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McCain, Graham, Et Al. Pile on 'Unwise' Steele

GOP chair needs to make 'appropriate decision' about his future

By Polly Davis Doig, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 4, 2010 9:08 AM CDT | Updated Jul 4, 2010 1:14 PM CDT

(Newser) – If Michael Steele was hoping his GOP pals on the Sunday airwaves today has his back, let's hope his cable went out. John McCain called Steele's comments about the Afghan war "wildly inaccurate," while Lindsey Graham slammed them as "uninformed, unnecessary, unwise." The Maverick further suggested that Steele take a good look in the mirror and make "an appropriate decision" about whether he can still perform his job, reports the AP. Oy.

Jim DeMint called Steele's comments "careless," reports Politico. "Chairman Steele needs to apologize to our military and all of our men and women fighting in Afghanistan."
Even independent Joe Lieberman piled on, saying the backlash among Republicans was "heartening."
McCain, one of may Republicans calling for Steele to step down, further said Afghanistan is "America's war and we can't afford to fail."

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele speaks at the Rhode Island Republican Party Convention on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 in Cranston, R.I. (Joe Giblin)

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AdaptAndOvercome

Jul 5, 2010 12:36 PM CDT

They put him in power of the party....another bad vetting choice. The color of his skin was all the vetting that they did and now they are paying for it. What hypocrits to go on pushing for a war they don't want to fund. As they put it, it's increasing the deficit.

fishhook

Jul 5, 2010 10:59 AM CDT

Is Mr Steele a truly real American or an Ugly one?

Landshark

Jul 5, 2010 10:52 AM CDT

Yikes, the truth is such a political hot turd. It's a dam shame that our troops pay the price, while the politicians stumble over themselves for the toughest soundbite.

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