Comments on: Why We Need Steele

By: choccity2005

choccity2005 — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:41:55 +0000

Black americans do not hear the republican,conservative message and after george bush republicanism has been set back 20 years maybe.The farther a face we get from bush the better and steele is it.

Ask a black person if they care about offshore drilling….they may not know what it is,ask them if they want cheaper gas prices and they’ll say yes.

Ask them if they want vouchers……they may not know what it is,ask them if they want to be able to take thier child out of the destitute public schools into a private one and they will tell you of course.

ASk thm about social security private accounts…..they may not know what it is.Ask them if they would want to control thier social security tax money.By getting payments if a family member died,and have that money to bury them,go to school,buy a house.which doesn’t happen with the current system….when explained they will say yes,b/c most blacks don’t even live to see 65.

By: choccity2005

choccity2005 — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:40:18 +0000

Ask them if they are pro-life…the majority will say yes.

Ask them if they want to pay higher cigarette taxes,soda taxes,More taxes in general….the majority will say NO.

Ask them if they believe thier teenage daughter should have abortions without them knowing…the majority will say NO!

Ask them if they are opposed to gay marriage…the majrity will say yes.(as prop 8 in california showed)

ask them if they believe in GOD….overwhelming majority will say yes.

YET…..90 percent,90 percent,90 percent (i wrote it 3 times so you can get a grasp of that)
Of BLACK AMERICANS VOTE DEMOCRATS.

So the problem is not the message…….IT’S THE MESSENGERS.

Hence the reason…..michael steele,can help save this party.

By: choccity2005

choccity2005 — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:08:50 +0000

petty boozshwa:There is a point you are missing drastically.Steele is no republican hack.He didn’t just fall off the turnip truck.He won a sizeable amount of the black vote vs ben cardin.Why….b/c he presented his message,and related it to them and they found it something to vote for.He has debated sharpton,smiley,cornell west…not in some rich country club but in harlem,NY.THE ONLY REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE CONSERVATIVE(republican party).

By: petty boozshwa

petty boozshwa — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:55:38 +0000

I wish I shared your enthusiasm for Steele, but so far he has appeared to be in the Miers, Palin, Vitter, Frist mold – someone with glittering attributes at first blush but quickly turns out to be a wet paper bag. If he couldn’t man up in his confrontation with Rush he should probably consider retiring to spend more time with his family. If I could promote one person as the future face/voice of our party I’d like to nominate Amy Holmes. She’s bright, young, articulate — but probably a squish RINO to too many at the RNC.

By: sinz54

sinz54 — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:21:18 +0000

Go Dog Go: Give Steele a chance. He’s brand new on the job, and he’s still trying to find his feet. He’s got a real problem in balancing the needs of presenting a softer, more inclusive image of the GOP, with the hard-right of the blogosphere and talk-radio who believe that ideological purity to win votes in the little remaining huddle of Red States, is more important than winning national elections.

By: JennQPublic

JennQPublic — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:15:41 +0000

I supported Michael Steele’s candidacy for RNC Chair, but thus far he has most certainly NOT “presented a warm and welcoming new face” for *all* Republicans. Calling the embrace of civil unions by the GOP “crazy” is hardly welcoming to the millions of Republicans who favor civil unions. Steele seems to be confusing his personal values with those of Republican voters. Social conservatives are a significant voice in the GOP, but they are not the be all and end all. Republican does not equal social con, and until Steele recognizes that he will continue to disappoint.

By: TimisKim

TimisKim — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:08:19 +0000

Well, I was a little worried about Steele with his comments on CNN. Even if someone thinks it is okay to say that Rush’s show is ugly, etc., he really shouldn’t have agreed that the Republican National Convention literally looked like Nazi Germany. But, I hadn’t decided whether I thought he should stay as chairman of the RNC or not.

Well, now I know my answer. If David Frum says we need Steele, then he has to go. Frum seems to think that traditional conservatives are divisive and leading the party in the wrong direction. If he wants to see someone trying to lead the party in the wrong direction, alll he has to do is look in the mirror.

By: bobk

bobk — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:46:59 +0000

“For 230 years, the United States has done pretty well with the people it had.”

Maybe. So maybe then too we need to chalk a lot of that up to a century or so of slavery…a good 180 years without women’s lib…no public arena for the fruitcakes…and a country where men were responsible for households and not relegated to being sperm donors that sat in front of SportCenter or Oprah. Maybe it’s just that for a few decades, Americans have been liberally instructed to not be responsible. Who knows. But I would hate to categorize today’s American ‘adult’ with any group in the bulk of that 230 years. Want to see the American economy saved? Teach Americans to be 1/4 as responsible as those who lived through the Great Depression, yet still managed to retire and live. Show your kids that a new HDTV isn’t necessary(if you can’t afford it). Buy nothing with a credit card. Tighten the belt even when it there’s plenty out there that you want, and someone (banks/taxpayers) willing to buy it for you. This is a separate point though. The original idea was the backing of Mr. Steele, and I wish him the very best.

By: sinz54

sinz54 — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:52:15 +0000

Obama is trying to do a lot of different things, many of which I disagree with. But one thing he’s trying to do that I believe is necessary, is to boost the U.S. economy out of this deep recession. I might be doing it a different way than he’s doing it. But I wish him well on it, and I sure hope he succeeds at it. If he fails, we could end up in a severe depression. Unlike Randians, I don’t think our economy is self-correcting. Nor can we afford to wait till 2013 for a new president.

By: sinz54

sinz54 — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:44:18 +0000

bobk: A sure sign of a fringe movement is one that blames the American people for their failure to recognize how wonderful the fringe movement is. You are saying that the American people just don’t have “consciousness,” which is exactly what the Marxists on International ANSWER say too. For 230 years, the United States has done pretty well with the people it had. Let’s continue to trust their good common sense.