Steele: Don't Send Angry Liberals Our Way - RNC redirects calls concerning "angry mobs" to DNC.

[jefferson_dem]

Steele: Don't Send Angry Liberals Our Way
Posted by Brian Montopoli

The Democratic National Committee released a web video yesterday entitled "Enough of the Mob," which suggests that Republicans and their allies are "organizing angry mobs" to "destroy President Obama and stop the change Americans voted for."

The video concludes by asking supporters to call the Republican Party and "tell them you've had enough of the mob." The phone number of the Republican National Committee then appears onscreen.

Those who call the number are told to press one if they are calling in regard to the DNC video. When they do, they are told to call a different phone number "to give us your feedback on the Democratic National Committee's advertisement." Concludes the recording: "Thanks so much and have a great day."

The phone number that callers are given, however, is the main number of the DNC. Callers are not informed of this fact. At no point does the RNC allow callers to register their complaints. (The situation was first flagged by the satire site Wonkette.)

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Steele, sounding angry, then said, "don't sit there and think that you're going to direct a bunch of angry liberals" to the RNC.

He went on to complain about the "arrogance" of an Obama administration that he said was looking down its nose at his mother, sister, family members and coworkers.

"To sit back and say that this is some Republican cabal is a bunch of baloney," he said. "And you can substitute that B for something else if you want."

Steele added that callers should "talk to your own party because they're the ones that are ginning this nonsense up."

He concluded his comments by saying, "and besides, I thought it was a good idea."

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/08/05/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5217281.shtml

[rvablue]

1. Just one more example of the GOP's "do as I say and not as I do" mentality. n/t

[roguevalley]

8. he needs his ass beat

[HowHasItComeToThis]

9. THIS IS WAR

[Touchdown]

2. Fuck him. I don't take orders from Repubs.

STFU Steele. Eat my shit!

[drm604]

3. But it's okay to direct a bunch of angry wingnuts to Democratic reps meetings?

Sorry Mr. Steele, what's good for the Goose is good for the Gander.

People are going to catch on pretty quickly that they shouldn't press one.

[DinahMoeHum]

4. Fine. Flood the RNC with e-mails and letters instead. . .

and while we're at it, let's also flood the RSCC and RCCC with e-mails, letters and phone calls.

:shrug:

[tosh]

6. Faxes!! Let's burn up some RNC ink cartridges!! nt.

[PretzelWarrior]

10. they probably have most go to a fax email....but perhaps some still print direct.

[PretzelWarrior]

5. FUCK! YOU! UNCLE! TOM!

[Cha]

7. Yeah, we're angry ..you dumbass fuck.

And, your loud yelling mob mentality can go fuck yourselves.

[SidneyCarton]

11. Deal with it Michael.

The days of Rove and Atwater are over, we can and will fight back. You can put up your dukes and face it like an adult, or cut the bullshit and get down to the real business of government. But the whiny, "poor little me" routine doesn't wash.

[Jennicut]

12. So the RNC is afraid of hearing from a bunch of angry liberals?

LOL. We are so scary Michael...boo!

[FatDave]

13. "To sit back and say that this is some Republican cabal is a bunch of baloney"

Motherfucker, we've got the evidence this was orchestrated by right-wing lobbyists. We knew it was going to happen before it happened, because we've got the fucking papers where the orders went out, you fucking piece of shit waste of flesh.

[FatDave]

14. The very simple solution?

Don't pick that option from the voice menu. Pick a different one, then let it rip on the person who answers.

[tbyg52]

18. Bingo.

I believe "9" from the first menu goes to "more options." (I know there's another set of options, just don't remember what number it was - 9 seems reasonable, and I'm probably remembering that right.)

On the *next* set of options, you can pick "chairman." As of this PM, it *was* being answered.

[tinrobot]

15. Then stop sending angry birthers to our town hall meetings.

[Better Today]

19. Oops wrong reply. See below

[Better Today]

16. Hey does anyone have the number to post here, and we will all just know

to NOT press 1 and to press 0 for the switchboard instead. Then we can register the complaints by phone as requested by DNC

[Better Today]

20. Hey look what I found in a similar thread, the number!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

Post 11 by ronnykmarshall


202.863.8500

Press option 2!

Tell them what chicken shits they are.

[KingFlorez]

17. Does anyone else get the strong odor of chickens? Bawk! Bawk!

What a weakling.

[zbdent]

21. If Steele got hit on the head with a drifting feather, he'd go running off crying

about the liberal media ...

[ShadowLiberal]

22. Great solution, I'm sure GOP staffers all over the RNC are getting those calls now

If you can't talk to them through the phone option they set up then use the numbers to claim you want to talk with someone about something else, then complain about the mobs of radicals they're sending to events when you get an RNC staffer on the line.

[windbreeze]

23. I have news for him...he better pay attention to Glen Beck and Rush Limbaugh

and Drudge...NOW if all those guys have changed party, I'd like to know...and I was on a site that is totally anti Obama...and who do you think they are??? They sure aren't Democrats...wb

[RagAss]

24. Hey Chump...We're not even angry yet !!!!

[ArnoldLayne]

25. CALL RNC HEADQUARTERS at 1-202-863-8500 Ext.#9 for Chairman Michael Steele

[ArnoldLayne]

26. Do not call ext. 1 it redirects you to the DNC Headquarters

call Ext.#2 #3 all the way to #9 we'll fix their asses.

[CitizenPatriot]

27. so he's saying that even though some of us

poor slobs are stuck with Rethug representatives, they won't take our calls because we're liberals.

I guess that whole Revolutionary War was for naught, eh? No taxation without representation?

Nice job, there, asshat. I guess they really don't want to appeal to anyone other than who they already have in their party. ha ha ha ha. Good plan, Whigs.

They will be hearing from me, both via phone and in the form of LTTE of my local rethug Palin 2012 paper (I don't actually know this, I surmise it from the comments left in the editorial section and the many Palin 2012 bumper stickers I am forced to see on the roads. Call it the logical conclusion of an angry liberal).

[pinb1212]

28. A lot of hate going on right here, right now.

Be above that.