Since taking over the RNC, Steele, once touted as the great unifier of the Republican Party, has proven to be extremely divisive. In his corner, career politicians desperate to continue using the RNC as their personal financial cash cow. In the opposite corner, almost every one else.
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Yesterday, at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference, Steele acknowledged that perhaps using RNC money to fund sex club adventures and private jets was a mistake. Financial abuse of this kind however is not new to the RNC and has certainly continued (arguably increased) under Steele’s leadership. That fact alone makes it clear that Steele and the RNC leadership consider getting caught the real mistake.
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Clearly, Steele and other high ranking RNC officials want to maintain the status quo. These career politicians rely on the kickbacks, side deals, and wink wink nudge nudge of politics as usual to insure their personal wealth. Sadly, the very things that we distain in Pelosi, Reid, and many of the Democrat upper echelon continue to occur within the RNC.
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The call to use RNC power and money to oust Pelosi is only a response to public anger and the RNC’s desperate attempt to stay relevant in what is fast becoming a Tea Party conservative world. Pelosi has been a disaster for this country for years, yet the RNC has only suggested targeting Pelosi, after fellow Republicans have called for Steele to step down.
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Perhaps more disingenuous, the RNC recently issued a letter of support for Steele claiming responsibility for “….victories in Virginia, New Jersey and Massachusetts, and victories in 29 of 37 special elections…” completely ignoring that these wins were largely a combination of independent voter migration from Democrat politicians, Tea Party activists who came out in mass to support more conservative politicians, and regular Americans afraid of the continued liberalization of the country.
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Once considered a promising spark, Steele has been a disappointment. Between pandering to the liberal media’s portrayal of Republicans as racists and “old, white, men” and refusing to acknowledge the anger at the RNC’s support of the likes of Scozzafava, Steele continues to use his position to elevate himself and the “voting for favors” system, use by both parties, that is largely responsible for getting the country into the current mess.
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If Steele were genuinely interested in admitting mistakes and moving forward as he claims, he could start by acknowledging that the “politician for life” model is failing the public. He might admit that financially supporting politicians who prove to be liberals in Republican clothing has been a disaster, both for the party and for the country. Steele could even embrace the Tea Party conservative instead of dismissing them.
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However, with his latest smirking mea culpa over thousands of dollars wasted on luxury jets and stripers, Steele continues down the road to making history. Not as the first black man to head the Republican Party, but rather as the last man to head the RNC.
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Americans are raising their voices and massing in ever increasing throngs demanding that politics as usual, within both parties, be abolished. It is within Steele’s power to align the Republican Party with this movement, but unless he and the rest of the RNC leadership address the real issues, make the painful changes, and embrace term limits and liberal litmus tests, the biggest mistake that Steele will make is simply failing to be a change agent for the Republican Party.
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