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HopeOverFear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 02:05 PM
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Steele: 'Obama was not vetted because the press fell in love with the black man running for office'
Apparently unable to learn from egregious mistakes from the recent past, RNC Chairman Michael Steele once again took to the radio airwaves today as a guest host for Bill Bennett. Earlier this week, Steele declared “an end to the era of Republicans looking backward.” This morning, however, Steele revisited the 2008 election to insist that President Obama had never been “vetted” because the press “fell in love with the black man”:

STEELE: The problem that we have with this president is that we don’t know . He was not vetted, folks. … He was not vetted, because the press fell in love with the black man running for the office. “Oh gee, wouldn’t it be neat to do that? Gee, wouldn’t it make all of our liberal guilt just go away? We can continue to ride around in our limousines and feel so lucky to live in an America with a black president.” Okay that’s wonderful, great scenario, nice backdrop. But what does he stand for? What does he believe? … So we don’t know. We just don’t know.


He's just the gift that keeps on giving, isn't he?
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villager Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 02:07 PM
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1. You mean, he's too centrist for Steele, too!?
;-)
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Triana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 02:08 PM
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2. Keep talking Michael Steele
Keep talking....
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 02:08 PM
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3. Does Michael Steele realize that if the Constitution was a static document
he AND the President of the United States would still be second-class citizens?

Incidentally, I don't think Steele realizes that he wasn't vetted for his job either--the RNC just chose the black guy. And as for spewing old McCain/Palin campaign slogans, someone needs to tell him that the election's over and Barack Obama won by quite a bit.
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MadMaddie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 07:58 PM
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21. That there is the irony!! Steele is a moron
Steele is like a crab in a crab bucket, because he didn't get somewhere first he is going to pull anyone else down with him.
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Guy Whitey Corngood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 02:09 PM
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4. That's called projection. nt
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 02:09 PM
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5. Steele can't say that happened to him in Maryland.
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 02:10 PM
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6. And they hate you, why? By your logic they should fall in love with you
Does this man ever look before he steps in the dog shit?
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 02:12 PM
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7. Anything that was there, the RW dug it up and tried to make it stick
It didn't.
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democracy1st Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 02:12 PM
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8. Wow look at the black guy representing the Southerners!
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 02:15 PM
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9. Somebody kick his nads. Hard.
Whoever does that will be my friend forever.
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HopeOverFear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 02:22 PM
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10. He's getting back at Obama for humiliating him at the WH Dinner.
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NatBurner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 02:26 PM
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11. oh come on! it's just some good love between brothers
whatever the fug that means
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HopeOverFear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 02:35 PM
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12. LOL!!
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NatBurner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 02:43 PM
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14. seriously though-
steele is a stupid, petty man- we already knew that

but now i'm starting to think he has some serious personality disorders, outside of the usual politician's narcissism

he's turning into a classic psych 101 case study (chapters one thru eleven)

the word for today is: projection

mr steele? if you're reading this? seek help
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HopeOverFear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 07:55 PM
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20. It is projection. It's also his bosses (cuz trust me, he ain't the boss)
TELLING him to get tougher on Obama. Obviously, he obeyed.
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firedupdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 02:40 PM
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13. He's a fucking idiot. I can't stand this guy. He wasn't vetted..
sure he wasn't. He's a muslim, socialist, rev. wright, bill ayers loving commie. Sure he wasn't vetted. Go fuck yourself Steele. You fucking loser. You'll never measure up....no matter how much ass you kiss.
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oviedodem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 03:13 PM
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15. It is jealousy plain and simple.
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jbnow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 03:45 PM
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16. How could Obama be vetted? It is only due to my super powers that
I was able to get into this foreign land called Chicago where he spent most of his adult life. They have these odd things called newspapers and reporters who wrote things called articles about this Obama man for many years. The earliest I found was from January 1993.
There are also articles about him at this land called Harvard where he was this thing called president of this law review.

Through the Chicago papers I knew about Rezko...they dug way into it before Obama announced his run...looking at financing, any potential bills, his files in the law firm...so when it was brought up as some big unvetted thing I knew there was no there there...but of course most people couldn't know that because Chicago is so distant and hard to reach. In fact every pseudo-scandal were no secret or shame in Chicago...from Ayers to the "present" votes

Always puzzled me when I heard how "we know nothing", "he came from nowhere". That was when I finally realized I probably only knew all about him because I have super powers that enabled me to look things up from Chicago...my computer breaks through a mysterious force field. I am blessed in an evidently rare way
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 03:51 PM
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17. Obama was vetted for two full years. Even if his lie was true that the media loved him and DIDN'T
Edited on Fri May-22-09 03:52 PM by jenmito
vet him, his opponents sure vetted him. Steele is more of a joke every day.

Does he forget about the 24/7 Rev. Wright coverage?
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Number23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 05:56 PM
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18. Best thread ever on M. Steele
I have no idea why it was locked, but I laughed my @ss off when I read it

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=8416351
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NC_Nurse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 07:46 PM
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19. I bet the RNC wishes they vetted YOU about now. If they had listened to you
more closely before, maybe they would have saved themselves a lot of embarrassment!
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uponit7771 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 08:18 PM
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22. M. Steele is a DNC plant...no doubt
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BrotherBuzz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 08:28 PM
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23. Syphilis of the brain?
That be my guess. :shrug:
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yewberry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 08:33 PM
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24. Tell that to Alan Keyes. nt
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HopeOverFear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 09:36 PM
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25. HA! Those two need to get together for real
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davidpdx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 10:01 PM
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28. Maybe they (Steele and Keyes) are long lost cousins or something
Both seem to be missing a large portion of their brains.
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Flying Dream Blues Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 09:55 PM
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26. Now THAT is a classic case of projection! Talk about not vetted...nt
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Colobo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 09:57 PM
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27. Uncle Mike is jealous.
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ShadowLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 11:06 PM
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29. Earth to Steele, a 2 year long presidential campaign involves a LOT of vetting
And as if people didn't dig up and talk about dirty parts of Obama's past on the news. Look at all the stuff they talked about during the 2 year campaign about Obama.

-His church & radical pastor

-His many present votes in the IL state senate

-All of his slip ups during the campaign, like saying PAers cling to guns & religion, Hillary is 'likeable enough'

-The whole celebrity attack thing

And not to mention a whole bunch of other things the GOP threw at him in ads.
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JI7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 11:51 PM
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30. Bill Ayers, Rev Wright , Obama looks down on small town people etc
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bevoette Donating Member (609 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-22-09 11:57 PM
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31. GAH. every time i see his stupid face, i just want to PUNCH him. (nm)
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-23-09 05:18 AM
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32. I must have missed the part where the media fell in love with him -
haven't seen them love anyone since Bush....except Cheney!


Maybe Steele is confused, wait, he's a GOPer - of course he is cunfused!
:dem:


mark
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jillan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-23-09 03:57 PM
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33. When is the msm going to start calling him a gaffe machine?
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Hieronymus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-23-09 04:19 PM
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34. Steele is about as dumb as George W. Bush.
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TankLV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-23-09 07:56 PM
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35. Who'd a thunk a black man could be a RACIST PIG, too?!!!
WTF?!!!
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