Video: Are you ready for President Steele?
posted at 8:05 pm on March 25, 2009 by Allahpundit
Don’t laugh. Come 2016, that Democratic field’s going to be wide open.
No, I kid. But I would like to know how a guy who’s now even more suspect on abortion than Mitt Romney plans to rally the Republican base to his side in a primary. His answer, presumably: The base didn’t prevent Maverick! from being nominated last year, did it? In which case, touche. Exit question: Never mind his presidential ambitions. Does he seriously expect us to believe his bumbling answer on D.L. Hughley about Limbaugh’s show being “ugly” was a deliberate, strategic provocation? Come on, buddy. Lie to me if you must, but don’t insult me. Click the image to watch.
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You have to admit, ‘President Steele’ would be almost as cool as ‘President Wood’. Well, just saying the name anyway…
austinnelly on March 25, 2009 at 8:09 PM
I’m very introspective about things. I’m a cause-and-effect kind of guy. So if I do something, there’s a reason for it…
Strategery.
getalife on March 25, 2009 at 8:12 PM
Let’s see how he does as RNC chair. I’m not really impressed with him so far. In fact, the exact opposite. But I’m willing to give him a little while longer.
scrubbiedude on March 25, 2009 at 8:14 PM
The “grand strategery” theory makes him sound even more silly than just about anything else I have heard him say or read that he said.
myrenovations on March 25, 2009 at 8:14 PM
Put him in the WH now then we could still say our President is a black guy but not an empty suite.
lavell12 on March 25, 2009 at 8:14 PM
I won’t vote for him.
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letget on March 25, 2009 at 8:14 PM
Yeah, seriously. Just call it a mistake and move on. He’s forever engaged in these stupid, unconvincing statements of braggadocio.
Allahpundit on March 25, 2009 at 8:15 PM
I am now going to swallow glass, as I have just agreed with getalife.
myrenovations on March 25, 2009 at 8:15 PM
I’d take him over President Tweedledumbass right about now.
amerpundit on March 25, 2009 at 8:15 PM
Steele can be GOP head. What America needs is a conservative party. In Canada, we had something called the Progressive Conservatives, who, for decades, were anything but conservative – as the first part of the name implies. Then another party formed in its collapse called simply the “conservative party”. That party is now in power.
America should take note.
keep the change on March 25, 2009 at 8:16 PM
I have no idea what he is talking but think he is a keeper.
getalife on March 25, 2009 at 8:16 PM
Because nominating a squishy Republican opposed by the base worked so well last time.
TheQuestion on March 25, 2009 at 8:16 PM
He really comes off foolish in that clip.
flyfisher on March 25, 2009 at 8:18 PM
This guy needs to stay away from TV cameras. I’m starting to get nostalgic for the days of not even knowing what Mike Duncan looked like.
Mark1971 on March 25, 2009 at 8:19 PM
He’s taking plays from O’s book in order to give the GOP the true leader they deserve…
Upstater85 on March 25, 2009 at 8:20 PM
Don’t be so sure. The Democratic field could be wide open in 2012. Obama is doing such a great job only a few months into office. Don’t be surprised if he becomes the second sitting president not to get his party’s nomination.
Tommy_G on March 25, 2009 at 8:20 PM
Kewl, mebbe he could get Meghan as the VP…I can see it now
Steele/Maverica! 2016
NY Conservative on March 25, 2009 at 8:20 PM
Oh come on, AP.
You’re parents didnt call “MISTAKE” and leave you at an NYC orphanage!
jjkjkjkjkj
i jest i jest
blatantblue on March 25, 2009 at 8:21 PM
I just saw that Steele has fire his third ex McCain staffer to the RNC.
Sigh.
William Amos on March 25, 2009 at 8:21 PM
Oh, brother.
CP on March 25, 2009 at 8:22 PM
We could all go from being compassionate conservatives to “progressive republicans”… (Is there a difference?)
Upstater85 on March 25, 2009 at 8:22 PM
Michael Steele = RINO Napoleon?
AUINSC on March 25, 2009 at 8:22 PM
Oh!? Did Maverick! win the 2008 Presidential election?? Why wasn’t I told?
Diogenes Online on March 25, 2009 at 8:22 PM
Eh, he just needs a teleprompter.
Attila (Pillage Idiot) on March 25, 2009 at 8:23 PM
Yo dawg, open your blind eyes cracker-jack!
dmann on March 25, 2009 at 8:24 PM
And, dang, I hope his wife is ripped.
Upstater85 on March 25, 2009 at 8:24 PM
When is this dolt going to stop playing pundit and devote himself to fundraising and to advocating for closed primaries?
OhioCoastie on March 25, 2009 at 8:24 PM
Compassionate conservatives spend until it kills the party.
Progressive Republicans encourage Democrats to spend until it kills the country.
myrenovations on March 25, 2009 at 8:24 PM
AP, Allahpundit, my friend(?), your fake-girlfriend KP is going to be extremely jealous, and Meghan won’t give you the time of day, and then you’ll drink yourself to death. You need to keep it to one blonde-woman-with-whom-you have-no-chance at a time.
jimmy the notable on March 25, 2009 at 8:24 PM
Sometimes instead of “Yo dawg”, he says “brotha.”
Upstater85 on March 25, 2009 at 8:25 PM
You’re right… Good point
Upstater85 on March 25, 2009 at 8:26 PM
At this point I’d be ready for a President Biden. Anybody but the TOTUS.
rbj on March 25, 2009 at 8:26 PM
Good point. I think I’ll just drink myself to death instead.
Allahpundit on March 25, 2009 at 8:26 PM
Same
We’d at least have bad jokes to LOL at
blatantblue on March 25, 2009 at 8:26 PM
Dude, who the hell are you making fun of? Most of the time, your posts sound like a cross between Baghdad Bob and slogans out of Mao’s little red book. ‘Obama’s in command; the world slides onward’ and other lame cr*p like that. You’re not allowed to make fun of anyone. Zip it.
austinnelly on March 25, 2009 at 8:26 PM
FIFY and Me
blatantblue on March 25, 2009 at 8:27 PM
Which just reminded me of my favorite Nicholas Cage movie, Leaving Las Vegas.
myrenovations on March 25, 2009 at 8:27 PM
It’s too late. Steele was already defeated by Palin in the first round of NPR’s March Madness.
Jim62sch on March 25, 2009 at 8:27 PM
Okay, now we’re getting somewhere. Just make sure its with a man’s drink. Then at least the mortician will think you weren’t a beta male.
jimmy the notable on March 25, 2009 at 8:28 PM
Steele is not acceptable.
We need a Real Conservative, not an overly ambitious RINO.
No Thanks.
old trooper2 on March 25, 2009 at 8:28 PM
Steele for Pres?
NO THANKS!
One rookie is enough in the Oval….
IntheNet on March 25, 2009 at 8:29 PM
Tim Pawlenty got a 2 Seed??
jimmy the notable on March 25, 2009 at 8:29 PM
If Steele lost on NPR, then maybe he really is a conservative… This should be one of the tests for a true conservative…
Upstater85 on March 25, 2009 at 8:30 PM
Allah drinks Cosmopolitans.
Knucklehead on March 25, 2009 at 8:34 PM
Thanks for the link!
myrenovations on March 25, 2009 at 8:34 PM
Why? Does Meghan McCain?
Upstater85 on March 25, 2009 at 8:35 PM
Nah.
He prefers Appletinis, actually.
Light on the Tini
blatantblue on March 25, 2009 at 8:35 PM
NO
Sorry, but Steele is not conservative enough for me.
ihasurnominashun on March 25, 2009 at 8:35 PM
Yeah, like “YOU SHALL NOT KILL!”
apacalyps on March 25, 2009 at 8:37 PM
Monkey see, monkey do-do…..flinging poo that is!
dmann on March 25, 2009 at 8:38 PM
Considering you want to consummate in a relationship that would make John McCain your father-in-law…
Drink up, buddy. You’re gonna need it.
BKennedy on March 25, 2009 at 8:41 PM
remember how horrible we thought Howard Dean was going to be for the dems? maybe Steele can pull it together for RNC Chairman. he outraised the dems last month.
actually, i am so depressed, that i just thought i would make a joke.
kelley in virginia on March 25, 2009 at 8:42 PM
oh…. Gawd!!!!
If the GOP feels this is our best option, then we should prepare to just keep losing elections.
ErinF on March 25, 2009 at 8:43 PM
Cause if Wolf Blizter snickers at your candidness the net effect is more droves dropping you like a rock.
ericdijon on March 25, 2009 at 8:44 PM
Hey, I’ve got an idea! Why don’t Republicans spend all their time attacking other Republicans instead of criticizing Democrats! I don’t know why we didn’t think of this before!
JohnJ on March 25, 2009 at 8:44 PM
Upstater85 on March 25, 2009 at 8:44 PM
Steele appears to be a terrible choice, but next to President Ocession, I think you could argue my dog would make a better president.
18-1 on March 25, 2009 at 8:45 PM
You must be a troll.
Mulroney did to the PC party what Bush/Cheney have done to the GOP.
The party infighting lead to a socon/fiscal con split along ideological and regional lines.
It wasn’t until the socons realized their extremist policy positions would keep the party split and out of power did the parties unite to form a MODERATE governing party.
A moderate conservative party much more sympathetic to socon concerns than the Liberal majorities ever had been or will be.
The GOP would do well to study the Canadian conservative movement.
right now we are at the darkest hour with socons actually believing they will get power without moderating their extremism.
barkolounger on March 25, 2009 at 8:45 PM
Nope.
HornetSting on March 25, 2009 at 8:46 PM
I only came to tell Allah his schtick is getting old.
KBird on March 25, 2009 at 8:52 PM
If he’s needs someone to talk to, then he should hire more staff instead of going on TV.
INC on March 25, 2009 at 8:52 PM
Um, some douchebag asks Steele if he’s ever thought of running for president, and he says – in absolutely no uncertain terms – that he never had, and it would take an act of God for him to do so at any point in the future.
…And I get THAT headline, plus a link to the Huffington Post to watch a CNN video.
This is a damn sloppy work. I don’t even have to check the byline to see who did this one.
logis on March 25, 2009 at 8:53 PM
Speaking of dogs….lets ask Michael Vick….somehow its “culturally” acceptable!
dmann on March 25, 2009 at 8:55 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategery
DavidM on March 25, 2009 at 8:58 PM
Dump Steele’s stupid Ass!!! oh yeah…he is the stupid ass
colonelkurtz on March 25, 2009 at 8:58 PM
Seriously, the bar is going to be set pretty low in 2012, but shouldn’t we get someone who’s KICKASS this time around? I don’t see that in this guy.
scalleywag on March 25, 2009 at 8:59 PM
A moderate conservative party much more sympathetic to socon concerns than the Liberal majorities ever had been or will be.
barkolounger on March 25, 2009 at 8:45 PM
One could make an equally compelling argument that a conservative party would be much more sympathetic to the modcon concerns than the Liberal majorities ever had been or will be. Given the choice, would you rather have the party in power run my socons or by liberals?
A Balrog of Morgoth on March 25, 2009 at 9:00 PM
The GOP would do well to study the Canadian conservative movement.
right now we are at the darkest hour with socons actually believing they will get power without moderating their extremism.
barkolounger on March 25, 2009 at 8:45 PM
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Yeah, because pissing on the socons has done the rest of the Repubs sooooo much good….
Mew
acat on March 25, 2009 at 9:01 PM
President Steele? More like, Crash and Burn.
DannoJyd on March 25, 2009 at 9:03 PM
I think Allah is just testing us and using a lede-in about Steele just testing us to….test us. Fucking wheels within wheels with this Allahpundit fella. He is the Three Card Monty of the interwebs. Damned slippery chap, if’n you ask me.
A Balrog of Morgoth on March 25, 2009 at 9:04 PM
Everything you need to know about Steele…
“I strongly support affirmative action” – Michael Steele (The Washington Post, October 30, 2006)
“You draw the line. I mean, what do you need an assault weapon for?” – Michael Steele (Washington Post, October 14, 2006)
“We have to elect moderates in the party.” – Michael Steele (CBN News, December 8, 2008)
Poptech on March 25, 2009 at 9:08 PM
A Balrog of Morgoth on March 25, 2009 at 9:04 PM
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It’s just Allah’s will.
acat on March 25, 2009 at 9:11 PM
Please, keep talking.
radiofreevillage on March 25, 2009 at 9:12 PM
He is a double-dealing double agent. He thinks the base are so naive they can do little about his deception. He is pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another. Whether it’s on abortion, gay marriage, or hidden aims or methods to “see who yells the loudest” in the Republican party. This guy is bad news for conservatives and the country.
apacalyps on March 25, 2009 at 9:13 PM
and ya don’t stop!
tomas on March 25, 2009 at 9:14 PM
I agree…even though Biden’s most redeeming quality is that he’s probably not a communist.
takeamericabackin10 on March 25, 2009 at 9:14 PM
Okay yeah – righto … time for him to go – he’s lost me finally.
We don’t need another double-talker like Ogabe. That gene needs to be purged from the Republican party.
Whatever though – if he has any inclination of turning the Republican party into a moderate soup – then he’ll have to get money from Palin to do it. Cuz a lot of us aren’t contributing to anything but SarahPac at the moment.
By the way – anyone seen any numbers on SarahPac contributions? I’m interested in knowing how that’s going.
HondaV65 on March 25, 2009 at 9:15 PM
100,000 TONES OF STEELE ’12
Good Lt on March 25, 2009 at 9:21 PM
If one is still unclear about the complete list of issues important to a socon…
radiofreevillage on March 25, 2009 at 9:25 PM
If we are gonna run a Black Republican lets get some that don’t sound like Dems. I say we go Zo/Condi or Condi/Zo and give both identity politics and conservatism a real test at the ballot.
bagoh20 on March 25, 2009 at 9:27 PM
Do it slow though. That way, you give us time to hold the first LIVE HotAir Intervention. It’d be like the Cuda hauling Johnny’s corpse back to base.
Sapwolf on March 25, 2009 at 9:33 PM
That’s why he was paying homage to the Arctic Fox up north.
Can you blame him?
Sapwolf on March 25, 2009 at 9:35 PM
Steele can’t be trusted. I use to like him but then researched about him. NO thanks. He is a Rino. We need to get the Rino’s out. No Meghan either. Sorry AP, she is pretty but that is about it.
sheebe on March 25, 2009 at 9:38 PM
Are u f’in kidding me? There is not a chance in hell a democrap light is going to beat a democrap. Did the McCain supporters and other RINOs learn nothing? I give up. If this happens I’ll never vote Republican again (I won’t even hold my damn nose like the last time!). I need a sedative or a shot or six of single barrel….
jwp1964 on March 25, 2009 at 9:46 PM
The Dems already pulled off the affirmative action gig with the Halfrican and after hes’ done screwing this country over that one won’t work.
Maybe the GOP could try the next politically correct unassailable, a crossdressing gay person, fresh off American Idol with a pet hamster in their pocket, and seventeen or eighteen illegal aliens livin in their basement!
McCain could be V.P.
dhunter on March 25, 2009 at 9:50 PM
Watch out Patterico doesn’t come over here and ban you for selfthreatspeak.
Stephen M on March 25, 2009 at 9:53 PM
The man could not win an election in his own state…that says all I need to know about this RINO!
jwp1964 on March 25, 2009 at 10:01 PM
Not enough experience.
I do think he’s a good man, though and I don’t find the idea of him as President repulsive or anything.
Had he been governor, or served several terms in Congress I’d be more inclined to support him. As it is, he’d probably be good to have as a cabinet secretary…or, even as a state governor which would be just as good.
Dr. ZhivBlago on March 25, 2009 at 10:13 PM
Anyone wanna place bets? Pinky up and out? OR pinky down and touching glass?
SouthernGent on March 25, 2009 at 10:16 PM
If most everyone adopts socially liberal positions they will eventually (actually quite rapidly) adopt liberal positions on fiscal matters and foreign policy issues also.
Maragaret Thatcher ignored issues like family and education, culture and morality, for the ten years she was in office and the fruit born of those years is David Cameron who is a liberal squish on every issue.
aengus on March 25, 2009 at 10:19 PM
I don’t think Steele will be president. Really I don’t. But I think people have deliberately miscontrued his stand on abortion. He is prolife and always has been. The fact that he accepts the reality that some abortions are legal in the United States, does not mean he likes the idea.
It seems to me that we have enough real problems to deal with, without going out of our way to create more.
Terrye on March 25, 2009 at 10:33 PM
aengus:
I don’t think that is true. I know some libertarians who think the state should stay out of a lot of social issues entirely, but they are very conservative when it comes to federal spending.
Terrye on March 25, 2009 at 10:35 PM
Please vote for my dog, he’s a Border Collie cross so he has plenty of energy and he really needs a job. He could get a lot of use out of the new swingset at the White House, and his name is Sam (a good patriot name)
Has anyone noticed that both Obama and Steele are having problems staffing their cabinets?? I have to say that I am not real impressed with Steele so far, but maybe he just needs to grow into the job.
kringeesmom on March 25, 2009 at 10:37 PM
If abortion is what half the Republican party is going to be worked up about right now then the party is screwed, sorry….
I hate abortion, but if thats your test for candidates in the primaries then good luck in the general election where the economy and foreign policy are going to be the biggest issues for the next 50 years no matter what. The average american who just shows up and votes every four years could care less about how Michael Steele feels about abortion. And I could care less too if he’s going to help us get people elected
As for rallying the base, hopefully Steele will change the base of the GOP and take advantage of the anti government feelings out there right now and bring us to the economically libertarian base of Reagan and Goldwater.
eski502 on March 25, 2009 at 10:52 PM
Telling
MS is about MS.
All strategy huh? Does that translate into MS only hiring RNC people who have his back and not the party’s best interests?
Get rid of him, we need a team player leading the RNC.
Ed Graef on March 25, 2009 at 10:55 PM
You realize this term is just as rude as those who called Steele an “Oreo?” Many people in my family are of mixed-race and/or ethnicity. I don’t appreciate your use of this term.
Do not mistake my admonition for a call to silence you. I prefer your honesty. Equally, I reserve the right to point out your racial button-pushing.
Perhaps you don’t care whom you offend. Maybe you just snub me, and tell me to kick rocks. That’s cool. Something that you and I both know is that you would not dare speak this way in public. That’s probably why you felt the need to regurgitate that crap here online.
I know you are so weak that spouting off online is all you can do. I excuse your weakness and pity your meekness.
The Race Card on March 25, 2009 at 10:56 PM
I like Steele, but I don’t think he’s presidential material. Cabinet material…definitely!
nazo311 on March 25, 2009 at 10:57 PM
I don’t doubt it. But I’m thinking more of cultural attitudes than policy positions. I am religious but I think very little of “faith-based initiatives” which are a pointless waste a money.
If staying out of social issues entirely means not just refusing to fund them (which is sensible) but showing complete indiffernce to them on a moral and cultural level then that will contribute to societal decay in the long run, the latter stage of which is all-out liberalism.
aengus on March 25, 2009 at 11:05 PM
Will dhunter inherit the earth?
aengus on March 25, 2009 at 11:10 PM
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