Has Michael Steele just run out of lives as RNC chair?
NOTE: Two updates below:
I wonder whether this will finally be enough to force the Republicans to dump their embarrassment of a party chairman.
The Daily Caller writes about Michael Steele’s free-wheeling ways with party money, focusing on his use of private jets to ferry him about the country and his rather hefty hotel bills.
“According to federal disclosure records, the RNC spent $17,514 on private aircraft in the month of February alone (as well as $12,691 on limousines during the same period). There are no readily identifiable private plane expenses for Democratic National Committee chairman Tim Kaine in the DNC’s last three months of filings.
The RNC explains that Steele charters jets only when commercial service is unavailable, or when his tight schedule requires it. “Anytime the chairman has taken any private travel has been a either to a route that doesn’t exist or because of connections and multiple travel to where he just wasn’t able to do so,” Heye said. Yet Steele’s office repeatedly refused to explain in specific terms the circumstances of the February charter flights.
Once on the ground, FEC filings suggest, Steele travels in style. A February RNC trip to California, for example, included a $9,099 stop at the Beverly Hills Hotel, $6,596 dropped at the nearby Four Seasons, and $1,620.71 spent [update: the amount is actually $1,946.25] at Voyeur West Hollywood, a bondage-themed nightclub featuring topless women dancers imitating lesbian sex.”
An RNC chairman blowing two grand at a bondage-themed Hollywood nightspot featuring topless lesbian acts? In journalism, putting that sentence so far down in your story is called burying your lede. Sure, it’s only two thousand dollars, but it’s the kind of expenditure that can crystallize the discontent felt by many top Republicans about Steele.
It’ll be interesting to see how this plays out. Personally, I’m surprised Steele has managed to survive as long as he has.
Here’s how a review from Clubplanet.com describes the place:
“In Los Angeles, it takes a lot to shock and awe. When you walk into Voyeur on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, you might not be completely shocked at the almost naked women writhing on each other but you will undoubtedly be in awe.
Voyeur is an intimate space, provocative and sexy, sophisticated and interesting. Inspired by Eyes Wide Shut and London lounge, Annabelle’s of London, Voyeur transports you to a world of risqué sexuality and eroticism. In fact, even if you tried to escape looking at the naked women all around you, you would ultimately fail. But then again, why would you even try?
Of course the guests are sexy, but the walls are also lined with black and white pictures of beautiful naked girls from decades past while temptresses wearing nothing more than pasties and a black thong “stretch” on tables or in large glass boxes. Yes, the women don’t strip or show off their outdone go-go girl dance moves. Instead, they hold onto ropes on the walls and literally stretch, like yoga class but much sexier (and probably more naked).”
UPDATE:
“The RNC said in a statement Monday morning that it was investigating the Voyeur West Hollywood expenditure, which it said was “a reimbursement made to a non-committee staffer.” The committee also said it was requesting that the money be returned and emphasized that Steele was not at the event.
“The chairman was never at the location in question, he had no knowledge of the expenditure, nor does he find the use of committee funds at such a location at all acceptable,” the RNC statement said.”
For Steele personally, that distancing is no doubt useful. For Steele as chairman of the RNC, I’m not sure it’s going to help him much.
UPDATE II:
Washington (CNN) – A California-based political consultant who charged the Republican National Committee nearly $2,000 for a night out at Voyeur – a risque West Hollywood nightclub now at center of the latest controversy surrounding RNC chairman Michael Steele – will return the money to the party, a committee spokesman told CNN Monday.
Erik Brown, president of the Orange County-based Dynamic Marketing, Inc., was re-imbursed in February for $1,946.25 worth of charges at the nightclub, according to the RNC’s latest filing with the Federal Election Commission.
It’s not clear why the RNC re-imbursed Brown for the charges or who else was with him at the club. A spokesman for the RNC said Steele was not at the club when the charges were made.
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Normal
March 29th, 2010
2:53 pm
Tea drinker, communist, hippie, PETA, etc…all titles…means nothing. It’s what’s in the minds of the men and women who join them that counts…G-d bless America for that freedom, jus’ sayin’…
jewcowboy
March 29th, 2010
2:53 pm
Drain The Swamp (NIF),
“Someday we will have parking lot reform and this wise and omnipotent government will save us from doing such dumb stuff.”
Common sense goes a long way. Gwinnet Place Mall is not exactly Mayberry. I work in an office tower in Buckhead, and I’m continually amazed at the number of car break-ins we have in the building from people leaving their laptops, nav units and Ipods just hanging about in plain sight.
Just plain stupid.
Drain The Swamp (NIF)
March 29th, 2010
2:57 pm
RB from Gwinnett
A reporter from such an upstanding organization as The Daily Caller was caught in a misleading story? And you say that Jay bookman, a political commentator from the Atlanta Journal mindlessly copied the story without checking facts? Say it ain’t so!!!!
Come on Jay. You didn’t check it out?
Jeeze. How times have changed since I was in the business.
GoingBroke
March 29th, 2010
2:58 pm
don’t report facts.. this is a blog site.. not a news site. This story is like me saying I never have had a beer, (except those few hundred times) Sometimes it’s not only what’s said, it’s what is not said.
Drain The Swamp (NIF)
March 29th, 2010
2:59 pm
jewcowboy
I’ve been here since 1987. I don’t even leave things in my car in areas where people vote for Republicans.
jewcowboy
March 29th, 2010
3:02 pm
Drain The Swamp (NIF),
“I don’t even leave things in my car in areas where people vote for Republicans.”
Naw…you don’t have to worry about what’s in your car in Republican voting areas….those people just steal your life savings
Just joking…well maybe not.
Paul
March 29th, 2010
3:03 pm
N-GA
There’s been quite a push on the census down here. Some have talked about privacy, etc. The counter to that in the media is how some estimates said that over the last few years the state lost about a billion in funding. Plus it looks like the state will pick up 3 or 4 seats in the House.
Jimbo
March 29th, 2010
3:04 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOrncxhTTiw&NR=1
Del
March 29th, 2010
3:06 pm
It appears that Jay may have prematurely jumped on a story lacking veracity and journalistic integrity. We shall see when the truth comes out.
RB from Gwinnett
March 29th, 2010
3:10 pm
We’ll see if Jay has the journalistic integrity to fully correct the story. I’m betting no.
I Report/You Decide
March 29th, 2010
3:11 pm
I’m sure no Democrats have ever done anything similar.
Drain The Swamp (NIF)
March 29th, 2010
3:11 pm
jewcowboy
Not bad. I was wondering what your response would be and that really wasn’t that bad.
mm
March 29th, 2010
3:12 pm
“We can’t win trying to accommodate the fence setters. Either you like conservatisim and are against progressives, or not. Trying to accommodate everyone cost us the last election. ”
Why don’t the wingnuts get it? Who the hell were they trying to accomodate, other than the extreme rightiwng crazies?
Here’s some math for you wingnuts. The farther right your party goes, the fewer votes you will have.
stands for decibels
March 29th, 2010
3:13 pm
It appears that Jay may have prematurely jumped on a story
It appears that the story is about more than just a salacious expense item; from the linked WaPo piece in Jay’s update:
The RNC had more than $22 million on hand when Steele arrived last year, but is down to under $10 million now despite raising $96 million during that time, records show.
jewcowboy
March 29th, 2010
3:14 pm
RB from Gwinnett,
“That’s some real fine “journalism” Jay. I see you corrected a portion of your post from above, but it would appear a retraction of the whole thing is in order. This is if accuracy in reporting matters to you any more.”
Why should it be retracted? It is in on Steele’s expense reports submitted to the FEC. The Republican National Committee chairman is down for paying $2K for “fund raising” efforts at a sex club. This is not in dispute. When I submit an expense report to my organization, I am on the hook personally and professionally for everything contained therein. If there was an expense for the Cheetah or Swinging Richards you better believe I would be called to the carpet for it.
I would hope the chairman of one the national political parties would be held to the same standard.
Dan
March 29th, 2010
3:14 pm
Steele is clearly a nincompoop, I suppose the only reason he still has his position (and they may not be for much longer) is the one person he still compares well to is his counter part accross the aisle
Hiyaaward Deaan. Starting to think it is the job of the party chairmen to say stupid things to make others in their respectives parties look better.
Who dat?
March 29th, 2010
3:15 pm
“I’m sure no Democrats have ever done anything similar.”
It’s impossible for Democrats to do anything wrong. Just like black people can’t be racist.
Who dat?
March 29th, 2010
3:16 pm
“I would hope the chairman of one the national political parties would be held to the same standard.”
He should step down if this is all true. Just like Tim Geitner and other Obama cabinet members should step down for not paying their taxes.
jewcowboy
March 29th, 2010
3:16 pm
Proposed RNC Resolution on Reagan’s Unity Principle for Support of Candidates
“WHEREAS, President Ronald Reagan believed that the Republican Party should support and espouse conservative principles and public policies; and
WHEREAS, President Ronald Reagan also believed the Republican Party should welcome those with diverse views; and
WHEREAS, President Ronald Reagan believed, as a result, that someone who agreed with him 8 out of 10 times was his friend, not his opponent; and
WHEREAS, Republican faithfulness to its conservative principles and public policies and Republican solidarity in opposition to Obama’s socialist agenda is necessary to preserve the security of our country, our economic and political freedoms, and our way of life; and
WHEREAS, Republican faithfulness to its conservative principles and public policies is necessary to restore the trust of the American people in the Republican Party and to lead to Republican electoral victories; and
WHEREAS, the Republican National Committee shares President Ronald Reagan’s belief that the Republican Party should espouse conservative principles and public policies and welcome persons of diverse views; and”
Where does fundraising at sex clubs fit in with conservative principles and public policies? Would Saint Ronnie be “up” for hanging out watching simulated lesbian sex acts?
Who dat?
March 29th, 2010
3:20 pm
“Where does fundraising at sex clubs fit in with conservative principles and public policies? Would Saint Ronnie be “up” for hanging out watching simulated lesbian sex acts?”
I love liberal hypocrisy.
I Report/You Decide
March 29th, 2010
3:21 pm
Damn Bookman, RB just took you out behind the woodshed. You gonna respond, or just sit there and bleed?
Drain The Swamp (NIF)
March 29th, 2010
3:22 pm
jewcowboy
**Would Saint Ronnie be “up” for hanging out watching simulated lesbian sex acts?**
A leading B-Movie actor from the 40s, 50s and 60s who lived in the middle of Hollywierd. I’m sure he would be shocked.
jewcowboy
March 29th, 2010
3:23 pm
Who dat?,
“I love liberal hypocrisy.”
How is that “liberal” hypocrisy? The RNC Resolution on Reagan’s Unity Principle for Support of Candidates was not created by liberals.
RB from Gwinnett
March 29th, 2010
3:23 pm
Jewcowboy, this stuff wasn’t on Steele’s expense report. Go read the story. It’s a lie. Jay and the writer left off a few details to decieve you. It worked. Wake up.
jewcowboy
March 29th, 2010
3:25 pm
Drain The Swamp (NIF),
“I’m sure he would be shocked.”
Hopefully it would have woken him up.
Drain The Swamp (NIF)
March 29th, 2010
3:26 pm
WhoDat?
It is either hypocrisy or just the fact that more is expected from Republicans.
Hey man, these people support Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi, but think Sarah Palin is stupid. That’s a good “normal” if you understand calibration. So calibrate the standards at Nancy Pelosi actually have a triple digit IQ and start from there, if your scale goes that low.
Tea Party Gossip
March 29th, 2010
3:27 pm
I remember Reagan used to wear those knee-high, high-heel leather boots all the time. I should have known there was something really kinky about him.
Who dat?
March 29th, 2010
3:29 pm
“How is that “liberal” hypocrisy? The RNC Resolution on Reagan’s Unity Principle for Support of Candidates was not created by liberals.”
Easy, when liberals in congress do this kind of crap, liberals are silent. Not a peep about John Edwards. Not a peep when Eliot Spitzer was caught with prostitutes.
To say that Reagan has anything to do with Steele is crazy.
Drain The Swamp (NIF)
March 29th, 2010
3:30 pm
Tea Party Gossip
Have you ever been around horses? He had a whip too.
Who dat?
March 29th, 2010
3:32 pm
“It is either hypocrisy or just the fact that more is expected from Republicans. ”
Republicans and conservatives are two different things altogether. Liberals don’t seem to understand that.
“Hey man, these people support Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi, but think Sarah Palin is stupid.”
yeah, and Palin had an 80% approval rating as governor. Pelosi and congress have a whooping 16% approval rating. Biden and Obama have a 46% approval rating.
The liberal dream is coming to an abrupt crash.
Who dat?
March 29th, 2010
3:32 pm
Jay AND Cynthia have both tried to compare Obama to Reagan.
Eric
March 29th, 2010
3:35 pm
Keep the buzzard. They deserve each other.
Soothsayer
March 29th, 2010
3:37 pm
This is WAY off topic but I thougt you might like to see this. The red squares on this map represent the area required to supply electricity to the World, Europe, and the Middle East/North Africa if covered in concentrated solar power generation. Hard to believe.
WyldByllHyltnyr
March 29th, 2010
3:37 pm
Hey, Jay. 18 months ago you were announcing the end of the GOP as a national party. Relegated to the southeast, as it were, correct?
Now under the Man of Steele’s leadership the GOP stands ready to take back both the House and Senate. Looks like whatever he is spending, it is money well spent. The way Mike has framed the arguments, Dem prospects are between Barack and a hard spot.
ps – Why is shameful MS to go to a club where lesbian action is simulated, but perfectly fine for Barney Frank to be a hmo and for his beau to run a call girl operation out of his condo?
Eric
March 29th, 2010
3:39 pm
dat, you are a moron. And so is your delicious Sarah. There’s no way in hell she could accomplish the things Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden have accomplished. A chimp could get an 80 per cent approval rating in Alaska. Ask them what they think about her now. Looking back at her half term, she did squat.
Drain The Swamp (NIF)
March 29th, 2010
3:39 pm
WhoDat?
**The liberal dream is coming to an abrupt crash.**
I hate to disagree, but after watching Meet The Press and This Week yesterday morning, it is hard to deny the continued love fest that is going on. Their ratings will always be higher than FOX and people will always believe them. Just look at how many people believe that Palin is advocating violence.
Sorry, but until political indoctrination is outweighed by success, there will only be one conservative voice and almost a dozen liberal voices in the TV media.
I would think that if one of the big three would go conservative, it would destroy the other two. But until then, there will always be people who allow themselves to be indoctrinated.
stands for decibels
March 29th, 2010
3:39 pm
yeah, and Palin had an 80% approval rating as governor. Pelosi and congress have a whooping 16% approval rating. Biden and Obama have a 46% approval rating.
do go on. How’s BibleSpice looking in the national polls these days?
http://pollingreport.com/p.htm
60% say she’s not qualified to be President. 55% hold a generally unfavorable opinion of her.
And that’s without her having to actually, you know, do anything as a politician, these days.
Normal
March 29th, 2010
3:39 pm
NIF, you finally get why my nom de blog is what it is. Are you into calibration too?
Who Dat,
yeah, and Palin had an 80% approval rating as governor.
yeah, until she quit.
Drain The Swamp (NIF)
March 29th, 2010
3:42 pm
stands for decibels
So by your own numbers, she is over twice as respected as the person who is third to Obama.
Wow. That’s kind of sad.
Tea Party Gossip
March 29th, 2010
3:43 pm
Palin QUIT! WHAT! WHEN! WHY!
Drain The Swamp (NIF)
March 29th, 2010
3:45 pm
Normal
I’m a libra, Everything goes to zero.
Actually my Dad was a calibration tech for Hobart Scales back long before digital or handheld calculators. He could burn up a slide rule.
Normal
March 29th, 2010
3:46 pm
Tea Party Gossip
March 29th, 2010
3:43 pm
She went to Canada for the socialized medicine, and besides, she knew it was next door to Alaska…
Who dat?
March 29th, 2010
3:47 pm
“Sorry, but until political indoctrination is outweighed by success, there will only be one conservative voice and almost a dozen liberal voices in the TV media.”
That explains why ABC is shutting down offices, CNN and MSNBC are tanking and newspapers are falling apart (no pun intended).
I Report/You Decide
March 29th, 2010
3:48 pm
Wow Bookman, WyldByllHyltnyr @ 3:37 just owned you even worse than RG. Why no response? Too busy working on your opinion piece for Nov 10, 2010 outlining how a Republican takeover of both houses of Congress is an affirmation of Obama’s policies?
Drain The Swamp (NIF)
March 29th, 2010
3:48 pm
Tea Party Gossip
I love your name. So what is happening at the villages in Florida? Tell us all the gossip. Do the old folks understand how dangerous that the media has convinced everyone that they are?
And between the naps, they are a force to be feared.
Normal
March 29th, 2010
3:48 pm
Drain The Swamp (NIF)
March 29th, 2010
3:45 pm
Yeah, I still can use a slide rule too. Impresses the Grandkids…
I’m Aquarius…drift factor of 10. I had no choice but to be left of center…
Who dat?
March 29th, 2010
3:48 pm
“60% say she’s not qualified to be President. 55% hold a generally unfavorable opinion of her.”
Yet she sells out crowds, sells millions of books and liberals talk about her just as much as they talk about Obama.
Drain The Swamp (NIF)
March 29th, 2010
3:49 pm
Normal
**She went to Canada for the socialized medicine, and besides, she knew it was next door to Alaska…**
Get it right. Her parents took her. She was a child.
stands for decibels
March 29th, 2010
3:49 pm
Wow. That’s kind of sad.
Gingrich and Hastert weren’t exactly beloved by a majority of Americans either. Were you saddened by that as well?
Who dat?
March 29th, 2010
3:50 pm
“dat, you are a moron. And so is your delicious Sarah. There’s no way in hell she could accomplish the things Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden have accomplished. A chimp could get an 80 per cent approval rating in Alaska. Ask them what they think about her now. Looking back at her half term, she did squat.”
Is name calling of other bloggers allowed on this blog? Kyle has rules……just wondering if Jay does.
“There’s no way in hell she could accomplish the things Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden have accomplished.”
What have they accomplished besides pissing off America?
Drain The Swamp (NIF)
March 29th, 2010
3:51 pm
Normal
I still have one, but it was frozen the last time I got it out. Mom still has Dad’s but it was almost worn out when he died.
A time gone, my friend.
Who dat?
March 29th, 2010
3:51 pm
“Why is shameful MS to go to a club where lesbian action is simulated, but perfectly fine for Barney Frank to be a hmo and for his beau to run a call girl operation out of his condo?”
RIGHT ON MAN!!!!!!
Who dat?
March 29th, 2010
3:52 pm
“A chimp could get an 80 per cent approval rating in Alaska. ”
That’s no way to talk about Obama.
Drain The Swamp (NIF)
March 29th, 2010
3:53 pm
stands for decibels
Republicans with bad approval ratings? Really?
Here again, a sliding scale. More is always expected of Republicans.
Normal
March 29th, 2010
3:53 pm
NIF,
A time gone, my friend.
So true, but if the electricity goes out, I’ll be popular!
Normal
March 29th, 2010
3:54 pm
Outta here…I’ll check back in later…
Drain The Swamp (NIF)
March 29th, 2010
3:55 pm
Normal
And the laptop battery dies.
Speaking of which, I have a power point to put together and no amount of talking on here will accomplish it.
Later.
Goldie
March 29th, 2010
3:55 pm
hmmm… if the Repubs weren’t embarrassed enough by Steele already to get rid of him, I don’t think going to a stripper bar will do the job now, either — that seems to be the normal M.O. for many elected Repubs: claim “family values” and then get yourself caught in a man-on-man relationship or spending RNC funds at a stripper bar. I mean really– what’s the diff?
Bosch
March 29th, 2010
3:57 pm
Hey Goldie!
Who dat?
March 29th, 2010
3:58 pm
“claim “family values” and then get yourself caught in a man-on-man relationship or spending RNC funds at a stripper bar.”
How many man on man relationships have been outed in the GOP? I can only think of one.
Who dat?
March 29th, 2010
3:59 pm
“I mean really– what’s the diff?”
John Edwards comes to mind. No one on the left condemned him.
Bud Wiser
March 29th, 2010
4:04 pm
Enter your comments here
Who dat?
March 29th, 2010
4:04 pm
From the wonderful people who brought us 911.
Hate crimes force Jews out of Malmo
Anti-Semitic threats come from Muslim community
Marcus Eilenberg is a Swedish Jew whose family roots in Malmo run deep. His paternal grandparents were Holocaust survivors who found shelter in this southern Swedish city in 1945. His wife’s parents fled to Sweden from communist Poland in the 1960s.
Now the 32-year-old law firm associate feels the welcome for Jews is running out, and he is moving to Israel with his wife and two children in May. He says he knows at least 15 other Jews who are leaving for a similar reason.
That reason, he says, is a rise in hate crimes against Jews in Malmo, and a sense that local authorities have little desire to deal with a problem that has exposed a crack in Sweden’s image as a bastion of tolerance and a haven for distressed ethnic groups.
Anti-Semitic crimes in Europe have usually been associated with the far right, but Shneur Kesselman, an Orthodox rabbi, says the threat now comes from Muslims.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/29/hate-crimes-force-jews-out-of-malmo/
Bud Wiser
March 29th, 2010
4:11 pm
Oops, hit the wrong key.
I guess I picked the wrong day to stop drinking…..
Anyway, I do have a few questions;
- Does anyone besides me see it as a backhanded slap at Israel by Obowo that he essentially showed Netanyahu the door the other day, then flew to Afghanistan for Passover?
- Why did America’s Jews vote overwhelmingly for Obowo in ‘08, all the time clamoring for more support for Israel, where Obowo’s latest poll shows he has a 4% favor-ability rating over there? Yes, I said 4 %.
- Where have all these new name bloggers come from, or are you all just changing names?
- What is the atomic weight of lead, and is that the element that is now pulling the dimwittocrats into a full political death spiral?
Thank you for your cooperation, yours truly, Bud.
When is happy hour at Manuel’s?
RB from Gwinnett
March 29th, 2010
4:12 pm
Jay, when are you going to correct the part that implies all the limo expense and hotel bills were Steele’s too?
Man up Jay. You took the lazy journalists route to a story, ran with it, and got burned by another hack with an agenda. Time to do the right thing and own up to it Jay. Do you have it in you or don’t you?
Who dat?
March 29th, 2010
4:13 pm
“Where have all these new name bloggers come from, or are you all just changing names?”
Elsewhere.
John Birch
March 29th, 2010
4:15 pm
Jay when Steele’s ethics sink to the level of President Bill Clinton, please let us know.
jewcowboy
March 29th, 2010
4:19 pm
RB from Gwinnett,
Sorry for the lag in responding…Photoshop and Vista are having a power struggle on my desktop.
“this stuff wasn’t on Steele’s expense report.”
I did read it several times along with a story posted earlier from another site, was getting the two confused. In the story Jay posted, “Once on the ground, FEC filings suggest, Steele travels in style” this is line is most contentious. I assumed it meant it was his personal expenses, though if I had been paying attention closer the word “suggests” should have been a clue that it was RNC expenses and not necessarily tied to Steele. Whether by deception or inaccuracy, I misinterpreted what was written.
“It’s a lie.”
No, it is not a lie…just not succinctly written as it should have been. The trouble with not reading closely…but it does not warrant retraction…but, perhaps, a correction since the story is correct, just written so as to inspire some confusion. As Jay has done.
I will take the chairman at his word that he was not there. And until any such evidence comes to light he was there or personally approved the expense, he is probably owed an apology for (un)intentional maligning his character.
But it does beg the question; who approves these expenses? How did a $2K sex club reimbursement get approved? How does The RNC amass $46K (if not more) in luxury travel expenses in the month of February and how does this correlate with the party of financial conservation? Are these types of expenses ok with Republican donors?
Southern Comfort
March 29th, 2010
4:23 pm
Most of y’all here are one-trick ponies. Bash the liberals or bash the conservatives. I really hope and pray that this is not what you’re teaching your children/grand children. Dissent is good, but when you have to put others down to make yourself look good, it’s time to take a look in the mirror and see what the real problem is.
We all get it that liberals are bad, conservatives are bad. Damn, they’re only human, and I have yet to see a perfect human in the flesh. If you think you’re better than them, then run for office and see how well you can do the job. If Pelosi is an idiot, run for Congress and prove it!! If Palin is an idiot, attend a rally and prove it!! Otherwise, just shut up and live.
jewcowboy
March 29th, 2010
4:23 pm
Who dat?
“Republicans and conservatives are two different things altogether. Liberals don’t seem to understand that.”
Yes, liberals understand that “conservatives” are people that vote Republican 100% of the time, but do not like to be labeled with a damaged brand.
Why do you think Philip Morris is now called Altria?
AmVet
March 29th, 2010
4:24 pm
“Does anyone besides me see it as a backhanded slap at Israel by Obowo that he essentially showed Netanyahu the door the other day, then flew to Afghanistan for Passover?”
Patently false.
Passover does not start until sunset tonight. BHO returned at 9AM today.
“Why did America’s Jews vote overwhelmingly for Obowo in ‘08,…”
Likely the same reason they ALWAYS vote against Republicans.
I speak for no one but myself, but as one I presume it is that they do not trust deadly right wing zealots and the hijackers of Christianity…
Who dat?
March 29th, 2010
4:26 pm
“Yes, liberals understand that “conservatives” are people that vote Republican 100% of the time, but do not like to be labeled with a damaged brand.”
Not true, a lot of conservatives vote Libertarian.
Scooter
March 29th, 2010
4:27 pm
Southern Comfort
March 29th, 2010
4:23 pm
I hope that made you feel better. Whew!
Southern Comfort
March 29th, 2010
4:29 pm
Scooter
Never said I felt bad. I just wonder about the IQ level here from time to time. It’s almost caveman-like. Ugg ugg,,,
Who dat?
March 29th, 2010
4:29 pm
“Likely the same reason they ALWAYS vote against Republicans.”
Most “Jews” in America are Jew in name only. They attend the parties etc.. but when it comes time for Temple……nowhere to be found. Most Jews don’t even know Hebrew let alone their heritage.
“but as one I presume it is that they do not trust deadly right wing zealots and the hijackers of Christianity…”
You mean the ones that fought against Hitler and helped rebuild Israel as a country? Israel overwhelmingly loves the GOP. Why, because they know the GOP doesn’t want to see them destroyed.
Hillbilly Deluxe
March 29th, 2010
4:29 pm
I’m not a Republican and I don’t give either party any money (taxes not included), so I guess it’s probably none of my business. It does stick in my craw however, to see anybody flailing an expense account like that, when they’re telling me to suck it up and tighten my belt. That applies equally to both parties.
Number1ninja
March 29th, 2010
4:30 pm
“Not true, a lot of conservatives vote Libertarian.”
Same feudalism, they just let people get stoned long enough to not notice what’s going on. Ross
Perot was right, but what he didn’t tell you is that he wanted government out of the way so HE could enslave you and not have to share.
Pogo
March 29th, 2010
4:32 pm
Jay, no politician or political party can claim the MORAL high ground in this country. Most of us who haven’t totally sold out our minds to any political party (unlike yourself who long ago forfeited your journalistic and maybe even your personnal integrity to support the liberal/progressive cause) are not surprised by what any politician does. I don’t even think the current republican party even tries to go for the religious thing anymore. How can they and really, when it comes down to it, who even cares? Liberal lackeys in the press such as yourself continue to try and portray every conservative in this country as some kind of “holier than thou art” religious zealot just waiting to be caught with their pants down. And because of a few bad apples, it is a convenient sore that you can pick at again and again meanwhile ignoring anything the democrats do. If the republicans are as bad as this can you imagine what the democrats must do on their “retreats”? I have a mental picture of Pelosi, dressed in bondage attire (her with her skinny thighs and with her bulbous eyes bulging) riding a subserviant Reid (who is dressed as an ass, the democratic mascot) around a big ball room beating him with a riding crop while screaming “I am omni-potent!”. All of this with the musical backdrop of the big band classic Sing, Sing, Sing! playing on high volume through the amplifiers. Meanwhile, at the head of the room, Obama sits on a big throne while Chris Matthews massages his feet and Katy Couric (dressed in arabic harem clothing) feeds him grapes all the while cooing to him, “you are our saviour who absolves us of all of our white sin”.
OK, that last is a bit much. But you get my drift. Anyone that thinks anybody up in Washington or in politics in general is not capable of deplorable moral behaviour, then you are indeed a programmed idiot. By far, the most deplorable behaviour being demonstrated in this country today is by the media. They are far too culpable in their unquestioning support of Obama. They dare not question him on anything he does and in the process, they are selling out the country and they are destroying themselves in our eyes. “The Third Branch” has actually turned into exactly that for this president. It will take a long time to undo the destruction he, and they, have done.
Who dat?
March 29th, 2010
4:32 pm
“Ross Perot was right, but what he didn’t tell you is that he wanted government out of the way so HE could enslave you and not have to share.”
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theyeshaveit
March 29th, 2010
4:32 pm
jefferson said, “I think Palin would be a most excellent replacement, her cheers are better than his cheers.”
Yes, sure. That move would light up the blogosphere. Now, that would be just the type of repeal and replace Republicans are capable of doing.
Jackie
March 29th, 2010
4:34 pm
John Edwards was defeated for his Senatorial bid in NC; he was divorced by his wife and has no position of authority in the Dem party. How can one draw a moral equivalence between John Edwards and Michael Steele?
jewcowboy
March 29th, 2010
4:35 pm
Who dat?,
“Not true, a lot of conservatives vote Libertarian.”
As shown by that massive 523,686 votes or 0.4% of the vote in 2008 Presidential elections.
Who dat?
March 29th, 2010
4:36 pm
“John Edwards was defeated for his Senatorial bid in NC; he was divorced by his wife and has no position of authority in the Dem party. How can one draw a moral equivalence between John Edwards and Michael Steele?”
John Edwards was running for president when that all went down. He could have been president or vice president. Michael Steele didn’t cheat on his cancer stricken wife. Edwards did.
jewcowboy
March 29th, 2010
4:37 pm
“Israel overwhelmingly loves the GOP.”
Certainly glad they can vote. American jews (who can actually vote)…not so much.
Who dat?
March 29th, 2010
4:37 pm
“As shown by that massive 523,686 votes or 0.4% of the vote in 2008 Presidential elections.”
Barr was not on the ballot in every state.
Bosch
March 29th, 2010
4:38 pm
“Not true, a lot of conservatives vote Libertarian.”
Libertarians were almost a non-entity, right up there with the Socialist Party and the Green Party, until around 2006 when the Republicans were tanking. Now Republicans are so embarrassed to call themselves Republicans, they resort to calling themselves Libertarian.
Scooter
March 29th, 2010
4:38 pm
It’s almost caveman-like
I find it entertaining SC.
Who dat?
March 29th, 2010
4:38 pm
“American jews (who can actually vote)…not so much.”
American Jews is an oxymoron.
Bosch
March 29th, 2010
4:39 pm
“As shown by that massive 523,686 votes or 0.4% of the vote in 2008 Presidential elections.”
OK, strike that – they are still a non-entity.
Drain The Swamp (NIF)
March 29th, 2010
4:39 pm
theyeshaveit
**Now, that would be just the type of repeal and replace Republicans are capable of doing.**
As pointed out by one of your own, Palin’s Approval rating is two and a half times higher than Nancy Pelosi. And she is the one that pulled Obozo’s strings until this abortion was passed.
jewcowboy
March 29th, 2010
4:39 pm
Pogo,
“no politician or political party can claim the MORAL high ground in this country.’
Agreed.
“I don’t even think the current republican party even tries to go for the religious thing anymore.”
Ya might want to rethink that one.
“OK, that last is a bit much”
ME EYES!!!! You are one sick little puppy…I think I like you better now.
Who dat?
March 29th, 2010
4:39 pm
“Now Republicans are so embarrassed to call themselves Republicans, they resort to calling themselves Libertarian.”
Liberals are embarrassed to call themselves liberals so they call themselves “progressives.”
Jackie
March 29th, 2010
4:40 pm
@Who dat
John Edwards ran for VP in 2005, at which time he and his wife were still together. His current affair began in 2008 as the child is less than 2 years old. What point are you making?
Drain The Swamp (NIF)
March 29th, 2010
4:40 pm
Bosch
I don’t mean to scare you, but are you a progressive or a liberal?
Who dat?
March 29th, 2010
4:40 pm
“Ya might want to rethink that one.”
IS that like when democrats go into black churches and strike up race fears about evil white people?
Southern Comfort
March 29th, 2010
4:41 pm
Pogo
Thanks for that mental image, bro. Time to go buy me a bottle of Golden Grain so I can remove it…
Scooter
It’s good for laughs at times. When it’s time to be serious, it’s a tad annoying. It gives this blog a 5th grade feel at times, and I know the people here are more intelligent than that. But, if that’s the best way to debate, ugg ugg!!!
Who dat?
March 29th, 2010
4:42 pm
“John Edwards ran for VP in 2005, at which time he and his wife were still together. His current affair began in 2008 as the child is less than 2 years old. What point are you making?”
You answered your own asinine question. He’s a scumbag who could have been president. Liberals said NOTHING about it until the $hit finally hit the fan. It’s what you gals do. Whenever a liberal does something stupid you clowns remain silent.
Drain The Swamp (NIF)
March 29th, 2010
4:42 pm
Jackie
**His current affair began in 2008 as the child is less than 2 years old. **
So the first thing they did was have a baby? Even before they had sex?
Somebody needs to call the Pope. I think that John Christ has just been born.
Bosch
March 29th, 2010
4:42 pm
Pogo,
“By far, the most deplorable behaviour being demonstrated in this country today is by the media”
With that, I can agree. The rest, not so much.
jewcowboy
March 29th, 2010
4:42 pm
Who dat?,
“Barr was not on the ballot in every state.”
And that illustrates the popularity of the Libertarian movement how exactly?