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Rush + Steele = EPIC FAIL

Why is the GOP letting Limbaugh and his ilk marginalize their party? I

Although regrettable that Specter choose to switch sides, I don't see a huge shift in Idealogy. I am sorry to say, but Specter is only trying to save his political neck. Specter will after the election, not attempt to gain praise among Democrats, but instead will continue to vote along his own record. This is being turned into a lie. Specter is not defecting against his own idealogy, but attempting to save his own senate seat.

Mr Steele had to say that to the GOP leader. The republican party is so pathetic. They run to the right and kill off others that are not just like the neo-cons. Then they bitch that Specter, a man of his own mind, for not following Rush down the high cliff into the water bellow. Conservatism is the disease of the republicans. Unless they cure themselves of that, it doom for them all.

As a republican I hope we don't follow rush as a republican we have to
remember he is a entertainer not a politician he will never run for office and he would not even qualify so Mr Steele focus on your job so
we don't lose a party.

Of course you do! He IS your boss...
The leader of the racist xenophobic party.

Of Course he agrees with Rush...he's already beens slapped by the Boss for disazgreeing with him.

How can any self respecting American choose to be led by these clowns?

So, I guess Rush Limbaugh is actually running the Republican "show". The non-believers are now believers . Cowardly describes Mr. Steele...how anyone can agree with Limbaugh's rantings makes me sick – I feel as if I'm watching a remake of the Stepford Wives, but they've replaced the "wives" with Conservative Republicans.... Bravo Sen. Specter for standing up to these jerks!!!!!

I wonder if they'll say the same thing when GOP voters leave the party in 2010/2012 too.

"I mean, look, I'm not going to sit here with, you know, pie-in-the-sky talking about, you know, how wonderful things are. They're not," he said.

A rare "moment of clarity" for the GOP.

By all means, I hope Steele and Limbaugh continue to run off any Republicans that aren't sufficiently Republican enough for them. Eventually they will achieve complete party purity.

Of course, they will also achieve the smallest GOP minority in Congress in recent memory, but that is a small price to pay for complete and total obedience.

Sen. Olympia Snowe made a very good point in the NY times."There is no plausible scenario under which Republicans can grow into a majority while shrinking our ideological confines and continuing to retract into a regional party. " she said.
The likes of Rush Limbaugh/ Sean Hannity are actually helping shrink the party base. (Am I complaining? Heck no.) Michael Steele is a lap dog for the old fogeys (like Newt G.) that rule the party.

Now that he switched parties he's a dead weight? Mr. Steele needs to remove his nose from Rush's large behind.

Rush is a traitor...plain and simple. His comments are treason.... and He can't possibly have any love for america or the american people, when all he wants to do is stop any progress our government gets during this crisis. People are suffering and all he is worried about are his ratings and his money. He said Obama "murdered" the pirates who took our captain hostage.... he lies, and does everything he can to impede the government from helping the american people....all in the name of ratings and money. ANYONE who follows this lunatic is a mindless sheep and needs to start thinking about what is more important... the survival of our country or choosing sides on a partisan basis. RUSH, HANNITY, COULTER and the like need to be brought up on charges and those who follow their everyword like its gospel need to start listening to all sides of the story before rushing to judgement.... DONT BUY THE SNAKE OIL!

Excuse me, but the WHOLE Republican Party is DEADWEIGHT!!
They should just crawl back in the hole where they came from..they are the party of "Nobody Cares Anymore".

Rush and Steele are both Whack jobs.... they belong 'at' the same party with likeminded extremist! The GOP finds itself more and more isolated exactly due to these people. Should the faithful republicans’ decide to return to a position closer to the center, they need to begin by losing the right wing fringe. These two would be first to on, would they not?

This is a prime example of how the republican party is being led by Rush Limbaugh's type of thinking. Steele is just the front man and is incapable of forming his own views. Limbaugh has repeatedly stated that if you don't accept and agree with his (Limbaugh's) views 100% than you are wrong and not a true republican. Limbaugh is an extreme conservative, therefore if you are a Republican you must be an extreme conservative like him or you are wrong. Limbaugh has stated this time and time again. Anyone who listens to his filth knows it is what he states.

How can Steel claim to agree with Limbaugh when Limbaugh has stated so many times that there is no place for moderates in the republican party? The best thing the Republican party can do is distance themselves from Limbaugh and quit using him to be their spokesman.

The republicans need to define themselves in a way that not only protects what their party stands for but is also reflects the views of the majority of their followers. The republican party of Reagan was fine 30 years ago but it is not the republican party that is needed today. They need to get away from the church and the right wing bigots that belong to the church and listen to what the American people are saying they want,. They then need to frame the desires of the people in the framework of the ideals of the party. The Christian right needs to be expelled from the Republican party. There is no place for their dogma in politics. If they continue on like they have been the republicans will become so small as to be ineffective.

Of course Steele agrees with Rush. He found out last time what happens when you cross the party drug addict.

WOW!! Arlen was dead weight for four terms and two bouts with cancer working hard for you guys. What a way to through your own to the dogs. Michael the day is comming when YOU will be recognized as "dead weight". Your party is led by the most rediculous bunch of ancient thinking clowns.

Good boy Steele now fetch.

As a former GOP leader in Siicon Valley, I take issue with Mr. Steele's assertion that it is "just crazy" to say the GOP has become exclusive. Sure, you can be a Republican ... so long as you 100% accept the dogmas and positions of the Religious Right, the Neocons, and the Economic Royalist (aka, the Club for Growth thinking). Any deviation from the ideas of these philosophies ... well, excludes you. That is why I left the Party, and why many former GOP faithful have left as well. Simply stated, the GOP is out of step with the majority opinion on most issues. If you don't like the word 'exclusive', pick another. Mr. Steele is the 'crazy' one if he can't see these simple realities.

I love it, I feel very confident that the republican party will go back to chiseling their document's in stone again and that right where they belong back in the stone age ! ****************************************************************

Surprise, surprise,surprise. I guess what they say "you are with us or against us" Just goes to show you, that there is no room for "moderates" in the republican party. The eating has begun.

I am still so puzzled about Michael Steele. To actually agree with Rush Limbaugh about anything does not speak well for him. I do not want to believe that he is so naive, as an African-American, to believe that there is any good will sent toward him by Limbaugh. I would like to welcome Michael Steele to the Democratic party, where the "big tent" just keeps getting bigger! There is certainly no welcome sign at the GOP for him.

Steele, you say the Grand Obstructionist Party has room for moderates while saying good riddance to one of the three moderates still in the party. That statement demonstrates some very fuzzy reasoning. If you run off the other two moderates, you will have the pure ideology of your leader Rush Limbaugh. It appears that the "Party of NO" only has room for old southern evangelical bigoted white men.

As far as the GOP being the party of conservatism, perhaps you should look up the definition of conservatism. Your party has not practiced conservatism since Reagan became the GOP idol. Republicans increased the national debt from one trillion to about ten trillion and counting and you claim to be conservatists. Barry Goldwater, a true conservatist, must be spinning in his grave.

Me thinks I hear the sound of puckering?

Death throes of GOP. Thanks for the last eight years of ruination. Patriots all. RIH.

Mr Steele, maybe if you didnt make such rediculous, pandering statements like "Rush. I'm sorry I'm not weeping here. I'm sorry.", then maybe the people wouldnt think that Rush was the leader of the party and you are just a hand-puppet for him (which, seems really probable right now).

As long as the Republicans continue to treat people like Rush and Ann Coulter as defacto speakers for the party, they will continue to be the party of hate and devisive rhetoric.

Really? I mean, a drug-addicted pill popping hate-monger, and the lost daughter of Eva Braun.....what are you guys thinking?

lol... of course you do Steele..... you've been told to.
RIP GOP
good riddance.

No, I do not agree with Mr. Steele or Mr. Limbaugh these men are politicians with one opinion. They certainly do not think for me or reflect my views. One does not have to talk down or show their toughness to be a republican or democratic. Our humanity has always been that we cared for our brethern, neighbor.

Our disagreement were at one time civil now its all about pushing our hypocritcal values on others. What has happened to freedom of choice. If you don't like a food you don't eat it or a t.v. show you turn it off . The same should apply with men and women in both parties turn them off, tune them out and you're be less streesful in life. Give thenm an audience and you're end up thinking like them.

I have a suggestion truly read the Bible and ask God to guard your heart and mind and pray seriously for your leaders.

Steele: I agree with Rush Limbaugh

Of course you do. I would expect nothing less. It's just getting too easy to make fun of republicans. It's almost not fun any more. Almost. Have a nice day!

I like Steele. Everytime he speaks he reminds me how lost the GOP is and why I don't identify with them.

If the party dumped Limbaugh, they would be much better off and
probably add new members to the party. He's definitely a detriment,
not an aset to the party.

WOW Michael Steele agrees with his BOSS HOG. I ment BOSS Limbaugh. The Republican Party is not flexible at all. That is why they are bleeding at all sides and at the rate they are going, Olympia Snowe will be gone soon.

Rush should run for office. He has just about every Republican around kissing his butt.

Bwaaaaahahahahahahaha, like anyone thought Steele wouldn't agreed with his fearless leader, Rush?

Michael Steele is a total sellout with absolutely zero credibility.

Obama is already worried about 2010. You cannot steal from people who have never even been born yet (and whose PARENTS haven't even been born yet) and expect Americans to think it's OK.

Specter. Buh bye. See ya. Adios.

Republicans haven't lost elections because they were "too conservative." They lost elections because they didn't offer a REAL choice or alternative to Democrats. When there is already a liberal on the ballot, you don't win by being liberal lite. If voters want a liberal, they'll vote for the read deal, not the Republican "diet coke" version of liberal.

Reagan said this best: Bold colors, not pale pastels.

And that is why they are becoming a very niche party. They can not accept difference within their own party. You cannot be a moderate republican and clash with some of the right wing conservative values without being dead weight. I fear the republican party is about to grow much smaller if they don't change their mindset.

Steele is indeed sorry. And pathetic. He agrees that moderates and centrists should leave the GOP. He disagrees with Sen. Snowe that the GOP needs moderates to win. If expelling moderates is how he defines his mission, he is going to be very successful since he takes marching orders from Boss Limbaugh.

In the past I never listened to Rush Limbaugh, but all the Rush Limbaugh bashing caused me to turn in one day and I now listen to Mr. Limbaugh every chance I get. So all you Rush Limbaugh bashing folks, thanks for turning me onto a great talk show.

the Republican National Committee Chairman replied, "Rush. I'm sorry I'm not weeping here. I'm sorry."
Mr. Steele you are embarrassing.

Oh, right, Mr. Steele. Your party is not "exclusive". Someone is only accepted as a true republican or "real American" if Rush says they are. Right. And that is not exclusive at all. Once again, you can't fix stupid! Or in this case, idiots. But please, just keep doing it wronger. You know what they say about the definition of insanity? Keep on doing the same thing, the same way and expect a different result. Right. Tax cuts and spending freezes = INSANITY

Keep it up, the republicans will be left with limbaugh and the dittoheads – and the rest – 80% of the country – will move on. It's a shame that they can't see that it's voices like that of limbaugh accompanied by the far right that make the republican party so unattractive. Intollerance breeds intollerance. They'll have nothing left but the religiously intollerant and the bigoted. They exclude minorities, gays, lesbians and anyone with more than 2 live brain cells to rub together. Eventually the old white folks will die off and so will the gop. Good riddance.

No it isn't. If there is room for moderates in the Republican Party, then why, out of all the possible Representatives and Senators from New England's 6 states (MA , CT, RI, ME, NH, VT) are only 2 Republicans?

The Party of No has spoken. With Steele nowing being the Republican whipping boy and "face". He is told from the boss how to act.

For 8 years we heard Rush and the rest of those blowhards saying it was "un-American" to disagree with the president.

Now look at them. What a party of liars and losers.

I'd say good riddance if Limbaugh went on to do something else. Preferably something somewhere in isolation, where none of us would have to hear his mouth ever again.

Yep! YOu Better agree with Rush Limblah! or your Toast as I'm concern.

Of course he agrees with Rush. Rush is the boss, and it is Rush and only Rush who defines the GOP.

Mr. Steele has obviously learned his lesson from the whopping he got from his boss a while back.

The rest of us INDEPENDENTS (aka: those who actually decide election outcomes because we can think for ourselves) are looking forward to additional Stalin-Like purges the GOP will be executing in the near future.

God forbid anyone in the GOP have a brain that is not lock-step synchronized with Rush's.

It will be nice to have some more politicians who are allowed to vote with their conscience when deciding on legislation that affects their CONSTITUENTS.

Rush Limbaugh: "...Honey, I shrunk the GOP!"

He sure learned his lesson, not to cross the Boss. Time to Purge the 'moderates"!

They continue to embrace so-called "party leaders" like Rush Limbaugh, and Republicans can't understand why they keep losing?

Mr. Steele, it's not "crazy" to say your party is exclusive.
You exclude anyone who doesn't agree with your line of thinking.
You exclude gays,
you exclude environmentalists,
you exclude women who want to choose
you exclude people who think basic health care is a right

And while excluding, your party is negative, divisive, and hypocritical.

He agrees with Rush but thinks the idea of the GOP as exclusionary "is just crazy." Huh? Is the guy really this clueless, or is he intentionally disingenuous? Either way, the Republican party is in big trouble with Steele and Rush at the top.

"I'm the de facto leader of the Republican Party. Rush Limbaugh is an entertainer. Rush Limbaugh's whole thing is entertainment," Micheal Steele, 02/28/2008
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What was that again Micheal? I didn't quite catch that.

Good job, Steele. Keep sucking up to your boss.

People still question the fact that Rush is the official voice of the GOP?

And with how can you take Steele seriously when he says the GOP isn't exclusive? When Specter left, Steele IMMEDIATELY chimed in with a "good riddance to moderates!" statement. Does the GOP even care about credibility anymore?

Steele bowing to the head of the RNC & GOP Limbaugh Hallow be thy Name! Steele has to tote what Limbaugh says, Seantor Snowe will be their next target.

I recommend that Colin Powell be the leader of the RNC. Steele is all over the place and doesn't know what he's talking about. Back in the day there was a special name for someone like Michael Steele. Here's a hint: your mother's brother relationship to you/___ & Jerry.

Ready, aim, shoot yourself in the other foot!
Party purity was also pushed by another notorious party back in the 30's that the current GOP shares some striking similarities with!

Rush, the oozing, festering boil, forgot to wear his brown shirt for this photo-op!

Good boy Steele...
Finally, you got in line and bowed to the king of the GOP...
Going to shine his shoes too or are you going to leave that to McConnell?
Remember, Rep. Boehner already does his Tie...

when I hear either of these two talk, I hear the voice of Charlie Brown's teacher...blah blah blah blah blah...

Posted by CNN -– "But like his Republican colleague, Olympia Snowe, Steele insisted there is room for moderates in Republican Party, saying the notion that the party is exclusive "is just crazy.""

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Mmmmmm.......zero wins in traditionally Democratic districts and only Maine's Sen Collins could win (actually hold on) in a states with a Democratic lean in the last election.......only 2 of 40 Moderate Senators in the party.

And, oh yeah, both of the Moderate Senators from a state that Obama won by 13 points.

Snowe and Collins better stay in Obama's hip pocket best they can......or they'll be shown the door too!

Oh this is just fabulously funny! Steele agrees with Rush, but then says...... *wink*wink*.......there is room for moderates in Republican Party, and the notion that the party is exclusive is just crazy.

It is absolutely stunning how all the rightwing neo-morons worship this kind of hypocrisy, the disconnect from reality, the abject stupidity! Steele, Rush and all their followers had their skulls breeched when the word S-T-U-P-I-D was branded on their foreheads.

See? Event Steele admits that Rush is running the Republican party. Steele is too weak to be Republican leader and you people need to oust him and Rush. I suggest Olympia Snowe as the new head of the GOP.

keep talking guys. And keep listening Americans. The true face under the mask is showing.

The party of clowns.

I do not see the logic of swinging so far (and callously) right. I can imagine that the GOP will reconstitute over time, and the pendulum will swing back to the right. (1994!) But this is just a harsh, unattractive way to respond. I do not understand the strategy or the goal.

That right Steele, follow the orders of the real head of the GOP.

Steele insists there's room in the party for moderates but rejoices because a prominent moderate has been driven out.

Cognitive dissonance: the bedrock of Republican thought.

Yeah, there is room in the Republican party for you as long as you're a right wing, anti-immigration, anti Darwin, intelligent design believing nut job who also believes in tax breaks for the rich. Come on in!

Shocker ...Steele agrees with Limbaugh. The epitomy of the GOP big tent...

Come Children (GOP sheep) all are welcome....all are welcome ...NOT

The GOP, a party of one.

At first glance from a Canadian ( me ) at Rush Limbaugh, he scares the heck out of me as a fascist, racist, and a bigot. I would steer well clear of that guy. And of course a loud mouth, self-serving con man. Thank you.

Love it. GOP keep up the good work and my dream of 70-90 Democratics in the senate will become a reality. Keep on not getting it.

Say what you will, but the Republican party is on hard times right now. They are losing seats, they are losing voters, they are losing their own elected officials who are now defecting, and most of all, people are losing patience with them. And by the way, this isn't going to change anytime soon, especially as long as people like Rush Limbaugh continue to speak for and represent the party.

The republican party claiming that they are "moderate" is a lot like those people netting over a quarter of a million a year claiming that they're "middle class".

Of course you agree with Rush, he's your boss. Heaven forbid you actually think for yourself, afterall you were spinless enough to apologize to the man after you called him out on his rhetoric. Way go to GOP!

Right. So why all the arm-twisting to force colleagues to vote NO on every Obama initiative OR ELSE>

Well done Mr. Specter,

It is always good to Abandon a Sinking Boat
Or
To make hay while the Sun Shines

WE WILL SEE MORE HISTORY IN THE MAKING.

THANKS TO RUSH LIMBAUGH.

GO RUSH GO… KEEP THEM SWITCHING…

No No No.

Specter is not the "Game-Changer".

Rush Limbaugh is the real "Game-Changer".

This is just the first half. See the results after the full game

Well, at least we know who's really running the GOP

So he agrees with the head of his party. That's precisely what we should expect of a good and loyal second-in-command.

Of course he agree! Rush would have him destroyed today and kicked out of the Party for disagreeing with him....

RUSH has the power to Relinquish all that disagrees with him and he loves it all!

Now I know why you are not going anywhere, you are listening to someone like Rush. What good advice has this man ever given in honesty; he comes from the party of no and Rush is enough. He will try to lead his party into a hole just because he, also, is a sore loser.

Michael Steele = Weaker that Water

What a hypocrit. To say this about a 30 year sitting Senator is disrepectful and arrogance at it's finist. The fact that he even acknowledges that he agrees with Rush Limbaugh shows why the republican party is the new party of irrelevance. As long as they treat their own like this, Americans can only imagine how much they care about the rest of us. Not only does the republican party have an image problem, it also has a moral problem. It has none pure and simple. I can't wait to vote for Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania in the 2010 election, and look forward to President Obama campaigning for him. Pennsylvania loves you Arlen.

Awwwww it's nice to see them 2 playing in the sandbox again, now share your toys with little Michael ok Rush, he looks up to you..lol

Really, at this point isn't the whole republican party pretty much dead weight?

Steele is not in a position to be bringing up the issue of "dead weights." He may find himself looking for a new job if he doesn't keep his big mouth shut.

OF COURSE......... Steele agrees with Limbaugh-the-comedian! Steele MUST agree with everything...... Limbaugh-the-GOP-leader says!

The GOP is in trouble.