He looks like a fool trying to have his cake and eat it. Nice job. :wtf:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/26/AR2006072601740.html?nav=rss_politics"Why did you say being a Republican is like wearing a scarlet letter, sir?" a television reporter shouted as Steele disappeared. "Why did you say being a Republican is like wearing a scarlet letter?"
Just a few hours later, in the confines of conservative talk radio, Steele said he welcomed the chance to clarify his comments, which were critical of the Iraq war and Bush's response to Hurricane Katrina. But he backed away from his suggestion at the luncheon Monday that he would "probably not" want Bush to come to Maryland to campaign for him.
"I've been quoted before as calling the president my homeboy, you know, and that's how I feel," Steele said on WBAL (1090 AM) radio in Baltimore. "I'm not afraid of George Bush. If the president wants to come and help me in Maryland, he is more than welcome. I'm not going to turn my back on a friend. I'm not going to do that. I want to make that very clear."
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Maryland Democratic Party Chairman Terry Lierman said Steele seemed to have a "fatal attraction" to Bush -- eager for his fundraising help but wary of his political baggage.
"Steele should know that if there's one thing that Marylanders like less than Bush, it's politicians like Michael Steele who try to have it both ways," Lierman said.