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Entries Tagged as 'Michael Steele'

Bad Call

April 1st, 2010 · 1 Comment · AR, Politics

I have two reasons for bringing up the story about the Republican National Committee sending out a fundraising mailer that inadvertently listed the number for a phone sex line.  One is simply to revel in what this adds to an already embarrassing week for the RNC, and a generally embarrassing tenure for Chairman Michael Steele. [...]

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GOP Lies, Makes Friends

December 15th, 2009 · No Comments · AS, Politics, Technology

The GOP has created an internet tool.  A.K.A. the latest in a series of bad ideas involving the GOP and the internet.  Apparently the tool even used to include an animated Michael Steele figure walking about!  I have to say, now that we’ve all seen their interns, I’m not totally surprised that nobody on staff [...]

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Tying the Pirates to Electoral Politics

July 22nd, 2009 · 2 Comments · AR, Politics, Sports

As a lifelong Pirates fan, I think I kind of understand what it must be like to be a post-George Bush Republican. While the Republicans four year electoral losing streak pales in comparison to the 16 (soon to be 17) straight losing seasons of the Pirates, there are similarities: incompetent leadership, the loss of casual [...]

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