Comments on: Steele Fail http://www.tinmanic.com/archives/2009/10/14/steele-fail/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:46:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: libhomo http://www.tinmanic.com/archives/2009/10/14/steele-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-134110 libhomo Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:32:04 +0000 http://www.tinmanic.com/?p=4083#comment-134110 It looks like he wrote it using a buzzword bingo game. It looks like he wrote it using a buzzword bingo game.

]]> By: Mike http://www.tinmanic.com/archives/2009/10/14/steele-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-134094 Mike Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:20:00 +0000 http://www.tinmanic.com/?p=4083#comment-134094 ...and you've only started on the mechanics of the thing. Really, it most resembles something assigned to a fourth grader- 'What The Internet Means To Me,' and clunks with the anti-oil particular to Required Essays. …and you’ve only started on the mechanics of the thing. Really, it most resembles something assigned to a fourth grader- ‘What The Internet Means To Me,’ and clunks with the anti-oil particular to Required Essays.

]]> By: Daniel http://www.tinmanic.com/archives/2009/10/14/steele-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-134091 Daniel Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:46:03 +0000 http://www.tinmanic.com/?p=4083#comment-134091 Party chairs in the US don't really seem to do much but appear as talking heads on news programs occasionally, and that's probably largely because our parties are really pretty pathetic in terms of organization and discipline (although the Republicans are better than the Democrats in this regard). Contrast this with the parliamentary model, in which the chair of the party is either the Prime Minister or the Leader of the Opposition depending on election results. Party chairs in the US don’t really seem to do much but appear as talking heads on news programs occasionally, and that’s probably largely because our parties are really pretty pathetic in terms of organization and discipline (although the Republicans are better than the Democrats in this regard).

Contrast this with the parliamentary model, in which the chair of the party is either the Prime Minister or the Leader of the Opposition depending on election results.

]]> By: Tin Man http://www.tinmanic.com/archives/2009/10/14/steele-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-134089 Tin Man Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:01:01 +0000 http://www.tinmanic.com/?p=4083#comment-134089 True -- although I also think the general public doesn't really hear or care much about the chairs of the parties. True — although I also think the general public doesn’t really hear or care much about the chairs of the parties.

]]> By: Jeffrey http://www.tinmanic.com/archives/2009/10/14/steele-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-134088 Jeffrey Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:58:35 +0000 http://www.tinmanic.com/?p=4083#comment-134088 Given what a total train wreck he has been, it's hard to believe they haven't muscled him out yet. Almost everything he does has been cringe-worthy. Given what a total train wreck he has been, it’s hard to believe they haven’t muscled him out yet. Almost everything he does has been cringe-worthy.

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