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Michael Steele Will Claim Victory If ‘Conservative Party’ Candidate Wins NY-23

Oh man, this would piss the wingnuts off so much, and we wouldn’t blame them. Michael Steele, the animated .gif in charge of the Republican party, sees that his moderate conservative (communist) Republican candidate in the NY-23 special election, Scuzzlebutt, is losing by billions of percentage points to both the Democratic candidate and the “Conservative Party” dude to whom all the big-name wingnuts have been defecting. Time to call the POLITICO and hedge! “Steele argued during an interview with POLITICO that the GOP doesn’t need to worry about Scozzafava’s lagging ratings because Hoffman is essentially a Republican.” S’all good, baby. And yet, poor Scuzzlebutt! [Good Politico]


5:22 PM on Fri October 30 2009
By Jim Newell
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  1. Poor, poor Mikey. He has absolutely NO victories to call his own.

  2. chascates says at 5:25 pm, October 30th, 2009

    Michael Steele supports Joe Lieberman because he’s essentially a Republican as well.

  3. AbstinenceOnly Ed says at 5:28 pm, October 30th, 2009

    Michael Steele is a lifelike human piñata full of feces.

  4. hobospacejunkie says at 5:30 pm, October 30th, 2009

    Poor Miss Piggy. If there were more republicans like her this country wouldn’t be chock full o’ wingtards. But, hey, if Mickey wants to support a guy who doesn’t live in the district & showed his complete ignorance of all the issues in a meeting with the local paper, then good for him. His credibility rating has never risen above zero anyway.

  5. SayItWithWookies says at 5:30 pm, October 30th, 2009

    Impeccable logic, Steele — any port of rationalization in a shitstorm, I always say. So the Democrat better win.

  6. gurukalehuru says at 5:35 pm, October 30th, 2009

    So, Steele will have no problem with the Paul/Palin ticket in 2012 because hey, that doubles the chances of a Republican win. Hey, its all good.

  7. AggieDemocrat says at 5:37 pm, October 30th, 2009

    Help me Scuzzlebutt - you’re our only hope!

  8. imissopus says at 5:37 pm, October 30th, 2009

    Ah, the ol’ “sneak two candidates into the race and don’t tell anyone gambit.” Well played, Mr. Steele. You are indeed a political Svengali.

  9. gurukalehuru says at 5:37 pm, October 30th, 2009

    Politics aside, I’m guessing Scuzzyfuzzy knows how Ned Lamont felt.

  10. blinky_twinkie says at 5:37 pm, October 30th, 2009

    Poor Scuzzle-person has no crunk up in that bitch. Sigh.

  11. Suds McKenzie says at 5:38 pm, October 30th, 2009

    Sadly, this is probably his best statement\strategy ever.

  12. hobospacejunkie says at 5:42 pm, October 30th, 2009

    Have you seen pictures of this conservative clown? He looks retarded, as if all of life confuses him greatly. Or like he’s spent his entire adult life reading accounting books. Same outcome, either way.

  13. germansteel says at 5:45 pm, October 30th, 2009

    I have it now. As a Packer fan, my team cannot lose this weekend, when the Vikings come to Lambeau. Even if the Vikings score more points, the Packers win because their quarterback used to play for the Packers.

    WIN.

  14. Steele is ‘essentially’ the worst choice to heading any organization.

  15. “Most of the candy sold during this season has been dedicated and prayed over by witches-I do not buy candy during the Halloween season. Curses are sent through the tricks and treats of the innocent whether they get it by going door to door or by purchasing it from the local grocery store. The demons cannot tell the difference.”
    – Dr. Kimberly Daniels, in an essay posted on Pat Robertson’s Christian Broadcasting Network

    MAGIC!

  16. The Toot says at 5:54 pm, October 30th, 2009

    That gif makes Michael look like Black Retarded Groucho Marx. With apologies to African-Americans, the challenged, and the estate of Groucho Marx.

  17. problemwithcaring says at 6:21 pm, October 30th, 2009

    If Bill Owens was running for this office in early part of the 20th century he would have been a Republican, so Steele can claim victory on that too. Lots of options.

  18. Extemporanus says at 6:24 pm, October 30th, 2009

    Steele ate his liver with some Scozzafava beans and a nice King Cobra.

  19. PoignancySelz says at 6:28 pm, October 30th, 2009

    “It’s a new platform for us. It’s not even really a web site Republican candidate.”

  20. rocktonsammy says at 6:29 pm, October 30th, 2009

    I heard David Brooks call people “Limbaugh types.”
    The retardlicans need more “Limbaugh types.”
    MS ain’t no “Limbaugh type.”

  21. Uncle Glenny says at 6:34 pm, October 30th, 2009

    Where’s the puppy?

  22. V572625694 says at 6:37 pm, October 30th, 2009

    Remember when Howard Dean ran for head of the DNC, and the talking heads all laughed, he’s a doctor, I-have-a-scream, one-term-Vermont goobernor, the 50-state strategy will never work. So we have a Democratic majority in both houses and a Democratic president who is, strangely enough, an African-American, or maybe just an African.

    The RNC has a person of the colored persuasion as its chairman and seems on the path to self-destruction.

    Not sure what this means, but it sure is funny.

  23. comicbookguy says at 6:48 pm, October 30th, 2009

    bago: She’s not giving the demons enough credit. They can certainly tell the difference!

  24. This quote from Doug Hoffman’s website helps explain why Michael Steele is OK with the whole right-wing=Republican scenario:
    “In 1980, I helped Lake Placid with our Olympics when the US beat the Russians in hockey – the same year Reagan was elected. It’s time to send Washington a new message now.”

    The logic, she is inescapable, non?

  25. user-of-owls says at 7:09 pm, October 30th, 2009

    Steele, Palin, etc. The GOP is not the party of conservatism anymore. It’s the party of neo-Dadaism.

  26. PoignancySelz says at 7:16 pm, October 30th, 2009

    BeWoot: These people eat shit and smell like it too.
    Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican.
    Known as “The Eleventh Commandment” this statement was made famous by Reagan.

    Familiarity breeds word salad.
    “In 2001, as mayor, in our new Ice Rink, I helped Track win over another a rival hockey team. All the while the Russian border loomed nearby — the same year we were attacked. It’s time to send Washington a new message now.”

  27. zhubajie says at 7:23 pm, October 30th, 2009

    So why doesn’t he just join the Conservative Party and leave the Know-Nothings to go the way of the Whigs and the Federalists?

  28. comicbookguy says at 7:50 pm, October 30th, 2009

    PoignancySelz: Wow. The Russians attacked and were defeated by her son’s hockey team.

    WOLVERINES!!!1!

  29. Hunger Tallest Palin says at 8:50 pm, October 30th, 2009

    All ur victories r belong to us!

  30. gurukalehuru: Ron Paul hates Sarah Palin. He actually referred to her as a “country club Republican.”

    Yes, folks: Sarah Palin is too ritzy for Ron Paul.

    Lord, let us never lose the GOP. Let us lock them in a tiny box and take them out whenever the Democrats start being smart and efficient.

  31. Ice Ice, Baby.

  32. new complexnegro says at 2:14 am, October 31st, 2009

    Michael Steele is trying to “roll with the GOP plan.” The brother tries so hard to be funny, he comes accross as well, … not funny!!!

    Although I will take him up for some of that fried chicken and potato salad he promised to those of us who would attend a GOP meeting. I hope he uses Duke’s mayonaise. It rocks!

    Bring it on brother Steele! Bring it on!

  33. artpepper says at 3:03 am, October 31st, 2009

    comicbookguy: Also demons can tell the difference between organic chocolate and that Hershey’s crap.

  34. gurukalehuru says at 3:18 am, October 31st, 2009

    comicbookguy: Is Benazir Bhutto still dead?

  35. Larry McAwful says at 10:57 am, October 31st, 2009

    Scuzzlebutt just suspended her campaign this morning! She’s not endorsing the crackpot or the Blue Dog. She says she has “released her supporters,” which means that they’re no longer chained up and are encouraged to attack, murder and otherwise terrorize anyone they want to.

    Newt Gingrich has official egg on his face, and Michelle Bachmann is now an official kingmaker of all remote, frozen zones of the United States.

  36. bondwooley says at 11:27 am, October 31st, 2009

    Understanding Michael Steele is a lot easier when you know who’s coaching him:

    http://bit.ly/3ppyiu

    (satire)

  37. Jumping Jim says at 2:18 pm, October 31st, 2009

    Potater: Only at Rodney Dangerfield’s Country Club.

  38. thesheriffisnear says at 3:55 pm, October 31st, 2009

    What a silly Negro!!!

  39. Potater: Yeah. Democrats safe from sane assault in NY 23. What does RedState say? “Someone, more than one person, must be fired for the Republican botching of NY-23. Heads must roll lest this happen again.”

    That’s right, GOPtards: Bring it.

  40. the problem child says at 5:18 pm, October 31st, 2009

    So the question is, would moderates republicans prefer a blue dog or a carpetbagging lunatic? Although Scuzzyfurry is still on the ballot, even if she is stopping her campaign.

  41. badmuthagoose says at 6:18 pm, October 31st, 2009

    Heh heh heh. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/nyregion/01upstate.html?_r=1&hp&igoogle=1

    Republican strategy seems to consist of one line: always run the FULL retard. I fully support this strategy and earnestly hope it continues.

    Amen.

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