“Afraid to admit that we were right about Steele’s position on abortion?”
I’m afraid I’d be telling a lie then - Steele IS pro-life. He is an orthodox Mass-going Catholic, a former seminarian, and a Knight of Columbus. Not only is he against abortion but also against ESCR.
“You refused to acknowledge that his position is that he wants to keep abortion legal and does not want to have the courts overturn Roe v. Wade.”
Couldn’t be further from the truth - it’s actually exactly the opposite. Someone posted a wonderful link of Steele’s interview with, I believe, CNS concerning the race for the chairmanship in which he articulates his conservative and pro-life views. I can’t find it at the moment but it’s around here somewhere. Some FReeper has already posted it.
“BTW Steele has caused me to finally decide to unregister as a Republican. If this is the best the Republicans can do for a Chairman, one who wants to ‘reach out’ to abortionists and people promoting a radical homosexual agenda, then I can no longer be a Republican.”
Look, maybe Steele was wrong - maybe he will be wrong. Becuase sadly if this is the kind of knee-jerk reaction we are going to see then our demise is inevitable, I don’t care if Palin herself chairs the party. I just hope not. Everything gets taken out of context. Perhaps bringing in gay voters wasn’t the best choice because frankly there aren’t that many but certainly we can stick to our principles and still attract pro-choice voters on issues that we do share. It’s not a matter of abandoning the right to life to attract them!
You may well leave the GOP and that is your choice. However I see the GOP as the best vehicle for advancing conservatism. People who advocate third parties are frankly nuts - they have absolutely no name recognition and no infrastructure, while the GOP has all that just waiting for someone to take the handles.
In Michael Steele’s acceptance speech he mentioned conservatism multiple times and not once moderation or liberalism. Above all he is a COMMUNICATOR and a very talented and charismatic one at that (what this party in fact needed most of all). This party is blessed to have such a man at such a needed time.
Give the man some time. Patience, please.
BTW... steele takes over with 20 million... hussein has 245 million... get the picture yet? Someone’s team players are not leaving the locker room.
LLS