RNC Chair Michael Steele plans "off the hook" campaign, tells critics to "stuff it". "We are in the crapper now"

By GottaLaff

Apologies for exposing you to Wayne Rogers (video of Cliff Schecter smacking him down here).

Apparently, "suicide is painless":

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele says his party is going to launch an "off the hook" public relations campaign that will update the GOP’s image by translating it to "urban-suburban hip-hop settings."

Yes indeed, nothing says "GOP" like:

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“We want to convey that the modern-day GOP looks like the conservative party that stands on principles. But we want to apply them to urban-surburban hip-hop settings.”

He added, jokingly, that “we need to uptick our image with everyone, including one-armed midgets.”

There. That should win over the little-person vote. What a gifted speaker Steele is.

Steele described the new multi-platform PR offensive as “avant-garde, technically. It will come to [the] table with things that will surprise everyone — off the hook.” Asked whether that meant cutting-edge tactics, Steele demurred. “I don't do 'cutting-edge,’” he said. “That's what Democrats are doing. We're going beyond cutting-edge.”

If going beyond cutting-edge means political suicide, he's dead-on (no puns intended).

“We missed the mark in the past, which is why we are in the crapper now,” he said.

His words, not mine... which is rather ironic, Laffy said, stifling laughter.

“I can run this organization just fine,” he said. “There will be no deputy chairman, period. …People who said I can't make the trains run on time never gave a reason. I say to them, 'Stuff it.'

There he goes again, winning over anyone who will listen.

“I am not afraid of being held accountable for my leadership,” he said. “The idea I am somehow going to handicap myself before I begin is nuts. I am not going to buy into this mind-set among a few people who probably have never run anything but their mouths.”

Who could resist a charm offensive like that?