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Steele: Sanford, Ensign affairs 'old news, old school'

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Lone_Star_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Jul-09-09 02:05 PM
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Steele: Sanford, Ensign affairs 'old news, old school'
Source: CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele dismissed recent extramarital affairs by two prominent members of his party as "old news, old school" at a GOP dinner in Indianapolis on Wednesday night.

Steele was referring to headline grabbing stories like admissions of infidelity by South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and Nevada Sen. John Ensign, and suggested he has moved on.

"That's not the generation of candidates I'm trying to groom," Steele said, according to the Indianapolis Star.

Steele said the Republican Party should get back to its small-government roots and listed Republican governors like Haley Barbour of Mississippi, Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota, Bobby Jindal of Louisiana and Mitch Daniels of Indiana of Indiana as "laboratories for the ideas we believe in."

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/07/09/steele-...

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   Republican's throwing their own under the bus  dethl   Jul-09-09 02:10 PM   #1 
   Bobby Jindal? Volcano monitoring?  Bette Noir   Jul-09-09 02:21 PM   #2 
   Yeah, yeah, yeah. Duck and run, eh, Michael?  Metta   Jul-09-09 02:22 PM   #3 
   Shouldn't steele be concerned about  Cha   Jul-09-09 02:22 PM   #4 
   Old School: Mark Sanford, 49. John Ensign, 51. New generation: Haley Barbour, 61; Mitch Daniels, 60  Demit   Jul-09-09 02:25 PM   #5 
   For the love of heaven, why must you insist on confusing Steele with facts?  No Elephants   Jul-09-09 02:39 PM   #6 
   Oh lord, Mikey is going to "groom" people now??? That should  monmouth   Jul-09-09 02:44 PM   #7 
   Sanford & Ensign affairs old news ...  zbdent   Jul-09-09 02:45 PM   #8 
   Reeps get a free pass, not Dems.  ananda   Jul-09-09 03:15 PM   #9 
   So married men should be getting their freaky nasty on the DL with some strange.  Wizard777   Jul-09-09 03:25 PM   #10 
   I am hoping for Haley Barbour. Please let him run with Palin.  AlinPA   Jul-09-09 03:55 PM   #11 
   "Groom"...wow...he really is a houseboy  mitchum   Jul-09-09 04:13 PM   #12 
 
dethl (460 posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Jul-09-09 02:10 PM
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1. Republican's throwing their own under the bus
Grab the popcorn folks, 2010 is going to be a doozy for the 'Pubs.

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Bette Noir (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Jul-09-09 02:21 PM
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2. Bobby Jindal? Volcano monitoring?
He's gonna have to do better than that.

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Metta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Thu Jul-09-09 02:22 PM
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3. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Duck and run, eh, Michael?
Talk about having no courage or sense of responsibility.

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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Donate to DU! Thu Jul-09-09 02:22 PM
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4. Shouldn't steele be concerned about
"grooming" himself, first?

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Demit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Jul-09-09 02:25 PM
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5. Old School: Mark Sanford, 49. John Ensign, 51. New generation: Haley Barbour, 61; Mitch Daniels, 60
Hahahahahahahaaa! Michael Steele, pathetic idiot whatever age he is.

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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Jul-09-09 02:39 PM
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6. For the love of heaven, why must you insist on confusing Steele with facts?

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monmouth Donating Member (1000+ posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Jul-09-09 02:44 PM
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7. Oh lord, Mikey is going to "groom" people now??? That should
turn out well.

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zbdent (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Jul-09-09 02:45 PM
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8. Sanford & Ensign affairs old news ...
Edited on Thu Jul-09-09 02:45 PM by zbdent
now ... here's breaking news about Chappaquiddick, and Marilyn Monroe double-doing JFK & RFK ...

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ananda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Jul-09-09 03:15 PM
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9. Reeps get a free pass, not Dems.
nt

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Wizard777 (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Jul-09-09 03:25 PM
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10. So married men should be getting their freaky nasty on the DL with some strange.
You've come a long way baby! :rofl:

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11. I am hoping for Haley Barbour. Please let him run with Palin.

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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Thu Jul-09-09 04:13 PM
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12. "Groom"...wow...he really is a houseboy

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