Michael Steele: The GOP second-guesses me, is uncomfortable with my streetwise managerial style

[Amerigo Vespucci]

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WASHINGTON -- Republican Party chairman Michael Steele defended his stewardship of party affairs Monday and dismissed criticism as the talk of GOP figures uncomfortable with his "streetwise" managerial style.

Asked in a nationally broadcast interview if he would step down in the face of criticism of the party's financial management, Steele replied, "No." He said some had been second-guessing him "since the day that I got the job."

Steele, however, acknowledged controversy over the $2,000 the party spent recently for a party at a sex-themed Hollywood nightclub, but said that "when I first heard about this behavior, I was very angry."

Two top congressional Republicans said Sunday the RNC must be held accountable for the way it uses the money it raises in light of much-criticized Hollywood outing. "This kind of thing has got to stop or they won't get any contributions," said Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona, the No. 2 Republican in the Senate.

Kyl and Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California, who is leading the GOP effort to recruit candidates and elect House members, distanced themselves from Steele when discussing the committee's controversial spending.

Steele had already come under fire for committee spending on flights, limousines and high-end hotels, but he was not present at the Voyeur Hollywood West on Jan. 31 when a group of young Republicans ran a tab picked up by the RNC.

After reporters noted the bill in a funding report, the RNC fired a staffer it blamed for the outing and said it would be reimbursed by a donor who had attended.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/05/michael-steele-defends-rn_n_525078.html

[tomm2thumbs]

1. I disagree 'only 20% think he's an asset' - they didn't hear the question right!

Afterall, he's not just ass-ette. He's a full-fledged ass!

[Cirque du So-What]

2. 'Streetwise (sic) managerial style'?

What street would that be? Wall Street? K Street? What fucking street is he implying?

[shotten99]

3. This guy is great. A satirist clown

[tanyev]

4. Don't include Michele Bachmann in that, Michael.

She fully acknowledges you as her streetwise equal. "You be da man! You be da man!"


:rofl:

[LaPera]

5. Being a Democrat concerned with the elections this Nov. I look forward to Steele's monthly fuck-ups!

Keep them coming dude!