As Steele Rebrands the GOP, Silence on 'Values' Issues

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that don't care who's boinking who (or is that whom?...I was absent that day with - you guessed it - the flu) should be voting big L Libertarian
The ONLY way to get our fiscal house in order!
www.lp.org

So Sueme of KY 5:39PM May 21, 2009

ann, in the future when you blog please be sure that Caps Lock is NOT turned ON. Typing all caps is widely recognized as rude--a version of shouting.
The most straight forward reading of Steele's comment about the business person's financial responsibility for spouses, is that he is opposed to heterosexual marriage. Most of the financial costs to the owners have to do with heterosexuals who have spouses; there are certainly more of them than there ever will be of gays or lesbians in same-sex marriages.

Asinus Gravis of TX 1:29PM May 21, 2009

OBAMA IS STRIVING FOR A SOCIALIST COUNTRY!!! GET RID OF OBAMA AND PUT STEELE IN THE WHITE HOUSE. HE HIT THE NAIL RIGHT ON THE HEAD!! THANK GOD SOMEONE IS FINALLY SPEAKING OUT ABOUT OBAMA'S PLANS.

ann of NY 12:48PM May 20, 2009

Re: "Now all of a sudden I've got someone who wasn't a spouse before, that I had no responsibility for, who is now getting claimed as a spouse that I now have financial responsibility for... So how do I pay for that? Who pays for that? You just cost me money." - GOP Chairman Michael Steele
Hmmm... The GOP's attempt to rally anti-gay sentiment with healthcare is repugnant. Almost all businesses providing healthcare only pay a portion of employee coverage and no part of dependent coverage, spouse or children. A spouse, male or female, makes absolutely no difference!

jpinsatx of TX 12:47PM May 20, 2009

Given Steele's stance described here, and what I heard from a young Republican on the Colbert Report last night, there may still be life in the old party.
Ms. McCain, who identified herself as a 24 year old Republican, came out as "pro-sex," and "pro-same-sex marriage."
Now if we can combine the messages of Steele and McCain, it is possible to breath some interest in the GOP corpse.

Asinus Gravis of TX 5:17PM May 19, 2009