Michael Steele - the puppet of the GOP

First posted on December 2, 2009
An ally of Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele claimed Tuesday that the so-called "purity test" being circulated by some RNC members is a publicity stunt designed to "stick it" to Steele after he defeated other candidates for the chairmanship in last January's election.
"You've got a few backbenchers who are unhappy," said Shawn Steel, an RNC member from California and one of the chairman's top supporters on the committee. "They don't have the power they once had under the previous chairman, and that's what motivating this. This is an attempt to stick it to Chairman Steele by the losers."
The resolution, still in draft form when it was leaked to reporters late last month, would prohibit party funds from going to GOP candidates who disagree with elements of a proposed 10-point ideological platform. The proposal has sparked a pointed debate between conservatives who want candidates to adhere to strict principles and moderate Republicans who want to broaden the party's appeal."
I think Steele was promoted to this chairmanship because he isn't very smart, and the republicans who pull the strings thought they could manipulate Steele. Maybe they had something on him.
(Too bad they can't manipulate his mouth, I'm sure it's an embarrassment)
If the Republicans want to further remove themselves from relevancy, I say go for it. The problem is, with the right wing's ovbious agenda being shoved down our throat via Rupert Murdock and his ilk, most of the media people see - and listen to on the radio - is very religious right oriented.It's no surprise - or ought not to be any surprise - that the lack of education is working real well for right.
We now have several generations of people who are under educated and have no ability to think for themselves.
We sit in fromt of the TV watching Beck, O'Rielley, etc., tell us what they (or their bosses) think and before you know it, brainwashing has occurred. On the radio, Limpbaugh thinks Palin's new book is some kind of leading authority on policy.
(Maybe pagent walking rules?)
As if your high school reading list can make you a raging intellectual, she names books we all had to read to graduate as some kind of answer to Katie Couric's question: "what do you read?"
Remember, she DID say she would get back to Katie on that one.
I guess listing her high school reads in her book counts?