On CNN, GOP Chairman Michael Steele assented that the Republican Party looks like the Nazi party. Yeah, that’s right. The leader of the GOP sat there nodding his head while some brain dead CNN host called Republicans Nazis.
Well, to be fair he didn’t say Republicans were Nazis he just said we looked like Nazis. The host of the show, DL Hughley, said, “You didn’t have to go much further than the Republican National Convention….It literally look[s] like Nazi Germany.”
Hey, here’s an idea. When someone calls you a Nazi on television you have a few options:
A) Freak out, call them out for a fight, rip off your microphone, throw it at the cameraman, hurl invectives at the host, accuse their spouse of adultery and slam the door on your way out.
B) Say ‘that’s a brain dead argument that is beneath this fine program and ask to move on without name calling.’
C) Smile and nod and say “I agree” and “you’re right.”
Guess which one our fearless leader Michael Steele did. C.
Michael Steele has made a hallmark of his GOP Chairmanship, something he calls “reaching out.” Yeah, he’s reaching out. Reaching out like the white collar criminal reaches out to the sexually frustrated biker gang in gen-pop. That ain’t called reaching out though. It’s something else entirely.
Steele is accepting the tenets of the liberal argument that Republicans are the party of evil Nazi-dom. AND THIS GUY IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PARTY!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think Steele actually believes he has to change the party from a bunch of racist mouth breathers into a “hip-hop” party of acceptance. No. He’s wrong. What he needs to do is change the perception of the party. And you know what else he needs to do -raise money.
And guess what? Republicans other than Michael Steels don’t like being called Nazis. And donations from conservatives tend to go down when they see their leader assent to them being called Nazis.
The GOP is the party of ‘don’t kill babies.’ The GOP is the party of ‘let’s not grow this government too big because big governments tend to kill people.’ The GOP is the party of ‘don’t killed the disabled.’ People who belong to the GOP tend to be more religious and give more to charity. So when someone says the GOP is like the Nazi party, argue with them. Freak out. Turn over some furniture. But please don’t agree and nod your head.
March 3, 2009 at 6:11 pm
No, my strong suit is the broader view of history, which makes it more difficult to point to one president and blame him for every single thing that happens on his watch.
Good for you. Maybe you’re not as myopic as you come across. Next time instead of trying to characterise everyone who doesn’t goose-step along with you as “making excuses” for so-and-so, you should let Mr Brain analise the “broder context” of the post. I didn’t blame anyone for everything that happens on someone’s watch (assuming you are talking about the Iraq War, since you are eratically jumping from topic to topic here). I said the DECISION to invade Iraq rested clearly on Bush’s shoulders. If you think for one minute that Clinton somehow had some telekinetic powers over Bush to force his decision, then maybe you’ve been listening to the aliens in your microwave oven too much. It was Bush’s decision as commander and chief. Period. Full stop. By calling out the failures and/or bad decisions of one president is NOT the same as championing or supporting another. It’s narrow-minded “my enemy of my enemy is my friend” thinking like that which created the climate which allowed 9/11 to occur.
March 3, 2009 at 6:41 pm
“If you think for one minute that Clinton somehow had some telekinetic powers over Bush to force his decision, then maybe you’ve been listening to the aliens in your microwave oven too much.”
First of all, how would you know about the capacity of my microwave oven? Now then…
No, Bush wasn’t compelled by Clinton’s telekinetic powers. You have him confused with the people who voted for him twice. Bush may have been compelled by Clinton’s success in undermining our intelligence gathering capability.
I regret that this got off topic. It’s just that you and this Anonymous guy showed up, and we couldn’t resist your powers of persuasion.
March 3, 2009 at 6:51 pm
I regret that this got off topic. It’s just that you and this Anonymous guy showed up, and we couldn’t resist your powers of persuasion.
Hmmm. Usually costs me a couple beers and a “my other car is a jaguar” line to do that. I guess you’re just easy.
March 3, 2009 at 6:56 pm
It’s my own fault. Matthew tried to stop me, but I wouldn’t listen.
Oh, the shame of it!
March 4, 2009 at 4:00 am
He said “I agree” before the nazi comment was made. Later he nodded and said “you’re right”, not specifically and only to the nazi comment but to the whole statement that the dumb guy was making before and after the nazi comment.
No, not brave and leaderly by any means, and he should have addressed the nazi comment boldly, but your reporting of it, while I agree with your commentary, is inaccurate.
March 4, 2009 at 4:55 am
At this point if he knew it Steele should have invoked the generalization of Godwin’s Law.
(Godwin’s Law says that as the length of an internet argument goes to infinity, probability of Nazi comparisons approaches 1. It is often stated as a corollary that the first person to make said comparison loses. So by the generalized corollary, Steele wins whatever debate they may or may not have been having.)
March 4, 2009 at 2:24 pm
Paul, I don’t see how you get around the fact that Steele agreed. He didn’t specifically say, “YOu’re right about the Nazi thing.”
But Hughley went on and on and in the end of his monologue, Steele agreed.