April 29, 2009 05:30 AM
Michael Steele: Specter "Flipped the Bird" at the GOP
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Michael Steele bids Arlen Specter good riddance. So much for that big tent.
Steele: For the senator to flip the bird back to Senator Cornyn and the Republican Senate Leadership, a team that stood by him, who went to the bat for him in 2004, to save his hide to me is not only disrespectful but down right rude. I'm sure his mama didn't raise him that way.
A better man would have mooned them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYaWX43bTW0
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
Steele is being disingenuous here. Sure, a few of Specter's Senate buddies helped him, but the nutfudge wing of the GOP -- Toomey, Club For Growth, the rest of the Hitler Youth -- openly called Specter a traitor and worked tirelessly toward his political destruction. So Specter owes loyalty to nobody except his constituents -- who have been stampeding to the Democratic party in staggering numbers.
the numbers are staggering, something like 200k swapped from repub to dem last year.... Holy heck, that is a lot of people in one state to swap.
as for steele pretending that specter was treated well... must i remind this loser that specter received death threats and petitions from outside the state for his ouster? what an ugly ugly group of people you have become.
....the nerdiest Black man on the planet. I bet he doesn't even know how to dance to James Brown.
Steele probably never heard of "flipping the bird" until he read about it in the New Yorker.
I discovered your blog last week.
Good stuff. Thanks.
The Republicans sent this uncle tom to harsh re-indoctrination camp, chopped off half of his left foot, renamed him Toby and now he harmlessly spouts out a litany of Conservative talking points.
Honestly... the Gop/Republican party is going to be in the darkness for a while(possibly a good long while) and Specter wants to remain relevant. Its a career move. He's 79 I believe, so time is running out on him.
Wed, 04/29/2009 - 05:33 — Tim misses Japan
A better man would have mooned them.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C88yb-OVNmw
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
I would like to hear from Specter whatt he GOP told him after he voted for the "STEM" bill. You can bet dollars to doughnuts they told him that they were not going to support him in the next election (primary).
And Michael Steele is such a stand up guy too. I wonder if he asked Limbaugh if it was ok to issue that statement.
has been flipping the bird at the GOP lately. Wonder if any of the new conservative bunch has even noticed?
Conservatives have been flipping the bird to the American people for 9 years now.
is intended to be a factual statement
I think it goes back a lot longer than that......
More like 39.
I think I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so.....
Nixon was put in place in 1968.
BTW Jack Benny is the official 39 person.
"Let's talk dirty to the animals"
in the 30s? So that is over 3 quarters of a century of perma-flipping the bird.
They've been flipping the bird since they all joined the Fascist Party, just after they melted down the economy in 1929.
They are tanked. They are so out of touch. Guess what morons? YOU DON'T MATTER ANYMORE. And if they continue down this path they will see even more wasteland in 2010. They still don't get that the American people are sick and tiered of their style, substance, and brand of politics.
I say welcome aboard Senator Specter. You are among friends. Here is a place at the table, in the great big tent. We would love to hear from you.
What new conservative bunch? I thought they were leaving through attrition. I know of no child that has progressive parents, having conservative tendencies. I do know of many young adults with conservative parents that are quite progressive however.
Yet, there was that congressman from Ill.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/16/step...
Ah, the eloquence of Michael Steele's language. His street "talkiness" is so convincing and clear. Much thought must have been given to the comment, "For the senator to flip the bird back to Senator Cornyn and the Republican Senate Leadership,..."
Yes, this is exactly the sort of language you would want a representative of your party to use....if you were a teenager.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
I don't even know what that means (flip the bird). I'm sure many old angry white men don't either-- or their base.
far left loon >.<
public servant goes on the record saying "flipped the bird"? "his mama didn't raise him that way?" Does he realize what an ass he makes of himself when he speaks that way?
He's trying to appeal to rednecks. It's quite laughable.
trying to appeal to rednecks? Um, fail.
Who am I gonna believe? Arlen Specter, who clearly stated his reasons for the change, and limited his "blame" to those of the PA electorate who would show up at the next Republican primary,the wingnuts, or Michael Steele, whose own career depends on those same wingnuts and whose track record shows us a lot of nothin'? "Left-wing voting record" indeed! That's the distortion of the "if yer not with us, you're agin us" redneck fearful.
So this morning's e-mail brings the following from said Michael Steele:
Dear _______
I hope Arlen Specter's party change outrages you. It should for two reasons:
First-- Specter claimed it was philosophical--and pointed his finger of blame at Republicans all over America for his defection to the Democrats. He told us all to go jump in the lake today.
I'm sorry, but I don't believe a word he said.
Arlen Specter committed a purely political and self-serving act today. He simply believes he has a better chance of saving his political hide and his job as a Democrat. He loves the title of Senator more than he loves the party--and the principles--that elected him and nurtured him.
Second --and more importantly--Arlen Specter handed Barack Obama and his band of radical leftists nearly absolute power in the United States Senate. In leaving the Republican Party--and joining the Democrats--he absolutely undercut Republicans' efforts to slow down Obama's radical agenda through the threat of filibuster.
Facing defeat in Pennsylvania's 2010 Republican primary due to his left-wing voting record, and an end to his 30 year career in the U.S. Senate, he has peddled his services--and his vote--to the leftist Obama Democrats who aim to remake America with their leftist plan.
As recently as April 9th, Senator Specter said he would run in the Pennsylvania primary next year as a Republican. Why the sudden change of heart? Clearly, this was an act based on political expediency by a craven politician desperate to keep his Washington power base--not the act of a statesman.
His defection to the Democrat Party puts the Democrats in an almost unstoppable position to pass Obama's destructive agenda of income redistribution, health care nationalization, and a massive expansion of entitlements.
Arlen Specter has put his loyalty to his own political career above his duty to his state and nation.
You and I have a choice. Some will use Specter's defection as an excuse to fold the tent and give up. I believe that you are not one of those people. When Benedict Arnold defected to the British, George Washington didn't fold the tent and give up either.
He grit his teeth more determined than ever to succeed. That's what I'm asking you to do today.
Join me in this fight by making a secure online contribution of $25, $50, $100, $500 or $1,000 right now to build our army of supporters and defeat Democrat candidates like Arlen Specter in next year's elections.
Stand with me. I need your support today.
Sincerely,
Michael Steele
GOP archconservatives like Pat Toomey and Peg Luksik have been lusting after Specter's seat for years; both have run against Specter in primaries. Michael Steele terms it a defection, but it wasn't; the ultra right wing planned to oust him in 2010. As for the "party and principles that nurtured him," it was once possible to be a moderate or even liberal Republican and still be welcome in the Republican Party. Look at Everett Dirksen and John Heinz. But that inclusion is no longer possible in the GOP, and the blind party will keep listing to the right, alienating even more Americans and even responsible Republicans as it continues to self-destruct.
Dearest Michael,
Fuck you.
Sincerely,
__________
Dear, Dear, Dear, Mr. Steele.
You are a douchebag.
Sincerely,
Bitter Bud Hussein
Before enlightenment - chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment - chop wood, carry water.
"Leftist!" "Leftist!" "Leftist!"
Massa needs to expand his boy's vocabulary.
"His mama did not". Except that there still are many mamas with a lot of dead brain cells bringing children into this world that will join the rethugs.
"Let's talk dirty to the animals"
I always thought Aunt Jemimah was an odd brand name.
Even as a pup I thought it sounded like, Ain't ya Mama.
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
Old brand name - I have magazines from the 20s with AJ ads in them. Funny though - She started out looking really black, and now she looks really white.
"...who went to the bat for him in 2004, to save his hide..."
Yes, it was all the GOP's doing that Arlen was re-elected in 2004. Nothing to do with the voters. Nah .. move along. Pesky little people, like voters, have nothing to do with it.
Just remember: if you big-wig GOPers were SO powerful in 2004, you can do it again, right? Go ahead -- make your new candidate win in 2010. hahaha
in the graveyard getting voters registered? And of course all those absentee ballots we then had to fill out.... what happened to the love Arlen?
Every time Steele speaks in public he sounds so damned lame. Is this the best they could find to speak for the republican party? He may be a black man, but he is no Barack Obama, just as Palin may have been female, but she is no Hillary Clinton.
The depth of the republican party's thinking is so glaringly shallow.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
A trenchmite will dig a shallow trench, jump in and have someone else shovel the dirt on top of them.
"Let's talk dirty to the animals"
I mean, its no coincidence that Steele and Palin are now the "leaders" of the R party after the the election of 08.
In all honesty though, we shouldn't be acting like we have something special in Obama or Clinton. Both corporate bloodsuckers.. especially Clinton.
Now the propaganda outlets will demonstrate how tightly integrated they are as they dish up yet another top-down-directed propaganda campaign. This time the theme will be: "Specter sucks, and he has always sucked. We hate him, have always hated his guts, and so do you".
Let me get this right.
The guy that gave us clarence ,single bullet,Iran contra and has supported an illegal ,immoral unconstitutional war is coming to save the Rep/dems?
And now we hear we have royalty entitled to their seat?
They will not allow a primary challenge? Fuck democracy.
He was on the senate floor praising the traitors that tortured claiming International war crimes are a policy difference?
As a true believer he has come to destroy the democratic government we used to have . To believe the republicans won't do everything to regain power even undermining the country.
Treason is never a mistake but it's always a mistake not to call out TREASON.
Watching the GOP and their minions turn to cannibalism is more schadenfreude than a person should be allowed in a lifetime.......savour the moment sports fans!
'Talk to the hand'
It just seems too...convenient.
I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http:/...
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
I do have a lot of questions about how useful he will be as a Democrat...much like Joe Liebermann..
But I do love seeing him jump ship. Good that Michael Steele "got" that they are being flipped off.....
..both Joe and Arlen ain't in the Senate when their next election is over.
Mickey: "It was an epiphany. Do you know what an epipany is?"
Keoni: "NOT NOW MICKEY!"
I don't see Democrats electing Specter...and I see the Republicans/Independents in Connecticutt dumping him like smelly garbage.
I guess republicans have to keep their language simple and earthy for that 21% who still admit to being republican. Use three syllable words and whoosh, it goes right over their heads.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
or Jack D.
"Let's talk dirty to the animals"
... only validates Specter's remarks.
A better reply would have been, "I'm sorry Senator Specter feels that way. The truth is that the GOP has always been (selling points). If that's not what he believes in anymore, it makes sense for him to leave the Republican caucus."
Exactly! An adult response would have been much more appropriate.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
Did he only give you a small bit of what all you Repigs deserve Steele? Perhaps you didn't see a large majority also flip you asshats the bird in the last election eh?
The republicans no longer need their "big tent", they are shopping on EBay these days for a pup tent.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
I sure hope the GOP don't get rid of Steele. they need to keep him....
Today's GOP is a genetically and or psychologically deviant mélange of morally and ethically defective mutants, miscreants and kamikaze loyalists who are crashing and burning all things Republican.
They are the figurative buzzards and hyenas fighting over the last scraps of a carcass riddled with maggots and festering clumps of putrefied viscera.
They are the opportunistic parasites whose very existence is and always has been dependent on sucking blood from the engorged bellies of alpha predators.
The prevalence of fear, paranoia and irrational hatred in today's GOP represents the antemortem gasps of a doomed species struggling to survive in evaporating pools of their own toxic waste as they mercilessly slice and dice one another in futile attempts to become the biggest fish in an increasingly smaller and smaller pond.
Gosh I love to hear that.
ditto here!
'Talk to the hand'
I wish I could write like you do. ;-)
Chapeau!
Steele's comments "...we supported him" refers to the fact that the GOP (Goffey Old people)supported him during his last miniminal elections and HE OWES THE PARTY...to hell with the people he represents who are leaving the GOP by the hundreds of thousands in his state. Its about Senator Specter...following his voters and supporting them as theur voice in DC. In the GOP its Party first!
Steele "If the Democrats don't beat him in the primary we'll take care of him in the general"
Yea right. A Republican nutter (because that's all that's really left in their party) will run against a multi-term incumbent who has switched parties to the party that is in it's perhaps strongest position ever, particularly in the northeast, and Steele thinks the GOP will "take care of him" in the generals?
GOP, please keep this guy as you RNC chair, please! He's better than Sarah Palin! He's the gift that keeps on giving!
PS - I love how Steele drags Specter's momma into it. You stay classy Steele! Hahahaha. What a joke this guy is. Seriously. The Dems could not a better head for the RNC.
PS - I love how Steele drags Specter's momma into it.
Reminds one of Urkel trying to sound "street".
I think I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so.....
hahahahaha. good one.
Chairman Steele, the early days! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCnWnY7vAW4
Did I do that...?
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
lost a congressional seat in one of the more conservative districts in the northeast
lost a Republican senator to the other side.
Heckova job Mikey!!
How long before Steele decides he wants to spend more time with his family? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqzJkTatWiQ
I believe Specter is sincere in regards to his desire for more medical stem cell research. Having had to deal with cancer probably brings that subject near and dear to his heart. The republicans are so crusted over with their old themes, they either refuse to or can't see that the country has moved beyond much of their base ideology.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
...Arlen Specter's mama's head so small she use a tea-bag as a pillow.
He shoulda said THIS!
Arlen Specter's mama's soooooo fat...the back o her neck looks like a pack o hotdogs!
Steele was planning on pulling money from Specter to weaken him in the primary battle. It was Steele who gave Arlen the finger and Specter out foxed him and gave the finger to him instead.
Love! It!
http://img232.imageshack.us/my.php?image=fick...
on how to turn his party around. Since he was spot on about the Democratic Party!
http://www.amazon.com/National-Party-More-Con...
Is Steele a democratic plant? I mean it would be a pretty smooth move by the democrats if he were. I know he isn't but damn, sometimes he gives us so much it's hard to believe he is a real rupublican.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
If he is, he's takin one for the team, because his political career will likely be finished for good after this.
If it looks like a drooling eejit,
and walks & talks like a drooling eejit -
it's a Repignican
http://www.redstate.com/warner_todd_huston/20...
Of course when Joe Lieberman was stabbing his party in the back, he wasn't a traitor, he was a patriot! And of course Lieberman isn't still caucusing with the majority party to keep his chairmanship isn't out of political expediency either.
Specter was one of Bush's number one supporters. Specter will be another republican blue dog to add to their growing number we are electing on the democratic ticket. How many Blue dogs in the senate now 16 and counting.. These 15 or 16 senators that vote as a block can give the republicans the majority on any issue they wish. In the House the Blue dogs have lost their numbers to control it like they wish for now , but what about tomorrow..
Specter is a War hawk , Specter like all the blue dogs was for illegal spying , cutting social programs , giving our tax money to the criminal war contractors... We have become a nation of idiots with a memory that only lasts for a couple of days.. We support and listen to Fox "?news?" and other corporate-republican "?news?" media and then we bitch about them and the propaganda they say... If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to see or hear , as far a one is concern it never happen.....
Specter as well as the other republicans which have run and some elected on the democratic ticket ,, looks like another Rove's action... To run republicans on the democratic ticket and if a republican loses running as a republican they win as a democrat one the democratic ticket..
Our party in now center right to say the least.. Listening to Rachel's show last night Rachel had a person from the Progressive Democrats on her show.. This person spoke as if the progressive group were thrill and falling on their knees that Obama talk to them and finally gave them permission to see him...
Of Course this comes months after greeting & listening to the Blue dog republicans and any other group which wanted to meet with him...
Obama the president is not Obama the democratic candidate and the policies I voted for.. Of course this was not McCain or was it... We might as well call Obama a Blue Dog Republican along with the rest that have been elected on our democratic ticket..
The democrat voters have become their worst enemy now.. They are excepting corrupted polices which just 5 months ago they would raise h... about and funding , supporting and voting for republicans which no longer have the true values which once were that of the democrat party and for the American citizens..
We have been taken over by this Global Empire and the people no longer have any power over our government policies and our wealth and economy is being transferred to the Global Empire at an alarming rate..
Third world countries of yesterday are the ones which have our manufacturing plants and jobs that we have/are paying for this Global Empire to transfer there on a daily basis while cutting ones in America...
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That's why a strong progressive should be put against him in the Democratic primary battle. In the meantime it's better to have him caucusing with the Dems.
think we have our heads in the sand regarding the way Specter has behaved or is likely to perform in the future. I think for many of us, it's simply the fact that he changed parties and the fear and panic that we hope this is sending through the GOP. That's enough for now.
Scott Murphy wins in conservative leaning NY congressional district.
Specter out of the Republican Party, in the Democratic Party
Please Republicans keep Steele as chair of the RNC at least long enough for he and Party Leader Limbaugh to drive out Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins!
mr. steele,
The american people ARE lefty's, NOT fascists like the neocon goons you represent. The american people want your corporate fascist state dismantled, not sustained. If anything, they think Obama is too moderate.
The fascist group of plutocratic morons (CFG), defeated two moderate Michigan republicans in primaries with anti-tax nuts; who were then crushed in the general election by democrats, in what were former GOP districts. So, buy all means, keep up the good work.
You people really need to move to an island, so your demented brand of idiocy can be isolated. Many eons from now, paleontologists would unearth curious fossil remains(yes fossils), and be puzzled by the apparent extinction of an entire group of self-destructive, dim-whitted hominids, who caused (and rejoiced) in their own demise.
Many years ago, I too was once a moderate/liberal-leaning republican.
Please, continue down this path, so that the american people will soon be rid of your anti-american, corporate-nazi party.
Heck of a job steely!
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.
has managed to make himself completely irrelevant in just a few months. Heckuva job Mikey!
As for Arlen, I'm not too sure that his party switching will guarantee he can retain his Senate seat in the next election. The folks here in PA - especially the western and eastern thirds - have begun to see the light in recent years. Plus, Arlen is almost 80, is fighting a nasty disease and has ticked off supporters on all side of all issues over the years. I think he's toast.
"Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of Stupidity" - Frank Leahy
Pennsylvania is where my family came from. Surely the democratic party should be able to come up with some younger blood, who could easily crush Toomey and the fascist CFG morons.
I cannot see someone as batshit crazy as Santorum winning again in Pa.
The good folks there really seem to be returning back to their blue roots in droves - just like in Michigan. The so-called Reagan democrats are almost extinct now.
Who looks good on the democratic side right now? I think they would beat Specter easily in a primary challenge. 80 year old former Bush loving republican winning in a democratic primary? I just don't see it. Until then, Arlen will do.
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.
You mean like:
http://www.galenfrysinger.com/Photos/amish01.jpg
?
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
Rat leaving a sinking ship.
that the Republicans have deteriorated to the point where they're all acting like a bunch of middle schoolers? My 12-year old is more mature.
The party of "NO" are still bedwetting crybabies that just don't get it.
what this does is screws any legitimate progressive running on the democratic ticket. so instead of this left leaning republican running against a more progressive democratic candidate, we have him moving the whole campaign spectrum right. this allows the republican to run on an extreme right platform and makes spector look more left than he really is. So this has protected the right from facing a major push from the progressive left in his state.
thanks Arlen for screwing over Pennsylvania and the rest of the country yet again.
remember, arlen spector invented the magic bullet theory.
It seems this is the term for the GOP to fall back on when ever they refuse to compromise. It's so complete bullsh*t! Your GOP "core principles" have failed us (that's the US and the rest of the World) the last two decades (starting from Regan) so maybe it's time you did some reflecting d*psh*ts.
I would really like to see this Arlen Specter switch as the beginning of a movement for a new political chapter in American history. The Death of the GOP and perhaps a multi-party system in the states?
Now it's about politeness for them?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dW9-llaIS-g
Are they republicans or Democrats?
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
And the award for epic buffoonery in the field of 'not getting it' goes to...
http://macdaffy.blogspot.com/2009/04/video-of...
Every time I see Boehner, McConnell, or Cantor on C-SPAN, I give them (via the screen) the middle finger. Maybe not the most mature thing, but the only way I can react at that moment when they are being idiots.
"The greatest tyranny is censoring information in order to be better able to control people." - Cristina Saralegui
and every other treasonous scumbag when they're on my teevee.
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"The greatest tyranny is censoring information in order to be better able to control people." - Cristina Saralegui
Immediately I mute, then change channels.
Why should I spoil "my beautiful mind" listening to them?
far left loon >.<
The only reason they supported Specter in '04 was because they didn't want a Republican seat taken away in a blue state. That's it. They've considered him a RINO for years - voting against confirming Bork, not wanting to impeach Clinton, and then voting for the stimulus. He saw that the party is all nutbags now and he wanted out. I don't blame him.
Mr. Steele, Specter isn't the only one filpping off the Republcian party. Good Lord, neary 75% of the country has flipped the GOP off. Or haven't you been reading the polls? In fact Mr. Steele, just what do you do beides stand up comedy? What is your job description? It surely isn't winning elections, or maintaining respect for your party.
i can't stand my eyeballs reading the phrase "Senator Cornyn and the Republican Senate Leadership"
Cornyn couldn't lead a pack of parochial school kindergarteners down the hall to the f'kin lavatory
your name's Lebowski, Lebowski... and your wife is Bunny
the major fucking the entire world got from the GOP over the last 30 or so years.
Doesn't feel too good, does it, Michael? But you'd know that if you looked deep down inside. See the GOP has been flipping you and every other black person the bird forever. You know what you are when you leave the room, as far as they're concerned.
me-oww!
Newt Gingrich: "Arlen Specter's decision to leave the Republican Party in name as he left it in spirit over the stimulus vote is further proof that high taxes (high taxes on the middle class is ok, but high taxes on the rich not ok), big spending (big spending ok if the spending is for oil wars, wall street bailouts, defense contractors and Iraqi infrastructure. Big spending not ok if it is to revive the economy the GOP wrecked, to put Americans to work and use to build America's infrastructure) and big government (unless the big government is spying on you, wire tapping you or peeking in your bedrooms, that's ok) are unacceptable to Republican voters."
The republican party turned our country into a big steamy pile of elephant crap!
No birds.
Steele makes me realize that I'm simply not ambitious enough. If Steele can rise to the level of national chair, anyone can do anything.
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