Steele to Rush: I'm sorry

The Politico ^ | March 2, 2009 | Mike Allen

[going hot]

Maybe a couple million eff you e mails in 12 hours caused some concern?

[DakotaObserver]

What the hell is this Steele guy thinking? Either show some balls or don’t not this crap. This guy had two good articles about this, even if it is a bit lefty. www.runninglocal.wordpress.com. I think you have to scroll past some article on spies or something to get to the two about Steele and Rush.

DakotaObserver

[indthkr]

Time for Republicans to stop fighting among themselves and fight with the stupid ass Democrats

This really needs to happen by 2010 or we're all going to be walking around in Mao suits with little red books in our breast pockets.

[Redcloak]

Steele’s ass must be stinging.

[longtermmemmory]

Barakapolis?

where “da masses” had to go to obama’s sermon on the mount?

where obama was alone?

the acceptance where he was watching us watching him?

the creepy lone leader?

[ikeonic]

What about not challenging Hughley on the Nazi Party statement Mr. Steele?

You're absolutely right. Steele should have jumped out his chair at that comment and responded immediately. Jindal would have. Huckabee would have.

McCain let Whoopi Goldberg on the View insinuate that Republicans would reenslave black people. McCain let that slide instead of responding, "No, Whoopi. The very first Republican President, fought a war where hundreds of thousands of Americans died to ensure your freedom and then they put in place the 13th Amendment to guarantee that freedom secured by the shedding of their blood." Instead, McCain let it go. I was pissed at J-Mac for not responding directly and forcefully to Whoopi's comments. His silence let her and others like her continue to perpetuate the great lie.

So, yes, Republicans need to learn to respond to such ridiculous comments by acting outraged and dispensing the cold, hard truth.

When Obama gets on his high horse about education, remind Americans that he spends $60k a year to educate his own kids at an uber elite private school. $60k a year is nearly $29/hour and that's after taxes. How many "living wage" Democrats can afford that kind of education for their children? Nobody can make that point better than Michael Steele. That's what he should be talking about rather than getting sucked into pointless conversations about Limbaugh and whether skin colors at the GOP convention match D.L. Hughley's definition of America.

Talk about ideas, values, morals and stop all the B.S. identity politics and diversion tactics. Divide and conquer is the Democrats' game. Conservatives must always stand on principles. When we fail, it is because we've betrayed our principles. Even D.L. Hughley admitted our principles sound great.

[ecomcon]

More of the mealy mouthed pablum that got us where we are now. Steele should actually watch Rush’s monumental cpac speech and learn how one articulates and promotes philosophical conservatism.

Rule #1 is know what you believe and make the conscious decision to defend it without exception, at all times, everywhere.

Rule #2 is stop apologizing to media types for ideas you say you believe in.

[beaversmom]

Good post.

[MayflowerMadam]

TO STEELE:

Too little.
Too late.
Too pathetic.
Too insincere.
Go away.
You’re not the head of the GOP.

[gidget7]

Steele allowed media hacks to intimidate him. THAT has to stop, and it goes for all media on the left as well as the pols.

[adorno]

1. He doesn't need a certain number of votes to keep his job.

and

2. He makes LOTS of $$$ by selling ad space on radio internet, and other venues

Without the "votes" he gets, he wouldn't be able to sell any advertising spots which pay his "salary".



Both of your points above are completely related.

And, you are actually quite wrong about Rush's "voters".

Though his votes don't come from an actual election in the traditional sense, he does need the public to tune in to his radio show. Without that "audience" which comprises his "votes", he wouldn't be as popular as he is and he wouldn't have a radio show. Bottom line is, his audience are his "voters". And he needs those "voters" in order to keep his job.

Air personalities come and go, and Rush is still around by way of his large audience. The air personalities and radio stations that failed did so because their "audience" was non-existent. In other words, the lack of audience "voted" them out.

[NonLinear]

He’s a plant (mole) , and a RINO.

Did you say "mole"?

[indthkr]

"Bottom line is, his audience are his 'voters'. And he needs those "voters" in order to keep his job.

Perhaps, but he can (and does) quite well with only 20-30% of the "voters".

Other people can't be very successful unless they actually get 50% + 1%.

[Beagle8U]

SCRAP Steele!

[brwnsuga]

Mr. Steele is messin’ with the wrong guy.

[iowamark]

Steele is a “good man” only if you are a leftist pro-abort. I was one of those who was willing to give him a chance despite his leftist associations and comments. (Says he is pro-life but supports Roe v. Wade? WTF?)

No more. He is done. Over. He voluntarily identified himself as a traitor to conservatism and the Republican party. Agrees that we are “Nazis.”

No sober person could ever trust him again.

[adorno]

Perhaps, but he can (and does) quite well with only 20-30% of the "voters".

Other people can't be very successful unless they actually get 50% + 1%.

Think about the difference in the "audiences" or "voters".

Which audience is easier to reach and inform (or misinform) and keep?

To get his 20-30% of the audience and then to keep them loyal and coming back for more speaks louder for Rush than an audience which is mostly ignorant, ill-informed, and easily duped.

When compared, which audience, or "voters", are best informed and better educated? Is it Rush's or Obama's or any other politician with the 50% + 1 plurality?

I would say that it's a lot harder to attain and keep Rush's audience than to get a simple majority of voters.

[Beagle8U]

Steele is a worthless liberal puke!

Pro queer agenda, pro abortion, and anti gun.

[NeoCaveman]

I would say that it's a lot harder to attain and keep Rush's audience than to get a simple majority of voters.

Sure it is easier. All you have to do is wait for the party in power to fall out of favor, then your party wins 50%+1 at least.

Holding an audience for as long as possible as to charge confiscatory commercial rates, now that takes talent.

[jackv]

“Pro queer agenda, pro abortion, and anti gun.”

Oh bull. Show me that and I would agree. You are as nuts as most liberals!

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