Maddow: It's OK If You're a Republican

Maddow: It’s OK If You’re a Republican

Steele disgracefully refuses to say David Vitter should resign

PoliticsJune 2011 • Views: 32,030

Last night, Rachel Maddow had an extraordinary segment about the reaction of the Republican Party’s leaders to the Anthony Weiner scandal; Michael Steele is exposed as the hackiest of partisan hacks.

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UPDATE at 6/8/11 12:22:39 pm

And for some more context, here’s diaper fetishist and prostitution client David Vitter at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in 2010 — receiving a standing ovation.

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23 comments

Obdicut Wed, Jun 8, 2011 12:21:31pm

Cantor's hypocrisy is also pretty damn stunning.

darthstar Wed, Jun 8, 2011 12:22:06pm

I love Rachel. She's going to be even better when her contract with MSNBC ends and she joins Keith on CurrentTV.

jamesfirecat Wed, Jun 8, 2011 12:22:13pm

Why do people still pay attention to Michael Steele? Oh wait he's an incredible gaff machine....

Better question, why does Michael Steele still feel the need to comment about things rather than moving to a farm somewhere and just clearing brush?

Charles Johnson Wed, Jun 8, 2011 12:23:06pm

See the update for more GOP wonderfulness.

celticdragon Wed, Jun 8, 2011 12:24:38pm

re: #4 Charles

See the update for more GOP wonderfulness.

Not is has any thing to do with Vitter and diapers. Ewww!

Big Steve Wed, Jun 8, 2011 12:26:58pm

politicians being hypocritical.....now that is new.

Sol Berdinowitz Wed, Jun 8, 2011 12:27:56pm

"Go to your priest, minister, ragbbi or imam for moral and religious renewal and support, not your politician..."

now that makes sense

Obdicut Wed, Jun 8, 2011 12:31:02pm

I hereby call on Weiner to resign himself to a whole lot of dick jokes.

Obdicut Wed, Jun 8, 2011 12:35:33pm

re: #7 ralphieboy

"Go to your priest, minister, ragbbi or imam for moral and religious renewal and support, not your politician..."

now that makes sense

Heh. He said 'imam'. I wonder what the lunatics will think of that.

dragonfire1981 Wed, Jun 8, 2011 12:37:42pm

Hypocrisy just doesn't do this kind of BS justice. There has to be a stronger word or expression out there...

Extreme douchebaggery of the highest order?

lawhawk Wed, Jun 8, 2011 12:38:14pm

re: #9 Obdicut

I think David Bowie might object. Oh wait, he said imam, not Iman. My bad. /

jamesfirecat Wed, Jun 8, 2011 12:39:14pm

re: #10 dragonfire1981

Hypocrisy just doesn't do this kind of BS justice. There has to be a stronger word or expression out there...

Extreme douchebaggery of the highest order?

I think Jon Stewart once gave Robert Novak and award for that.

Kronocide Wed, Jun 8, 2011 12:42:43pm

Palinopsia

Sol Berdinowitz Wed, Jun 8, 2011 12:42:50pm

Michaels Steele did point out the one issue that will eventually tear the Tea Party away from the GOP and bring the whole edifice crashing down: that religion and morals are personal matters.

Which does not mean that they are completely private: they are reflected in our daily actions, but to drag them into politics as the GOP does is to invite disaster whenever another politician fails to live up to the standards they are trying to force on others.

Kronocide Wed, Jun 8, 2011 12:44:01pm

Wiener has always been for more Stimulus. The erectorate has supported him firmly. Let us laugh off in inphallibility.

Sol Berdinowitz Wed, Jun 8, 2011 12:44:23pm

re: #13 BigPapa

Palinopsia

"In some instances, cases resolve themselves after a period of time, though the length of time varies considerably and can be lifelong; in fact what little evidence there is suggests that the condition is lifelong more often than not.

Most sufferers seek to adapt to their condition by accepting it as part of normal experience. However, this adaptation is not as easy as it might seem and can take many years."

darthstar Wed, Jun 8, 2011 12:45:55pm

Maybe we just need to stop pretending our elected representatives should be morally superior people and accept that they're human just like the rest of us, and when they fuck around, they fuck around just like the rest of us. And when they propose some kind of social engineering law--banning gay marriage, restricting a woman's right to choose, etc.--we simply tell them to go fuck themselves(if they aren't already involved in said activity).

Power hungry people get elected to office and they do stupid shit. Whether or not Eric Cantor wants to have affairs with male staffers is irrelevant to his performance as a family values father and husband...he can do both...and he should. He just shouldn't criticize others for what they do.

(note: I don't know for a fact that Eric Cantor is having affairs with his male staffers, and I won't judge him if he is...the above example is simply meant as an illustration)

Sol Berdinowitz Wed, Jun 8, 2011 12:48:33pm

re: #17 darthstar

Maybe we just need to stop pretending our elected representatives should be morally superior people and accept that they're human just like the rest of us

We need to elect officials who are aware that they are human like the rest of us. Ones who lead by example and not by admonition or coercion.

Obdicut Wed, Jun 8, 2011 12:48:55pm

re: #17 darthstar

I have never called for anyone to resign for sexual pecadillos, and I never will. I would be more likely to think someone should resign because they're a shitty tipper.

darthstar Wed, Jun 8, 2011 12:49:26pm

re: #18 ralphieboy

We need to elect officials who are aware that they are human like the rest of us. Ones who lead by example and not by admonition or coercion.

We happen to have a President right now who is trying to do just that. And it's pissing the Republicans off in a big way.

Bulworth Wed, Jun 8, 2011 1:02:21pm

re: #20 darthstar

We happen to have a President right now who is trying to do just that. And it's pissing the Republicans off in a big way.

But...but....but...Obama thug....Chicago Way...policy "czars"...Socialism!!!

Bulworth Wed, Jun 8, 2011 1:06:49pm

re: #20 darthstar

We happen to have a President right now who is trying to do just that. And it's pissing the Republicans off in a big way.

"Gangster Government", "The Roots of Obama's Rage", "Crimes Against Liberty", "Culture of Corruption"*, etc, are some of the very "fine" books expressing conservative Obama-derangement syndrome.

*I think this book might have even been published before Obama was inaugurated, but which nonetheless was already complaining about Obama's "corruption".

theheat Wed, Jun 8, 2011 10:23:55pm

Whether or not Eric Cantor wants to have affairs with male staffers is irrelevant to his performance as a family values father and husband...he can do both...and he should.

How would behaving precisely the opposite of what you advocate and legislate others to do be irrelevant, particularly when advocating the opposite is so damaging to others?

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