Posted on 02/01/2009 12:16:20 PM PST by Peter Andrew Conservative
"Why on earth would 168 leading republicans in the RNC pick “the most moderate candidate” after such a huge defeat of the centrist, moderate McCainiac’s Disease in 2008?" http://conservativeamerican.org/conservatives/does-this-sound-conservative/
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The Wall Street Journal also says the Steele pick is a hard move to the left, writing: “GOP leaders sought to broaden the battered party’s ideological and regional appeal beyond its conservative, Southern base…His moderate views and charisma could help the party combat the impression that it is insensitive to minorities, working people and those with divergent views on social and economic issues. He’s also likely to bring more openness and diversity to the RNC.”
Since Jan 15, 2009
see #18, Steele had some things to say this AM on the subject.
Is there some plot to smear Steele as a moderate. Can anyone find a citation claiming Steele was the moderate before he was elected? Before the election, he was the "evil conservative."
“Do you think the election of moderate Michael Steele to run the republican party is a move to kick the conservatives overboard?”
YES!
That is why the REPUBLICANS are the STUPID PARTY!
He’s another COLIN POWELL.
He’s another J.C. WATTS.
BOTH were put in there because of their COLOR
and beimg MODERATE.
It didn’t work.
If being a MODERATE worked then McPain in the arse would be our President. He’s a BIG TIME “MODERATE”.
A troll, No. Misguided, I sincerely hope so.
If she was referring to the OP, I would say ‘okay’....but her post was a reply to Tarpon’s post in #3.
That infers she is responding to Tarpon and not the OP (original poster)
Folks here have gone rah rah GOP moderates even though that just got rebuked by 9 million votes two mnoths ago
conservatism is on the wane at FR
maybe it’s just the weekend
Blackwell or Dawson were much better choices
Please explain it to me. Would the TNC be better of electing Duncan, who thinks Lincoln Chaffee is too rightwing?
Good post.
Don;t let the RHINOS bother you.
They have NO conservative values or beliefs.
All the do is BRAY when someone who is a conservative is upset with more liberal hijacking of the GOP. Steele is another RHINO who is BLACK. You’d think that after COLIN POWELL and J.C.WATTS the GOP would wise up - it’s not about COLOR. It’s all about IDEOLOGY and Steele is a RHINO like McPain. It won’t work. People like myself are FED UP with this HORSE CRAP.
The big tent is needed, led by conservative principles. Purity may lead to disaster.
You can have Steele.
Hope yall are happy.
He’s milquetoast, uninspiring, so-so speaker and just more of the same Fox News Reports type GOP head.
He was picked over more conservative options on purpose.
See WSJ article above
I guess I’m glad I turned in my GOP Membership after this last election. My nose STILL HURTS from holding it HARD ENOUGH TO BE able to vote for Palin and WHATSHISNAME!
Geeeeez! If you had listened to the speech you might have learned something.
I’m not sure why Steele is being called “moderate” because in all the times I’ve seen him on FOX, he’s never appeared to me to be very moderate about anything.
And .. if he was moderate .. then why did the dems BREAK THE LAW - STEALING HIS PRIVATE PAPERS - TO KEEP HIM FROM WINNING HIS ELECTION. If the guy was moderate they would have been able to deal with him - and obviously he could not be dealt with.
Can anybody explain to me - logically - why Steele is being called a “moderate” ..??
I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised, time will tell.
Woa now.....I never said I supported Duncan.
My first choice was Blackwell and then Dawson.
Do you know all of the Steele’s positions?
His big tent vision?
Have you read his RKBA comments?
His membership in Whitman’s group he only left last summer to get in line for this run?
Have you seen him speak in a chaellenged environment...he’s ok but he’s no Haley?
He’s just more Ken Mehlman which is what got us where we are...he may even be left of Mehlman.
I’m sick of moderate GOP jockeying for the outer perimeter position of the Democrat party.
Another newbie using the screen name buzz words like life, taxes, conservative.
Ho hum.
Doesn't that mean "go along to get along"?
He cofounded thus group just 18 months ago for starters:
http://www.whitmanstrategygroup.com/ourteamctw2.html
tell me if you think this group represents conservative values
wake up folks
pretty much
it’s about party not ideology
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