Steele: the gift that keeps on giving.

[panic giraffe]

to democrats.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/2010/07/michael_steele_speaks_truth_to.html

RNC chairman/token Carlton Michael Steele made some of his familiar joe biden-esque comments and was apparently videotaped calling the war in Afghanistan(also known as the war on terror aka the first blunder of the second bush).

"Keep in mind again, federal candidates, this was a war of Obama's choosing. This is not something the United States had actively prosecuted or wanted to engage in."...

"It was the president who was trying to be cute by half by flipping a script demonizing Iraq, while saying the battle really should be in Afghanistan. Well, if he's such a student of history, has he not understood that you know that's the one thing you don't do, is engage in a land war in Afghanistan? All right, because everyone who has tried, over a thousand years of history, has failed. And there are reasons for that. There are other ways to engage in Afghanistan." -carlton

click for the vid.

[CosmicCowboy]

*putting on kevlar*

*cinching down helmet strap*


Yeah, those black guys need to stay on their teleprompters. Every time they try to ad-lib they fuck up.

[boutons_deux]

Hey Repugs, how's that house-y black-y stuff workin' out fer ya?

[spursncowboys]

A Letter to Michael Steele
BY WILLIAM KRISTOL


Dear Michael,

You are, I know, a patriot. So I ask you to consider, over this July 4 weekend, doing an act of service for the country you love: Resign as chairman of the Republican party.

Your tenure has of course been marked by gaffes and embarrassments, but I for one have never paid much attention to them, and have never thought they would matter much to the success of the causes and principles we share. But now you have said, about the war in Afghanistan, speaking as RNC chairman at an RNC event, "Keep in mind again, federal candidates, this was a war of Obama's choosing. This was not something that the United States had actively prosecuted or wanted to engage in." And, "if [Obama] is such a student of history, has he not understood that you know that's the one thing you don't do, is engage in a land war in Afghanistan?"

Needless to say, the war in Afghanistan was not "a war of Obama’s choosing." It has been prosecuted by the United States under Presidents Bush and Obama. Republicans have consistently supported the effort. Indeed, as the DNC Communications Director (of all people) has said, your statement "puts [you] at odds with about 100 percent of the Republican Party."

And not on a trivial matter. At a time when Gen. Petraeus has just taken over command, when Republicans in Congress are pushing for a clean war funding resolution, when Republicans around the country are doing their best to rally their fellow citizens behind the mission, your comment is more than an embarrassment. It’s an affront, both to the honor of the Republican party and to the commitment of the soldiers fighting to accomplish the mission they’ve been asked to take on by our elected leaders.

There are, of course, those who think we should pull out of Afghanistan, and they’re certainly entitled to make their case. But one of them shouldn't be the chairman of the Republican party.

Sincerely yours,

William Kristol

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/letter-michael-steele

[spursncowboys]

That's why you don't elect a liberal lite rhino.

[spursncowboys]

*or appoint in this case.

[spursncowboys]

*putting on kevlar*

*cinching down helmet strap*


Yeah, those black guys need to stay on their teleprompters. Every time they try to ad-lib they fuck up.

John Wayne never used a strap.

[Winehole23]

"Never start a land war in Asia."LfWDilXZQEo

Wasn't there something similar in Love and Death? Father's last advice to Boris?

Also, apparently:
We have made the same mistake that five star General Douglas MacArthur warned about with regard to Asia, "Never get involved in a land war in Asia."

Read more: http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Troop-Surge-In-Iraq-Will-Deepen-Quagmire/113076#ixzz0sYzCv79Z
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Vizzini's advice on not getting involved in a land war in Asia is derived from principles stated by Field Marshal [URL="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0599728/"]Bernard L. Montgomery (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0) (Viscount Alamein) in a speech in the House of Lords on 30 May 1962: "Rule 1, on page 1 of the book of war is: 'Do not march on Moscow.' ... Rule 2 is: 'Do not go fighting with your land armies in China.'"http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093779/trivia

[Winehole23]

Comments level attribution to an unnamed historian wrt Napoleon's Russian campaign is out there...pending corroboration.

[Veterinarian]

That's why you don't elect a liberal lite rhino.

:lmao this guy's even blaming Michael Steele's faults on liberalism. We've passed the barrier into full blown bullshitsville.

[boutons_deux]

Them cowboys know their bullshit, stack it high, and keep it comin

[CosmicCowboy]

John Wayne never used a strap.

http://imagecache5.art.com/p/LRG/27/2762/JSETD00Z/ed-clark-actor-john-wayne-as-marine-sgt-platoon-leader-in-scene-from-the-movie-sands-of-iwo-jima.jpg

[TeyshaBlue]

Fire Steele, appoint Biden.

[Winehole23]

As GOP chairman? :wtf

[TeyshaBlue]

At this point, could it really hurt?

[Winehole23]

Short of total annihilation things can always get worse.

[spursncowboys]

http://imagecache5.art.com/p/LRG/27/2762/JSETD00Z/ed-clark-actor-john-wayne-as-marine-sgt-platoon-leader-in-scene-from-the-movie-sands-of-iwo-jima.jpg

what the hell. Well this changes everything.

[LnGrrrR]

SnC, aren't you ever tired of being wrong? :lol

[spursncowboys]

SnC, aren't you ever tired of being wrong? :lol

this one hurts. All those times my Drill SGT's called me John Wayne. They set me up for failure.

[Stringer_Bell]

lol @ the black leader of the white boy party speaking his mind, saying things that sound a bit logical even, and people asking for him to resign.

don't get me wrong, he's an idiot. but he's also dangerous cuz he's street. you get me?

[LnGrrrR]

this one hurts. All those times my Drill SGT's called me John Wayne. They set me up for failure.

:lol :toast Cheer up buckeroo. Everyone makes a mistake sometimes.

[spursncowboys]

:toast

[EmptyMan]

lol @ the black leader of the white boy party speaking his mind, saying things that sound a bit logical even, and people asking for him to resign.

don't get me wrong, he's an idiot. but he's also dangerous cuz he's street. you get me?

nikka please, he makes Briant Gumble look like Malcom X.

[spursncowboys]

nikka please, he makes Briant Gumble look like Malcom X.

Give me your sandwich.

[Winehole23]

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showpost.php?p=4192781&postcount=24

[Winehole23]

lol @ the black leader of the white boy party speaking his mind, saying things that sound a bit logical even...Totally logical, if a bit awkward and stilted. Mr. Steele struggles to 'keep it real ' at times.

... and people asking for him to resign?Like who?

Are the Republicans finally coming to their senses? :lol

[Stringer_Bell]

Totally logical, if a bit awkward and stilted. Mr. Steele struggles to 'keep it real ' at times.
Like who?

Are the Republicans finally coming to their senses? :lol

Kristol wrote a letter asking Steele to resign as a 4th of July gesture, and tons of other old white men have done the same. They just don't get it, the GOP needs to be the party of big ideas and the ability to speak to the youth!

[DarrinS]

"the gift that keeps on giving"


The Dems can really use them about now.

They're even actively searching for 2010's "Macaca" moment.


http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/106077-dems-launch-project-to-find-2010s-macaca-moment

http://accountabilityproject.com/page/content/ap/home/

[spursncowboys]

They should bring up how steele has done absolutely nothing to get unemployment down.