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Monday, February 13, 2006

MD-Sen: "Say Anything" Steele

Posted by DavidNYC

"Say Anything" Steele. That's my new nickname for MD Republican Senate candidate Michael Steele, and I hope it sticks.

In the midst of my fury over his remarks comparing Holocaust victims to stem cell research, I spouted the following about Say Anything Steele.:

You think nothing through, you say anything for political gain, you have no sense of right and wrong and decency.

Look how right I was!

In his latest comments, [Steele] said, "I support embryonic stem cell research," a position that seemed to be at odds with his previous remarks.

Unbelievable. I was right on all counts. How could a man who thinks that stem cell research is the kin of Dr. Mengele's experiments actually support such a thing? That's the "think nothing through" part. But obviously, he doesn't actually feel that way if he now supports stem cell research. That's the "say anything for political gain" part. And either way you slice it, he triggers the "no sense of right and wrong and decency" part, too.

However, I just want to make one thing clear: My outrage at Steele's remarks had nothing to do with his personal views on stem cell research. If he wants to oppose it, that's his perogative. And if he wants to delusionally believe it's anything like the horrors of the Holocaust, he's free to think that, too.

My anger was directed at the fact that he was telling others what they ought to believe - that Jews ("of all folks") ought to think the way he does precisely because so many of us have such close links to the Holocaust. That being touched by the Holocaust ought to mean you want to foreshorten the lives of those who might be saved by stem cell research. That is what disgusted me. The notion that he could presume to speak for people like my father - and attribute such callous, hateful views to them - was beyond outrageous.

Of course, now that stem cell research is hunky-dory in Say Anything Steele's world, I guess we can chuck all that out the window. What a pathetic hack.

Posted at 02:50 PM in 2006 Elections - Senate, Maryland | Technorati

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FLIP-FLOPPER!!!! Can someone please create site about how Republicans are less stable than the muzzle of Dick Cheney's gun?

Posted by: jkfp2004 at February 13, 2006 05:24 PM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment

As a moderate mid-Atlantic state where people would tend to support stem cell research, and with a significant Jewish population, I can't imagine how this guy stands a chance. Am I right?

Posted by: mcittone at February 13, 2006 06:26 PM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment

MC: I hope you're right!

Posted by: DavidNYC at February 13, 2006 07:03 PM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment

jkfp, as far as I'm concerned, Antonin Scalia can go on as many hunting trips with Dick Cheney as he wants to. :)

Posted by: Mark at February 13, 2006 07:09 PM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment

Steele and Talent are both treading on "voted for it before I voted against it" territory with stem cell research. Looks like the Dems finally have their own cultural wedge issue to wield against the GOP.

Posted by: Mark at February 13, 2006 07:10 PM | Permalink | Edit Comment | Delete Comment