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January 9, 2010
MICHAEL STEELE, TIME TRAVELER.... How can RNC Chairman Michael Steele make his bad situation slightly worse? He can start lying about his book. The embattled, embarrassing party leader appeared on a right-wing radio show yesterday, and addressed some of the controversy surrounding his controversial book. "I wrote this book before I became chairman," Steele said. "Because of the clock and the calendar, I wound up doing it now." It's not altogether clear why he would make such a claim. Maybe Steele's feeling defensive because he was working on a book when he should have been doing party business. Perhaps GOP leaders and officials want an explanation as to why they weren't consulted -- or even notified -- about the book until it was released, and this is the best the RNC chairman can do. TPM's Eric Kleefeld has read the book, and explained late yesterday that the notion that Steeke wrote it before he was elected chairman on Jan. 30 of last year is just preposterous.
Steele did promise to take Republicans "beyond cutting edge" -- perhaps he created a time machine. This latest flap probably won't make Steele's precarious future too much worse -- Republicans have an exceedingly high tolerance for blatant lying -- but it is another embarrassment for the RNC head to deal with. In the meantime, the controversy surrounding the book itself continues. A one-time press secretary for former House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) said, "To write a book like that and not consult with the rest of the party leaders is maddening. It's the most selfish thing I've seen a politician do since a certain senator tapped his foot under the bathroom stall. Michael Steele is clearly using the RNC platform to promote Michael Steele." —Steve Benen 8:00 AM Permalink | Trackbacks | Comments (24)
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Such a 'fun' diversion to see the repubs having a civil war. Posted by: JS on January 9, 2010 at 8:06 AM | PERMALINKGoose is coming along nicely... right now somewhere between medium-rare and medium, I'd say. Posted by: MattF on January 9, 2010 at 8:08 AM | PERMALINKRepublicans want to get rid of this guy. They just haven't yet decided whether to send hooded men on horseback to burn down his house or accuse him of winking at a white woman and beat him to death. Posted by: hells littlest angel on January 9, 2010 at 8:12 AM | PERMALINK"...Republicans have an exceedingly high tolerance for blatant lying..." Only when done by democrats! Real republicans create their own realities and are therefore not lying! Posted by: SadOldVet on January 9, 2010 at 8:16 AM | PERMALINK"How can RNC Chairman Michael Steele make his bad situation slightly worse? He can start lying about his book." Nonsense. ...uh, as Mr B clearly recognizes... "Republicans have an exceedingly high tolerance for blatant lying" Nemmine. Posted by: smartalek on January 9, 2010 at 8:20 AM | PERMALINKit's about the money, with the rep's it's ALWAYS about the money, see PALIN, Sarah Posted by: charlie on January 9, 2010 at 8:21 AM | PERMALINKI heard one guy say he wrote a book by putting terms and names at random throughout the pages of the manuscript and then filling in the spaces between them, but maybe Steele has invented the opposite method -- writing the filler first and then putting in random names and terms just before late 2009 publication. Random is as random does. Posted by: Bob M on January 9, 2010 at 8:21 AM | PERMALINKI'm reminded of my days in grade school, when the "real" teacher- a competent, strict authoritarian- was absent, and we had our way with a clueless substitute. In this instance the "we" is the Republican party, throwing spitballs and dropping books on the floor, while Mr. Steele is at the blackboard, teaching history to the math class. . . Posted by: DAY on January 9, 2010 at 8:23 AM | PERMALINKnothing says uppity to republicans.. like writing your own book...
Damn, SadOldVet got my point in one. Yep, the Republican'ts aren't going to take this lying to them lying down. Steele's days are numbered, and the Washington Republican't Elite will blame the Tea Party movement for his ouster. Posted by: Lance on January 9, 2010 at 8:36 AM | PERMALINKMichael Steele may well be a buffoon, but it takes a lot more than that to embarrass Republicans. Best guess, it's a tempest in a teapot -- it'll all blow over, and Steele will still be presiding over the RNC when the teabaggers officially take over the GOP. Posted by: Kuyper on January 9, 2010 at 8:55 AM | PERMALINKIs there any reason to believe he actually "wrote" the book? Posted by: martin on January 9, 2010 at 9:07 AM | PERMALINKLet's give Steele the benefit of the doubt. He wrote all the lies three years ago, and merely filled in the names recently. Posted by: Danp on January 9, 2010 at 9:09 AM | PERMALINKMicheal row the boat ashore Republicans have an exceedingly high tolerance for blatant lyingBut little tolerance for being lied to. It's OK to hoodwink the voters, but not the party powers. Posted by: Bernard HP Gilroy on January 9, 2010 at 10:20 AM | PERMALINK "Michael Steele is clearly using the RNC platform to promote Michael Steele." Silly GOP. Who did they think they were making chairman of the party? It's actually pretty sad that it took him actually publishing a book and going on tour to promote it to make the catch on. It's not like he hasn't been doing this all along. I can't help hearing the Nelson laugh over and over. Haw-haw. Posted by: biggerbox on January 9, 2010 at 10:49 AM | PERMALINKMichael Steele is clearly using the RNC platform to promote Michael Steele. Well, of course he is. Why else would he become chairman of a party that is blatantly hostile to people of color? If the Republican Party is going to use him, it's only fair that he use it. Posted by: josef on January 9, 2010 at 11:12 AM | PERMALINKOMG! Michael Steele is a Time Lord! It's the only explanation! Posted by: Peter on January 9, 2010 at 11:47 AM | PERMALINKHastert says: "It's the most selfish thing I've seen a politician do since a certain senator tapped his foot under the bathroom stall." Let's see, in the last few years since Larry Craig was busted for being gay, what possible things that any politician has done might be seen as being more selfish than being gay?!! Gee, that's a tough question. I'd say Hastert should be ashamed of himself, but clearly that capability is not something he possesses. So glad he's gone. Wishing he was so gone that we wouldn't be treated to even his occasional pearls of wisdom like this. Posted by: President Lindsay on January 9, 2010 at 2:04 PM | PERMALINKI don't know why, but I am reminded of the apocryphal story of George W. Bush telling Bill Clinton, "I enjoyed your autobiography. Who wrote it for you?" To which Clinton replied, "I'm glad that you liked it. Who read it to you?" Steele is to be congratulated. Conservative politicians in Australia neither read or write books. Posted by: John C on January 10, 2010 at 9:30 AM | PERMALINKSilly GOP. Who did they think they were making chairman of the party? The only black Republican they could find. Nothing, nothing, else mattered. what possible things that any politician has done might be seen as being more selfish than being gay?!! Seriously. Even if you give Hastert far more credit than he deserves and accept that what he means is "being self-indulgent to the point of making the rest of us look bad", then, um, haven't there been around 3.5 gazillion examples of that since Larry Craig? Posted by: DH Walker on January 10, 2010 at 12:56 PM | PERMALINKTechnically, when evil people invent "time machines", you're supposed to put them in quotes. Maybe he's not evil enough? Posted by: toowearyforoutrage on January 11, 2010 at 6:57 PM | PERMALINK
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