Sen. Gregg: Steele's 'Flipping the Bird' Comment is 'Foolish Language'

[mintvagoo]

RNC Chairman Michael Steele interview with GQ.

GQ: Well, would you have this job if you were white?

Steele: "would I have this job if I were white? [long pause] The answer to that is I don"t know. I don"t know. That"s a very good question. And it says a lot about, I think, where the party is right now that I can"t answer it."

[Panchoroy]

Steele needs to find something to do. I know rebuild the Republican party and Sarah Palin out.

[zingarellius]

I agree that ' flipping the bird' is inappropriate language, but I don't know what the fuzz is about Steele accepting money for speaking engagements...politicians do that regularly...

...and, I would like to see the journalist address democrats calling people oposing their plans ' racist', ' nazis', or ' fascists', or even, calling peole going to the tea parties ' tea baggers' - things much worse than Steele's comment

[HowTheWorldWorks]

Why doesn't she address that a Democrat on the floor called Barack Obama's opposition Nazis.

She's not a journalist. Period.

[toadsworthshortstop]

I'm sure that if she was talking to a Democrat she WOULD mention it. She just wanted to see someone's view on their own party's ideas. Also he did mention that there has been talk on both sides of the aisle, though I grant that that isn't the same thing as her saying it.

[quarantine94]

jesus, TPM is infested with trolls

[doink1422]

more like 20,000 for acting gigs. they dress him up tell him what to say and the public is suppose to buy the bullshit he is selling

[kaysandesses]

Judd Gregg is to be commended for showing some dignity, something that is quite rare in the GOP these days.

[JerezJulio]

Why it is that these people keep saying from both sides? There is not both sides, all the hate talk is coming from the Republican side only.

If I was Harry Reid I will heighten Security protection for all Democrats Senators after Senator Tom Coburn expresses his Prayers and Wishes that some Democratic Senator somehow get injured and misses the vote.

We know how that stuff works out with republicans, remember Scot Roider actions after Bill OReilly call for the Assassination of Doctor Tiller.

[classic14rider]

This is meaningless -- "flipping the bird" comments? It means nothing in the bigger scheme of things ...

[Keithjustinburton]

Steele is a fucking joke.

[biggesttrucker]

Steele is trying to extort money? No, he is being a very educated black, who is selling his talent and not being a welfare queen.

[greyflcn]

@biggesttrucker

Wouldn't matter if he were white, or pokka dot green and orange.

The guy is nothing more than a clown when it comes to public policy.

[Bunnicula71]

The irony is, look at the reality, its the GOP that has consistently flipped off the vast majority of this nation for decades.

A question I'd pose: Can the electorate be trusted to make good decisions when we are fed non-stop crap from both sides?

When you have unapologetic demons like Frank Luntz, openly spouting on about their Goebbels techniques, can there be a democratic republic?

Seriously, GOP folk, do you think Thomas Jefferson would think Luntz is anything but a dirtbag?

[KataVideo]

whenever one of their fuck-ups fucks up, they say it's happening on both sides of the aisle. no it's not. it's all repugnicant fools.

[mrdumpster]

i hate how hosts try to make everything adversarial and interrupt their guests to go for short term ratings. they could learn a lesson in class from ron burgundy.

[ubernerd35]

I hate how everyone has to apologize for everything nowadays in the world of American politics. Grow some fucking balls.