Posted on 03/05/2009 9:23:17 AM PST by SolidWood
Michael Steele should resign as Republican National Committee (RNC) chairman, according to a committee member from North Carolina.
In an e-mail to fellow RNC members obtained by The Hill, Dr. Ada Fisher, North Carolina's national committeewoman, said Steele is "eroding confidence" in the GOP and that members of his transition team should encourage him to step aside. Fisher added Steele's personal e-mail address to the e-mail.
"I don't want to hear anymore [sic] language trying to be cool about the bling in the stimulus package or appealing to D.L. Hughley and blacks in a way that isn't going to win us any votes and makes us frankly appear to many blacks as quite foolish," Fisher wrote.
Fisher, who is one of three black members of the national committee, backed South Carolina GOP Chairman Katon Dawson, whom Steele edged out in the final round of voting to win the chairmanship in late January. She has voiced repeated opposition to Steele, sending dozens of e-mails to committee members even after Steele won election slamming him for any number of chips that have fallen awry.
Fisher’s call for Steele’s resignation comes amid growing frustration in the GOP that the new chairman’s repeated gaffes are hurting the party.
It remains unclear just how much trouble Steele may be in with his own membership. While several RNC members have told The Hill that Steele remains popular with their bases, Washington-based strategists are grumbling, an attitude that is slowly filtering down to the states.
Steele appeared over the weekend on Hughley's CNN show, where he fought back against the assertion that radio host Rush Limbaugh was the "de facto leader" of the Republican Party. Steele said he himself was the de facto leader and called Limbaugh an entertainer whose program's content was "incendiary" and "ugly."
On Monday, Limbaugh shot back, saying on his show that Steele was not the leader of the party and that many conservatives would "hang up" when Steele's RNC came calling for contributions.
"Limbaugh has already promised that 'His Conservatives' won't be giving to the RNC. I would suggest to you that that is a real bet," Fisher wrote. "If we can't raise money and continue to allow the alienation of the few varifiable [sic] red states remaining, we are foolish."
Steele later said he had reached out to Limbaugh to clarify his remarks, insisting he meant no offense. But the incident elicited crowing from Democrats, who for weeks have pursued a strategy seemingly designed to elevate Limbaugh to the front of the GOP line. Democrats would enjoy contrasting themselves with Limbaugh's assertion that he wants to see President Obama's economic policies fail.
Calling the Limbaugh-Steele clash a "Republican Horror Show," Fisher expressed what some other GOP strategists have until now only said privately: "I have never seen such ineptness in our GOP leadership," Fisher wrote. "And I though we handled the 2008 elections very poorly."
Fisher could not be reached for comment Thursday morning, while the RNC did not immediately have comment on her letter.
“You’re a liar. Steele never said he wanted the GOP to be more hip-hop.”
Ad hominem attacks are so unbecoming, especially when you are horribly wrong:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2189116/posts
I would call you a disgrace, but your posts already reflect that about you. Have a good day.
Another lie. He never agreed with anything of the sort. Being ambushed in an “interview” is not agreeing.
Where did the “like Nazis” thing come from?
Yep. Let's give him more time to advance his agenda.
“Society should draw lines. What do you need an assault weapon for, if you’re going hunting? That’s overkill. But I don’t think that means you go to a total ban for those who want to use gun for skeet shooting or hunting or things like that” -Michael Steele
Rush was stating a fact that conservatives would not be giving to the RNC unless Steele proved to them it was worth it to do so. Any 10 year old kid could figure that out.
Rush’s statement was NOT incendiary, but real. It was NOT ugly but stark. Rush was NOT being entertaining but informative.
I see you’re part of this group too. Figures.
“Just what Obama and the Democrats want: Republicans to shoot their own.”
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So if Steele is “one of our own”, I guess he is a Nazi too then.
I don't know? Libertarian? Constitution Party? A new party all together?
Oh....I agree. My comment was only that Rush was not instructing us to not give to the RNC. I was listening that day and it didn’t happen.
Steele was set up but he wasn’t misquoted.
Speaking only on my behalf, he blew it. I wouldn’t trust a thing out of Steele’s mouth any longer and I wouldn’t mind him resigning.
But Rush accepted the apology so Steele will be going nowhere for now. Calls for resignation from these members are therefore irrelevant. More so coming from a known Dawson supporter in which it would be interpreted as political and not a call based on conscience or performance.
Since he’s going nowhere, the only recourse is for members behind the scenes to make it quite clear what is and is not expected of him and force him toe that line. As well as aid him in the areas he clearly lacks competance in. He’s not the President of the United States. He’s an RNC Chairman elected; not selected by a GOP incumbent. This gives memebers more sway to dictate his agenda especially after this misstep. They need to do so.
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This Conservative hasn’t given in years. I do give directly to candidates I like. I won’t have my money go to RINOs through the Party.
Shove your “good day”. Doing the bidding of Democrat hit squads puts you in the enemy camp.
Like they did not forgive Sarah Palin for her subpar interview with Couric. I am concerned about Steele being perceived being an apologist for the Messiah. I am willing to give him more time to grow into the job but he better stop being an apologist for Obama and his agenda. That would be a deal-breaker for me. If in two months he is still carrying Obama’s water I will call for his dismissal. Mr. Steele, shape up or ship out!
“Shove your “good day”.”
You have about the intelligence quotient of Michael Steele, I see.
Listen pal, Steele brought this on his own. His ridiculous coments about the GOP going after the "hip-hop" crowd was completely laughable. No doubt that Democrats snickered when they heard this crap. Then he goes on Hughley's show, again just to show liberals that he's "keeping it real" and wants them to think that the GOP is not a party of old boring white guys.
I don't care what the Dems think about our infighting. I never liked Steele, he's your typical Republican who spouts empty platitudes and rhetoric instead of brand new ideas and fighting for conservatism. Personally, the job should have been offered to former NM Governor Gary Johnson, a solid fiscal conservative who could have brought in small libertarians into the GOP and unite to defeat the Dems.
You should at least give to the House Republicans...they are trying to stand up to Obama.
Here ya go: (we need to show them the money...imho)
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