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Idiocy Watch, RNC Edition
IDIOCY WATCH, RNC EDITION.... Newly-elected RNC Chairman Michael Steele gave a pep talk to House Republicans yesterday, during a retreat to plot strategy for the rest of the year. Steele noted, for example, referencing unanimous opposition to an economic rescue...
Michael Steele becomes first black RNC chairman - Yahoo! News
Michael Steele becomes first black RNC chairman - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com — WASHINGTON The Republican Party chose the first black national chairman in its history Friday, just shy of... three months after the nation elected a Democrat as the first African-American president. The choice marked no less than "the dawn of a new ... (more) Michael Steele becomes first black RNC chairman - Yahoo! ...
Memo to Chairman Steele: Organizing RNC 2.0
thenextright.com — Congratulations Chairman Steele! Your election is not only a decisive victory for a new brand of leadership,... but presents a significant opportunity to rethink the modern political organization. The people you hire at the staff level will be setting ... (more) Memo to Chairman Steele: Organizing RNC 2.0
Sheer Idiocy
recoveringjournalist.typepad.com — Newspapers are in trouble. Everybody knows that. But there still seems to be some confusion about the... causes. There are many, dominated by the almost unlimited incompetence of newspaper managers in failing to transform their business to take advantage ... (more) Sheer Idiocy
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Digest for January 31st through February 2nd
The Republic of T. — ... 31st through February 2nd: What’s Your Rush? - Never Let a Crisis Go to Waste - In the Face of Economic Disaster, Republicans Literally Have No Ideas - America Faces the Music in Davos - Sam Greenfield: Compassion and Criticism - Obama: The Son of Many Soils - More Stimulus Foolishness - Idiocy Watch, RNC Edition - Michael Shermer: Some Sympathy for Ted Haggard - ...

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