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Steele Says Dorgan Retirement Sign Of Vulnerability, Predicts More Dems Quitting
RNC chairman Michael Steele
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Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele issued the following statement on the retirement announcement of Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND):
"Today's announcement by Senator Byron Dorgan of North Dakota that he will not seek reelection in 2010 highlights just how vulnerable both Senate and House Democrats have become since deciding to walk in lockstep with President Obama's government-run policies. For nearly a year Congressional Democrats have been turning a deaf ear to the concerns of the American people and as the elections of 2010 approach, many of these same Democrats are deciding to simply leave office instead of risking certain defeat. While Senator Dorgan might be the first Democrat to announce his retirement this year, I predict he will not be the last as more and more Americans start moving away from the Democrat Party's liberal agenda and towards the Republican Party's core principles of less government, lower taxes, and greater personal responsibility."
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Viva!America!
January 5, 2010 7:52 PM
Sometimes I just want to take his face and rub it in a pile of dung.
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saralee
January 20, 2010 1:47 AM in reply to Viva!America!
mmmmkay... would make me feel better too.
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plan69
January 5, 2010 8:21 PM
I know spin is usually a line of thinly veiled BS but his comments are a stretch even for spin. Hell, what liberal policies has Obama enacted? The dipshit Republicans have done nothing but sit like big fat cows on the tracks of progress since his first day in office. Lastly, can someone tell me one thing- ONE-that Steele has accomplished to help the Republicans gain seats in 2010?! He's nothing but an embarrasssingly powerless, idiotic, blowhard, figurehead.
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FreeRider
January 5, 2010 8:44 PM
>>The dipshit Republicans have done nothing but sit like big fat cows on the tracks of progress since his first day in office.>>
Now, THAT'S funny!
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BrookJolley
January 5, 2010 9:23 PM
Steele says "See, even though I suck at my job, I did have one guy retire so maybe we can pick that seat up!"
Hell, maybe its not even his fault he sucks so bad, you can't make fine art out of piles of crap.
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inokeah
January 5, 2010 9:31 PM
The rats are jumping ship.
One of my states House of Reps. is also quitting at the end of this month. Our Presidents home state is so broke that it does not have enough money for a election. Public Schools are on the shortest school year in the country and the university is making the professors take 10% reduction in pay.
No one wants to be around when the s#&t hits the fan.
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Stroszek
January 5, 2010 11:20 PM in reply to inokeah
If you don't think Hawaii public schools are bad, just try to make sense of inokeah's comments!
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Kaneblues
January 6, 2010 1:03 AM in reply to inokeah
Congressman Neil Abercrombie is retiring to run for Governor.
And by the way, all that s#&t that's about to hit the fan has taken place under a republican governor.
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Kaneblues
January 6, 2010 12:54 AM
At last count, four Demoratic senators have announced their plans to retire, while six Republican senators have announced their plans to retire.
And yet, take a look at "The Note" on ABC's website with the headline, "Democrats are Dropping Like Flies".
It is quite obvious that a continuing narrative in the "liberal media" for 2010 will be the demise of the democratic party. This despite the same talking-heads being grossly wrong in their election predictions in 2006 and 2008, not to mention being wrong on just about everything else.
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3star2nr
January 6, 2010 9:34 AM
Some one needs to Explain the difference to Mr. Steele between someone serving years in the senate and deciding to retire and some one Quiting like Sarah Palin
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Bloggin
January 6, 2010 9:54 AM
The GOP Pit Bull on a short leash barks again...
So does anyone know why the GOP Logo behind Steele, has the stars from the American Flag UPSIDE DOWN(satanic pentagram)? There may be more to the GOP and 'The Family' than we know.
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Orlando
January 6, 2010 11:01 AM
As of right now, more Republicans are retiring than Democrats.
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2010_01/021783.php
But that doesn't make a great story on CNN, I guess.
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saralee
January 20, 2010 1:47 AM
fuck you michael steele....
they have greater personal responsibility and smaller govt. in third world countries and people care barely get enough wages to feed themselves..they live in shanti towns with no running water, no education...not a godamn thing.
is that what you desire for america and the world.
you're a first class hypocrit along with your repub. friends. rot in hell you greedy hypocrits.
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