Comments on: Steele to Moderates: Sit Down and Shut up

By: DLS

DLS — Sun, 03 May 2009 19:56:38 +0000

They still don't know what they want to be, or to do. They cannot obviously let the liberal “moderates” (“we should be nicer, big-government-is-okay kinds of folks”) hijack the party and try to make it into more openly the other Democratic Party (“Junior Democratic Party” [snicker]), and good riddance to Specter, and may he be followed by more should-be-Dems. But we're still waiting for them to offer a coherent alternative. Right now they're an unmanaged herd when not just muddling along being a clumsy form of Dems Lite. (It doesn't buy the Dems' respect — we still hear “far right” lies time after time from so many who don't want the Dems to share power or lose it.) Even a finally-more-honest Arlen Specter (actually, who could be simply self-seeking given the Dems' power growth; there may be more Republican defections that are also more opportunistic than “principled” [sic]) could probably lose his next attempt at re-election. Real Dems and libs won't want anything to do with “former” as well as other-nominal or actual Republicans.

By: archangel

archangel — Sun, 03 May 2009 19:22:03 +0000

"Steele to moderates, come have a seat at the kiddie table"

that's insightful, and more so, reminds of the way the GOP Episcopalians, Evangelicals and Catholic church hierarchy in the US seem to see the 'big tent' also. Sad for all of us. The aborting of ideas before they can even be spoken outside the womb, well, the Shakers tried it, as did the Dunkards, and others. Not many of them around, sad to say.

I am hoping for a 'new day' in all.

dr.e

By: DaGoat

DaGoat — Sun, 03 May 2009 19:05:27 +0000

True, Polimom. Remember when you were a kid at Thanksgiving and the younger relatives all had to sit at the kiddie table since there was no room at the adult table? That's the message – “Steele to moderates, come have a seat at the kiddie table”.

By: Polimom

Polimom — Sun, 03 May 2009 17:37:20 +0000

DaGoat, I think he's doing more than implying it.

By: DaGoat

DaGoat — Sun, 03 May 2009 17:36:14 +0000

I'm getting disappointed in Steele. Initially I thought he would be a shoot-from-the-hip kind of guy willing to go against the company line at times and push a big tent approach.

He's now implying you can simultaneously have a seat at the table but not have your views seriously considered.

By: D. E.Rodriguez

D. E.Rodriguez — Sun, 03 May 2009 17:32:07 +0000

Y'all come in to the “Big Tent,” Sit down, Shut up, and Eat–even if you are deadly allergic to it…