(Fox) Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, who has come under fire for his lavish spending, told GOP activists Saturday that he has taken responsibility for his "mistakes" is now ready to "move on." In a speech to the Southern Republican Leadership Conference, he alluded to the controversy sparked by his committee paying a nearly $2000 dollar bill at a sex-themed nightclub in Los Angeles that led to at least one state party chairman calling for his resignation. "Now I'll be the first to admit I've made mistakes and it's been incumbent on me to take responsibility, shoulder the burden, make necessary changes, and move on. We've all had to do that from time to time," he said drawing applause. "But the one mistake we cannot make is to lose this November," he added. The outspoken and flamboyant Steele has been a lightning rod for criticism since taking the job last year. The criticism escalated after recent revelations of Steele spending thousands of dollars on private jets and the Republican National Committee picking up the tab which amounted to $1946 in which a group of young Republicans ran at risque Los Angeles Voyeur nightclub on January 3.
The RNC fired a staffer it blamed for the outing said and said the bill would be reimbursed by a donor who had attended. Steele also accepted the resignation this week of his chief of staff and allowed one of his senior advisers to leave in an attempt to reassure GOP donors upset about his leadership. Tom Fetzer, head of the North Carolina Republican Party, called on Steele to step down. Amen! He said the resignation is the only way to end scrutiny of the Republican national party over its lavish spending.
Michael Steele definitely needs to step down as RNC chairman. He's part of the problem. I wholeheartedly believe he was nominated to the RNC post for racial reasons. Barack Obama had just won the election in November 2008 and I believe the Republican Party felt nominating a black to the chairmanship of the national Republican Party would give the voters the impression that the Republicans are inclusive when it comes to race. It was for public relations reasons. However, Steele is a stand-for-nothing who is just part of the ride. The Republican Party under the leadership of former President Bush and the Republicans who controlled the Congress just a few years ago had betrayed the principles the Republican Party claimed they upheld. That's why voters voted for a Democratic Congress and a Democratic president. The Republicans need to clean house and remove all the establishment Republicans from all leadership posts. I not only mean in Congress but even in the national committee. The only thing they care about is just going along with the Democrats or winning elections. They aren't about principle! They don't care! They're bought off by special interests just as the Democrats are. The Republicans are lavish in their spending just like the Democrats. Both parties are competing with one another on who can receive the largest share of the pie.
The voters who are registered Republican need to voter out many incumbent Republicans in the primaries. We need new Republican blood who will support the ideals of God, the country, and the Constitution. The Republicans who now hold office have been compromised. They won't stand up against Obama's radical socialism. We need to elect Republicans who will not rely on special interests to prop up their campaigns. We need statesmen who won't be bought off. Michael Steele is a joke. Michael Steele and his ilk are part of the problem. They don't seem to have any idea what the problem is. Glenn Beck was exactly right when he made the statement at CPAC, "The Republicans don't get it." The Republican Party needs to apologize to its base for betraying them and abandoning the principles they claimed they upheld several years ago. If the Republicans don't start paying attention to their base one again, then any victories they may win this November will be short lived.
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