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Steele to speak at RNC tonight
Baltimore Sun ^ | September 2, 2008 | By David Nitkin

Posted on 09/02/2008 8:34:03 AM PDT by George - the Other

"I think Michael is going to play a major role ... in the not-too-distant future back in Maryland, becoming a statewide leader in a way that I think would be terrific," Newt Gingrich, a former GOPAC leader and speaker of the House, said last month at the group's convention in Washington.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: blacks; mccain; palin; rncconvention

1 posted on 09/02/2008 8:34:03 AM PDT by George - the Other
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To: George - the Other

Another one that I LIKE very much....
Michael Steele is articulate, humorous and has a TON of common sense.


2 posted on 09/02/2008 8:37:12 AM PDT by SumProVita ("Cogito ergo sum pro vita." .....updated Descartes)
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To: George - the Other
To Democrats, Sarah Palin is a "ditzy broad".

To Democrats, Michael Steele is an "uppity colored".

To Democrats, Bobby Jindal is a 7/11 manager.

To Democrats, Conservative Jews show that "Hitler didn't finish the job."

3 posted on 09/02/2008 8:42:13 AM PDT by MuttTheHoople
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To: George - the Other

Well, what a snarky little article!

I love Michael and I wish McCain could have two vice-presidents. Perhaps McCain will be smart and invite him to sit in his cabinet. In any case, does anyone know what the schedule is so I can figure out about when Michael might speak? I have a lot to do tonight and can’t ignore my obligations but don’t want to miss Lt. Gov. Steele either.


4 posted on 09/02/2008 8:43:38 AM PDT by ottbmare
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To: SumProVita

He was on my “wish list” for Veep. Then came Sarah...


5 posted on 09/02/2008 8:47:21 AM PDT by TNdandelion (Paris Hilton for Prez! That's hot.)
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To: George - the Other

Hit it out of the park tonight, Michael. Sarah needs a running mate in 2012.


6 posted on 09/02/2008 8:49:26 AM PDT by NonValueAdded ("John McCain has a birthday but he gives US the present.")
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To: TNdandelion

Steele was one of my choices too....but I think the choice of Palin at this juncture is sheer genius. Given the reactions and dirt-digging of the Left....it was the right one. Lol...


7 posted on 09/02/2008 8:49:39 AM PDT by SumProVita ("Cogito ergo sum pro vita." .....updated Descartes)
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To: NonValueAdded

Tonight is Michael’s coming out party!
Palin/Steele 2012!


8 posted on 09/02/2008 8:51:09 AM PDT by Mr. Binnacle (Baby, Everybody's Had to Fight to be Free - Tom Petty)
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To: NonValueAdded

It really would be great if he became McCain’s Press Secretary.


9 posted on 09/02/2008 8:51:29 AM PDT by Radl (rtr)
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To: ottbmare

I’d love for this to be true, but Steele is going to have a tough time finding a spot in Maryland from which to “relaunch.” Ehrlich has first dibs on O’Malley. The Senate was a no-go.

Where does he fit? He can’t go back to State Legislative Politics.

P.G. County isn’t a fit for him, and he’s too conservative to get elected in Montgomery County. Plus, he’d have to take on the VanHollen machine, so that doesn’t work.


10 posted on 09/02/2008 8:51:35 AM PDT by Loyolas Mattman
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To: Radl

Now that’s a good idea.


11 posted on 09/02/2008 8:52:07 AM PDT by Loyolas Mattman
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To: ottbmare

I’d be inclined to tell Bobby to take a seat and give the Man of Steele a shot at Mayor Carcetti.

Ehrlich’s had his shot, what reason is there to think that he’d beat O’Malley this time around?


12 posted on 09/02/2008 8:54:58 AM PDT by Loyolas Mattman
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To: George - the Other

I can’t wait to hear him speak tonight! I’ve heard a lot about him and am looking forward to his speech!


13 posted on 09/02/2008 9:00:46 AM PDT by sneakers (Liberty is the answer to the human condition.)
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To: ottbmare

"Perhaps McCain will be smart and invite him to sit in his cabinet."

I'm another Michael Steel fan. And I like your idea.


14 posted on 09/02/2008 9:03:26 AM PDT by GloriaJane (http://www.download.com/gloriajane)
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To: George - the Other

Quick note: Steele is speaking tonight, but Rudy isn’t (per Fox News crawl)


15 posted on 09/02/2008 9:07:29 AM PDT by Mr Inviso
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To: Mr Inviso

What time does Steele go off?


16 posted on 09/02/2008 9:08:49 AM PDT by Loyolas Mattman
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To: George - the Other

WOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO


17 posted on 09/02/2008 9:14:22 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana (McCain/Palin Now that's a ticket that deserves a tagline)
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To: George - the Other

WOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO


18 posted on 09/02/2008 9:14:31 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana (McCain/Palin Now that's a ticket that deserves a tagline)
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To: GloriaJane

Steele was treated very poorly by the Bush Administration. I felt ashamed that he was not given some sort of encouragement. He is just what the Republican Party needs, and strategists and higher-ups who do not see this are fools. I’m sure Steele feels great loyalty to Maryland, but it is a stubbornly Democrat state and he has little future here. He needs to take part in the McCain-Palin Adminstration and then the Palin Adminstration after that. He could do immense good in reaching out to black voters and persuading them that they do not need to stay on the plantation (to use Star Parker’s phrase).


19 posted on 09/02/2008 9:21:20 AM PDT by ottbmare
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To: TNdandelion
He was on my “wish list” for Veep. Then came Sarah...

Mine too.

20 posted on 09/02/2008 9:25:56 AM PDT by pby
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To: ottbmare

His speaking tonight shows he’s on his way up the ladder.

I’ll be watching.


21 posted on 09/02/2008 9:39:05 AM PDT by GloriaJane (http://www.download.com/gloriajane)
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To: George - the Other

Black Republicans....truly unheralded and smeared by the leftist gargoyles. Why most Black Americans reject the finest among them is maddeningly insane. Blinded liberalism poisoning of the sheeple syndrome.


22 posted on 09/02/2008 10:03:58 AM PDT by tflabo (:)
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To: MuttTheHoople
To Democrats, Michael Steele is an "uppity colored".

So much worse...

In Maryland, they threw Oreo cookies at him during some of his campaign stops.

23 posted on 09/02/2008 10:27:16 AM PDT by pby
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To: GloriaJane

I had the pleasure of meeting Michael Steele twice. Once at an Ehrlich-Steele fundraiser, the second at a gig I played where he was the guest speaker. About that second meeting, it was for a state-workers group, of whom at least 75% were black, and he was well received.

It’s like the time I was driving along in western MD and tuned into a radio station talk show. Just before it faded out someone said, “you’d be surprised at just how many black Republicans there were.”

Democrats don’t want to acknowledge this, but as more and more blacks work their way into prosperity, they are throwing of the shackles of liberal-victimization and embracing conservative ideals.

George


24 posted on 09/02/2008 2:05:01 PM PDT by George - the Other ("Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent" - G. Orwell)
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