Michael Steele Called Tone Deaf By GOP Brass, Urged To Resign

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/29/michael-steele-resignatio_n_517533.html

In the world of politics, there was plenty of eye-rolling and mockery at reports that Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele spent lavishly on gratuitous and questionable expenditures in February.

For Republican donors and strategists, however, the revelation sparked yet another round in a lengthy debate over whether the rambunctious GOP leader really is the right fit for the party in the minority.

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"For those donors who truly believe in conservative values, this latest news about Steele has to be very disturbing," said Douglas MacKinnon, former press secretary to Majority Leader Robert Dole. "No matter which side of the aisle you find yourself, if you are giving a political party your hard-earned money, you should have no doubts that it is going to be spent as advertised and not to provide a spoiled, egocentric, out-of-touch chairman with frivolous luxuries which are out of reach of the vast majority of the American people. Michael Steele needs to resign and let the RNC vote in a man or woman who understands that his or her needs do not come before the needs of the nation or the party."

"I think it certainly suggest a certain tone deafness," confirmed Mark DeMoss, a longtime GOP donor who has decided to stop giving to committees. "I think it suggests either that you are out of touch or that you are more important than your constituents and your donors and either case is bad, whichever one you are guilty of."

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. And there it is...

[gratuitous]

2. **What** kind of expenditures?

I'll have you know that I have never put a trip to a lesbian-and-bondage themed nightclub* on an expense report.

*The Boom-Boom Room, however is not lesbian-and-bondage themed, so stop saying that.

[ixion]

3. lavish is a red herring... they ALL live a lavish lifestyle

the real motivation is wanting him gone.

With any luck, Sarah Palin will replace him, and the GOP will be finished.

[Cirque du So-What]

4. Don't take no shit off nobody, Mr. Steele!

Call a press conference and tell everybody where to get off, including those calling for your resignation. You hang in there tooth-and-nail as long as you possibly can! Your party NEEDS you, and if that means keeping the story about you spending thousands on strippers front-and-center for weeks on end, then so be it! Besides, what else could possibly be more important to the Republican party than your personal situation? Nothing, that's what! Keep fighting!

[tanyev]

7. Yeah! And do some singing at the press conference, too!

You show 'em you're not tone deaf.

:rofl:

[MadMaddie]

10. Too funny!

:rofl:

[spanone]

5. how long have they been in denial? steele's been wearing a clown suit for years now.

[Uzybone]

6. Steele will be the GOPs argument against affirmative action

[damntexdem]

8. I hope he resists long and hard.

And I hope the battle further tears apart the GOP.

[MUAD_DIB]

9. From Hip-Hop to Hip-Flop... He never was the former, but has always been so

painfully the latter.