I’m a pro-choice conservative, and I don’t think I’m the only one. If for the only reason that you can make all abortions illegal and they will still happen. Look how well the Drug War is going for an example. We have enough government in our lives. On the other hand, I don’t think the government should be paying for them either…….

adamsmith on March 13, 2009 at 10:29 AM

I agree with all of this, but Steele looks like an idiot trying to play both sides of this fence. He needs to go, IMO, not because he voiced a pro-choice opinion, but that he didn’t stand by it. I understand that most conservatives disagree with me about abortion — although I agree with Steele’s comment about Roe — but for Christ’s sake, take a position and stand by it.

Get him out. I nominate Mary Katherine Ham to replace him.

This is getting ridiculous. We have a demagogue running the country and all conservatives can think to do is take endless pot shots at the RNC chairmen. No doubt they will run him off and start working on the next one.

For instance, in that GQ article, he acts like he is speaking positively oof Rush Limbaugh by saying, “Rush is a friend. I like Rush. Rush is a bomb-thrower extraordinaire. And we need him. We need him because what he does is, he stimulates debate.”

Or how about, “And because you have a black man as president doesn’t mean that tomorrow morning a black business is not gonna get redlined or a black family’s gonna be able to get their house.”

Or this one: “uh, you just can’t simply say, oh, like, “Tomorrow morning I’m gonna stop being gay.” It’s like saying, “Tomorrow morning I’m gonna stop being black.” ”

I could point to about 15 things in that one article that I strongly disagree with him on, where his answers implicitly agree with liberal positions. He’s trying to sound like them to win them over, but all he’s doing is making it seem like he agrees with them. How does that win them over in any way?! He never makes the case! He just says he’s going to change things to make minorities see that he cares about them like the mean Republican party never has. He goes out of his way to point out that there were only a handful of black faces at the Republican National Convention. Never mind that the RNC has wide open arms tto minorities, but the main deterrent to blacks showing up is that they get ostracized within the black community.

Instead of chastising the Republicans because there are not enough blacks there, why not speak directly to all blacks watching and say, “Wade on in. The water’s warm. I can vouch that the Republican party cares about blacks and has their arms wide open for all who care about strong families, opportunities to succeed, a choice on where to send your kids to school, etc.” Why not promote the party within the black community instead of constantly apologizing for it?

Should a lesbian woman, impregnated by a gay man’s donated sperm, be allowed to have an abortion ~without the gay man’s permission~ if he attends a Christian seminar on renouncing homosexuality and goes straight?

Was he on drugs that day?

The media needs to simply be told “none of your damn business, that has nothing to do with running a government”.

When the Republican Party starts saying that, it’ll be the dan of the new era. The problem is this is all they are running on.

And Republicans allow news media to draw them into those discussions. The first thing out of a reporter’s mouth when interviewing a Republican are going to be the standard issues .. homosexuality, abortion, etc. The focus needs to be directed back to things like fiscal responsibility, taxes, trade issues, defense issues. The media needs to simply be told “none of your damn business, that has nothing to do with running a government”.

Benny is too young to know what a Pinto is!

Knucklehead on March 12, 2009 at 7:46 PM

So am I. Maybe I read too much.

Has Laura Bush been driving again???

capitulus on March 12, 2009 at 4:16 PM

No, Ted Kennedy.

MadisonConservative on March 12, 2009 at 4:24 PM

No, Ted Kennedy.

MadisonConservative on March 12, 2009 at 4:24 PM

Ted’s more drive-off-the-bridge. Laura’s the real highway-carnage-maker.

capitulus on March 12, 2009 at 4:28 PM

Capitulus..how old was Laura B at the time? you dickwad she was a minor. so fuc+ yourself. How old was your boy Kennedy…you truly are an as+hole.

Q: Do you think homosexuality is a choice?
A: That’s none of your damned business and has nothing to do with governing a country. Next question, please.

Q: Are you saying you think women have the right to choose abortion?
A: That’s none of your damned business and has nothing to do with governing a country.

Q: Are you saying you don’t want to overturn Roe v. Wade?
A: Only the supreme court can overturn Roe V. Wade, not a political party. I am chairman of the republican Party. Hey, lets talk economic and trade policy!