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Well, apparently Michael Steele, the Chairman of the Republican National Committee never got the memo alerting him to the fact that he’s now living in the 21st Century and should always assume that he’s being recorded, because all it takes to bring a politician down now is a live mic and a really stupid statement – which in this case Michale Steele provided at an RNC event where, when speaking about the war in Afghanistan, he said:
"Keep in mind again, federal candidates, this was a war of Obama's choosing. This was not something that the United States had actively prosecuted or wanted to engage in -- if [Obama] is such a student of history, has he not understood that you know that's the one thing you don't do, is engage in a land war in Afghanistan?"
Well, of course it was President Bush who actually sent troops into Afghanistan since that’s where Osama Bin Laden directed the attack against America on 9/11. And the last time I checked, the Republican Party was still strongly endorsing that Land War for reasons obvious to everyone except Michael Steele – who now finds himself in such hot water that Conservative Columnist and Fox News Favorite William Krystol has called for him to resign as RNC Chief. Something which I, for one, find very refreshing because this may turn out to be the first time that a high ranking Republican has said something really, really stupid about President Obama and then gone on to actually loose his job over it.
Unless, of course, Rush Limbaugh decides to take Steele’s side on this, in which case it may be William Crystal who looses his job.
Just think about it. Every time Palin, Bachman or any of the other goofballs say anything stupid, the party extremists turn what they said into a fund-raising drive. Its pretty hard to see anyone but Democrats picking up any contributions from the stupidity that is Michael Steele!