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'Cow On The Tracks' Steele: 'Moo!'
Rachel Slajda | October 16, 2009, 11:22AM
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Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele is sticking with his cow on the tracks metaphor.
"Moo moo!" he cried Thursday night at a form at the University of Akron, according to audio taped by the Akron Beacon Journal.
Steele had been asked about his original cow-on-the-tracks moment. On Wednesday, after a Fox anchor said the health care reform train has "already left the station," Steele said:
"Well, I'm the cow on the tracks. You're gonna have to stop that train to get this cow off the track to move forward," Steele said. "They told us in June that there would be a health care bill on the president's desk on Aug. 1. I think our efforts helped change that dynamic, and our efforts this fall will continue to change that dynamic."
Video after the jump.
At the forum in Akron, he also told reporters that he doesn't want to see health care reform done this year.
Steele said he hopes passing health-care legislation this year ''doesn't become a reality in the current context..."
Watch Steele's original cow-on-the-tracks moment:
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ClosetLuddite
October 16, 2009 12:46 PM
OK so even if you buy this "cow on the tracks" metaphore, once the cow is removed from the tracks, the train still goes the same place right? No chance the cow diverts the train at all... How does he think he's helping himself with this stuff?
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3star2nr
October 16, 2009 12:51 PM
can some one run this guy over already
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jsfox
October 16, 2009 1:09 PM
And we all know what happens to the cow on the tracks . . . hamburger.
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ohyeathatsright
October 16, 2009 1:10 PM
Has he googled that yet?
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seanman01
October 16, 2009 1:16 PM
Does anyone else think this is some kind of Andy Kaufman-level prank? I really can't believe it...he's the best thing that could happen to the Dems! "Keep on mooing" os a fine Palin/Bacman '12 slogan!
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lyleleander
October 16, 2009 1:22 PM
What does this guy have to do to get fired? An affair? No. A gay affair? Probably not. A gay affair with Obama? NOW, we've finally had enough, Michael... time to go spend some time with your family.
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midnight rambler
October 16, 2009 1:59 PM
You need to post the other "cow on the tracks" video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrO8AFGi_rc
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mans_best_friend
October 16, 2009 2:34 PM
Wow. Just wow. You can't make this shit up.
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writergal
October 16, 2009 4:20 PM
I need the laughs. Thanks M. Steele! Moo moo! That's just how you roll!
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bondwooley
October 17, 2009 10:42 AM
Ever wonder who's coaching Michael Steele?
http://bit.ly/3ppyiu
(satire)
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slimoke
October 17, 2009 12:08 PM
Many of us in Maryland are so very proud of our native son and leader of the Republican party, Michael Steele, and that such a great state can still contribute meaningfully to the growing awareness that the Republican Party is NUTS.
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slimoke
October 17, 2009 12:08 PM
Many of us in Maryland are so very proud of our native son and leader of the Republican party, Michael Steele, and that such a great state can still contribute meaningfully to the growing awareness that the Republican Party is NUTS.
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elle a
October 18, 2009 4:51 AM
what i want to know is, at what point do the republicans just throw their hands up and ask micheal steele to resign. or kick him out or something, i mean, he can only embarass them for so long right?
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Snig
October 19, 2009 10:21 AM
Maybe he'll hold a series of Cow-party meetings around the country where he puts on horns and stands in front of an oncoming train. Odd how often he doubles down on the stupid.
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