amconmag.com - 2/19/2009
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I'm probably the last one who should comment on not being familiar with the latest trends, but do people still actually use the phrase "off the hook" anymore? Well, Michael Steele does:
Newly elected Republican National Committee Chairman Michael S. Steele plans an “off the hook” public ...
washingtontimes.com - 2/19/2009
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washingtontimes.com —
By: grf67 Whatever Steele puts on the internet
and in print will not change the old, white,...
rich, racist image of the GOP. As long as boehner, cantor, and mcconnell are the faces of the GOP, the current image will remain. If he can throw these ...
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Steele: GOP needs 'hip-hop' makeover
amconmag.com - 2/27/2009
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amconmag.com —
Patrick Ruffini keeps dancing around the edges of
what he needed to say in this post, but...
he has a strong conclusion: We need to be confident, like the left is, that we are the natural governing party because our ideas are in alignment with basic ...
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Needed: Confidence And Wisdom
politicsmagazine.com - 2/18/2009
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politicsmagazine.com —
Behind the scenes of Michael Steele's upset win
By Brad Todd In 1977, David Norcross began his...
career in national politics as New Jersey s representative on the Republican National Committee. That same year, Reince Preibus was preparing for ...
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Plan of Steele
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Cool Like That
Balloon Juice —
... an argument could be made that they have managed to sell a deeply, deeply flawed product for years, and that only their successful marketing kept them in the game. See “death tax,” and “patriot act,” and “sanctity of marriage” and the whole host of clever terms and names that they have used to get their way. Did any of you notice anything either “compassionate” or “conservative” about the previous eight years? Now granted, smarter conservatives have figured all of this out, but being smarter conservatives, they are ...
Clueless!!!
Newshoggers.com —
... In fact, an argument could be made that they have managed to sell a deeply, deeply flawed product for years, and that only their successful marketing kept them in the game. See ???death tax,??? and ???patriot act,??? and ???sanctity of marriage??? and the whole host of clever terms and names that they have used to get their way. Did any of you notice anything either ???compassionate??? or ???conservative??? about the previous eight years? Now granted, smarter conservatives have figured all of this out, but being smarter conservatives, they are completely shut out of the debate. ...
Weekend Opinionator: A Nation of Cowards, Stimulus-Wielding Chimps and Hip-Hop Republicans
Opinionator —
... ” writes Joseph Lawler at the American Spectator. “Is it crazy-like-a-fox crazy, or just old-fashioned crazy?” Daniel Larison, although skeptical as usual, at least thinks Steele is following a pretty good model: All that said, let’s give Steele a break for a moment. This is not necessarily that different from Howard Dean’s famous “guys with Confederate flags in their trucks” line, which was tone-deaf in its own way but at least demonstrated some awareness that his party consistently failed to win the votes of most white men in national elections. However, the idea that Dean ...
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