Michael Steele: The Era of Apologizing for GOP Past Mistakes is Officially Over
Michael Steele at the RNC's annual state chairmen's meeting says that the era of apologizing for GOP past mistakes is officially over. I would like to know when Mr. Steele thinks it started? The only person I've seen members of the Republican party apologizing to is Boss Limbaugh.
UPDATE: John Amato:
The funniest line I heard him say was this:
"...this change my friends has been delivered in a teabag and that's a wonderful thing..."
All the teabaggers I saw in Santa Monica were anti-federal reserve-Ron Paul people who were no fans of Republicans.
His entire speech was an attack against President Obama and the Democratic Party who he called power hungry. If Steele doesn't want any power why then is he head of the RNC? Why is there an RNC? Steele said that they were going to start being the loyal opposition instead of being afraid of Obama's popularity. All they have done since Obama was elected is attach him over and over again. Michael said they weren't going to go the partisan attack root, but then called Nancy Pelosi a radical...Steele is a joke and so was his speech.
Just call it the "talking point" speech. That's the entirety of the speech.
I would be willing to accept their non-apology, and even forgive them, if they would promise to STFU, and never, ever, never run for a public office again.
If I were a psychopath, I would join the republican party, and get in on the gravy train taking the Teabircher morons to the cleaners.
Good. when do we begin the era of indictments?
And the era of apologizing for present GOP mistakes begins.
Vote GOP and move forward to the 18th Century.
I was gonna say, what, they're gonna start apologizing for future mistakes now?
that's funnier than a tub of monkeys.
"Folks, this is not your father's Republican Party."
Joe Biden
That should be a mouthful of monkeys
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
lNm has already left. At least a Floridian took the bait.
"Folks, this is not your father's Republican Party."
Joe Biden
How about the era of war crimes tribunals?
Shortly before the Pageant of the Never Ending Frog March.
-ek
Turns out that was just another one of his lies too...
hey steele we will tell you when were done with BUSH. you blamed everything on CLINTON until about a few days ago. the RIGHT does NOT want to hear about the BUSH legacy. it's REAL and painful. financial
crisis,Gitmo,economic crisis,automaker crisis,foreclosures, unemployment, bigger government, HUGE deficit,tax breaks for the wealthy,TAX havens/protection, war(s). BUSH left a BIG mess. they don't get to tell us when we are done. i've been waiting for this. it's been a hundred plus days. this is the republicans trying to find IDENTITY.
We as the majority will tell the 21% party when we are done kicking you around. Hopefully though, we will never be done.
-Unfortunately, too many Dems think it is 2002 and will not take strong action. The Senate's action today will make sure Gitmo is not going to close anytime soon:
http://yellingatthemoon.com/2009/05/19/they-a...
the senate wants a clear answer(s) on where these detainees are going. if it was easy it would be done. sure candidate obama said he would close gitmo. that was the intentions i wanted to hear but being/trying to be realist i understand you can't always get what you want. until clear answers come available the money is NOT going to be there. i find that responsible. i want Gitmo closed but they need to do it right/best they can.
it'll be over when the electorate decides it is, and not a minute sooner. and mikey? it hasn't really even started yet.
hate to disappoint ya.
Maybe it's a typo and Steele said, The Error of Apologizing for GOP past mistakes is officially over. In that case he could have been talking about everyone looking insane as they apologized to Rush.
Steele also said today that they the Republicans were making a come back. He didn't say in what century though.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
on to the era of making all new mistakes
returning to his vomit!
"The greatest tyranny is censoring information in order to be better able to control people." - Cristina Saralegui
... by passing the buck, of course.
no shit
...anything? This Steele minstrel show isn't funny anymore.
of the whiny white liberal blame America crowd?
"Folks, this is not your father's Republican Party."
Joe Biden
I don't remember the republicant's issuing a HUGE apology for fucking up this country beyond all recognition. Was I sleeping?
They apologized for something?
When did that happen?
Why wasn't I informed?
I can't believe I missed it.
They are sorry that the black man won the election.
ACORN stole it.
"Folks, this is not your father's Republican Party."
Joe Biden
When I heard about Michael Steele's speech, I checked with Wikipedia. It says "An era is a commonly used word for long period of time."
I must have overslept.
it's important to not let this stick. this is a strategy as the RIGHT is very concerned about president obama. the right is the party of NO and negativity to find their identity at the expense of obama and the
democrats. the right is in a bind to lecture us on spending when BUSH/(r) house rang up the til. NOW obama has to spend to get attempt to get us out and the WORLD out/reduce of this global recession. obama is attempting/finding middle ground on some issues the RIGHT does NOT like that. they are black and white thinkers/policy makers. this will be the start of this strategy. first it will start with rnc and limp NUTs. lawmakers will be cautious. give me a break steele you can't be serious. the BUSH legacy could take years to reverse.
Apologizing for past mistakes? The republicans have been blaming President Obama for everything that's wrong now, even though he's only been in under 4 months.
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
Yeah, we need you to GTFO.
..a paraplegic needs a baseball bat.
..a fish needs a bicycle.
..a watermelon needs another seed.
could come in handy.
"Folks, this is not your father's Republican Party."
Joe Biden
An Eskimo needs an Eskimo Pie.
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
A sub-Saharan African needs a tanning bed.
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
The Era of Obfuscation is alive and well in the GOP. President Obama is popular in the middle of a huge financial crisis and two wars that no-one knows how to win. The reason is that he shines in comparison to the last office holder. It turns out that intelligence, literacy, and the ability to articulate a simple sentence are more important than than the Republicans thought.
I hope they hold weekly events that highlight a party without a plan for a few more months.
Like Bill Mahr said: "the american people found out the hard way, that it really DOES matter if you elect a stupid guy!"
If I were a psychopath, I would join the republican party, and get in on the gravy train taking the Teabircher morons to the cleaners.
The last thing we want you to do is "be silent."
We want all of you to keep yammering and sticking your feet deeply in your mouths.
Just keep talking Mr. Steele, keep talking please.
Steele: "America needs us more now than ever before" *applause*
America had you over all 3 branches of government for most of the past decade and we sill be digging out of that for quite sometime. We don't need you anywhere near the reigns of power again.
The era of apologizing to party leader Limbaugh has just begun.
did the GOP ever apologize for ANYTHING?
Well, that lawyer did apologize to Cheney for getting in the way of his shotgun blast.
But he's the only one I can think of.
If I were a psychopath, I would join the republican party, and get in on the gravy train taking the Teabircher morons to the cleaners.
Did he say a corner has been turned? Like in Iraq? Does he really want to revive and remind people of that slogan?
Please keep Steele as RNC chair.
At least he would be looking out at the audience and seem like he was talking facts. I didn't hear any of those facts. The honeymoon was over as far as they are concerned on 1/20/09. Why do they hate America?
What Steele needs is a conscience/soul, brain cells, and to finally gargle the taste of Rush's small dick out of his mouth.
But seriously, while Obama tries to reach across the partisan divide, they say they are going to confront him and fight him on every issue.
Obama has been in office 3 months,the GOP have been held accountable for absolutely nothing,have no ideas to speak of unless you like Tea Parties and hate Queers and Nancy Pelosi.
Yeah baby.
"To me, truth is not some vague, foggy notion. Truth is real. And,
at the same time, unreal. Fiction and fact and everything in between,
plus some things I can't remember, all rolled into one big "thing."
This is truth, to me. "
-Jack Handy
Okay now when do you start purging your party of the Fraud Liars Cheats I hear the lip service do you back ther President and the Congress in FULL disclosure of the bush cheney Crime reign or are you asking for it to be swept under the rug.
Torture are you going to back the President in OUTING those CRIMMINALS at the higher echolons and hold them accountable.
Did your Drug Addict leader limbaugh approve your speech?
At least Michael Steele is now admitting that there were mistakes made in the past.
… although he will have to apologize to Boss Limbaugh for that little gaff tomorrow.
Truth in advertising would name Mr. Steele's party the Dixiepublicans.
This guy is a joke. I saw some of his speech on CNN. Seemed to me that he repeated himself over and over and over again.
One thing I caught was that he said, "unlike Democrats and the way they treated Bush," we will "question Obama but do so with class."
Within a minute or two of him saying that, he referred to Obama's "reign of errors." Huh? To me, that sounds like "reign of terror," something you might use to describe a murderous dictator. Where's the "class" here, Mr. Steele?
These GOP morons are jokes. They'll never change.
The american people loathe George W. Bush like no other president in history, and no amount of bullshit from these GOP asshat clowns is gonna change that.
Game, set, and match Mr. Steele!
If I were a psychopath, I would join the republican party, and get in on the gravy train taking the Teabircher morons to the cleaners.
New talking point has been that GW was a RINO, that he was a Democrat. So see, it was the Democrats all along that ruined our country!
How can you stop something you never started? I can't keep up with these people.
Everyday it becomes more szchizo in repuke land.
If I were a psychopath, I would join the republican party, and get in on the gravy train taking the Teabircher morons to the cleaners.
He sounded like he could be talking to the democrats 2 years ago. Why couldn't we have found out voice to be "the loyal opposition". We were made to be unpatriotic, he is saying it is a sign of patriotism to dissent.
Why could't we get away with saying this! The only good thing is that rush has sooo hated on him that no Republican will listen to him! So a good speech wasted.
The Era of Recovering from Republican Mistakes is Just Beginning and May last 20 years.
Being a sociopath, or collection of sociopaths, means never feeling the need to say you're sorry. It's a perk that comes with joining the GOP.
He just washes their cars.
the minute they admit they made them.
"Folks, this is not your father's Republican Party."
Joe Biden
No need to change on the issues, no need to be more moderate, no need to apologize for their destructiveness, no need to appeal to the people they've alienated, etc. Just need to yell louder and be more alienating...
I watched last week's airing of To the Contrary yesterday. Tara Setmayer, who works for Rep. Rohrbacher, was repeating all of those.
Pitiful, isn't it?
"The greatest tyranny is censoring information in order to be better able to control people." - Cristina Saralegui
I could give a rat's arse about getting insincere apologies from criminals. What I want is justice. They can spew and spew all their poisonous lies and denials till the cows come home--so long as they do it from their maximum-security prison cells.
"...this change my friends has been delivered in a teabag and that's a wonderful thing..."
I thought a banana was delivered with a tea bag? And Steele thinks that's a wonderful thing, I'm sure he does! I always had my suspensions about Steele.
This guy is the best think for happen for our side since Sara Palin! Comedy gold. Please keep this guy, please!
Sorry folks, I tried to watch this entire speech, but it was more than I could take. It seems this land of ours, this USA, is actually nothing more than the Simpson's Springville. A land where all it takes is the most juvenile distraction to create mass hysteria thus removing focus from where it should be. Perhaps Michael Steele should recall that a LARGE majority of this nation voted out the GOP the past several elections precisely because of the buffoonery that exists in the GOP that has almost toppled this nation of ours. So sure Michael, you are quite correct in assuming that the GOP are anti-American... YOU ARE. THAT is why you lost in such a massive way. Now... let's get on with the torture investigations!
republicanism is a mental illness.
What America needs is for the Republican party to disband.
many of them used to be democrats untill Clinton was elected and they thought the dems were destroyed (They changed from dem to republicab) if I remember correctly in mid 1990's 70 changed in Texas alone.
Like our Richard Shelby ran as dem then changed to repub just months after he was elected
They are like snakes they can shed their skin quickly
Out of breath...from laughing...Please...Get me my oxygen tank...
Seriously, that was the biggest display of potandkettlery I have ever witnessed. And the teabag quote at the end just sealed the deal. My god, this will either be the toughest or funniest four years in American history.
NOBODY 2012
"Some of the people you can fool all the time,And those are the ones you have to concentrate on"
Michael Steele: The Era of Apologizing for GOP Past Mistakes is Officially Over
This was laugh out loud. Have they ever apologized for ...anything?
far left loon >.<
It's over. The circus called the republican party is officially DEAD. With no subscriptions for a resurection. I apologise for screwing up 9/11. It was an inside job because our rating were dropping. I apologise for the 3,000 dead but I had to make a point. I apologise for the 4,000 plus who have died defending my lies, but hey...they took the job. I apologise for all the elephant shit I've left on American soil. I apologise for trying to send this country into bankruptcy...I tried. I tried. There, the GOP IS DEAD...we can't apologise anymore... We are the party of the old and wicked ! And the dead...Now, let's bury 'em. Ha!Ha! Hee! Hee! Ho! Ho! May their souls burn in hell for what they did to the new world!
Basketball Forever
to oppose the federal Reserve.
The USgov should simply nationalise the banking and monetary system. Straight up, no questions asked. Banking should be run as a non profit, and the gov't (i.e. THE PEOPLE) should take responsibility for their monetary system. Just like adults do.
It's called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it.
-George Carlin
Kos has excerpts from Steele's comedy routine. My favorite is when he talks about the Republicans are going to act with class and dignity and put pettiness behind, then at the end calls Obama a "Democrat president"! http://jed-lewison.dailykos.com/
Past mistakes?!!! How about a decade of carnage?
Re=Thugs APOLOGIZED? HOW did I miss that?
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because it happened in the vortex between michael steele's ears. A dangerous place. You wouldn't want to go there.
This guy is a joke , it's like he is blind folded and swinging away at the piñata .
"The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all."
start TAKING responsibility for the acelleration in the decline of the economy?
This under-qualified tax cheating administration will be blaming Bush for their entire term
Stupid Troll Alert !
This one has a classic case of headuphisass's.
Don't give up your day job.LMAO!
Your funny. I'm laughing at you right now. No Really. I Am Laughing my ass of at you right now.
What is your conceptual, continuity?
Sorry lumpyhead but this Administration has ALREADY taken the responsibility of trying to put the country back together after the past 8 HORRIFIC years of repub bullsh*t. Under-qualified??? Dag Mister...you DO need to get your head outa your azz. We knew after the last election that you stupid ignorant people were going to try and blame everything on the current President and the Democrats and DAMN if you a**holes aren't "trying" to do it. Wont work this time. Most of the American people are smarter than you take us for.
...that he's the Republican token Negro, right? The "Democrat" Party got themselves a N****R elected President, so they have to have one in a position of power. BUT, the RNC is going to vote on whether to remove Steele's power over their purse strings. His appointment to be the head of the RNC seems to be a pretty cynical move to me.
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