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Power by this president, he ran on the audacity of hope and this is arrogant. an insult to the american people. this is a man who has been appointed who is a supporter of rationing healthcare, romantic about the british healthcare system. he says the decision is not whether or not we will ration health wear. the biggest affront is during the healthcare debate, no one was there in charge of medicare and medicaid. i called on the president to nominate someone. he waited until after the bill was si...

This, and you know, i know you believe very strongly in this law and that it is based on federal law, and that it should be upheld in your state, but you got to be looking over our shoulder these days. i mean, these people as i said in this intro and as we showed and as you well know better than any of us, they dont mess around. >> they dont. and we take it seriously. more than even the threat against me, is its an affront to me as a citizen first, that these people would dare to threaten any of...

Its an affront, both to the honor of the republican party and to the commitment of the soldiers fighting." rnc is not specifically addressing the controversy but calls steele a consistent and vocal supporter of the wars in afghanistan and iraq. a new poll shows three in ten americans describe themselves as tea party supporters. equal to the number who call themselves republicans. the "usa today" gallop poll also says while whites and anglos make up the bulk of the tea party movement, hispanic, a...

Comments he made about afghanistan at a fundraise they are week. one of the things he said, "the mcchrystal incident to me was very comical. i think its a reflection of how the leaders feel about the war in afghanistan. keep your mind again, federal candidates this was a war of obamas choosing. this is not something the united states had actively prosecuted or wanted to engage in." what do you make of those comments? >> will with, it would help michael stihl and tmik michael steele if he kept hi...

Absurd comment, something i think certainly should cause him to resign. i think its unlikely he will, in part because of the timing. it happened at the end of a big news week, chocked full of news heading to a holiday weekend. i dont think people will pay a lot of attention. >> bret: r.n.c. put out a statement saying he is supportive of the war in iraq and afghanistan. what about this, a.b.? >> the r.n.c. cant walk back what was caught on hidden camera at an event where he got the facts wrong ab...

Ing and by the way, i think the bailout saved america. but to blame barack obama for the bailout is rewriting history, just as chairman steele was rewriting history about the afghan war. >> well, eric, you have, ill say kept your powder dry in the past on some of these controversies. today, you put up a posting saying look, hes got to go. bill kristol said this is an affront. hes got to go. will he go? >> i hope so, but im not hopeful. say what you will about michael steele, but in addition to s...

Not it makes much sense what he said here. >> look, he is wrong on the facts. this is not -- i mean, look, republicans have been saying and others saying this is obamas war insofar as he put in more troops than george bush ever has, and he said that the war we should be prosecuting is afghanistan and that was the entire campaign, but steele is wrong that it is obamas war and he started it. i will tell you what is really ticking off the republicans is the suggestion it cant be won, because it is ...

Timing. it happened at the end of a big news week, chocked full of news heading to a holiday weekend. i dont think people will pay a lot of attention. >> bret: r.n.c. put out a statement saying he is supportive of the war in iraq and afghanistan. what about this, a.b.? >> the r.n.c. cant walk back what was caught on hidden camera at an event where he got the facts wrong about obama choosing a war in afghanistan. bill kristol is right. its an affront to men and women risking their lives over ther...

Grapevine. republican national committee chairman michael steele is under fire from conservatives over comment he is made about president obama and the afghanistan war. here is what he said at a fundraiser thursday in connecticut. >> this was a war of obamas choosing. this is not, this is not something that the united states had actively prosecuted or wanted to engage in. well, if hes such a student of history has he nod understood that you know thats the one thing you dont do, engage in a war i...

Raven group and republican strategist tony blankly. i want to start first with the comments michael steele made. this was a connecticut fundraiser and it has been posted on youtube. i want you to listen carefully. it might be a little hard to hear. >> keep in mind again, for our federal candidates, this is a war of obamas choosing. this is not something the united states actively prosecuted or wanted to engage in. >> now, this is just, i mean, the outrage is palatable here from the conservatives...