not fade into the light, I am America You stuff your pockets while Rome is burning I've got a feeling that the tide is turning

[freedompatriot1]

Message To Washington: I've got some news, we're taking names

We're waiting now for the judgment day

I am America, one voice, united we stand

I am America, one hope to heal our land

There is still work that must be done

I will not rest until we've won

I am America

[freedompatriot1]

Message To Washington: "Pay no attention to the people in the street

Crying out for accountability

Make a joke of what we believe

Say we don't matter 'cause you disagree

Pretend you're kings, sit on your throne

Look down your nose at the peasants below".

[JaguarRonin]

Steele is, amongst other things, is an idiot. He and Clarence Thomas need to run through a gauntlet I personally would like to design. The war in Afghanistan is the, so-called, "War On Terror" (which is bs on its face in the first place). That not withstanding, if the crack dealer is in the crack house then that is the door you kick in. Not the door adjacent or a block away because of some other reason with nothing to do with the crime at hand.

[roach9703]

What is Steele smoking ? This is W's War with George W. Clinton going forward

[MrFunny528]

what a quack. Off with his head.

[winstonchapelle]

who have we become? as a whole,a clear cut example of division?we cant even get along with each other,how can we shape our future?hes not alone we see this in all walks of life?those of african american heritage trying to act as if they are some what bettter than everyone else?i think its time for our community to take a look in the mirror and see who we r?open fror dialouge?ty love

[Tony007corp]

This is not really how i picture RNC fundraisers a picnic bench i am surprised.

[ToxicOdiousOne]

It was Bush's war of choice. Steele isn't entitled to his own facts.

[ToxicOdiousOne]

Like McCrystal it is that he is undermining victory in Afganistan. Victory must be foremost on our minds. I don't believe the military should be nation building. It isn't 1946 anymore.

[wolfhybred]

@ToxicOdiousOne Can you define victory in Afghanistan? Didn't think so.

[AskDrOdotcom]

Do you agree that Michael Steele is just a dysfunctional token black in office? Do you think that maybe jealousy could be the issue here? Go to AskDrO.com to chime in. Also find out what Dr. O has to say about Steele after he inferred that the Afghanistan War is a “War of Obama’s Choosing.” What do you think? AskDrO.com!

[bestbreadpfarm]

It is Obamas' war now, It is Obamas' economy now, It is Obamas oil spill now. He SUCKS at everyone of them. If he thinks government is the answer to everything he is way way way off base!!!!!

[jediknight0922]

@bestbreadpfarm With all due respect.It is easy to criticize.If u feel u can do a better job,try running for office.It is easy to sit back and tear someone down from an armchair.Repub philosophy of tax cuts for the rich and no government at all will solve all the nation's woes and utopia will be established.Wake up.I dont think Bush did a graet job in Afghanistan either.He ignored it for 7 years and invaded Iraq.That SUCKS!As our president requests,if any critics have solutions,come forward.

[guitarland]

and RON PAUL is CORRECT AGAIN! Quite a turn around for Michael Steele after his criticism of Ron Paul during the 2008 Pres Debates, but better late than never. Time for the republican party to cleanse it self of the NEO cons war/spending/bailout mentality, and return to their conservative roots. O-BOMB-A campaigned on ending this war, (of course he was lying to obamabots) and the Obama/Pelosi/Reid crowd now supports these foreign occupations with NO game plan for victory. GO PAUL/STEELE

[apostropheYes]

I love the sheep in the cardigan on the right nodding along. Baaaah.

[ToxicOdiousOne]

If General Stanley McCrystal was fired for much the same thing than Michael Steele should be fired as well. Undermining victory in Afganistan and the acrimony towards our military must come to an end. Republicans are war mongers but Steele seems to be the most Liberal Democrat leader of the RNC. Another RINO like Meghan McCain.

[Phillysmostwonted]

@ToxicOdiousOne McCrystals resignation was accepted because he was a high ranking military official who was insubordinate. Steele can't be fired for the same reason.Plus he's only really being eaten up because the GOP has realized that just having a black leader doesn't give them credibility with minorities or non-racist whites. He is actually detrimental to the racist, hateful undertones portrayed by the tea baggers and and the majority of the motivated right.

[collosalchris]

Obama could have and should have ended both these wars. I don't care who else says it or how badly they say it. Its true. He convinced everyone he was the peace candidate but he has been even more of a warmonger than Bush.

[stophthecomputerwiz]

" this was a war of Obama's choosing"

Really? REALLY?! He did not just say that. BUSH/Cheney were the ones who got us into this mess in the first place for no good reason at all. Obama SHOULD have gotten us out of those wars ages ago, but he is SOOO weak. He just follows along trying not to ruffle feathers instead of doing what is right.

We toppled the governments that were in place. Is the war won yet? Will it ever be? Nearly twice as long as WWII already BTW.

[moummh]

No one knows the end

[mrrepublican1234]

At least Van Jones resigned.

[goelie1]

steele is simply trying to out-gaffe biden, that's all

[60bird3521]

All you jack offs can argue about the politcal front men that distract you from seeing the real order of power that runs not just the U.S.! There is no left or right in truth! It's like a damn W.F. wrestling match, they hate eachother on t.v. and oppose eachother, but after the show is over they are all friends again! Wake the F.... up! The order of power is this: the false government you see on t.v., above them is the Industrial Military Complex, then on top, the financial oligarchs!

[MarcusCardiff]

@60bird3521

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[djdnauk1977]

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[MarcusCardiff]

@djdnauk1977

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Interesting film, I knew it was a huge mistake when Reagan and Thatcher gave the banks so much power to do what they wanted.

Never trust conservatives with business, all they both care about is profits.

[djdnauk1977]

@MarcusCardiff glad you liked! while i agree with you ill also say it was allowing private central banks to print money at interest & load it to governments that was the main problem! (perpetual debt!) especially as gov can legally print money itself @ 0% interest! i dont think it makes much difference who you have in power any more, theyre all skint so rely on the banks/corporations for funding which in turn gives them control over our government policies. central banks & IMF = root of all evil

[60bird3521]

Haha! good one! sounds crazy, but look up Eisenhowers speach from 61 about the introduction of the armaments industry, which later got outta hand and became a multibillion dollar industry,its lobyest reps currently have major pull in washington. we spend billions on things that blow shit up basicly. Look up former Fed Resevere chairmen Alan Greenspan going public on the news and saying basicly the Fed Is a private company, and is above U.S. Juristiction. sounds crazy, it's just the sad truth.

[freedompatriot1]

Nugent, 61, said it "comes as no surprise that this insane level of madness" reached the Supreme Court, "with the Mao Zedong fan club in the White House, a clueless, rookie president hellbent on spending like a maniac as unprecedented debt piles up all around him, and every other imaginable indicator of an America turned upside-down." The fact is, whether you like Ted Nugent or not, the man might be right.

[taosimplicity]

freedomfaggot, you're and idiot, you're always going to be an idiot so you might as well get used to it. You're pissed off because the right wing has been exposed for their pro-pedophile enthusiast indiscretions. You've been labeled as weirdos and perverts now and you don't like it. Funny how things turned out isn't it? The right wing and the catholic church stuck with the label of child molesters forever, and there's not a DAMN thing you can do about it. Oh, and the cherry on top? Sarah Palin.

[taosimplicity]

Yes, freedomfaggot you're angry trash and there's nothing that would please you more than to destroy our great nation, especially since you spit on our soldiers everyday. I've got a good idea, why don't you enlist and serve our country, instead of trying to divide it. Might teach you some manners and a little respect for your superiors, yes I'm speaking of skippy your retarded pool boy. He's smarter than you ya know?

[taosimplicity]

@freedompatriot1 HEY! FreedomFAGGOT! Why don't you enlist and ACTUALLY serve our country instead of lie about your military credentials? Why are you so unpatriotic. Your pro-child molesting enthusiasm is finally catching up to you. LEAVE THE KIDS ALONE!!! We're tired of you LYING right wing pedophiles trying to destroy our GREAT NATION by stalking our young. That's right, squirm all you want the child molesting label is going to STICK! and FOREVER! The truth is on our side.

[rippygirl5]

@taosimplicity Does your comment even mean anything?

[taosimplicity]

@rippygirl5 Yes, FBI stats now confirm what we've know for some time. Child molesters come primarily from conservative backgrounds. They're usually trusted members of the family and very involved in their local churchs(consevative churches) I'm sorry, but the truth is a hard thing to come to terms with. I certainly hope you're a patriot unlike the child molesters from the tea party. I hope you understand the evil that republicans are capable of. I don't want to have to call you a terrorist.

[taosimplicity]

@freedompatriot1 The ABSOLUTE TRUTH is on our side and there's nothing you can do but squirm. We are filled with righteous indignation. GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!

[freedompatriot1]

Ted Nugent Obama clueless, were the words the rocker described the American President. In fact, Ted Nugent came out and called Obama a clueless communist. Ted Nugent was also on Fox News Channel describing President Obama clueless on how to handle the economy and the BP oil spill.

[taosimplicity]

This is going to be just one of many JEWELS in the republiTARDS crown of failure in November. The DEMS have soooooo much to throw at them, and they will, that I'd be surprised if we don't keep the house and the senate just the way it is. I'll go the extra step and say we'll gain a seat or two in the senate.

[ToxicOdiousOne]

Colonizing and nation building abroad might have have worked after World War I and World War II but it won't make our enemies love us.

[ToxicOdiousOne]

It was Bush's war of choice not Obama's. Although many Americans feel this Vietnamesque war is unwinnable. First McCrystal and now Steele?

[kamanu47]

MS is the gift that keeps giving for the Dems. What a fool. I am sorry, I normally do not like to characterize individuals this way, but he has made statement after statement that has been either inaccurate or damning to his party. I will say one thing, MS is accurate in suggesting that a land war in Afghanistan is un-winnable by anyone even the US. However, should the head of the GOP be making such a statement?

[dons123111]

Hurray for Steele! Bill Kristol and Cheney are NeoCons and have more business being in the Democat Party then in the Republican party! They are socialists who spend on foriegners instead of Americans!

[DhorubaBinWahad]

this silk-suited bootlicker for the political front of finance capital (Republicans) is pathetic, even more pathetic are the anal retentive white folks at this affair pretending they give a f.... about anyone or anything other than their "privileges". Steel is the type of "Black" man arrogant self righteous white crypto racists feel comfortable with. Nonetheless, Steel's rap is not the first time that ignorance has substituted for objective analysis. GOPers believe their own lies.

[freedompatriot1]

However, it is ALL coming to end for the Obama Agenda this November. We need to take our country back from this incompetency and negligence which should be a criminal offense based on POTUS ideology of the U.S. Constitution

[taosimplicity]

@freedompatriot1, stop wiping your ass all over our great nations flag while throwing around your false patriotism. IT DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE. You probably didn't even serve in the military. Try again loser.

[freedompatriot1]

@taosimplicity You know nothing of me so take your Mao Zedong BS somewhere else. And no one here cares what you believe because you are a simply minded individual who deserves Obama.

[taosimplicity]

@freedompatriot1 You spelled simple minded wrong. Perhaps that's because you are . . . simple minded? Oh, and you cared enough to respond so again. . . I WIN YOU LOSE.

[taosimplicity]

@freedompatriot1 Now stop wiping your ass all over our great nations flag and get back to hating America the way you always have.

[jediknight0922]

@freedompatriot1 And then..Freedompatriot woke up from his dream/fantasy..Never going to happen.The Repubs are blocking unemployment benefits,apologizing to BP for having to pay for their spill,say that Afghanistan started with Obama, and you think the Repubs are taking back Congress.You're delusional, friend.

[freedompatriot1]

Everyone knows what he is saying is true! We know "We the People" know we do not belong in Afghanistan for many reasons which Steele has failed to mention with the exception of trying to conquer a land which has been fighting since the stone age. At least he has the courage to say it and not being political correct for Obama.

[planetcheck]

You can see Sarah Palin nodding her head in agreement at 0:26.

Republicans should be arrested.

They are the Nazi Party of the 21st Century.

And they know it too!

[MekhongKurt]

Unbelievable. Yes, it's Obama's war, but for Steele to claim the Republicans didn't start it, push it, and prosecute it is beyond belief, even for such a gaffe-prone man.

[gtgale1]

I agree with. Michael Steele He has the courage of his convictions. You hang tough

Michael we are 100 per cent behind you. It is Obama 's war. Some people can't face the truth. What is IS. Don't let these misguided people discourage you from speaking the truth. We Americans stand for truth, honor, bravery and love of country and the constitution. It was a declaration made before God let no man put it assunder For we are one nation under God.

[jediknight0922]

@gtgale1 Are republicans this historically challenged? I will simply say this for even Republicans to understand. Lesson#1 When did we invade Afgahnistan?Who was President? Answer: 2001. President BUSH. When did Obama become president? 2008.Did you get that. I hope so,but,I doubt it.You teabaggers probably didnt know their was an Afghan war going on because Bush totally ignored it for 7 years and focused on Iraq. You guys would be laughable if it wasnt such a shame.

[StevePalRP]

Ron Paul: "I would like to congratulate Michael Steele for his leadership on one of the most important issues of today. He is absolutely right: Afghanistan is now Obama’s war."

Digg it! or Google it:

Ron Paul Congratulates Michael Steele

[MarcusCardiff]

@StevePalRP

I would say "grow a brain" but unfortunately evolution has left you behind.

[Effingbaddude]

It's a matter of who runs the country. Their lying hypocrites or our lying hypocrites.

Got it?

[atrickpay11]

Steele for Republican presidential candidate 2012!

[mrrepublican1234]

God help us.

[Rand0mRadi0]

who's that dipshit woman in white nodding in moronic agreement?

[mrrepublican1234]

@Rand0mRadi0 - That is Amanda Amnesia...Steele's key strategist, speechwriter, and advisor to Governor Arnold Schwartzenegger. She is John McCain's daughter Megan's childhood nanny. She is a self-proclaimed 'progressive conservative'...the 'Mary Poppins' of Republicans. Her favorite word is 'supercalifragilisticexpealido­cious'.

[NaderRaider]

Obama was supposed to be a breath of fresh air, instead he has made things much worse - unemployment, new Afghan war, Oil leak Complacency, New Health Care that doesn't help the average American - it only helps Big Pharm and Big Insurance

[howell310]

@NaderRaider 

[NaderRaider]

The Democrats are rallying behind Obama in Afghanistan and the GOP is not taking any steps to question why. I am so disgusted with our leaders - we always get the same crap - doesn't matter if Dems or GOP is in charge because the CFR and NWO forces are the ones really in charge. We need to clean house, senate and WH of these vermin and get REAL leaders for once.

[ffirb]

Republicans will stab the unemployed and middle class in the back any chance they get! Slamming our troops is nothing new for them either just ask Pat Tillmans family!

[ebrezasr]

As a Conserative who is to the right of Atilla the Hun I agree with Michael and Congress should over ride the President and get those terrific kids home before one more life is wasted on an intransident Afghanni

[laplayer08]

This is so funny to see that the conservatives found this black dude, to carry out the hi-tech lynching of President Obama. One thing to remember is after they kick your black ass to the curb what are you going to do? Can't come black to the black community.

[jediknight0922]

@laplayer08 I agree with you. Once Obama became president, FAUX News dug up all these "black conservatives" who do nothing but trash Obama.It is nothing but jealousy.One flaw that has always existed in the black community is resentment towards one another in our own community.We cant pull together as a community and then we try to tear down the success of one of r own instead of celebrating their success. all these so called "brothers" and "sisters" on FAUX news and in the GOP should be ashamed.

[CarlosG903]

I see heads nodding in agreement, like that silly lady in the White Sweater. Either Steele is talking to a roomful DEAF people or the audience have trained themselves to Hate President Obama...just for the Sake of Hating. Without using an sense of forethought or reasoning.

[HomerandMaggie]

This guy keeps stepping on his dik. ya-no. Sorry Steele but it's time to step aside

[ralphcranmar]

Is there a doctor in the house? We got a sucker here with chronic Foot in Mouth disease!

[shadowninjaofdeath]

he's bat shit crazy is what he is....

[mrrepublican1234]

Michael Steele's Clinton/Reid/Pelosi/Obama-like campaign mode moments are becoming more & more evident as time drags on with him occupying the GOP chair. Time for this political reptile to leave our party & go to where his behavior is considered acceptable...with to the democrats.

Don't let the door hit you in the backside, Michael.

[ItsudemoAibon]

@mrrepublican1234 Let me see.................you have here a Repiglican mouthpiece uttering the same anti-Obama nonsense as the rest of your party and you think he should actually be a Democrat? Are you any less delusional than the rest of your party?

[mrrepublican1234]

@ItsudemoAibon - Let ME see...I have here a namecalling obfuscator (that would be YOU) trying to tell me, an independent thinker who knows in my heart what is best for myself and this country, that I am delusional because I say the chairman of the Republican part needs to be fired for what he said in this video? When he is on the street looking for a job, perhaps your President will find a place for him after he throws Rahm Emanuel under the bus.

[terrythecensor]

@mrrepublican1234 Wow, blaming Steele on the Democrats -- how desperate. Don't you GOPers take responsibility for anything you do? You sound exactly like Steele, blaming Obama for starting Bush's war. (I seem to remember that in 2002 a lot of the GOP were touting Woodward's book _Bush at War._ Now, it seems, that never happened -- in the Re-Written Republican Reality.)

[mrrepublican1234]

@terrythecensor - Are you hallucinating again? Have another toke. I never blamed Steele on the democrats. I am posting his resume on your White House web site. Hire him, please.

[terrythecensor]

@mrrepublican1234 "I never blamed Steele on the democrats." Do you think we're blind? You said he acts like a Democrat and should even be a Democrat! Dude, face facts.

[mrrepublican1234]

@terrythecensor - Dude, why do you sticks up for Steele when you voted for Obama? Do you think we are blind? You should censor your own comments more carefully, Terry. Now go back to sleep...it is time for the rest of us to git up & to work to pay the first few days of our week's pay to the gubmit to support people like you and try to live on what's left.

[terrythecensor]

@mrrepublican1234 Wipe the foam from your lying mouth, son. I never stuck up for Steele -- my comments have been critical of his delusions and yours. I never voted for Obama, either. And your tax dollars don't support me.

You have no arguments; you have only hate-based, fact-free smears -- which everyone can see.

[mrrepublican1234]

@terrythecensor - Your Saul Alinski-type posts here reveal your true methods & betray your motives. The taste of one's own medicine must be bitter indeed. And now you cry foul? Laughable.

[terrythecensor]

@mrrepublican1234 Hahaha! More baseless smears. And smears passed on to you that you don't even understand.

Shame.

[curea229]

@terrythecensor Nobody's suggesting the GOP is more than a bunch of hypocrites. Now can you criticize Obama for escalating the war instead of ending it, or could it be that Democrats are hypocrites too?

[terrythecensor]

@curea229 You are changing the subject here: Steele didn't criticize Obama for escalating the war, he criticised Obama for STARTING the war!

That's beyond hypocrisy, that's delusion.



[leafwatch]

@terrythecensor I despise the Republican Old Guard that gave Ron Paul the shaft when he tried to lead this country out of war in the last election.

But a year and a half into Obama's presidency, why are you still bashing only Republicans and defending the new warlord? Tell me about taking responsibility again?

[terrythecensor]

@leafwatch I am not defending the new warlord. I am reminding people here that George W. Bush instigated this war -- abetted by Democrats o'plenty, of course. Those are facts.

So for Steele to pretend the war in Afghanistan started in 2009 is insane.

Can't we admit that? Why do people deflect this???

[leafwatch]

@terrythecensor Expecting moral clarity from Steele is like expecting moral clarity from Obama -- and both camps of their supporters. They are partisans first, last, always. Those people have to be ignored (tough since they have the power) and the majority who aren't politicians or blind partisans need to take away the suffocating control of the elite. We the people always have been the producers, the common sense backbone. With the internet we can tell the truth and hear each other.

[leafwatch]

@terrythecensor Expecting moral clarity from Steele is like expecting moral clarity from Obama -- and both camps of their supporters. They are partisans first, last, always. Those people have to be ignored (tough since they have the power) and the majority who aren't politicians or partisan drones need to nullify the suffocating control of the elite. We the people always have been the producers, the common sense backbone. With the internet we can tell the truth and hear each other.

[huckahblah]

Michael Steele is certainly one of the most vapid individuals to "grace" the public stage in my lifetime.

[awreslr2]

@huckahblah You said it very eloquently! He is making it up as he goes. I have no idea what is going on in that man's head, but reality seldom gets a footing inside there.