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.”
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/02/19/rnc-chair-plans-off-the-hook-campaign-tells-critics-to-%e2%80%98stuff-it%e2%80%99/
March 16th, 2010 at 3:15 pm
NO. STAY THE COURSE.
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relying on the young and dumb is not a prerequisite for success in politics.
March 17th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
It’s going to be a tough sell compared to the “we want to give you as many handouts as possible” Democratic line.
March 18th, 2010 at 10:04 pm
I am all for it. If Obama can talk about how black he is and that he doesn’t look like other presidents….I see no problem with Michael Steele saying whatever the hell he wants to say.
March 20th, 2010 at 9:32 pm
Its simple. its what the GOP has failed to do for years, and has been needing to do, and thats capture the heads and ideals of the younger pop generations.
Wether they’re smart or dumb as a rock, the truth is they vote. I mean look at Obama… he did NOT get in on Merit or principle. he got in on Pop. Plain and simple.
So in essence, i dont know, it depends on how he decides to go about it.
March 21st, 2010 at 4:55 pm
I can’t hardly wait to see what THAT looks like. That should go down VERY well on the Right.
March 22nd, 2010 at 2:02 am
Yeah, I like that direction for the GOP.
In all honesty, I’ve been seeing a general trend towards what he is talking about, but only on a small scale, maybe he will ramp it up.
Michael Steele is just telling it like it is, don’t be a hater, lol
March 22nd, 2010 at 7:27 pm
this is such a silly move by the GOPs….electing him..trying to say ” hey we can be diverse too”……..they need to change values not their image…..
the younger generation understand politics and we pay attention now..that ***** for the GOPs
March 23rd, 2010 at 12:21 pm
I’m sure that moron call himself conservative…
March 24th, 2010 at 1:41 am
No I don’t, The very fact that the GOP even picked Michael Steele shows their on the wrong track, Their playing the same kinda politics liberals do. This is no time for the Republican party to be reinventing themselves, What they need is to get back to true Ronald Regan conservatism, And start telling these conservative heathens that want to throw God out of the party to take a walk . Mich McConnell made a speech to GOP leaders in Washington that the party needs to reach out to minority voters more, And then right exactly after that he picks Steele to head the party ? That is not the Republican party I know . Don’t get me wrong, I like Steele a lot, He is a real conservative, But this is no time for the Republicans to be playing politics and working on marketing schemes to market themselves, What they need is to work on the product, Not marketing it , If they keep this up, The Dem’s are going to have the White House again in 2012 . I don’t like their strategy at all, And their going to continue to divide this party if they keep it up . God bless.
March 24th, 2010 at 3:29 am
Im more conservative than Republican. i think people would see it as a ‘publicity stunt” or a side show. He needs to just stick to the relavent issues and “keep it real”. Using that ‘hip-hop language’ would be a big mistake. Trying to change the image of Republicans won’t do any good. Stupid people see us as “rich people with no emotions.” I’m far from that!
Anyway, enough people, and the NeoLiberal media, see Mr Steele as a “token” or an “Obama wannabe” as it is.
March 26th, 2010 at 3:47 pm
The Republican Party is going to need a lot more than a PR campaign. Are we to believe that they are abandoning their concentration of effort on the wealthy and trickle down in order to embrace the interests of the middle class and the poor? Will the Republican Party abandon its appeal to the religious ultraconservatives and the racists?
Will the Republican Party actually become a progressive party, daring to go beyond the cutting edge as Michael Steele implies? I think not.
March 26th, 2010 at 6:33 pm
Conservatism is universal…it doesn’t change to fit a certain group instead it should be consistent. If this is what Steele is going to promote, then I’m fine with that, if not, then no.
As far as appealing to urban locations, blacksin particularr, agree with most republican stances on most social issues. Remember, it’s because of them that Prop 8 was shot down in Calf.
March 29th, 2010 at 5:29 am
Next he’ll start bustin some caps…LOL
March 31st, 2010 at 1:20 pm
This is the whole interview:
He’s not really saying much at all. He states that he wasn’t going to give his opponents too much information so his message was purposefully vague.
He’s interested in appealing to more urban people but doesn’t state how he’s planning on doing that other than with “the Internet and advertisements on radio, on television and in print”.