more later on that

But I understand your problem.

Of course, they went to our A school.

And to carry on your analogy, if nobody on your ship can get your gear up and running, you bring in a tech from my tender. Outside blood like Steele, for example.

BTW, I’m tired of the phrase “Rockefeller Republicans”. How about we change that to “Chafee Republicans”.

The only way to beat them at their game is to give directly to conservative challengers and give the RNC NOTHING! Let the Rockefeller Republicans give to the RNC since it is a “club” and WE THE PEOPLE can give to those who RIGHTLY deserve it!

The Party needs – I was going to say “new” leadership, but since we haven’t had ANY leadership for at least five years I’ll just settle for this – leadership. I’m up for jettisoning everybody who’s held a so-called leadership position recently and getting new blood. Michael Corleone had exactly the right idea.

Just watch. If this idiot is the recipient of a hail-fellow-well-met pat on the back we’ll be right here having this discussion in ’10 and probably in ’12. He wants to blather about how important recruitment is, who’s he recruited and what’s his program?

The guy isn’t a leader any more than Bush or McCain were. They’re all just managers. And piss poor ones at that. At this point in time the Republican Party needs leadership.

And, even though I’m supposed to insert a snide remark here about the inferiority of your branch to mine, I’ll let that be and just say thanks for your service.

They’ve been hit up beside the head twice…not with a 2X4 but with a 4X8 and they still haven’t gotten it!!!

Man I’m MAD with a capital F

And if the gear kept on breaking down, causing security issues (it was an anti-missile system that I worked on), and never showed any signs of progress, not only would they find someone within the shop to replace me, but I’d be lucky if they didn’t find some way to bust me down for sheer incompetence.

But, in the entirety of the cycle, and let me be serious: what did Mike Duncan do to advance the party? The chair of the party has always been someone who goes out and preaches the message. Where was Mike Duncan over the past two years? I watch nothing but news shows and I never saw the guy. You never heard about what the Republican vision was except from officeholders-and then, it wasn’t the Republican vision, but instead their own vision. We had hundreds of different messages going around when we needed one solid, unifying message and theme uniting us. Our only theme seemed to be that we suck less than Democrats.

Mike, if you would like to articulate a vision, outline a plan or do something that shows you’re committed to winning back the House and the Senate somewhere in the timeframe of yesterday, then go ahead and lay it out. Until then, do us a favor and get out of the way, because you’re not helping.