Speaking Enragement

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Why Stop at a Web Site When You Can Redesign the Whole Party?

Staff / Truthdig Oct 14, 2009 The Republican Party's new social network wants photographic evidence and an answer to the question "Why are you a Republican?" (good question). Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele brings the hip to this new Facebook for white people with a blog titled "What up?" Update 2: This is more interesting than we realized. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Crazy Like a Fox?

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Apr 7, 2009 I can't believe I'm saying this, but if the Republican Party wants to get back into the game, it should start by paying more attention to its new chairman, the all-too-quotable Michael Steele. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Steele Reassures Base With Goofy Tirade

Staff / Truthdig Mar 17, 2009 Michael Steele recently irritated his party by taking a tolerant view of abortion, but the RNC chairman is here to let everyone know that there's plenty of crazy where that came from. While guest-hosting a talk show, Steele compared President Obama to Richard Nixon and argued that, science be damned, the Earth isn't getting warmer -- it's getting colder. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Is the Limbaugh Love-In a Deliberate Distraction?

Staff / Truthdig Mar 6, 2009 Is Rush Limbaugh's sudden elevation to the top tier of the Republican Party a naturally occurring phenomenon or a vast left-wing conspiracy? Some among the GOP's ranks suspect that the latter is the answer. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Rushing Toward Irrelevance

Joe Conason / Truthdig Mar 5, 2009 Once, conservatives liked to say that "ideas matter." Although many of their theories later proved flimsy, they at least attempted to address real problems with fresh thinking. But ideas no longer matter -- and in fact they're dangerous, according to the maximum leader of the right. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘Daily Show’: A Party in Limbaugh

Staff / Truthdig Mar 4, 2009 Rush Limbaugh staked his claim to primacy in the GOP recently. Jon Stewart is at the ready with a response. This includes a cultural reference to Russian nesting dolls. Sometimes absurdity is the best policy. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Rahm Emanuel: Limbaugh Is the Voice of the GOP

Staff / Truthdig Mar 3, 2009 What does the future hold for the Grand Old Party? For his part, President Obama's Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel gave some credit, however credible, to Rush Limbaugh as an intellectual force to be reckoned with on the right. Here's what Emanuel had to say on Sunday's "Face the Nation." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Limbaugh and Steele Lock Horns in GOP Rumble

Staff / Truthdig Mar 3, 2009 ¿Quién es más macho? And who's the rightful leader of the GOP? Both Rush Limbaugh and Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele are claiming the title in a curious kind of public arm-wrestling match that also pits entertainment against politics (as if the two weren't already interconnected). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Black Politician Named as GOP Chairman

Staff / Truthdig Jan 31, 2009 Could this be the Republican Party's attempted answer to Barack Obama? Or is that too cynical a read on the new appointment of the GOP's first African-American party chairman, former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Chief of U.S. Prison in Baghdad Arrested

Staff / Truthdig Apr 27, 2007 The American commander in charge of Baghdad's Camp Cropper, which holds about 3,300 detainees, has been arrested by U.S. forces for a range of alleged offenses. Lt. Col. William Steele stands accused of providing a phone to detainees, having an inappropriate relationship with both an interpreter and a detainee's daughter and mishandling classified information, among other charges. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Jabari Asim: The Rise of the Black Republican

Jabari Asim / Truthdig Nov 14, 2006 Maryland's African-American voters had to make a difficult decision on Nov. 7 -- whether to send Michael Steele, a black Republican, to the Senate, or instead back a party some feel takes them for granted. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )