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Tony Perkins On Steele's RNC: 'If You Can't Run A Party, You Can't Run A Country'
Family Research Council President Tony Perkins
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Family Research Council's Tony Perkins today defended his group's decision to ask donors give to individual candidates instead of to the Republican National Committee given recent problems there.
Speaking on MSNBC this afternoon, Perkins said the RNC -- and its spending and the flap over a staffer expensing a trip to a bondage-themed nightclub -- is "tone deaf" to social conservatives.
"The RNC is indifferent at best to the concerns of many social conservatives. The RNC does not reflect the values of the folks we represent across the country," Perkins said.
Democrats have been challenging the National Republican Congressional Committee on an old visit Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) made to a burlesque club. I've called FRC to ask if they'll also encourage their members not to donate to the NRCC given that incident. We'll update if they get back to us.
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eratosthenes8
April 1, 2010 6:04 PM
Again, I have to ask: is Michael Steele any worse than Michele Bachmann or Sarah Parlin?
If he isn't, one is forced to wonder why Republicans cringe at Steele's crazy statements yet defend equally untenable statements by other GOP lunatics. Hmmmmmmm.
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eratosthenes8
April 1, 2010 6:05 PM in reply to eratosthenes8
That should be Palin rather than "Parlin."
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FlownOver
April 2, 2010 12:12 AM in reply to eratosthenes8
Actually, I kinda prefer "Parlin." With an added apostrophe (parlin') it could be an all-purpose Alaskan gerund.
"Whatcha doin'?"
"Nothin'. Just parlin'."
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Brownbagger
April 1, 2010 6:06 PM
That's an outrageous, baseless attack. Mr. Steele is a credit to the Muppet race. Democrats wholeheartedly support his continued stimulus package to Stewart and Colbert. Fire Mr. Steele and the terrorists win.
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CityGuy
April 1, 2010 10:38 PM in reply to Brownbagger
Agree! Michael Steele is a credit to his party! lol
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JNagarya
April 2, 2010 6:41 AM in reply to CityGuy
Why limit it his/the RNC being "tone deaf" to "social conservatives" when it's obvious they are tone deaf to reality itself.
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expat46
April 1, 2010 6:14 PM
Hahaha.... Where have all the good trolls gone?
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Brownbagger
April 1, 2010 8:37 PM in reply to expat46
Eh emmm, don't you know today is a troll holiday?
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JNagarya
April 2, 2010 6:43 AM in reply to Brownbagger
According to a rumor I just invented, Bushit issued a signing statement stipulating that every day is a troll holiday.
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Nandemosan
April 1, 2010 6:27 PM
Tony Perkins On Steele's RNC: 'If You Can't Run A Party, You Can't Run A Country'
Duh. You proved that beyond a reasonable doubt over the eight years previous to the Obama administration.
Is Tony Perkins Marlin's son? Just askin'.
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JNagarya
April 2, 2010 6:47 AM in reply to Nandemosan
Marlin is a fish made famous by an ernest Hemingway.
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Phoebe Fay
April 1, 2010 6:29 PM
You know, that dopey expression on Perkins' face sort of reminds me of a young George Bush. Perkins would probably take that as a compliment.
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traitorjoe
April 1, 2010 6:34 PM
Steele's comeback regarding the expenditures at a Hollywood bondage club was classic ... "Ain't no party like a West Coast Party."
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Cal Gal
April 1, 2010 7:32 PM in reply to traitorjoe
That actually made me LOL. Thank you, from the West Coast. (Or the Left Coast, as we prefer to be called.)
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traitorjoe
April 1, 2010 7:34 PM in reply to Cal Gal
CalGal, as Tupac said, California knows how to party.
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JNagarya
April 2, 2010 6:46 AM in reply to traitorjoe
It's that damned Liberal Hollowood crowd trying to give the Republican't Party a black eye by exposing the Party for what it actually is.
"Family Research Council": Trying to figure out what a "family" is without asking Charles Manson.
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bluestatedon
April 1, 2010 6:50 PM
I'm encouraging Steele to have a few drinks and then tweet some responses to Perkins and his other unpatriotic critics. Brownbag is correct: Steele needs to keep his enemies at bay lest the terrorists win.
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mcrose68
April 2, 2010 10:04 AM in reply to bluestatedon
Seriously. If I see Steele at the club, I'll definitely send some vodka-redbull his way. Nothing like a little drunk dialing from to brighten my day.
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Calouste
April 1, 2010 7:09 PM
Can you say that the Family Research Council is not just tone-deaf, but completely and utterly deaf, because it took them over a decade to find out that the GOP only pays lip service to "family values"? Apparently they were so deaf that they didn't hear about Mark Foley chasing children and the cover-up of that which involved most of the Republican House leadership. Or Mark Sanford Argentinian mistress? John McCain Florida fundraiser and State Rep trying to pay an undercover cop for oral sex? etc, etc, etc.
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traitorjoe
April 1, 2010 7:13 PM
Perkins is totally wrong - Michael Steele knows how to party and how to run a party.
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sunnysteve
April 1, 2010 7:13 PM
"Can't run a party"?
Sounds like it was a great party!
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Doc Magnus
April 1, 2010 7:14 PM
Tony Perkins was great is "Psycho" not so much in "Fear Strikes Out."
Oh, wait ...
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psyclone
April 1, 2010 8:07 PM
But Tony, not being able to run a country doesn't disqualify you from getting a Pres or VP nomination from the Reep party!
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Rockridge
April 1, 2010 9:29 PM
He'll feel much better after he comes out as lesbian.
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oblio
April 2, 2010 12:42 AM
to be honest, if Michael Steele has to resign as chair of the RNC, I'm hoping Tony Perkins will be his replacement.
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AS
April 2, 2010 2:30 PM
Phone Sex Message from Michael Steele's RNC Fund Raiser (using a fraudulent looking US Cencus form).
That'll teach these LEATHER HACKS!
....................PHONE SEX LINE CONVERSTION..................
"Hey there sexy guy.
Welcome to an exciting new way to go live one-on-one with hot, horny girls waiting right now to talk to you.
Lie back, baby. Relax and get ready to meet real local students, housewives, and working girls from all over the country.
Hundreds of hot girls call free all day and night cuz we love nasty talk as much as you do. Hot amateur talk and voice personals for just 99 cents per minute.
Or live one-on-one talk with a nasty girl who will do anything you want for just $2.99 per minute. This service is brought to you by Intimate Encounters.
You must be over 18. Enter your credit card now to join the fun."
...now that's a "stimulus package" that we can believe in (Compliments the RNC).
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