Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele accidentally referred to House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) as "Speaker Boehner" during Sunday's "This Week," and host George Stephanopoulos surprisingly didn't disagree.
Quite the contrary, he found this so compelling he gave great attention to it at ABC News's website:
Republican Chairman Michael Steele had a Freudian slip this morning on 'This Week' when he referred to Minority Leader John Boehner as "Speaker Boehner."...And Steele stuck by his slip: predicting a Speaker Boehner if Dems continue to push health care.
During the broadcast, Stephanopoulos not only didn't disagree with Steele, but instead used exit poll numbers from Tuesday's elections to show just how much trouble Democrats might be in 2010 (videos embedded below the fold with partial transcript, file photo):
Moments later, Stephanopoulos again referenced what Steele had said suggesting the RNC Chairman might be right:
Wow? Why does Stephanopoulos feel this way?I do want to move on to the elections, because Michael Steele had a bit of a Freudian slip there, he called, he said, "Speaker Boehner." Maybe he was looking at the returns Tuesday, forecasting into next year...Let me look, dig into the numbers a little bit more from Tuesday night. One of the things that you saw in both Virginia and New Jersey is those new voters that President Obama brought to the polls last year in Virginia and Jersey under 30s, way down. Half the share of the electorate that they were in 2008. And then on independents, look at these numbers, first of all in Virginia. President Obama, last year, Democrats won 49-48. This year, Republicans two to one. 66-33 among independent voters in Virginia. New Jersey much the same story. 51-47 last year under President Obama. This year Republican Chris Christie gets 60 percent of the independent vote, Democrats get only 30 percent of the independent vote. That is a HUGE flashing light for next year, isn't it?
Is it because he's really concerned that Steele might be right, especially given Stephanopoulos's experience as a Clinton White House adviser who watched the Republicans take over Congress in 1994 somewhat as a result of the unsuccessful push for HillaryCare?
Hmmm.
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If last Tuesday was any
November 8, 2009 - 11:56 ET by MikeBIf last Tuesday was any indicator, Boehner may very well be the next Speaker. BUT, if the Repubs support a bunch of RINOs and DIABLOs instead of conservatives, Bela Pelosi will remain Speaker. That is assuming she does not overdose on Botox.
Steele and the party leadership need to give the people a clear choice between marxism/socialism and constitutionalism. If there is no clear choice, why would the rank and file Republicans bother to vote when the choice is between commie and commie lite?
Once the Republicans get a majority in Congress, they need to act like Republicans instead of like corrupt Democratics. That way, they will be able to maintain the majority for a long time to come.
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
I'm sure Pelosi would take
November 8, 2009 - 12:25 ET by notonmywatchI'm sure Pelosi would take that hit to get America under their evil grip for good.
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Vote for the commie, not the commie light
November 8, 2009 - 13:30 ET by TheHistorianThis is what the American people do. Why should I vote for a "moderate" who I cannot figure out how he (or she) will vote, when I can vote for a real liberal? The realism is that the differences are a matter of degree, not of substance.
What is really bad is how people in VA, OH, and many others voted for Webb, Brown, and others in 2006 as "conservatives" when these guys never had a record of being anything other than a flaming liberal. Let's hope that Ohio at least gets smart and elects a true conservative instead of the likes of Voinovich.
"What experience and history teach is
this - that people and governments never have learned anything from history,
or acted on principles deduced from it."
G. W. F. Hegel
How Does?
November 8, 2009 - 12:31 ET by GeneralAlHow dpoes Steele's Communist counterpart get away with the statement "An overwhelming majority of Americans want this!"? Perhaps he left out the word "Liberal" after overwhelming!
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Don't give a pass to all of the Dems who voted against it
November 8, 2009 - 13:25 ET by TheHistorianOne thing Nancy does pretty well is count the house. She LET those Dems who voted against it do so in the name of keeping the seats in Demland. This was a dance, no more. You should consider EVERY Democrat as complicit in this piece of garbage. Don't bother to look them up.
"What experience and history teach is
this - that people and governments never have learned anything from history,
or acted on principles deduced from it."
G. W. F. Hegel
WTH??????
November 8, 2009 - 14:34 ET by motherbeltWTH??????
Speaker Boehner? Haven't we suffered enough?
November 8, 2009 - 12:40 ET by jefflebowskiEnough of the RINO bunch of moron Republicans. Boehner was outmanuvered last night by Pelosi on the Stupak bill. Repubs should have voted "present" and had nothing to do with Pelosi's bill. Boehner backed Scozzafava in NY23.
Conservatives must be put in Republican leadership positions. Haven't we seen enough to know the moderate, big-tent moderate Republican party is a recipe for continued disaster?
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Outmanuvered? With 245
November 8, 2009 - 12:45 ET by Free StinkerOutmanuvered?
With 245 deomcrats in the House, there is zip the GOP could have done.
I agree we need Conservatives running to GOP, but I don't see what Boehner could have done differently.
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The ones who were outmaneuvered were the idiots
November 8, 2009 - 13:07 ET by SickofLibsThe ones who were outmaneuvered were the idiots who voted for hope-n-change and who are now coming to understand they were hustled by an $800 million infommercial.
To understand the infomercial you had better look at Soros
November 8, 2009 - 13:22 ET by TheHistorianYou may not be aware of it, but a lot of our problems started with a run on money markets in 2008. http://money.cnn.com...
This stinks SO badly of George Soros http://boards.histor..., but it is what drove Bush to do some of the things he did. It is not just an infomercial, it is a conspiracy of proportions such that Obama should be impeached due to his connections to George, the international criminal.
"What experience and history teach is
this - that people and governments never have learned anything from history,
or acted on principles deduced from it."
G. W. F. Hegel
Boehner supported Scuzzy
November 8, 2009 - 12:44 ET by R D Helm...'nough said.
-Dave
Our elected representatives have failed us.
"Big Tent"
November 8, 2009 - 12:59 ET by iveseenitallMany RINOS want a "big tent" with no principles. The Demos are all too happy to oblige them in that thinking. Ironically, it will keep THEM in power. There's not a dimes' worth of difference between Lindsey Graham and Barny Frank. Hey Graham, McCain, et.al. --- YOU LOST!--duh!
This entire argument is about the future of America. If those with principles don't fight now, it's all over. There is a slim chance of returning the country to sanity. But time is running out. As Bob Grant used to say,"We're slippin' and slidin' into Third-Worldism"---sad.
NEVER,NEVER trust a "liberal"
Never let facts get in the way of a good rant
November 8, 2009 - 13:16 ET by TheHistorianLindsey Graham lives up to his nickname "Goober". But a RINO he is not. Or if he is, explain how a RINO gets an American Conservative Union ranking of 82 last year and a lifetime of 90. http://www.acurating... His ACU record is better than Thune's, Hatch's, Cornyn's (2008 but not lifetime), Domenici, and a bunch more. Heck, it's even better than Lizzie Dole's, that darling of conservatives.
He gets a lot of press because he is willing to speak up (mostly inarticulately) on certain left-wing issues, but a RINO he is not.
I think Graham has misplaced himself on a couple of issues such as cap and tax. But to call him a "RINO" when you have records like Snowe's and Collins ( TOGETHER they can't even add up to 100 lifetime and 50 in 2008), let's go after the worse RINOs first. I would MUCH prefer you go after real RINOs like Voinovich, Smith (Oregon), Dole (NC) and the others you see on the above-referenced page who cannot even break 75 in a good year.
"What experience and history teach is
this - that people and governments never have learned anything from history,
or acted on principles deduced from it."
G. W. F. Hegel
Re Graham
November 8, 2009 - 14:07 ET by slickwillie2001RINOs have to be looked at with respect to the politics of their state. Sure the Fair Ladies of Maine are cheap dates for the democratics, but in Maine we likely can do no better. On the other hand, there's no excuse for a Lindsey Graham (or Dole, agreed) coming out of a state like South Carolina. He also takes a hit for being McCain's lapdog, and we all hate McCain.
It doesn't matter how he
November 8, 2009 - 14:15 ET by RowaneIt doesn't matter how he votes on small issues, when he votes for things like cap and tax that makes him a RINO in many people's eyes.
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"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke)
"Or if he is, explain how a
November 8, 2009 - 18:48 ET by ckc1227"Or if he is, explain how a RINO gets an American Conservative Union ranking of 82 last year and a lifetime of 90."
By voting with Conservatives on small, unimportant procedural votes while sticking it to them when it matters....like illegal immigration, and cap and freakin' trade.
"I think Graham has misplaced himself on a couple of issues such as cap and tax."
Heck, cap and tax is enough. That's a nation ender. On the issues that matter, all too often he ends up on the wrong side of the issue. Frankly, he's got way too much "reach across the aisle to screw Americans together" on the brain.
"But to call him a "RINO" when you have records like Snowe's and Collins"
Sorry, just because they're worse offenders doesn't make goober any less a RINO.
"I would MUCH prefer you go after real RINOs like Voinovich, Smith
(Oregon), Dole (NC) and the others you see on the above-referenced page
who cannot even break 75 in a good year."
That's easier said than done. You really think you're going to get a Conservative elected in Oregon....or Maine....or Massachusetts? Not likely. South Carolina on the other hand......
Oh, by the way, Dole is gone. She was defeated by Kay Hagan, a Democrat in 2008.
Boehner is a nice guy.
November 8, 2009 - 13:32 ET by Willis_Leon_JohnsonIn other words, not the best person for the job.
'republicans' keep pretending that it's better to play nice and lose than play by the same rules until the other side gets tired of bloody noses on their faces.
With the steady onslaught of hatefilled legislation pushed by hatefilled democrats and closet communists, the so-called conservatives in both houses keep trying to play "tea party" and keep helping throw OUR RIGHTS and FREEDOMS down the toilet, then helping flush the comode.
I want somebody that is not afraid to call a socialiast a 'socialist, a communist a 'communist' and a stupid democrat a stupid democrat. Likewise a RINO a communist sympathizer, a DIABLO a socialist in sheeps clothing, and a treasonist traitor, a tresonist traitor and calling for investigations into treason for every member that voted for this piece of crap.
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Put in
November 9, 2009 - 20:41 ET by NorthCoasterMike Pence
Should the repubs actually take the House next November,...
November 8, 2009 - 13:50 ET by R D Helm...we are going to need a major hard-ass of a scorched-earther in the speakers chair, not a reach-across RINO.
Even without the job-destroying and economy-killing ObamaCare and Crap & Tax, there is enough lefty entitlement lunacy in place right now to soon send this country spiraling down into the financial abyss.
Social Security isn't going to go broke by some obscure date in the future, it's broke right now, today.
Medicare and Medicaid are teetering on the brink, and the FHA is about to belly up to the trough and start asking for a $55 Billion bailout. We're essentially now broke as a nation, but something tells me they will get their bailout anyway.
Freddie Mac (which just reported a $5 Billion loss) and Fannie Mae are in trouble again, too, as slobberin' Bawney Fwank and Co. keep insisting they do the exact same things that started this whole mess in the first place.
Why not start an investigation into the actions of Bawney Fwank, the guy he was swapping spit with, that other guy who walked off with $90 Million of our money, as well as Maxine Waters and Chris Dodd?
You need a hard-ass to do that, not a wimpy, reach-across RINO.
The TARP money is long gone, and I doubt we will ever see any of that money again. Why not start in in-depth investigation into Paulson and his cronies, as we still don't know where the bulk of that money actually went.
You need a hard-ass to do that, not a wimpy, reach-across RINO.
Government revenues are tanking, jobs are fleeing this country in droves, yet there is still a 35% corporate tax rate in place, helping to fuel the exodus.
Why not cut this hideous tax to about 10%, and just maybe some of that $14 Trillion being held off-shore might just start coming back into this country and creating jobs here, instead of China and India.
You need a hard-ass to do that, not a wimpy, reach-across RINO.
We don't need John Boehner in the speakers chair, we need someone who is going to whip the repubs into shape and make sure they stay in line.
We need George S. Patton Jr.
For the near-term sake of this country, I hope they find him, too.
-Dave
Our elected representatives have failed us.
Amen to that!
November 8, 2009 - 14:13 ET by jon_torlinYou hit it right on the head. I just hope nothing else happens between now and then, but I am sorely afraid that it will.
I like your tagline as it's dead on. My dad's rep told everyone in his district "I won't vote for this bill!" Anyone can find out online how his/her rep voted, and it shows that he did. Sorry SOB did exactly as I predicted and lied to everyone's faces about it, so now, according to my dad, there's going to be a concerted attempt to run him out of office ASAP rather than wait for the election in 2010. There are a lot of people really pissed off about what happened last night.
So what's next now? I feel like I'm in a nightmare that I can't wake up from, anyone else have that feeling?
-Jon
Very good Jon and Dave
November 8, 2009 - 15:51 ET by general companyanyone else have that feeling?
Yes, I hope you Dad is right, and I hope we can get it done.
My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful
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Jon, I would love to see recall petitions springing up all over
November 8, 2009 - 16:48 ET by R D Helm...and actually get some of these goobers out before next November.
The damage they have done in the last ten months is bad enough all by itself, but just imagine what they can wreck in the next twelve. Maybe if a few of them get picked-off along the way, the rest of them might take notice.
I am pretty much seeing next November's election as a make-or-break moment for our country. Most of the congress critters have demonstrated they don't care what their constituents think, and we are getting dangerously close to the edge of the proverbial cliff - far closer than most think.
I hope we see the largest turnover in history, but you just never know. Americans have painfully short memories.
-Dave
Our elected representatives have failed us.
americans have short memories
November 8, 2009 - 18:59 ET by countryfirstThis is what frightens me with everything the congress is doing to us, and yet NY23 and california, elect democrap that is why i don'have much faith, in the voters, I feel that pisolis took those wins as an indication that, whatever she does, the voters will elect her again
Here here, Dave. A
November 8, 2009 - 14:19 ET by RowaneHere here, Dave. A republican speaker needs a set of cojones.
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"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke)
I suggest that Steele needs
November 8, 2009 - 14:07 ET by RowaneI suggest that Steele needs to step down, he has become an embarrassment.
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"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." (Edmund Burke)
Rowane, I agree
November 8, 2009 - 16:54 ET by R D HelmSteele needs to go.
Personally I like the guy, and he is excellent at fund-raising, but if they are going to take $900k of those funds and give them to repubs who are further to the left than their dem opponents, then what good is he?
Besides, I don't think he gets it even now.
-Dave
Our elected representatives have failed us.
"I suggest that Steele
November 8, 2009 - 18:25 ET by ckc1227"I suggest that Steele needs to step down, he has become an embarrassment. "
I can see it now....there would be a neverending media blitz of "there's no room for blacks in the Republican party".
Heck ckc....they already
November 8, 2009 - 18:28 ET by bigtimerHeck ckc....they already did that when Steele ran for Gov.
Won't be anything new with them...just use this race-card when it fits their agenda...as usual.
'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart
Another example of
November 8, 2009 - 14:08 ET by buddycAnother example of republican stupidity (But I do like Michael Steele). If they think ACORN and all the "Stimulous" money isn't going to buy millions of democrat votes, you are crazy. Republicans don't have a clue but Obama does. He is doing the only thing he is good at. He is using the US Treasury and all other instruments of government power to "count the votes". It is going to take more than the public's opposition to this healthcare mess to get rid of democrats.
Yep...somebody with brains
November 8, 2009 - 19:03 ET by bigtimerYep...somebody with brains who has worked with campaigns sees what is coming on down the road.
Caddell is another one.
'Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea'~Breitbart
No disrespect
November 8, 2009 - 22:05 ET by talkradio55No disrespect to Boehner, but I'd rather see Madame Speaker Michelle Bachman. That would really scare the living crap out of not only the Dems, but the media too.
Liberalism is a lie unto itself.