That just sounds too “Muslim” to me...
Steele has already lost the conservatives with his recent comments. He might as well go before it gets too much closer to the next major elections.
Wildmon is the last person that Conservatives and Republicans should listen to.
I figured that out years ago.
We lost the last election without the Religious Right.
We can win the next one without them.
I wish Ken Blackwell had won.
Steele’s comments make fundraising very difficult.
A change in leadership and a committment to oppose Arlen Specter in the GOP Primary in PA next year might help.
But who wants to give to an organization whose leader has made comments like Steele has.
How did he get this high in the GOP? Who are the people behind him? I would love to know more about that.
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I’ll settle for his resignation.
He should be fired because he fell into the abortion trap like a green rookie. The GOP needs a smart professional politician, not a doofus like Steele.
You know who should have been RNC Chairman? Jeri Thompson, Fred Thompson’s wife. She’s attractive, sharp, and doesn’t back down from anybody. But she does have a youngster, so that may impact things a little.
That is about the stupidest thing I ever heard. The problem with the last 4 or 5 heads of the RNC is that they were too liberal. And they expressed that liberalism by the way they organized the party, chose which candidates to back, how to distribute the money, and how to organize the primaries and the convention.
At this point, I don't give a damn whether Steele apologizes for all his stupid remarks. He has made it clear that he is a RINO abortion lover. We don't need that in this key position. He will only use his position to ensure that we get more Juan McCains and Lincoln Chaffees and Arnold Schwarzennegers.
He must go.
Steele is a reflection of the Republican Party as a whole.
His statements are on record, and he is now damaged goods.
Some might think time will soften the damage perspective, therefore it isn’t really a problem, but there is no time for this as all the time is necessary to repair the Party. Democrats/opposition will not let go of this.
Steele needs to resign. The Party needs to replace him with someone whom can better represent him/herself in more favorable light, thus provide the necessary fresh start in the trek to repair the Party.
I never wanted Steele as the party chair in the first place — but then, the Repubs left me a long time ago. Had they chosen Katon Dawson, who I know, they would have done far better in the long run. Dawson was SC Party Chair for years, knows the way it works, understands his role and stands on PRINCIPLE. Steele is a purely political creature at a time that Conservatives DEMAND a principled leader, and the nation desparately NEEDS one!
Steele SHOULD go — but he ain’t going. The party powers-that-be would NEVER cut a minority party chair because they fear the long lingering accusaation of “racism.” NOT gonna happen...
Steele seems to be in over his head.
If you can’t say something that will help the party, keep your mouth shut.
I wanted Ken Blackwell to win. Too bad.
Steele is the product of a systemic problem within the Republican party. The party as a whole lacks conservative principles.
In light of Steele’s regrettable GQ interview, AFA President Don Wildmon asked members if the beleaguered Republican chief should resign from his post, declaring the former Lieutenant Governor of Maryland believes “abortion is a choice, and homosexuality is not.”
An overwhelming 94% of the more than 74,500 respondents answered Wildmon in the affirmative.
These people vote. They also give money to campaigns and political parties that represent them and do not insult them. They stay home during elections, change party affiliations, and stop the money flow, due to the multitude of RINO candidates that are foisted upon them by the RNC.
They are not stupid people who live in "flyover country." They understand that a RINO RNC Chairman who speaks like a RINO in public is not going to represent their convictions. He will not lead the conservative movement. He will not foster and promote the Republican Party as the Party of Life, because he does not share these convictions deep inside himself.
Both Chairman Steele and his socially conservative detractors, the number of which are growing by the thousands at AFA’s website, are sorely misinformed: The role of RNC Chairman is not one of a curator of opinion. Steele’s opinions on abortion and gay rights – whenever he settles on one – should have no influence on the implementation of sound strategies in his capacity as chairman.
Steele's opining in public, in opposition to any of the Republican Party planks, has everything to do with the type of impact he will have on the Party's future. He must leave NOW, or the Party will continue its downhill slide. That's indisputable fact. And if you want to persist in disagreement, just wait and you'll see for yourself soon enough.
The premature calls for the forcible ejection of the first African American chairman of the RNC – like those by the AFA’s tunnel-visioned membership – only offer credibility to the maddening circular firing squad meme.
Here we go again with the "circular firing squad." You and your ilk refuse to see that it's the conservatives who have been put in the center, and it's the RINOs that have the guns. How do I know that? Because it's the RINOs who keep on losing the elections, after all their work in selecting RINO candidates, and marginalizing the so called "Religious Right" with a superior air of mocking disgust.
I heard Rush Limbaugh mention "Red State" the other day. I took note because I've gone to your site every once in a while. Well, this article strikes me as the very antithesis of Rush's CPAC speech - very contrary to the whole concept of deeply held conservative values and principles as being the guiding force and basis for saving our country. I hope Rush sees this article, and I hope he hands your butt to you.
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Does any one have reliable stats on abortion rights polling?
Michael Steele you’re an affirmative Action choice who can’t cut it. Stop embarrassing us and resign
March 3, 2009, 7:15 am
By Kevin “Coach” Collins
collinsreport.net
Michael Steele it’s time for you to go. You’re an affirmative action failure who never should have been elected to run the RNC and you scare me. There is no evidence to suggest you have any grasp of your mission as RNC Chairman. With the life of our nation at stake, America has no time for you to learn. Nothing about you gives me hope or confidence we can turn our Party around.
I wanted to reserve my decision and give you the benefit of any doubt, yet frankly Mr. Steele your election as the first Black RNC Chair smelled fishy from the beginning.
After Obama’s election it seemed a bit too politically correct and looked like panicky affirmative action designed to attract people who will NEVER vote Republican anyway.
My suspicions about you proved well founded.
You just don’t get it.
Your remarks about Rush Limbaugh being an entertainer who is “incendiary” and at times “ugly” prove you don’t understand grassroots conservatism. I can’t overlook this shortcoming.
You are the de jure head of the Republican Party, but because of the vacuum your lack of leadership has produced, Rush Limbaugh IS the de facto leader of the Party.
I’m sick of a leaderless rudderless RNC giving us Bob Michel type leadership. I want a Chairman who will stand up and fight for conservatism and be able to distinguish friends from enemies.
Because of you I will revert to “Whitemailing” the RNC. I’ll send your envelops back with a note giving you a piece of my mind, but nothing else. I won’t contribute another penny to the RNC until you are gone Mr. Steele.
I speak only for myself, but I hope others will join me in this insistence that you leave office before we make any further contributions.
And one more thing Mr. Steele please can this “hip hop” crap. The “hip hop” culture will never vote for us and appealing to it only shows how little you understand about how to bring our Party back. It’s a waste of our time and scarce money and those people are laughing at you behind your back. It’s another embarrassment you have brought to us.