GOP chief Steele: ‘We lost our minds’ -- The Great GOP Meltdown of '09 goes on

[stevedeshazer]

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/view/2009_03_21_GOP_chief_Steele:_%E2%80%98We_lost_our_minds_/srvc=home&position=recent?ref=fp4

LITTLETON, Colo. - Republicans better stop whining and start thinking of new electoral strategies to return to prominence, the new head of the Republican National Committee said Friday.

"I’m tired of seeing the same old, same old," RNC Chairman Michael Steele told about 750 Republicans at a party dinner in suburban Denver. "I’m tired of hearing the same old arguments. I’m tired of hearing the complaining."

Steele, who took the helm of the GOP at the beginning of the year, said Republicans must stop complaining about ruling Democrats if they are to recover with voters.

"If you want to complain and moan and groan about everything going on," Steele said, "there’s the door."

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:rofl:

[barbtries]

1. hehehe

wonder how many will take him up on the offer. they are so fractured and so close to meaningless, if it wasn't for MSM they'd be as relevant as any other marginal party.

[monmouth]

2. I'm sort of feeling sorry for Steele, he has nothing to work with...LOL....n/t

[Parker CA]

3. Rush will probably drive the wedge deeper Monday and tell Steele that he should find the door.

The GOP is just bankrupt, plain and simple, in every means necessary to effectively run a nation.

[Stinky The Clown]

4. Steele has never won an election. How the fuck would he know?

[DFW]

5. Steele had better watch his back (and Fox)

When Fox shows him with the subtitle "DNC Chairman" you'll know he's in REAL disfavor.
If he keeps up with his feints at realism and his "we've got to change" routine, he'll
either be forced to become a Democrat or book a one-way trip on a small airplane (for
some in the Republican Party, it might be assumed there is no difference).

[opihimoimoi]

6. Can he sing THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM??? cause thats whot he got...its still them PIGs

no matter what they do to themselves...they are still PIGs

[Liberal Veteran]

7. What a terrible thing to have lost one's mind. Or not to have a mind at all. How true that is.

[stevedeshazer]

8. Thanks for weighing in, Dan!

:)

[peace frog]

9. Steele keeps digging

although he's so far in the hole there's no chance of getting out. BWA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!!!

[UTUSN]

10. He keeps on showing'em THIS door, THAT door, T'OTHER door!1

[Odin2005]

11. HAHAHAHA!!! Whatching the GOP implode is fucking hilarious.

The fight between the Steele-Gingrich (the only sane faction), Rush, Ron Paul, and Palin factions within the GOP is going to end with a train wreck. Works for me!

This is the most spectacular political train wreck I've ever seen in my whole life.

[stevedeshazer]

14. That's exactly what makes it so fun to watch.

My Republican friend at work is considering re-joining the Natural Law party.

That's how bad it is.

[sutz12]

12. You know things are bad when he starts sounding like the grownup in the room.

:shrug:

[soothsayer]

13. Poor Steele, does he really think they chose him because they think he's the most

competent?

[Juche]

15. A black guy in charge of the GOP is talking down to its members

The cycle of destruction begins.

[Number23]

16. hoo hoo! ""I’m tired of seeing the same old, same old,"

"If you want to complain and moan and groan about everything going on," Steele said, "there’s the door."

Go get 'em, Tiger!! Raarrrr! :rofl:

This man should be paid a million billion dollars a year just for his sheer entertainment value. He never fails to deliver!

[SalmonChantedEvening]

17. Pucker up Mikey

Man, are there gonna be a slew of backsides needing kissing after this.

:rofl:

[stevedeshazer]

18. Kicking my own thread, because it's funny and I can. n/t

[Laelth]

19. The comments following the article give me shivers.

Not what I would expect in Boston.

:shrug:

-Laelth

[Roy]

20. Steele may not be as funny as it seems......

"I’m tired of seeing the same old, same old,"

"If you want to complain and moan and groan about everything going on," Steele said, "there’s the door."

If the GOP actually starts to listen to this guy, it may not be quite as funny for Dems as you think.
The GOP already have every advantage in the book. They have big money corporate givers and spenders, they have a very compliant media (ready to positively spin their every word), they have an echo chamber to spread their message wide and often.

The only thing they don't have are policies that would benefit the average American. Democrats have policies that benefit average Americans, and still have the toughest of winning office and even implementing these policies after gaining office.

Steele is attempting to fashion himself after Barack Obama. To be plain spoken, down to earth, to communicate with people on their level.

In short he is trying to get the GOP to shape itself and policies to "appear" as if targeted to average Americans.

These people are only about PR and can be very successful disguising themselves and their policies as main stream.

After all, whose going to expose them? The MSM??

If Steele is successful in convincing the nuts to stay in the background and tone down the insanity a bit.

It could be bad news for easily fooled and complacent Dems.