Steele Is Toast

If you are not up to date about Steele, it is kind of a joke. He's the newly elected chairman of the RNC. He was elected about 6 weeks ago and has done everything he can to stick his foot in his mouth.

First, he went after senate repubs saying he won't help them if they don't fall in line. Then, he went after Limbaugh and had to apologized two days later. He's also tried to seem "hip" with using hip hop jargon.

Now, in an interview with GQ that transpired back in february, he has really jumped ship on two of the biggest issues to repubs: Abortion and Homosexuality.

On abortion:

How much of your pro-life stance, for you, is informed not just by your Catholic faith but by the fact that you were adopted?
Oh, a lot. Absolutely. I see the power of life in that—I mean, and the power of choice! The thing to keep in mind about it… Uh, you know, I think as a country we get off on these misguided conversations that throw around terms that really misrepresent truth.

Explain that.
The choice issue cuts two ways. You can choose life, or you can choose abortion. You know, my mother chose life. So, you know, I think the power of the argument of choice boils down to stating a case for one or the other.

About Homosexuality

Do you think homosexuality is a choice?
Oh, no. I don’t think I’ve ever really subscribed to that view, that you can turn it on and off like a water tap. Um, you know, I think that there’s a whole lot that goes into the makeup of an individual that, uh, you just can’t simply say, oh, like, “Tomorrow morning I’m gonna stop being gay.” It’s like saying, “Tomorrow morning I’m gonna stop being black.”

So, basically the new RNC chairman says that women have a choice and gays are born the way they are. Steele could also have run for the DNC chair position that was vacated by Dean.

Rush Really Does Run the GOP

Steele, after calling Limbaugh an "entertainer", has backtracked on his statements and issued an apology.

"I went back at that tape and I realized words that I said weren't what I was thinking," Steele said. "It was one of those things where I thinking I was saying one thing, and it came out differently. What I was trying to say was a lot of people ... want to make Rush the scapegoat, the bogeyman, and he's not."

If the chairman of the GOP is issuing apologies to Rush, then who else is leading the party except for... Rush.

My suggestion to dems is tie the GOP and Rush together and use him as the bogeyman. Why not? He is only palpable to the crazies on the right and if the dems can really show that link then they can neutralize the GOP party as the party of "Rush". Who would vote for Rush??? Crazies.

New GOP Chairman out to Lunch

Not only is the new chairman of the RNC got legal problems, he's kind of an idiot. In an interview with George Stephanopoulus there's this exchange (via Jack and Jill Politic)

STEELE: You’ve got to look at what’s going to create sustainable jobs. What this administration is talking about is making work. It is creating work.

STEPHANOPOULOS: But that’s a job.

STEELE: No, it’s not a job. A job is something that — that a business owner creates. It’s going to be long term. What he’s creating…

STEPHANOPOULOS: So a job doesn’t count if it’s a government job?

(CROSSTALK)

STEELE: Hold on. No, let me — let me — let me finish. That is a contract. It ends at a certain point, George. You know that. These road projects that we’re talking about have an end point.

As a small-business owner, I’m looking to grow my business, expand my business. I want to reach further. I want to be international. I want to be national. It’s a whole different perspective on how you create a job versus how you create work. And I’m — either way, the bottom line is…

STEPHANOPOULOS: I guess I don’t really understand that distinction.

STEELE: Well, the difference — the distinction is this. If a government — if you’ve got a government contract that is a fixed period of time, it goes away. The work may go away. That’s — there’s no guarantee that that — that there’s going to be more work when you’re done in that job.

STEPHANOPOULOS: Yes, but we’ve seen millions and millions of jobs going away in the private sector just in the last year.

STEELE: But they come — yes, they — and they come back, though, George. That’s the point. When they go — they’ve gone away before, and they come back.

Steele has no idea what he's talking about.  For some reason, there is a difference in types of jobs at the RNC. Do these government jobs get paid in rupies or something? 

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