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  • And, as it turned out, Steele was a move in the right direction for the Democratic Party, too.

    Steele is an embarrassing clown.

  • The substance, which shows a lot of red flags, is interesting (how bad were the other guys up for the job?!)

    The title = "OOPSY DOOPSY!"

  • We (those against racism, biggotry, etc) need to be careful of what the Republican party is doing by appointing Michael Steele to that position. I here a lot of rhetoric from Republicans that sounds like it may be diguised to be something other than racial bias. Yeah, I still think that the Republican party is racially biased against Black people. So they appoint a Black guy to Chairman of the RNC. That frees them up to continue with racially biased rhetoric. BE CAREFUL!

  • Mr. Steel is a clown and jigger boo, he have no real talent. He's the best GOP have to offer. The GOP is not a party to include people of color. Any person of color in the GOP are lost and I would never listen to anything they have to say to include Mr. Powell. The GOP is a white club not for me.

  • your time is over. republitard.

  • Dem's and Rep's, they will both try to get the minority vote no matter what, its not just the Republicans.

  • just like white republicans thinking "send that nigger to get minority votes but dont bring invite over especially not to play golf" michael steele is a true puppet.

  • @kathy160

    I don't like using words like this, but what if somebody called Obama a "nigger"? Like, Joe Biden was like "we can finally get a nigger to lead our party to cement our role as the party for minorities. We're all going to vote for him so people will forget we were the party of slavery and discrimination." Why is it only okay for you liberals?

  • @MyTotalRemedy Remedy if ur not black, explain to me why do u wanna say it?

    u cannot dictate how black people speak to each other! we care less what u think about it!

    U arent really saying we cant use it becuz u cant, are u?

    U dont own black lingo u know! but u think u supposed to own that too, huh?

  • @shoes1922

    Are you black? Why is it okay to say it not only if you're black which is stupid, but if you're a liberal?

    Why should I be accused of racial overtones if I say it, but a liberal wouldn't?

  • i wonder if this divides their party with the neo cons.

  • Well, this certainly didn't turn out to be a very prescient claim. Steele is just a clueless Tom.

  • Micheal steele said obama was receiving love from the media becuz he black! What make mr steele think all of a sudden, republicans wanted a a black leader? Mr steele thinks repubs love him, he just type of "nigga" they think they can trust! But he cant see that!

  • @shoes1922

    It's always libs who feel they can use words like that. It's telling.

  • @MyTotalRemedy Explain urself!

  • @shoes1922

    That word, "nigga", I don't use it. I know it's not a good word to use in public.

  • @MyTotalRemedy no its black people that feel they can use that! let black families use the language they want to use with each other! and they wont tell u not ot be nosey! that is none of your business!

  • wow this was something that cenk looks at now and probably wishes he didnt post . lol damn he was wrong bout this idiot.

  • Haha, I was going to say the exact same thing!

  • Looking back, was this a smart decision? What crippled their strategy here? His retardedness? Their insistence on toeing the party line?

  • "Yeah Cenk, Steele turned out to be an awful choice for the republicans. Not even you can predict everything apperently."

    Go back and watch some of Cenk's first videos about Sarah Palin. It's interesting to see just how wrong he was about her potential intelligence.

  • He was wrong on Obama when he came out in 2006 too

  • Ahahahahahaaahaha!

    Yeah Cenk, Steele turned out to be an awful choice for the republicans. Not even you can predict everything apperently.

  • Cenk,

    Looking back on this news cast today 4/09, how do you feel about what you said?

  • I'm amazed that the republicans would choose a black guy for the RNC head.

    It would be almost like that scene from Blazing Saddles where Howard Johnson is welcoming Bart :"As sheriff of the welcoming committee..."

    :D

  • It was a different party then.

  • Kornzxc, you are what you claim others to be. Lincoln's Republican party died iwth Lincoln. As soon as Grant became president the Lincoln legacy was lost to the Republicans.

  • Lincoln's definition of conservative was keeping the country together. Republicans from then on have manipulate that definition for their own purpose. Many purposes that go against things Lincoln stood for.

  • Lincoln abolished slavery in order to undercut the slave based agricultural economy of the southern states, and to satisfy the abolitionist wing of his party. Once the civil war began in full force, the point became mute. His personal views on blacks were as vehemently racist as any of his time.

  • Dixie stayed agricultural after slavery.

    Lincoln did not abolish slavery. Congress had already done that. He issued the Emancipation Proclamation to pursuade Britain to remain out of the Civil War - a masterful, effective political move.

    And while Lincoln did start out pretty racist (though not "vehemently" and much more moderate than the majority of Southerners), he did soften his views over time.

    As for the war of two economies, let's remember folks - the South started it!

  • Thanks for the info. As a Canadian, I have a basic and ultimatly superficial knowledge of American history. I will say that despite his flaws, no one shall ever rock a moustacheless beard and top hat harder that Honest Abe.

  • Well, most Americans don't know the stuff I posted.

  • Thank you! and your point was well said, in fact he wanted to send slaves to South America and they never recieved their 40 acres and a mule, but we have come along way.

  • You need to read up on your history, my friend. Don't you know that racists defected to the Republican Party in the wake of the civil rights era?

  • Michael Steele was on a local radio show. I called in and asked him questions. His answers weren't anywhere near straight. I came away thinking he was a joke. Rush Limbaugh made a bitch punk out of him. The GOP wanted a black "Cover Girl," to be RNC chair. Bravo! They got her.

  • in reference to the title of this video:

    "Then again, maybe not"

  • haha, true that

  • moderate?

    micheal steele has said that he is in no way open to bi partisanship

    hes completely devoted to pushing the same crappy neo conservative agenda the fucking dumbass

  • damn you guys have a three hour show? I could barely stand 5 minutes!

  • American politicians are as smart as the American people. Where do you think all these politicians come from? From people of US.

  • Michael Steel is as good a pick for the head of the GOP, as I was for HHS Secretary.

  • Lately the comments under Turks videos get so far off subject I forget what the damn video was about. O well It's a free country write wutever U want.

  • So true, its always like 10 pages of two dudes battling about something totally unrelated.

  • so you're telling me that it's a bad thing that chairman steele can't back mike tyson, but barack obama can be backed by an unrepentant terrorist?

    can you say "double standard?"

  • Obama wasn't backed by any terrorists. Stop being an idiot.

  • Yeah, William Ayers didn't support Obama's campaign when he first ran for office, he just let him kick it off in his living room.

    I think it's you who needs to stop being an idiot

  • No, you need to stop being an idiot. There is no meaningful connection between Obama and Ayers.

  • Jesus Christ! Another friggin moron for Obama!

    OBAMA KICKED OFF HIS FIRST CAMPAIGN FOR POLITICAL OFFICE IN AYERS LIVING ROOM! I'M NOT MAKING IT UP, IT'S A FACT!

  • You also forgot to mention that his middle name is Hussein, which automatically means he's related to Saddam Hussein even though Hussein is a common Arabic name. Oh and you should mention he's an Arab since he has an Arabic name even though his father is from Kenya, and his mother is white. Oh and you should mention that he's Muslim even though he's really a christian, but it doesn't make a difference because god doesn't exist. ^^

  • he also forgot to mention Rezco, Wright, birth certificate and "koolaid" :-D

  • Hahaha

  • Why do these idiots come to left leaning video's and wonder why there's positive comments about Obama, must be used to the Fox news version of democrat's.

  • ok i borderline hate obama but if you think hes butt buddies with ayers htna you need ot turn bill o reilly off

    they served on some fucking education committee over a decade ago that met twice a year for half a day, and ayers lived in the same neighborhood as obama

    the last time they had so much as spoken to each other was almost 2 years before obama got elected

    find another reason to hate obama you fucktwat, theres plenty of GOOD reasons to do so

  • he IS friends with obama, i don't think that they're gay lovers (even though obama loves his fags) and i HATE every single thing about obama, i just happened to point out that one of his friends happens to be a terrorist who supported his campaign for senate.

  • obviously not close friends they rarely talk lol

    besides bill ayers did his time and he did do some fucked up things, he doesnt deserved the same label as people like osama bin laden

    neither him nor his group The Weathermen ever killed anybody, whether this was due to their personal goals or ineptitude who knows, but, theyre not terrorists, at least not like the ones that are running amok today

  • i know that they're not close, but just knowing he supported by any terrorist should send out a horrible message to Americans.

    and yes, he did do his time, but that doesn't make him sorry for what he did (which he isn't). it doesn't matter whether he killed anybody or not, he intended to, but was unsuccessful. i agree he doesn't deserve an "America's Most Wanted" label like bin laden, but he is fully deserving of the "terrorist" label. after all, he earned it!

  • he obviously felt some sort of remorse, the man and his wife turned themselves in lol

  • not when he said in 2008 that he "didn't bomb enough shit" or in 2004 saying "I think what we did was to respond to a situation that was unconscionable." (referring to his terrorist attacks)

  • he never said "didnt bomb enough shit"

    once again turn off bill o reilly lol i read the ranscript to the interview he said that he regretted not doing more for the cause, and in a later interview said that what he meant by not doing more didnt mean more bombing but by not doing enough actually productive things other than bombing

  • and honestly the debate isn't about whether he is sorry for his actions (even though he isn't), it's about obama being a friend of ayers. you finding him repentant and me finding him unrepentant (because he's not) doesn't change the fact that he was a terrorist and was a supporter of obama.

  • so what does that change? lol

    besides, to many hes not a terrorist anyways

  • i don't give a shit whether he's sorry for his actions of terrorism or not! what matters to me is that he, a TERRORIST, voted for obama. it shows that obama is backed by a man who participated in the bombings of New York City Police Headquarters in 1970, of the Capitol building in 1971, and the Pentagon in 1972!

    those "many" people are morons because by definition a terrorist is somebody who uses terrorism in the pursuit of political aims. his political aim had to do with vietnam

  • so your saying, by not killing anyone and only causing damage to property in opposition to a government that started a war that shouldnt have been fought and did questionably unconstitutional actions, hes a terrorist and anyone whom hes associated with should be discredited, despite the fact that he is remorseful and has served his punishment willingly?

    i sincerely hope your in elementary school, or your just an idiot

  • it doesn't matter if he killed anybody or not. his intention was to and the property that he damaged wasn't his so he had no friggin right to do so. and it doesn't matter if he disagreed with the war or not, are we going to go blow shit up whenever we disagree with what the governments doing? i disapprove of the stimulus package so that gives me the right to go blow up the capitol building! and again, he isn't remorseful and he really had no choice but to serve his punishment. (continued)

  • so your saying that every act of violence in history as a form of opposition makes whoever caused it a terrorist and they were ALL wrong?

    so the boston tea party was an act of terrorists?

    lol

  • not in all cases, in this particular case, yes, it is an act of terrorism. i suppose you found the german invasion of poland justifiable also, or the japanese attack on pearl harbor.

    you're obviously the elementary school terrorist because an act of terrorism is defined as "the use of violence AND intimidation in pursuit of political aims."

  • ...what?!

    lmmfao

    out of what i said, how did you manage to twist that into i support the german invasion of poland?

    hahahahaha

    man your stupid

    while the german invasion of poland wasnt justifiable, the attack on pearl harbor was

    we were cutting off supplies to japan and supplying their enemies with supplies despite being "neutral"

    it was a terrible day, but, we had it coming, we couldnt keep up the "neutrality" bullshit forever

  • I guess that makes J. Edgar Hoover a terrorist. (Though you wouldn't get any arguments from me on that one.)

  • and yes, obama should be discredited for being backed by a TERRORIST! i mean, what would the public's reaction have benn if we found out that mccain was backed by a group of felons who did horrible, horrible things. would they just let it roll off the shoulder? HELL NO! i would even question that!

  • if mccain was backed by felons?

    you mean like Gordon Libby?

    who donated thousands of dollars to mccains senate and presidential campaigns

    in case you dont know who that is because your apparently so feeble minded, hes the man who orchestrated watergate

    hows that for being backed by a felon? ;)

    oh yeah, he was also a possible nazi supporter and he told people to shoot ATF agents in the head lol

  • first off, jack off, i'm pretty sure it's gordon LIDDY. and according to you, you should no longer hold such a negative title if you willingly served your time, which he did. and liddy never went through with any plans of nazism or shooting anybody in the head.

    and if you'd like to go that far, Robert Byrd, another Obama supporter, was a Klansmen (ironic isn't it?)! and what do ya know?! it's another group of terrorists! he was elected the Exalted Cyclops!

  • you seem to have fallen under the idiotic belief that i care who supports barrack obama lol

    did i not say before, i dont like obama?

    dumbass

    this wasnt about whether mccain or obama had more criminal friends it was about bill ayers and obamas borderline non existent relationship

  • Willingly serving his time does not change the fact that the man is a felon.

    As for Byrd vs. Liddy, you can't have it both ways. Either you take people's pasts into account or you don't.

  • Don't worry, he may be african american.

    But he still adopts the policies of the republican Pro big business beliefs.

  • I seriously fail to see how this was a smart decision..

    This guy is as stupid as the rest of the republicans

  • democrat, Republicans.......Same types of people. Alot of people are stupid enough to think they are any different....... TYT is a waste of time. Hope he gets a brain and reports things that matter.

  • Anyway, LMAO @ the GOP playing the race card thinking they can get black people to vote for neocons (Michael Steele is a neocon asswipe) simply because he's black. If black people voted for candidates simply because they're black then Carol Mosley Braun, Alan Keyes, L. Douglas Wilder, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Sr., Shirley Chisholm, Leonora Fulani or Frederick Douglass (the first African-American to run for president, look it up) would have won a long time ago.

  • Jesse Jackson was an idiot, he also garnered nearly every black vote in the primary and won 30 percent of primary voters in his bid for the presidency.

  • Finally someone who has got a clue. Thanks A86.

  • How do you spell Unka Tom and HOUSE NUCCA. I'm black and I can tell you that Michael Steele is whiter than all you crakkka's. Yall picked the right coon dog.

  • As to your 5 points :

    1. Only Democrats are allowed to compare anything to Nazism

    2. 90% of afro-americans vote Democratic. Can you name any other voting bloc with such lopsided %?

    3. Steele lost Maryland governor election? Maryland must be full of racists

    4. Tyson has done awful things but he's been taken advantage of too... I'll take his vote..at least he's not a sponge

    5. Having discriminating taste is not necessarily wrong...are women allowed? No..does that mean they hate women?

  • BTW, he ran for Senator not Governor against a rather boring Jewish guy...His campaign was at best all style with no substance.

    90 % of evangelicals vote republican..I just named a voting bloc

    To your first point the extreme of conservativism is facism - like the extreme of liberalism is communism...that why Republican throw around marxism when describing liberals and WE throw back nazism or facism when describing YOU

  • Thank you for correcting my error. I must have been thinking of Lynn Swann's failed bid for Governor of Pennsylvania. Steele's "campaign was at best all style with no substance."--->Funny you should say that because...well I think you know where I am going. Only this time that strategy proved to be a winner for Obama.

  • Good point...and Reagan before him

  • Obama did not win because of the black vote==true

    90% of evangelicals vote republican==not true (but significant)

    Obama had no higher percentage than Kerry or Gore== not true (but very close)

    As for the numerous "-isms", don't forget socialism which most closely resembles liberalism

    Thank you for admitting Reagan had style which he later backed up substance, hopefully Obama will do the same.

  • great reporting TYT

  • Steele is no moderate, don't patronize him.

    Secondly they have to trick blacks to think republicans are democrats becasue they blindly vote democrat.

  • kind of reminds me of mccain picking sarah palin after all the phoney outrage created when obama didnt pick hillary clinton for vp.

  • I agree. But it's to little, to late. The biggest mistake the GOP made was screwing over the only man that stood a chance against Barak Obama and that was Colin Powell. The only black Republican that black people respect and the most celebrated member of Bush's cabinet before he got the shaft for Bush's second term. This appointment of Steele has more to do with appealing to a certain demographic and to broaden their image rather than pushing their agenda. It's all about winning baby!

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  • "they have to trick blacks to think republicans are democrats becasue they blindly vote democrat"

    Black people don't vote Republican because the Republicans haven't done anything for black people for decades. African-Americans largely went Democrat in the 40s with FDR and then more so with LBJ. Ike Eisenhower was the last Republican who gave a damn about black Americans.

    Working-class and middle-class black people are smart enough to figure out the Republicans are a party for rich people.

  • Do something for blacks specifically?  Lol that would be dumb, policy is not crafted on the basis of race...

  • "Do something for blacks specifically? Lol that would be dumb, policy is not crafted on the basis of race"

    If you think that you're a sad man or you're completely out of touch with reality. There are all sorts of policies still in place that racially discriminate. For instance: largely white suburban schools receive more funding than largely black urban schools.

    "Jesse Jackson was an idiot"

    He's smarter than George Bush. Not to mention his 84' and 88' platforms were actually very progressive.

  • Suburban schools receive more federal funding? No, plain no. Secondly, Jesse's platform was deranged.

  • "Suburban schools receive more federal funding?"

    Yes.

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    "Jesse's platform was deranged"

    What about his platform was deranged? List some specific policies that were crazy.

  • That is not federal funding... That is local people paying taxes, the federal government doesn't favor rich districts.

    Jesse jackson wanted to reintroduce Roosevelt style farming programs and WPA type stuff.

    Also glad you ask for specifics and don't make generalizations like other liberals here.:D

  • "That is not federal funding. That is local people paying taxes"

    Federal, state, still amounts to the same ending. Suburban schools (which are largely white) receive more funding than urban schools (which are largely black and Latino).

    "Jesse jackson wanted to reintroduce Roosevelt style farming programs and WPA type stuff."

    What's wrong with that? That's the kind of stuff that built the American middle class. Better than Dukakkis' namby pamby plan.

  • If government builds middle class then why not have a ton of government? Would you say Cuba has a vibrant middle class? Also, currently middle class people don't get transfers of wealth and we have a large but shrinking middle class today as many move into the upper classes.

  • "If government builds middle class then why not have a ton of government?"

    It wasn't just the government, it was a lot of things.

    "Would you say Cuba has a vibrant middle class?"

    I don't know about vibrant but Cuba actually has some of the highest living standards in Latin America and some of the highest HDI factors.

    "we have a large but shrinking middle class today as many move into the upper classes"

    Try the other way. More "middle class" people are going the other economic direction.

  • "Also glad you ask for specifics and don't make generalizations like other liberals here"

    Lol, no prob. I'm actually not a liberal, though. I'm not a conservative either.

    ColonelCronus -

    "Finally someone who has got a clue. Thanks A86."

    No problem. Thanks for the compliment. ;)

  • hahaahah u r the ones always talking about color. maybe u shuld let the color thing go and we really can all be equal. if u keep talking about it obviously u see a difference in people that r a different color

  • Now you will all see the democratic party and the liberal media and hollywood show their true colors. Mr. Steele is going to be called everything from unckle tom to house negro and when an appology is "demanded" noone will see it because it will be on the back page of the sports page. All of the racism that the republican party have been accused of exhibiting all these years will look pale in comparison but the democrats will say that their racism is just because they care about the people.

  • There are millions and millions of black people in America, and 99.99999% of them voted for Obama, that's why Obama won.

    Don't get me wrong, I voted for Obama, but if Obama was white, he wold have lost

    Now the republicans are trying to get the blacks on their side

  • OK Obama did not win because of the black vote. He had no higher percentage than Kerry or Gore did.

    The two states with the highest percentage of blacks, South Carolina and Georgia, Obama lost. It was white surbubanites that made the difference.

  • Oh and Steele IS farther right. He's the same as Sarah Palin minus some of the religious talk. Oh from what I understand those African-Americans he claimed supported him never did. Steele also made the claim that at an event people threw oreo's at him and it NEVER happened and he never apologized etc. How disgusting he did that at the club. I never knew that. That still exists today? Wow. And he's a moderate? Damn.

  • Did the republicans forget what happened with Sarah Palin with women? It's the same thing with Steele who is a douche bag.

  • suck it. Steele can suck it too but can do a really good Bill Clinton impersonation

  • Smart but obviously sucking up to minorities.

  • Yep, they made a smart choice. They played follow the leader.

  • I'm totally whity whity white...my 43 year old daughter is like obama mixed. nothing new in my family what seems to blow you away.

  • what about condi rice? you are so obsessed with blacks in politics.

  • Steele was chosen to appeal to blacks, hispanics and maybe gays in the cynical way Palin was chosen by McCain when he ass out of you and me (assumed!) that he would syphon off the Hillary female voters when she lost in the primary to Barack! How'd that turn out? LOL!

    It's so glaringly obvious to intelligent people that pay attention!

    Here's to hoping that it crashes and burns!

  • They used to tolerate Colin Powel, but it turns out Power was a field Negro.

    He got carried away and made comment about the real American and the fake American.

    Soon enough he got the wrath of people like Limbaugh and Hannity.

    Another Negro tolerate is Condoleezza Rize, but she have already tow count fop dihorbide3nc to the white man, the firs when she say she was proud the Obama god elected,

    The second Biden is obviously a very fine statesman, and a true, true patriot.

  • The only Negros the republican like are people like:

    Michael Steel, Clarence Thomas, Juan Williams, Larry Elder, and the Champion of them all Jessie Lee Patterson.

    The republic finally found their House Negro, the year the democrats elect a black president, what a coincidence.

    Boy we are going to give you a chance man chance but do no nigger up the place boy

  • This gives the Republicans a Black guy.

    One! LOL!

  • ruins you are correct this is a republican tactic used before watch the movie people "american blackout" where they used this same tactic against a democratic woman Cynthia McKinney who actualy WAS helping her community and asked the right questions.

  • In other words, if the GOP still believed they could win elections with a 100% white party, they would still be a 100% white party, it's well known that the republicans are the party of racists and nationalists.. they're using this black chairman as their 'house negro' appointed to try and make them look more diverse and appealing to minorities.. but the policies remain the same, the GOP only holds the interests of the rich at heart. Never vote republican!

  • They only appointed him in response to Obama's popularity and a realization that they need to try and trick blacks/hispanics into voting for them to win future elections. Exactly the same way they picked Sarah Palin to try and steal away on Hilary's supporters. They're hoping some blacks and other minorities will see a black guy as head of the GOP and be tricked into thinking they have their interests at heart.. which couldn't be further from the truth. This is disingenuous and insulting.

  • so youre saying that Steele's stupid? I thought he was chosen cause hes a good, smart guy. But according to you Repubs just chose a random black guy cause hes black.... Thats extremely insulting.

  • No, it's insulting that they picked a black guy for deceitful and ingenuine / insincere reasons.

  • yea, and you know because youre a republican, right?

    btw, whatever happened to democrats calling bipartisanship and joining hands?

  • FUCK bipartisanship when it means do it your stupid disproven way.

  • Kinda hard to do when republicans are just shitting. Maybe you should be saying that to those republicans. Doy.

  • yea cheers.

    except what do you mean "just shitting"?

  • Exactly. People liked Obama because of his message and his politics. Not because he's just black. Doy. Jesse Jackson was never president obviously.

  • Oops! Funny! I had not yet read your comments and basically wrote the same comparison things to appealing to blacks and Hispanics and trying to mooch off the Hillary votes with Palin when she lost her primary! We must both be spot on!

  • The Daily Show: You know this doesn't work with just any black man, right?

  • i thought he was indian

  • ugh i can't stand steele. i live in maryland and i've had enough of him already

  • I concur. I am a baltimorian! I am so sick of him.

  • democrat party for the win

  • Amiable... Key word. :P

  • If Republicans wanted to do something smart, they would have nominated Ron Paul and dropped Sarah Palin.

    It's not the color of skin,

    It's the thought in the head!

  • word up

  • Good thing Steele's rival that belonged to the ALL WHITE COUNTRY CLUB, didn't win. I don't trust black Republicans, what are they thinking, or is it that they really really wish they were white?

  • Democrats are funny, it's like elect a black man and that's the right thing. Why can't you just elect a great man or a smart man. Dems use racial bs more than anyone.

  • Obama is a smart man. McCain was a stupid man. I'd say America made the right choice. Then again, everyone who voted for Obama just because he's black are just as stupid as those who voted against him because he's black.

  • im black and you are 100 percent correct.....i read mcain and obamas wikipedia...id hope everyone else go out and do the same....Obamas resume is 50000 more qualified to run the company i call my united states of america.

  • why can't our current president be a great smart man who just happens to have african roots

  • I just cant get with anyone who considers Sean Hanity and Rush Limbaugh "friends", I dont care what color they are....

  • "#5" 's funny. He's only allowed in the white-only club when he's raising money for them and then his smiley ass has to leave afterwards. What an uncle tom.

  • That's so funny that Steele mentions 1994 when during the 2002-2006 they raised the debt ceiling several times and Bush didn't vetoe a single spending bill. Pro-pork all the way whenever they have control and then slash and burn when Democrats are in power. Same old poltics even during the worst recession since the Great Depression.... Worst political party in US history.

  • So, Steele was on Fox News this morning (SHOCK! SURPRISE!) and basically said there's nothing wrong with the Republican party in its current form. Specifically mentioning that their 1994 ideas (I kid you not) are still what people want. It's amazing that we actually have a political party that takes pride in their ideas being no different from what they were over 10 years ago.

  • sometimes they say "african american"...sometimes "black" - what is correct now a days?

    sometimes when I say "african american" in public I get a feeling like I am being way too careful...

    it's like a gorilla in the room...when someone says "african american" you know most there (white and "black") are thinking about the legitimacy of "term"

    Words of the Great Michael Steele

    remeber the GOP also gave us UNjustice Clarence Thoms

  • I dont understand how they are able to legally keep blacks out of a club. How the hell can you have an all white anything in the 21st century? Seriously if anyone knows im curious.

  • If it's a private club, they're allowed to keep anyone out that they want, they just can't get any support from the government.

  • Diversity has nothing to do with color or race. He's a NEO-CON. Diversity has to do with different ideas. Dumb Americans, always looking for simple-minded differences.

  • The Republicans will be back in office before too long. It'll be a game of back and forth until there's a major overhaul to the two-party system or to the way the US government functions as a whole.

    In fact, once Obama fails to repair the devastated US economy by Summer, there'll be Dems wishing they'd voted Repugnican. It's just a waiting game at this point, sadly.

  • well, one could argue that McCain was the most moderate candidate in the primaries (you could have easily return to himself from 2000, etc) ... so Republicans are after all good at this

  • I'll tell you whats gonna happen. The republicans are doing the token black thing until after they get smoked again in the 2010 mid elections. Then they'll get rid of steele and pick a white woman.(only to pander of course) But check out my political Iq...The republicans know that they can't beat barack in 2012, so they'll back sarah palin as to finally eradicate her from ever being a potential candidate again. They know they can't win with her, it's all a game, but she don't know that. I do

  • That's actually an interesting theory. Love to see how it plays out.

    And you're absolutely right that the Republicans MOSTLY chose Steele because of his race. They were dying to get behind Colin Powell... until... well... he came to his senses.

    That Party doesn't care about issues or policies... they care about "characters". They are so far behind us with their ideologies I'll be IMPRESSED if they ever win the Presidency again.

    Maybe if a Democrat makes a major mistake. Possible I guess.

  • Give me a break, there just trying to pander the black vote for 2012 and convert more black people to the Republican party. We didn't vote for Obama because he was black, we voted for him because he was the best choice. Being black didn't help Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson so don't insult our intelligence. I saw Steele on the Bill Maher show and he's just another stupid Republican who defends Bush and lies about everything, don't be fooled by the color of his skin.

  • epic win =)

  • if steele is the most moderate of republicans give me rick santorum any day!

  • smart? first thought that crossed my mind when I heard this news was gimmick.

  • Same here man, I don't trust those mofo's for one second

  • you think transparent pandering is a smart move...it won't win them my vote.

  • Come on!! Open your eyes cenk, this is the republican party were talking about, so it's obviously "token black guy" time. These thugs don't care about people, or promote people based on merit, they just see a black president in office and want to say they have some black of there own on there side. It looks so fucken pathetic to see steele sell himself infront of all those white hate filled faggits, then to say at the beginning, "this is just awesome"..He's a fucken white boy wanna be loser.

  • No this guy isn't fake. I've seen him talk before, he's a real idiot. Perfect for the Republican party.

  • What year is this 1960's, no 1970 something? Come on! The Republicans are thinking "Token Black" that is what this is all about. As soon as Steeles figure it out....if he ever does. He will be trying to take the next train out. Besides they want him to fight their dirty battles with the president, and steeles or what ever his name is... comes out of left field with that lame saying"How do you like me now?" He's going to eat those words!

  • Don't forget Rove and Cheney funded his campaign.

  • good year for blacks lmao!!

  • Can't wait for Rush's "Michael The Magic Negro." The song practically writes it self. Looks like instead of the GOP dividing the country, Obama has been coaxing the GOP to divide up themselves by provoking & egging Rush on.

  • look at the most hardcore republicans who showed up at the mccain/palin rallies late in the campaign....these are the remaining rats left on the sinking ship that is the GOP......they will not listen to a man like steele....even though he tolerates their level of racism......the republicans should have picked a moderate "white" person to drag them back to the center....instead they elected a man far less talented than obama to represent them....by the way.....i'm black