We’ve got a great piece running on Republican ridiculousness and apoplexy over President’s Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize. But pretty much all of these are from talk show yakkers and political operatives, a few freak show elected members of Congress or really borderline types like Michael Goldfarb. Most high level Republicans — major elected officeholders, prospective presidential nominees and so forth have been wise and gracious enough to issue appropriate notes of congratulation: McCain, Pawlenty, even Huckabee (sorta), etc.
But the one guy who just couldn’t resist the urge to fringe was Michael Steele. He let rip with this early-morning, genuinely Malkinite statement that sounds like the first draft of a script from a late-campaign McCain attack ad from last year.
Yes, Michael Steele is Michael Steele. But still, he’s the chairman of the national Republican party. I have to imagine that a lot of Republicans, perhaps even he, wishes he hadn’t hit the send button on that one.
