MIND LIKE A STEELE, TRAPPED

Yeah, I know.  I make a lot of these "Michael Steele just got his ass fired this time for sure" posts, mainly because the man makes Joe Biden look like a world-class motivational speaker with his repeated idiocy, but this time he did the the unforgivable and trashed the war like...a liberal (lightning, scary organ music, dramatic prairie dog).

Republicans are furious with RNC Chairman Michael Steele, who was caught on camera saying that the war in Afghanistan is a doomed effort launched by President Obama. Steele has no shortage of enemies in the GOP and many of them sense an opportunity here. In fact, several, both privately and publicly, are saying this is the last straw: Steele should resign.


"Needless to say, the war in Afghanistan was not 'a war of Obama's choosing,'" reads an open letter to Steele from Weekly Standard editor and influential GOP voice Bill Kristol.

It has been prosecuted by the United States under Presidents Bush and Obama. Republicans have consistently supported the effort. Indeed, as the DNC Communications Director (of all people) has said, your statement "puts [you] at odds with about 100 percent of the Republican Party." 

....There are, of course, those who think we should pull out of Afghanistan, and they're certainly entitled to make their case. But one of them shouldn't be the chairman of the Republican party.

In an interview this afternoon, a livid, top GOP operative put it more bluntly. "This is the height of stupidity and epitomizes the problem that is Michael Steele." 

Here's the really stupid part.  Steele's basically done at this point, but the Democratic response was actually far, far worse in my opinion.  Greg Sargent:

By all means, Dems should go on the attack against Michael Steele for his wild comments about Afghanistan. But do they really think it's a good idea to say he's for cutting and running, is "rooting for failure" and is "betting against our troops"?


The statement from DNC spox Brad Woodhouse, just out:

RNC CHAIRMAN MICHAEL STEELE BETS AGAINST OUR TROOPS, ROOTS FOR FAILURE

"Here goes Michael Steele setting policy for the GOP again. The likes of John McCain and Lindsey Graham will be interested to hear that the Republican Party position is that we should walk away from the fight against Al Qaeda and the Taliban without finishing the job. They'd also be interested to hear that the Chairman of the Republican Party thinks we have no business in Afghanistan notwithstanding the fact that we are there because we were attacked by terrorists on 9-11.

"And, the American people will be interested to hear that the leader of the Republican Party thinks recent events related to the war are 'comical' and that he is betting against our troops and rooting for failure in Afghanistan. It's simply unconscionable that Michael Steele would undermine the morale of our troops when what they need is our support and encouragement. Michael Steele would do well to remember that we are not in Afghanistan by our own choosing, that we were attacked and that his words have consequences."

Now there's no excuse for that as the official response.  Just because Steele is an idiot doesn't mean he was wrong about Afghanistan being unwinnable.  I don't know why he said it, I don't know who on Steele's team though it would be a good idea to attack Obama by blaming the Afghanistan war on him when the public kinda sorta recalls that particular conflict was started by that feller from Texas and all.  But this is the same crap Republican attacked Democrats with for years.  It's just as stupid now when Dems say it as when Republicans do.

Foul on both sides, big time.  I'm pretty sure some folks in the DNC deserve to be shown the door along with Steele.  Just because Michael Steele acts like a Dirth f'ckin' hippie doesn't mean he's 100% wrong...and it's no excuse to see the DNC recycle Karl Rove's greatest hits, either.