Hannity "loves" it when Republicans admit mistakes, "because that's the first step to getting well"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

SEAN HANNITY, HOST: With the 2010 elections fast approaching, the chairman of the Republican National Committee is taking matters into his own hands. He's now outlining 12 crucial steps that he thinks can defeat the Obama agenda. And all of them are detailed in his brand-new book, "Right Now: A 12-Step Program for Defeating the Obama Agenda."

And joining me for an exclusive first look at his book is the RNC chairman Michael Steele.

Good to see you. Our chairman in the studio.

MICHAEL STEELE, RNC CHAIRMAN: Good to see you. Happy New Year. Hey, it's great to be back with you, man.

HANNITY: One of the — before we get into this. Republicans have been wrong. Admit mistakes.

STEELE: Yes.

HANNITY: I love that, because that's the first step to getting well.

STEELE: That's the first step to getting well. And it occurred to me that this really is a step-by-step process. It is taking some baby steps initially. But it really starts with taking your head out of your navel and paying ahead and looking to the...

HANNITY: Some people might use another term.

STEELE: There are a couple of other — the reality of it is you've got to start by looking within. And we have to understand that, you know, we did some things when we walked away from the contract with America. We walked away from principle leadership by trying to be Democrat-like, by trying to be something that we're not.

So when you start with principle you realize that the opportunity is there to address these issues that Americans are concerned about. So we wanted to do this in a step-by-step manner.

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[tblue]

1. They admit mistakes the way my husband admits mistakes.

He doesn't admit mistakes.

[monmouth]

3. Haha, I was once married to "Mr. Wonderful" too. Mistake-proof was he..n/t

[tblue]

4. Actual quote:

"Why should I say I'm sorry when I don't do anything wrong?"

[gratuitous]

2. Curiously . . .

While they can admit that they've been wrong, they can't quite see their way clear to specify what they might have been wrong about. Ah well, we were wrong, no harm, no foul, let's line it up and start again. All better now!

[louis-t]

5. I was just commenting to a co-worker who had Hannity on

It almost seems like Hannity strays toward moderate occasionally. He seems to be the nost reasonable of RW voices. C'mon Sean, get with it or it's back to repug bootcamp for you.