GOP candidate Steele says criticism was a joke

[wicket]

Yeah right :eyes:

He's just sorry he got caught! :nopity:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060726/ap_on_el_se/republicans_bush_8;_ylt=Asecu1Eb32a4NkOhG1qPLUQGw_IE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2ZGZwam4yBHNlYwNmYw--">LINK

Republican Senate candidate Michael Steele on Wednesday called
President Bush his "homeboy," reversed course on having the president campaign for him and said he was joking when he described his Republican affiliation as a scarlet letter.

The Maryland lieutenant governor, under fire for his comments, told WBAL radio that his remarks were supposed to be off the record with a handful of reporters. Instead, Steele's campaign confirmed Tuesday that he was the unnamed Senate candidate who had assailed the Bush administration and Republican-controlled Congress in a story in The Washington Post. "I've been quoted as calling the president my homeboy, you know. And that's how I feel. ... It's a term of affection and respect for his leadership of our country in a difficult time," Steele, who is black, said in the radio interview.

The Post quoted the unnamed candidate as saying the GOP-controlled Congress should "just shut up and get something done," that the Iraq war "didn't work" and "we didn't prepare for the peace," that the response to Hurricane Katrina was "a monumental failure of government," and that "there's a palpable frustration right now in the country."

Steele also said he probably wouldn't want Bush campaigning for him in Maryland and that he considers his party affiliation a scarlet letter. The White House said Wednesday that Bush still is backing Steele in his Senate race.

[chimpymustgo]

1. Yeah, a real knee-slapper. Stooge.

Steele is so lame. Heard he used to be a Dem, but saw which line was shorter...

[Cha]

10. And then he found

out the hard way that it was the slower line afterall :nopity:

[jobycom]

2. Speaks the truth, then backs down when discovered. Why does that say

"Republican" to me?

[SammyBlue]

3. R isn't for Republican, in your case, Mr. Steele

It's for Retard, Reject.

R is the scarlet letter this election, you fucktard.

But your joke was not funny. . .well, to me it was. Finally, a Retard speaks the truth.

[walldude]

4. Another repuke flip-flopper....

"The pResident is my homeboy" Bwhahahahahahaha... jackass

[stepnw1f]

5. weak coward (nt)

[yellowcanine]

6. Whatever. This should make things interesting for Mr. Steele in the red

parts of Maryland. This Senate race is going to be more fun than I had anticipated. Someone please pass the popcorn.

[quiet.american]

7. What an assclown. n/t

[devilgrrl]

8. That guy is such an asshole!

:puke:

[unpossibles]

9. man - this sounds like all the freepers on the local boards

they always cry "JOKE!" when you catch them being a dumbass. Chickenhawks indeed.

[grytpype]

11. What a wuss.

[theanarch]

12. uh, why do i imagine...

...the US Senate race in Maryland suddenly just became a little less competitive?

[wicket]

13. kick

:kick: