The Party Of Stupid

[Mass]

http://ta-nehisicoates.theatlantic.com/archives/2009/03/the_party_of_stupid_1.php

The Party Of Stupid

17 Mar 2009 10:00 am
Michael Steele strikes again:

And when a listener scoffed at the notion of global warming, Steele eagerly ran with the baton.

"Thank you, thank you," he said. "We are cooling. We are not warming. The warming you see out there, the supposed warming, and I am using my finger quotation marks here, is part of the cooling process. Greenland, which is now covered in ice, it was once called Greenland for a reason, right? Iceland, which is now green. Oh I love this. Like we know what this planet is all about. How long have we been here? How long? No very long."

Greenland, for the record, likely had forestation some 450,000 to 800,000 years ago. But its name was derived, as is most commonly believed, from Erik the Red, who wanted to trick people into going to that island as opposed to the more hospitable Iceland.

The Greenland gaffe was not Steele's most glaring. Earlier in the program a caller asked him about the importance of education. The RNC Chair responded with a curious comment about the need to understand the differences between Hitler and Mussolini, as opposed to FDR and "his honor, the honorable Winston Churchill." Only, he spoke of "Roberto Mussolini" -- an obscure essayist, it seems -- as opposed to the much more infamous fascist, Benito.

"Education is key," said the RNC Chair. "It is where it begins, for all of us... If we understand the difference between Marxism, socialism and capitalism; if we understand the difference between a Roberto Mussolini, an Adolf Hitler, and a Franklin Roosevelt, and his honor the honorable Winston Churchill, if we know those differences than we can appreciate what these times mean. And how history is a precursor of things to come."

Can visits to the depths of creationist museums be far behind?

:crazy:

Please, keep Steele at the head of party for a very long time. It is a perfect example of where too much GOP propaganda leads you.

[Ganja Ninja]

1. Roberto Mussolini?

:wtf: I mean...? :wtf: :banghead:

[babylonsister]

2. He is just a mother lode of gaffes, isn't he.

You're right, long may he reign!

[Renew Deal]

7. He speaks republican.

:dunce:

[YOY]

3. "He be the man."

n/t

[pipi_k]

4. Sounds like something...

either Sarah Palin, or Dubya would say.

I'm thinking there's just one brain cell between them all, and it's Michael Steele's turn to use it.

[Aloha Spirit]

8. Someone needs to take that brain cell and hold it for ransom

Perseus style.

[WeDidIt]

5. Man oh man, I never thought somebody would make Bush seem smart

but Steele is doing a fine job of it.

[Renew Deal]

6. He forgot Vermont

He could have made the more "American" point that Vermont is the "green mountain state." "See Vermont is the Green Mountain State. It's supposed to be cold there, but part of the cooling is the warming. And did you know there were mountain lions in the cooling warming green mountains?"

[grantcart]

9. Yesterday it was hot. Last night it was cool. The world is clearly cooling.

[ellacott]

10. Please, Please RNC, don't get rid of him

It's so much fun to watch.

[acmavm]

11. And the saddest part is he's got to be one of the smartest ones

in the whole party. I mean, he at least has the brains to admit they're in trouble.