Way to go Mike, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
Next contestant.
Look at the dynamics here.
Rush had several main cable networks covering his entire speech, perhaps 40 million people watching total. Steele goes on CNN and sticks a knife in Rush’s back for what ever reason to an audience of around 4 or 5 million. (If that)
Steele has only alienated himself from the conservative base and now has a huge task of trying to undo the label he just stamped himself with.
Therefore, the damage was done mostly to himself. While in regards to Rush, more Liberals were forced to see Rush as he truly is, which defeats their bias towards him. Many must have realized that he actually makes sense, which opens the door for them to listen to him more often.
Either Steele is jealous of Rush because he cannot achieve the same folk status that Rush has, or he is grossly out of touch with his base. It is probably a combination of both.
The Republican party seems to be infected with the same racial guilt that the Bolsheviks on the other side of the aisle have. We keep elevating members of minority groups and calling them consevatives without really properly vetting them. Thomas Sowell is a conservative. Clarence Thomas is a conservative. Walter Williams is a consevative. Deroy Murdock is a conservative. Shelby Steele is a conservative.
Colin Powell is not. Condoleeza Rice is not. And this clown, Michael Steele, is definitely, not.
Until we purge ourselves of our racial guilt we are going to continue to attribute to these RINOs conservative values which they DO NOT HAVE. No more “affirmative action” conservatives. They are all RINOs.
PS I think we’re in danger of doing the same thing with Governor Palin as a result of gender guilt. I mostly like what I’ve heard from Governor Palin but not all (Wall St. greed, etc.) I don’t know how much of what she said during the campaign was McCain-speak and how much of it was the Governor. She needs to be vetted just like this clown, Steele, should have been.
PSS By the way Mr.Steele you condescendingly put down Rush as simply “an entertainer”. What the hell do you think DL Hughley is?