This Michael Steele Guy Can't Be That Bad, Right?

Newly elected RNC chair Michael Steele, less than a week into the position as the "leader of the Republican Party" gives us this golden quote:

"Not in the history of mankind has the government ever created a job."

Apparently somebody hasn't looked at the signature on his paycheck yet from the Republican National Committee, or the US Constitution, or the US military, the state National Guard, the friggin DMV, Zandardad (who spent a good 25 years working for one of those government things), the millions of state and federal employees working government jobs for the government, or the fact that Michael Steele himself was the Lieutenant Governor of Maryland...which I'm thinking qualifies as a government-created job.

For a brief millisecond I was convinced that maybe the election of an African-American like Michael Steele as RNC chair meant a more tolerant, open, and evolving Republican Party. The country does need a loyal and effective opposition no matter who is in charge, and that means at least two strong parties (and I'd personally argue we need a lot more than two.)

But rather than striving to be just thought of as a fool, Steele instead opened his mouth and confirmed it in the grand Bushian sense. He's nothing more than an empty suit, a hack that the GOP uses to feel good about itself when the racists in the party come out to scare the locals.

It's funny. If Steele was a Democrat, we'd immediately have wingnuts saying "Why does the Democratic Party hate our troops?"