Another Steele gaffe: Honest Injun!

[ccharles000]

The big news from Michael Steele's sit-down with Fox host Sean Hannity was Steele's semi-surprising assertion that his party won't take back the House in 2010 because Republicans aren't "ready."

Was it candor, or Steele's idea of political jujitsu, to fool Democrats into "believing" things are better for the party than they seem? I don't think it matters; nobody takes Steele seriously as a political thinker, in or out of the Republican party, except Steele himself. His election was a cynical gambit by the GOP to hide its unpopularity with non-white voters, to ignore the message of the 2008 election: That they have become the Grand Old (White Guy) Party.

Of course, Steele has failed miserably, spending most of his time offending African Americans with increasingly goofy faux ghetto-speak – remember his abortive "What up?" blog? Tuesday he told the Today Show's Meredith Vieira that despite a rocky first year, "brother still here." But black people who cringe at Steele's jive-talkin' may now have some company among American Indians. Asked by Hannity if he believes the Republican Party needs to moderate to win national elections, Steele answered:

"No, no… No, no! But that’s what’s gotten us into trouble, when we walked away from principle. Our platform is one of the best political documents that’s been written in the last 25 years. Honest Injun on that."

Honest Injun! You can't make this stuff up. If you want to have more fun with Michael Steele, Salon Editorial Fellow Christopher Rogers found this great site where you can keep it real with the GOP chair. Have fun!

http://www.salon.com/news/michael_steele/index.html?story=/opinion/walsh/politics/2010/01/05/steele_gaffe

[Hardrada]

1. Honest Injun! "Heap" dumb thing to say! I haven't heard that stuff in decades!

[Ian David]

4. I think the last time I heard that was watching F-Troop as a kid.

Say...

That's another crappy 60's sitcom that hasn't been made into a movie yet!

[Hardrada]

7. Don't give our cultural leaders any ideas!

[Divine Discontent]

2. what a piece of CRAP that bigot Steele is! serioulsy, he SAID that? what a punk. That's the GOP!

[Kali]

3. this guy has got to be a fake

He must be doing this shit on purpose to make them all look even more stoopid than they really are.:rofl:

[Ian David]

6. No, he's for real. Republicans ALWAYS pick the least competent black people they can find.

Because:

1) Black people are interchangeable to them. All they feel they need to do is say, "Look, we hired a Black Person to do XYZ" and suddenly they're not racist.
2) The less competent the generic Black Person is, the more secure they feel in their own presumed racial superiority.
3) When the idiotic Black Person they hired fails, they can blame it on:
. . . a) The idea that Black People just aren't cut-out for such-and-such a job, whether or not they actually SAY it or not.
. . . b) Democrats "playing the race card" or "attacking him out of racism."
. . . c) Everyone shop-lifts at Target, don't they?
. . . d) He wasn't a REAL Conservative or a REAL Republican, was he (wink wink, he's Black) You know?
4) Look, we tried a Black Person in position already, and he or she failed (See a-d above) so we don't have to try THAT again.


The GOP wanted Steele to fail from the start. THAT was his REAL job.

[Kali]

8. of course you are correct

but he just seems so over the top...

[hootinholler]

10. Obviously you are not from Mayrland

:rofl:

Our former Lieutenant Governor is all too fucking real. He's also not above any dirty trick in his or any other book. Things like trying to pass himself off as a democrat during the Senate election and hiring busloads of homeless people in Pa. to come distribute his bullshit, no fraudulent, literature on election day.

-Hoot

[Rosa Luxemburg]

12. Steele is bad

[Parker CA]

5. Fuxed has edited their transcript to read, "honest engine." What dumb mf'ers all the way around.

[NYC_SKP]

9. ..."brother still here."...!!!

:rofl:

[tanyev]

11. So what's coming out of his mouth next on national TV?

"Mighty white of you"?


Best RNC chairman evah!

[flpoljunkie]

13. Is it possible that with Steel supporter FL GOP Chair Jim Greer gone, Steele will not be far behind?

Quite possible, I suspect. (Emphasis mine.)

Worst RNC cash flow in a decade

By Aaron Blake - 01/06/10


A 2009 spending spree has left the Republican National Committee (RNC) with its worst election-year cash flow this decade.

The largest GOP party committee has $8.7 million in the bank heading into an election year with 37 governors’ races, a dozen major Senate contests, dozens more in the House and an all-important redistricting cycle on the horizon.

Said one RNC official: “It is very troubling, and the thing is, most people don’t understand this. But it is really troubling.”

The RNC had $22.8 million in cash and no debt when Michael Steele was elected chairman at the end of January, but has since seen its cash on hand drop to less than $9 million at the end of November.

more...

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/74507-worst-rnc-cash-flow-in-a-decade

[zbdent]

14. Heard it on Bill Press ... Press said that Bobby Jindal had something to say about it ...

I thought, Jindal had issues or was offended by the term "Honest" ...

[underpants]

15. Read this at lunch today-- too f'in funny

what an idiot

[Nye Bevan]

16. .

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=613677&mesg_id=613684

[yurbud]

17. Republicans are comedians best friends...I still waiting for someone to discover that Steele is...

actually a white guy in blackface to try to attract minorities to the GOP like SOUL MAN or something since they probably chased out the last of their real black members during Hurricane Katrina.

[mstinamotorcity]

18. Micheal Steele

does not speak for african americans,Caucasian,latinos,native americans,asian americans,catholics,baptist,buddhist,independents,dems,repug,or neocons,and all other human, animal, or plant life i have left out.Maybe someone should tell Micheal stop talking to himself.:P :P :P :P :P

[Spirochete]

19. Doh!

The post screwed up
sorry