You really don’t have a reason to, to be honest — we haven’t done a very good job of really giving you one. True? True.

– Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele answering his own question: Why should an African-American vote Republican?

Trust me, after taxes, a million dollars is not a lot of money.

– RNC Chairman Michael Steele, demonstrating the core argument against allowing Federal income taxes to return to higher rates for those earning over $250,000: to wit, those poor people earning over $250,000 are being taxed to death and that is a threat to the average American.  How many tea-baggers earn a million dollars (I mean other than the promoters, politicians and media personalities that encourage the movement)?

Median household income in the US: %52,000. Percentage who earn over $250,000: 2%