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May 21, 2009
KILLER IDEOLOGIES.... Michael Steele has a way with words. Consider these remarks to Human Events, a right-wing magazine.
Following up on an item from a couple of weeks ago, I keep thinking about Howard Dean's tenure in early 2005, shortly after he took over as DNC chairman. He had a tendency to make some provocative comments -- including telling a California audience that Republicans are "a pretty monolithic party. They all behave the same. They all look the same. It's pretty much a white Christian party." If you go back and look at that period, you'll notice that reporters (and Republicans) pressed Democratic leaders on whether they agreed with Dean, every time the party chairman would say something controversial. In the case of the "white Christian party," John Edwards, Joe Biden, and Bill Richardson all publicly distanced themselves from Dean. If Dean had ever dared to tell a strident political magazine that "conservatism will kill you" -- a day after emphasizing the importance of "class" and "dignity" -- I suspect the response would have been pretty intense. Every Democratic leader would be asked whether they're comfortable with Dean's attacks. But I get the sense that Steele is perceived as such a loose cannon, comments like these hardly seem controversial anymore. —Steve Benen 4:45 PM Permalink | Trackbacks | Comments (14)
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Or you could say that Howard Dean's comments struck a nerve. Steele's comments are just incoherent. Posted by: Halfdan on May 21, 2009 at 4:42 PM | PERMALINKWhy should the press care about Steele? They've got a huge collective man-crush going on for Cheney, now. Steele, well they're just "over" Steele. Or it could be that the corporate media has a different set of standards for dumbocraps than they do for rethugnicans... Posted by: AngryOldVet on May 21, 2009 at 5:01 PM | PERMALINKFaith, freedom, personal responsibility, respect for life and prosperity Yeah, that describes the last eight years. Faith in the constitution, freedom to protest, personal responsibility of bankers and swaps dealers, respect for the lives of New Orleaneans, and a healthy economy. Steele miht as well be doing the soft shoe. Posted by: Danp on May 21, 2009 at 5:03 PM | PERMALINKOr it could be that everyone already knows that pretty much every Republican would agree with him because they're such a monolithic, white, christian party. Posted by: Aaron on May 21, 2009 at 5:16 PM | PERMALINK"But I get the sense that Steele is perceived as such a loose cannon, comments like these hardly seem controversial anymore." Please don't let the MSM off so easily. There will be no pushback or followup because it was said by a Republican/Conservative about Liberals/Democrats. If this were Gillespie, Atwater, Barbour, Brock, ANY OF THEM there would be the same reaction. Liberals are extremists, extremists are not. It's Always Okay If You're A Republican Posted by: Lifelong Dem on May 21, 2009 at 5:27 PM | PERMALINKLiberal bashing is perfectly OK because that's been the cant for so long. However, describing reality by saying the Republicans are a "pretty monolithic party. They all behave the same. They all look the same. It's pretty much a white Christian party" Well that's just bashing a persecuted minority, and we wouldn't want to do that. Posted by: rRk1 on May 21, 2009 at 5:35 PM | PERMALINKDean had it wrong. The GOP is pretty much monolithic all right. But he failed to mention that it is a white Christian party that is dumber than a sack of hammers. Posted by: Chopin on May 21, 2009 at 5:41 PM | PERMALINKOh that silly Howard, he is always saying things he doesn't mean! You know like that Joe guy who kids around about his hidden bunker and funny stuff like swine flu. Silly boys! Posted by: teehe on May 21, 2009 at 6:18 PM | PERMALINKSteele is benefiting from the soft bigotry of low expectations. Posted by: WSP on May 21, 2009 at 10:32 PM | PERMALINKPerhaps it is because the press has so many Republicans saying stupid things to choose from (e.g. Michelle Bachman, James Inhofe, Joe Barton, and Rick Perry to name just a few)they have an embarrassment of riches. Posted by: Marc on May 22, 2009 at 7:57 AM | PERMALINKThis is just another example of IOKIYAR. Unlike Democrats, so-called "moderate" Republicans are never hounded by the media to denounce the latest nutjob statement from one of their party's extremist leaders. Posted by: jonp72 on May 22, 2009 at 9:48 AM | PERMALINK
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