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Posted on 10/19/2009 12:09:09 AM PDT by rabscuttle385
WEST VALLEY CITY — The head of the Republican National Committee said Friday he believes voters may have moved beyond the bias against Mormonism that hurt Mitt Romney in last year's presidential election.
Speaking to reporters after a town hall meeting at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center, Michael Steele said comments he made earlier this year about Romney being rejected by the GOP base because of his faith were "old news."
"I was speaking to an attitude or a mindset at the time that I thought was unfortunate and I said that I think (Romney) proved just how unfortunate it was for people who felt that way," Steele said, "He's a good man, a principled man, a good leader for our party."
Although Romney failed to win the Republican nomination in the 2008 presidential race, Steele said voters are coming to appreciate those qualities now that Democratic President Barack Obama is in office.
Asked if the mindset against members of the LDS Church would reappear in the 2012 presidential contest, Steele said, "I hope to heaven not. I don't think so. I really don't think so." He said the party "needs to focus on its ability to reach out and embrace the diversity that defines this country."
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Romney? Principled? Leader of the GOP?
What sort of crack has Steele been smoking???
I was unaware that RINOism is a religion.
Michael, Michael, Michael.
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ROFL
I and others posted all the links (I think you did too) to Steele’s positions, which made him a first-class RINO. We’re supposed to be surprised? Still, you had many freepers falling all over themselves for Steele. News Flash, pandering doesn’t work for Republicans.
I don’t care a bit about Romney’s religion, it’s his politics that turn me off! Steele can’t really be this dumb, can he?
Let him say what he wants. He probably does represent the “GOP”. What’s left of them. He doesn’t represent me. I don’t consider myself part of the “our” he cites. But I think I am over calling them RINO’s. It is their party. It’s not OUR party unless we can control it and clearly we don’t. We can exercise some control in general at the ballot box by throwing the bums out or on policy such as with Miers, amnesty and at very least have slowed the takeover of our healthcare despite being without a place to call “home” right now. When you look at it that way we;ve been pretty effective considering we don’t have representation in either party.
Who, me ? My first preference for party chairman was Katon Dawson followed by Ken Blackwell. Steele was near the bottom in my preference.
“He’s a good man, a principled man”
Funny, Steele used almost those exact words describing his good friend Eric Holder.
No chance I’m voting for Martin Sheen, Mr. Steele.
You may as well run Barack Obama as the nominee, because that is who will win.
I will watch the GOP crash and burn before I support any more RINOs.
What is apparent to me is that there is no leader of the GOP, and there are few, if any, actual conservatives in the GOP. If the GOP can’t produce a leader that supports conservative values, then what the hell is the point of it even existing other than to provide cover for the democrats in the form of Olympia Snowe and Lindsgay Graham.
Seriously, GOP, you have exactly one more chance not to completely screw up and fail like you always do, or it’s new party time, and I don’t give a crap if that means 100% democrat control for the rest of time as recorded by man.
"Hey Mike, can I have a hit on that...?"
Where is that: “Oh, man not this sh*t again” image?
No thanks. We don’t need another RINO! Romney couldn’t even win his own party in the primary. Sarah is the ONLY conservative who can beat Obama!
Wow, my support for the GOP has just taken another hit across the bow, it’s now listing hard and ready to sink.
Yup. The liberal Zero and Slick Willardbots have a way to always silence the opposition using the you're a ---- card.
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