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Steele to Rush: I'm sorry
The Politico ^ | March 2, 2009 | Mike Allen

Posted on 03/02/2009 3:20:29 PM PST by Dan Nunn

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To: flintsilver7

agree flint.. If we are going to rise above the fray...we will have to be more tolerant. OooH that word tolerance..I know people dont like it, but it doesnt mean giving up your values it may mean admitting your wrong sometimes!

Thanks


381 posted on 03/02/2009 9:24:31 PM PST by Texas4ever (God is Good!)
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To: Dan Nunn
Asked if he planned to apologize, Steele said: “I wasn’t trying to offend anybody. So, yeah, if he’s offended, I’d say: Look, I’m not in the business of hurting people’s feelings here. … My job is to try to bring us all together.”

Plain and simple, that's not an apology in any way, shape or form.

382 posted on 03/02/2009 9:45:55 PM PST by RJL
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To: Upstate NY Guy
Do your job!

AMEN!!! And doing your job right now means that every word out of your your mouth should be geared toward hanging this idiotic "stimulus" around the necks of everyone who had a hand in helping it become law!

383 posted on 03/02/2009 9:50:48 PM PST by Bigun ("It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere." Voltaire)
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To: Spunky
I don't think a person would come up with a word like "incendiary" if you are a little bit "inarticulate."

Excellent point.
384 posted on 03/02/2009 9:54:13 PM PST by CottonBall
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To: penelopesire
Overwhelmingly agreed. Steele was a new hire that unfortunately did not have the blend of character, knowledge, and tact that are paramount to the position.

There are many more qualifications to the position he aspired to than knowing a well timed apology while exiting this job will help him land another.

This reminds me of Geraldo drawing a line in the sand depicting how our forces had cut a road through the desert and were planning to surprise SoDamInsane from a different direction than his counterpart Baghdad Bob expected. All the sorries in the world (Actually, he blamed it on the "rats" at NBC, LOL) weren't going to keep him in his assignment.

385 posted on 03/02/2009 9:55:23 PM PST by 4woodenboats (Whoa, Bambi, Whoa. Back that thought into the barn and don't let it out till it's grown up.)
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To: The Worthless Miracle
"Will we ever get strong conservatives to represent us again? Ever??"

Not from the Republican Party.

386 posted on 03/02/2009 9:55:52 PM PST by matthew fuller (The Bush Recession is history- The Obama Catastrophe is arriving as we speak!)
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To: 4woodenboats

Yes..yes..yees...lol


387 posted on 03/02/2009 10:18:52 PM PST by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: Dan Nunn

“My job is to try to bring us all together.”

I don’t want to be brought together with libtards. I want them defeated, so soundly that they are not a force for at least the rest of my life.


388 posted on 03/02/2009 10:52:02 PM PST by dsc (A man with an experience is never at the mercy of a man with an argument.)
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To: 4woodenboats

Cut me a brake,he said some things about a radio host.


389 posted on 03/02/2009 10:55:09 PM PST by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: Dan Nunn
"Steele to Rush: I'm sorry..."

That' nice Mr Steele, no I suggest you polish up the resume...

390 posted on 03/02/2009 10:58:45 PM PST by Mad Dawgg ("`Eddies,' said Ford, `in the space-time continuum.' `Ah,' nodded Arthur, `is he? Is he?'")
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To: PhilDragoo
"Michael Steele is an apologist anxious to grovel and scramble back into the golf cart for drinks at the club house."

Well written!

That is definitely the vibe I am getting off him right now!

391 posted on 03/02/2009 11:02:22 PM PST by Mad Dawgg ("`Eddies,' said Ford, `in the space-time continuum.' `Ah,' nodded Arthur, `is he? Is he?'")
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To: flintsilver7
They didn’t even need to tear down any Republican candidates - we did that for them. It must be amusing for all the radical leftists in this country to watch us eat our own over and over.

These are the same ones that brag about their "purist conservativeness"...brand anyone they don't agree with 100% a RINO...and directly or indirectly, they are greatly responsible for helping put obama into office!

392 posted on 03/03/2009 1:52:00 AM PST by top 2 toe red
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To: lookout88
At least it was a start. Now he needs to show action and prove himself. He better do it right now.

He needs to get off the damn TV. He obviously can't handle refuting garbage. The Hughley tape was nine minutes of torture, and all Steele did was pander, nod his head and let the "Nazi convention" comment just sail on by, while appearing to agree with it. And those "ugly" and "incendiary" comments slipped out a bit too glibly to just brush away.  Does he agree with Hughley? Do his beliefs depend on who his audience is? Who knows?

He should either resign or shut up and do the job he was elected to do -- the Republican Party needs reorganization, closed primaries and some kind of rapport with the grass roots -- not a TV personality without a spine.

393 posted on 03/03/2009 3:50:11 AM PST by browardchad
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To: Dan Nunn
top Democrats are trying to make Limbaugh the face of the Republican Party,

I cannot see how anything could be better than that becoming reality - the K street liberal lites who sold us out need to go as fast as possible.

“The Republican Party has turned into the Rush Limbaugh Party.”

To wit; "I can think of nothing better."

394 posted on 03/03/2009 4:00:54 AM PST by bill1952 (McCain and the GOP were worthless)
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To: Dan Nunn

There’s a big difference between, “I’m sorry you were offended,” and “I’m sorry I was WRONG.”


395 posted on 03/03/2009 4:01:37 AM PST by RedTail
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To: Dan Nunn
"Asked if he planned to apologize, Steele said: “I wasn’t trying to offend anybody.So, yeah, if he’s offended, I’d say: Look, I’m not in the business of hurting people’s feelings here. … My job is to try to bring us all together.”

Sounds like one of those "reverse" apologies, not an apology at all.

396 posted on 03/03/2009 4:20:01 AM PST by NoGrayZone (Who Is John Galt?)
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To: ReneeLynn

I totally agree with your #118. Imagine Rush having his “feelings hurt” by such as Michael Steele. The point is Steele hurt the Conservative movement AND the Republican Party—NOT some “feelings”...


397 posted on 03/03/2009 4:42:10 AM PST by Sal (The Mr. Cool mask has slipped and exposed the naked face of the Chicago Street Thug.)
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To: Mercat
"I’m ok with giving the guy a break. Remember President Reagan’s 11th commandment."

Even Reagan made a couple of mistakes. I am convinced that the 11th commandment was one of them. Tolerating RINOs because they have an R after their name, compromising conservative principles for party unity, and voting for the lesser of two evils has not turned out very well. The most recent example is Arlen Specter. There is no trust, including myself, that Republicans will actually do what they say. It's time to clean out the party and rebuild the trust through actions, not just lip service. I am tired of spineless Republicans who will not play hardball and stick to Conservative principles. Conservatism Sells

398 posted on 03/03/2009 4:55:11 AM PST by Anomoly99 (Anomoly (sp) - Sorry, A product of Public Schools)
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To: Dan Nunn
When will these guys learn?

Michael Steele is a politician, who like most politicians tells the audience he's talking to what they want to hear. Obama pulled one of these same goofs during his campaign when he said one thing in San Francisco and the opposite thing in Pennsylvania.

Steele and Obama have one thing in common....they're both liberals (and pro affirmative action).

Hopefully the net effect of Steele stepping on his crank like this will be a sharp movement to the right.

399 posted on 03/03/2009 5:25:30 AM PST by Retired COB (Still mad about Campaign Finance Reform)
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To: Huck

Exactly!!!! We already know who Steele, the GOP and the RNC are.

Time to stop yammering about the obvious and do something meaningful—like forming a new conservative party that will run conservative candidates.

And don’t tell me it can’t be done. Anything is possible if enough people, time, determination and money get behind it.

The GOP and RNC are nothing more than demrat institutions by another name.


400 posted on 03/03/2009 5:28:25 AM PST by dools007
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