Steele Reportedly Withdraws Support for RINO Mark Kirk
(Mark) Kirk’s changing positions on a “cap and trade” environmental bill are inspiring angry boos from some fellow Republicans
Michael Steele has been responsible for some monumental gaffes since he took the reins of the Republican National Committee.
Perhaps he’s trying to avoid another error by supporting a flip-flopper.
The RNC Chairman has reportedly withdrawn his sole endorsement for Illinois Representative Mark Kirk in his bid for the U.S. Senate seat currently occupied by Roland Burris, according to the Chicago Daily Observer.
The Observer article doesn’t reveal where it learned the information., and RNC officials contend that Steele never officially endorsed Kirk’s candidacy.
The RNC traditionally does not get involved in primaries, but, “the National Republican Senatorial Committee has endorsed Kirk.”
“Congressman Kirk is an exceptional candidate and is clearly the frontrunner in this race,” RNC spokeswoman Kirsten Kukowski told NBC. “This is a targeted race we plan to win and once Kirk wins the primary we will be fully engaged.”
Is Michael Steele starting to show some backbone?
Hat tip: WMAQ Channel 5 Chicago
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MFG will be here to tell me why Mark Kirk is good for the GOP in 5 … 4 … 3 …
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I’m going with Steele on this one. If Kirk is pro cap and tax, who needs him?
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I wish Steele would be consistent so I could either like him or dislike him.
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Mullet,
Let your heart not be troubled. Steele is a big government ‘compassionate conservative’. That should reduce your ‘like index’ plenty.
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Steele, the next best thing to nothing.
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“Let your heart not be troubled.”
drdog09 -
You might be watching Sean Hannity too much.
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Only Mark Kirk can save us. /sarc
Hey, it’s another seat, and marginally better than a dem. In Il, it could be the best we’ll get.
We need to get conservatives in LA, FL, GA, NC, SC, AR, and AZ. NE and ND/SD too.
We get those, we have enough seats to not care about the Mainers, the Kirks, etc.
RINOS in blue states are acceptable. RINOS is red states are not. Don’t forget that.
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drdog
One of the few times that I disagree with your POV, the one regarding Steele. I think he is good for the GOP at this time. And, he seems to be showing more mojo, as time goes on, in his job!
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He better not screw up, Jan, Everything depends upon it. If the GOP does not take back the house, the bottom will drop out.
It might even if they do.
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RWY….I agree with your comment 7….but haven’t I seen you express the opposite view before?
On a more agreeable topic I found a great shooting range today with ammo for sale and reasonable rates…..my wife and I will be a danger to intruders and liberals very soon (just kidding flag@.gov). Not too mention giving us a fighting chance to reach Texas when chaos breaks out. Re that, maybe we should put together a bjg escape from Ca plan since there are a number of us stuck here…..you know safe houses, etc.
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Jan,
As time goes on I could be proven wrong. But so far –
* Dumps family members and cronies in key positions.
* Goes after Rush without the facts.
* Let the PA situation with Toomey get out of hand.
* He appears lukewarm about the Tea Party movement.
I’ll say he is a smooth talker, but his core is a Big Government mindset.
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Bruce, I hate Rinos, but senate seats dont grow on trees.
Red states, primary them, defeat them at all costs. McCain, Graham, Martinez, these should be wiped out.
And dems in red states should have targets on their backs as well.
But in blue states, many times the choice is a communist or a Rino. Take the seat, and keep up the pressure on the red state rinos, and red state dems.
Thats enough for 60 R Senate seats, plus a half dozen blue state Rinos. We get that many, we don’t have to worry about the rinos.
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BC, yeah, guilty as charged. Odd because I really don’t like that show since Colmes left. Not that I liked Colmes.
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RINOS are a pain in the a$$, but being realistic, they are going to be with us from now on. As the country’s demographics change, and as boomers move from the industrial states to the south, purple is going to become a more likely political color.
One thing that is encouraging is the movement of independents back toward the center and center right after the debacle last November. People are getting a good taste of left wing marxism, and it is damn disagreeable. I think Obama recognizes this, and he is pushing his last best shot before new elections.
The real stupid thing I heard this week was Beck saying McCain would be worse for the country than Obama. It may be true in the context that Obama’s election gives us a great chance to make extraordinary gains, but not in the context of individual issues. Obama is doing great damage, and that’s a fact. Big time damage.
I wish Beck hadn’t said it.
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Do a tale of the tape and McCain is better.
Overall, for the country with the future factored in? Hard to say, many unknowns. Maybe we are screwed now, maybe we will wake up and put things right.
Maybe with McCain, we go to sleep and never wake up, who knows?
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Hannity’s show is unwatchable. I usually switch to a Tigers (soon to be Red Wings) game during the great, great, great, great American Panel.
I used to listen to his radio show when I was in the car, but driving to Ann Arbor last week (about an hour’s drive), I had to change stations.
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Hannity is unwatchable because its all his show now, meaning ALL HIS guests. They are all his friends and associates, so he can’t fight with them like he could with Colmes’ guests.
He needs somebody with differing opinions to bounce off of; somebody who is just as opiniontated as himself.
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I wish Beck hadn’t said it.
Depends on your view. McCain as Prez. AfPak theatre would not be the issue it is right now that is for sure. He would have the troops backs on that I have no doubt.
But what of the country at large? The man is a big governemnt progressive on the domestic front. He would not have vetoed anything Harry Reid put in front of him to sign. We already know he was for the bailouts, for amnesty, for some form of health care. But McCain would have done this over 4-8 years.
Obama is the same disaster. But he’s trying to cram it down in 2 years before he loses Dim Congressional control. That is Beck’s point about the boiled frog analogy earlier in the week.
Had McCain won, the Tea Party movement would never have come to fruition in my mind.
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Well said 12 RWY, agree completely.
Bc3b….funny thing is I used to think like that about Hannity but I actually like his show better than the BOR and Beck shows now. And I really hate it when Beck goes on BOR and sucks up to him. While I agree with all here that Beck has done some great things, I dont trust him….reminds me of Newt….always wanting someone to love him, esp MSM types. Good grief, I would vote for Hillary, give me a break.
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Reminder. Rush is on Leno in 5 minutes.
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Oh keep in mind, Beck said he would have preferred Clinton. That is yet another can of worms. Though had she won, I have some doubts if HC would have seen the light of day. She would have probably told Nancy — “I won’t go into the barrel on that one for a second time. You’re on your own Sister.”
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Not too mention giving us a fighting chance to reach Texas when chaos breaks out.
Bruce, just remember to take your squirrels with you.
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I’ll agree for 300, dr… The Hillary thing bothered me more than the McCain would have been worse part. Although, I would not have said it the way Beck did.
I’d have kept quiet, or, if I had to say something, I’d have remarked on the ineptness of McCain’s campaign and how his political philosophy is a loser. Not that he’d have been worse, that’s too subjective an argument.
Although Coulter did say the same thing, you’ll remember, a fact not forgotten by Beck.
Beck is right, the R party is corrupt. Not as completely as the Dems, not in the same way, but still corrupt.
And Teddy R was a progressive douchebag who did not believe in property rights. It was all about the collective for that guy. McCain should know that, if he does, he’s sinister and unfit for office, if he doesn’t he’s ignorant and unfit for office.
So.
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I’d have kept quiet, or, if I had to say something, I’d have remarked on the ineptness of McCain’s campaign and how his political philosophy is a loser. Not that he’d have been worse, that’s too subjective an argument.
~ yahoo
I think that is exactly right. Thank you for putting it in proper perspective.
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There’s something about going over to the other side that is too awful to contemplate.
If you do that, you are guilty in what comes next. That I could not do, in the end.
Trust me, I hated McCain, my blood boils at the mention of him. Traitor, glib and arrogant.
But I had to vote for the bastard. The commie jackals were running wild, and I could not merely stand aside and do nothing. I voted for a rat, because I would not vote for a snake, or vote present while a snake took the oval office.
While I was in line at the poll, an elderly gentleman was ahead of me talking to a real estate agent. They were Rs and McCain voters.
I listened to them talk. The old man was somber and sad, sometimes getting emotional, talking about his service in korea, about how the country was full of spoilt children and not worthy of the blood of heroes. The younger man listened and told about how he was from NJ, and how that place had gone to hell.
Well I wanted to hug that old man. He looked at me a time or two, and I stayed quiet, just gave him a little nod and a smile.
Those guys were my type of Americans. Talked about how the R party had gone to shit, just like the Dems 40 years before. About how McCain was a bastard. Weak, lacked principle.
But they were voting for him, to keep the jackals at bay, or die trying. Just like that old man did in Korea, I bet, fighting against all odds in horrible conditions in a war he didn’t want, but he could not lay down for the Noko communists.
Good man, lives in my neighborhood.
So I did the same thing. I voted for that bastard, because I couldn’t turn my back on what’s left of sanity in this country, small though it be.
I will never give up on this country, on the flag, on the constitution. On liberty.
Kill me if you want to, I’ll just die happy, but I’ll never give up. If it means fighting, I’ll fight. Whatever it takes.
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We gotta beat the commie ba$tard if for no other reason than those good Americans you describe.
We only have one chance.
Or at least one chance to do it without a lot of carnage and sacrifice.
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You cant keep the Jackals at bay with a jackal of your own. I liked your story RWY but McCain, I am glad he lost.
We need to win this War now, the battle lines are clearly drawn, we have a charismatic to spur our side (Sarah), and now is the time. All generations of Americans have gone through tough times and I believe that our spoiled populace needs to make its choice. Servitude to elitists for crumbs (back to the Middle Ages) or telling them to go to hell. These are the times that try men’s souls.
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You cant keep the Jackals at bay with a jackal of your own.
Hell of a spot to be in, huh? It doesn’t really matter now, it’s over and the miserable prick lost.
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An insult to miserable pricks everywhere.