Comments on: SARAH JOINS REPUBLICAN REHAB

By: Truthiz

Truthiz — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:54:00 +0000

DJ I know I've gone a bit off topic_and I hope you don't mind me sharing a little more info on the subject of Steele?The Plum Line – Greg Sargent's Politics Blog: UPDATE: Steele Condemns Maine Decision, Revealing Split With Snowe and CollinsWed evening (5/6/09):[After the RNC said he wouldn’t be issuing a statement on Maine’s decision to legalize gay marriage today, RNC Chairman Michael Steele is in fact condemning the decision, a position that puts him at odds with Maine’s moderate Senators, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, both of whom said today the decision should be left to the states.Earlier today, Collins said on MSNBC that the decision is best “decided at the state level.” And Snowe’s office put out a statement citing her support for the Defense of Marriage Act, which leaves it to individual states to “make their own determinations on this very personal issue.” ]Source: whorunsgov.comUmm…I'm thinking: Steele and the rest of the GOP political hustlers dancing a jig to the Talibangelicals tune just may end up running Senators Snowe and Collins out of the party afterall(?)

By: frisco415

frisco415 — Wed, 06 May 2009 21:48:00 +0000

I've followed this blog for a few months now and when I started there were a lot of Republican voices of dissent here. Where'd they all go?? It's been pretty silent lately from the Repubs. Have they all suddenly realized their party really does have a problem? P.S. Oh, and Gay Marriage has been approved in five states now! 😀

By: Truthiz

Truthiz — Wed, 06 May 2009 17:18:00 +0000

Re: Steele Yields His Power To RNC Rivals:I meant to include the following opening paragraph because I think it speaks volumes about Steele’s willingness to:1. accept this “smack-down” by the “real” power-holders in RNC…and..2. sign a so-called “secret” (wink-wink) pact agreeing to cede power to his foes. Washington Times:“Capitulating to critics on the Republican National Committee, embattled Republican Party Chairman Michael S. Steele has signed a secret pact agreeing to controls and restraints on how he spends hundreds of millions of dollars in party funds and contracts, The Washington Times has learned.”The truth is, Tokenism is a mighty Ugly thing_smh.

By: Truthiz

Truthiz — Wed, 06 May 2009 16:29:00 +0000

Speaking of the GOP’s common use of GIMMICKS….Looks like the “we have a black guy too” sham has run its course; Steele has been “played” and “checked.” Washington Times “Exclusive” – 5/6/09Steele Yields Power to RNC Rivals – Accepts Limits On SpendingExcerpts:Mr. Norcross, RNC Treasurer Randy Pullen, chairman of the Arizona Republican Party, and former party budget chiefs Ron Kaufman and Alec Poitevint had fought with Mr. Steele over having the 168-member committee vote on restoring the "good governance" guidelines created in 2004 at a special May 20 meeting. The "good governance" agreement revives checks and balances Mr. Steele resisted implementing for RNC contracts, fees for legal work and other expenditures that were not renewed after the 2008 presidential nominating contest. Under nearly constant fire from conservatives since his Jan. 30 election, Mr. Steele last Wednesday accused the resolution's proponents of a power grab "scheme." It looked like an impasse, with a showdown – and a possible no-confidence vote in Mr. Steele – coming at a special meeting called for May 20. But closed-door negotiations between Mr. Steele and his representatives and Mr. Pullen and the dissident group reached an accord. It represents the first time in memory that rebel members of the Republican Party's national governing body have successfully taken on the party's historically powerful national chairman and his loyalists. "We have a written agreement with them to accept and operate under terms of '04 Resolution; make Banning available to Pullen; keep [former RNC chief counsel Thomas J.] Josefiak on retainer and available to Pullen; keep Banning's assistant on the payroll and available to Pullen; and to negotiate on [competitive contract] bidding and [chief financial officer] language," Mr. Norcross wrote in an e-mail to another RNC member. Hat-tip: Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire

By: Truthiz

Truthiz — Wed, 06 May 2009 15:05:00 +0000

IMO, the “National Council for a New America” is the 2009 version of the GOP's “Contract With America”_in other words, it’s nothing more than a GIMMICK_a SHAM that gives the APPEARANCE of the GOP being "serious" about its need to move in a “new" direction with “new" ideas and solutions, while actually continuing the same old game and offering the same old crap. Yes indeed_nothing says "new ideas" and a "new direction" like John McCain, Mitt Romney, Jeb Bush and Sarah Palin_(snark).Give me a friggin break.