It looks like the new leader of the Republican Party, Michael Steele, is about as innovative as a Detroit auto maker. While the party should re-create itself and its strategy to win over the middle of the electorate, it continues to focus on culture wars and issues that will maintain the already large chasms within it.
Gallagher asked guest Michael Steele, chairman of the Republican Party, if he thought the party “ought to consider” something like civil unions. Steele replied immediately, “No, no, no,” adding, “What are you, crazy?” He made it clear that the party would not budge on gay rights:
GALLAGHER: Is this a time when Republicans ought to consider some sort of alternative to redefining marriage and maybe in the road, down the road to civil unions. Do you favor civil unions?
STEELE: No, no no. What would we do that for? What are you, crazy? No. Why would we backslide on a core, founding value of this country? I mean this isn’t something that you just kind of like, “Oh well, today I feel, you know, loosey-goosey on marriage.” […]
GALLAGHER: So no room even for a conversation about civil unions in your mind?
STEELE: What’s the difference?
Same old rhetoric. Same old bullshit. The Republican party has become anachronistic — like an old 8-track tape that continually replays Track 3 over and over and over.
While the rest of us celebrate iTunes, the Republican Party continues to talk about the introduction of Hi-Fi.
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