It should be up to the states as should most things.
A rino and a loon, both who have “creative financial” issues and both who would be ignored if not for the color of their skin.
This was a horrible and stupid gaffe by Steele. He shouldn’t have lowered himself to engage in this semantic idiocy.
It’s unfortunate that Keyes is trying to seize on the opportunity and becoming a tool for the Dems, as they split the Conservatives from the GOP. Great gameplan for the Horde of Moelek!
Keyes would more effectively spend his time debating liberals and people who actively seek to kill unborn children, rahter than Steele.
Course, IMHO, Keyes against anybody, Keyes wins. Keyes is a fair to middlin orator with the mind of a Founding Father.
What is particularly annoying to me is this isn’t even his job. He needs to raise money and rebuild party infrastructure. If he was just focusing on that, none of these retarded gaffes would be happening.
More details from the transcript on the news story posted here yesterday.
As far as I’m concerned, Steele is a loser. His flub over Limbaugh was bad enough, but this is beyond enough.
He has to go.
States Rights..
Keyes will be just flapping his lips. The GOP leadership knew what they were getting with Steele. If Keyes could validate his position by getting himself elected it would be more convincing but I fear the GOP is a lost cause now.
I may not agree with it, but this is a perfectly legitimate pro-life stance to push for simply a return to pre-Roe state rule on this matter.
Doesn’t mean I agree, but that is a pro-life position still.
To think if only Keyes had won Illinois back in ‘04 where might we be now.
I agree with Steele here - legally, Roe v. Wade violates the 10th Amendment of the Constitution. The feds had no standing to make some blanket ruling on Abortion on behalf of the States.
You want to make a cesspool out of MA, then let them abort all the babies they want. However, give the rest of us who think its murder the opportunity to live and work in states that think its murder.
Translation: "Whoops...I said 'individual'.....uh, I meant the STATES....yeah INDIVIDUAL states...that's it!"
Steele is such an utter moron. I said he was an unreliable RINO, soft on guns, and sounded like a dumb jock when we were considering a new GOP head. I was called a racist. Now, unfortunately, I am being proven right on a weekly basis.
The repubs elected him to this post. Let them smell his stinky ilk and move on with first getting rid of him and second electing a CONSERVATIVE that will move the party forward, not looking for reparation. Obama will take care of that.
Moving the decision back to the states where it belongs, consitutionally, would allow the local action groups to fight locally for incremental limitations, such as allowing abortion but insisting on parental notification, etc. Local citizens could travel more easily to the state capital to get involved, local churches and retired grandparents with the time but not the means to travel to DC could get involved, and various other benefits.
I think it was Rush who said the Republicans can’t out-liberal the liberals. The RNC needs to figure that out.
Did anyone check Steele’s Party Affiliation before he was selected RNC chair?
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We need to work on getting Steele out of there quick. - He is a real loose cannon.
At first I liked Steele after seeing him on FOX during the year. I changed my mind when he threw Rush under the bus on that black liberal show and then when he gave in to the pro choice question. To me it’s fence sitting or like voting “present”. Luke warm water makes you want to spit it out. He doesn’t have the backbone to stand up for what the party represents. Sorry Steele, we need a natural born leader not a wuss.
When will Steele get tired of making an ass of himself and get around to DOING HIS FREAKING JOB?!?! It must be fun to be getting all of this attention, maybe he believes there really is no such thing as bad press. But how is that fundraising going, Mr. Steele? How bad will the press look when the Republican party has to *fire* their first African American RNC head?