What about not challenging Hughley on the Nazi Party statement Mr. Steele?
You're absolutely right. Steele should have jumped out his chair at that comment and responded immediately. Jindal would have. Huckabee would have.
McCain let Whoopi Goldberg on the View insinuate that Republicans would reenslave black people. McCain let that slide instead of responding, "No, Whoopi. The very first Republican President, fought a war where hundreds of thousands of Americans died to ensure your freedom and then they put in place the 13th Amendment to guarantee that freedom secured by the shedding of their blood." Instead, McCain let it go. I was pissed at J-Mac for not responding directly and forcefully to Whoopi's comments. His silence let her and others like her continue to perpetuate the great lie.
So, yes, Republicans need to learn to respond to such ridiculous comments by acting outraged and dispensing the cold, hard truth.
When Obama gets on his high horse about education, remind Americans that he spends $60k a year to educate his own kids at an uber elite private school. $60k a year is nearly $29/hour and that's after taxes. How many "living wage" Democrats can afford that kind of education for their children? Nobody can make that point better than Michael Steele. That's what he should be talking about rather than getting sucked into pointless conversations about Limbaugh and whether skin colors at the GOP convention match D.L. Hughley's definition of America.
Talk about ideas, values, morals and stop all the B.S. identity politics and diversion tactics. Divide and conquer is the Democrats' game. Conservatives must always stand on principles. When we fail, it is because we've betrayed our principles. Even D.L. Hughley admitted our principles sound great.