In between takes from filming her latest Chick-fil-A commercial, Meghan McCain penned a piece on RNC Chairman Michael Steele’s recent spat amongst conservatives.

The RNC chairman is indecisive and at times immature, but there is plenty to respect, including his call yesterday for Harry Reid to step down.

Steele’s had his role for only one year, and, like the rest of the party, is still adjusting and struggling to find his identity.

So he gets a year to ease himself in while Barack Obama got what? A day? Two days? Also I’d love to hear her opinion on how Steele’s ‘injun’ comment is any different from Harry Reid’s ‘negro’ comment. The thing is, there is no difference. They were both comments of poor taste and dated disrespectful nomenclature.

Give Michael Steele More Time by Meghan McCain

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Politics Jokes - Late Night Humor

Source: US Bulletin

Jay Leno: “Good to see everybody. You know, it is good to be back. We were off for Christmas and apparently so was the Department of Homeland Security.”

Conan O’Brien: “A new poll asked Americans who their ideal next-door neighbor would be. The number one answer was the Obama family…mainly because the Obamas are the kind of neighbors who would lend you a cup of sugar or a trillion dollars.”

Jay Leno: “Sen. Chris Dodd unveiled his plan to reduce corruption in the Senate. He’s retiring.”

Conan O’Brien: “President Obama honored more than 80 teachers for excellence in math and science. … Then he begged them to leave China and come teach here in the United States.”

Jon Stewart: “I know that the Yemen thing complicates the war on terror, but on the plus side, getting attacked is really the only way we Americans learn about world geography.”

Conan O’Brien: “If he’s convicted, the underwear bomber could be sentenced to life in federal prison. … But even worse, for the rest of his life, he’ll be known as the underwear bomber.”

Conan O’Brien: “Yesterday, a naked jogger was stopped near the White House. … Secret Service grabbed the man and immediately allowed him to attend a state dinner.”

Say what you want about the guy but Chris Mathews is the fucking man. I love watching him do what he does. This reminds me of the time he allowed Radio Host Kevin James to dig himself into a hilarious talking point hole.

This time he throws that ‘gotcha journalism’, as the right calls it, at Republican strategist Todd Harris by asking the tough question: Name one thing the Republican party has done for this country in the last 20 years?

Transcription as provided by Crooks & Liars:

MATTHEWS: I just wanted to get the Republican bragging points straight here. So the Republican Party has kept us safe, except for 9/11. Is that the argument? No, really, because you had the worst attack on the American homeland in history, but you`re bragging about your ability to defend the country because you say — you defended America, except for 9/11. That`s your defense, right?

HARRIS: Look, Chris…

MATTHEWS: That`s the bragging point of the Republican Party for the last — I asked you to name one thing they`ve done for this country in 15 to 20 years. I`ll keep going back further. And you`re having a hard time giving me an answer. What has the Republican Party…

HARRIS: No, no. I`m…

MATTHEWS: … done for the country?

HARRIS: I`m not…

MATTHEWS: I`m just — it`s a good question.

HARRIS: Chris, I`m not having…

MCMAHON: Squandered the surplus.

HARRIS: … a hard time giving you an answer.

MCMAHON: Don`t forget, squandered the surplus.

HARRIS: When I decide to write a book about the history of the last 20 years of the Republican Party, I`ll be happy to talk to you about that.

MATTHEWS: No, just give me one…

HARRIS: My job is to win elections — my job is to…

MATTHEWS: Just give me one.

HARRIS: … win elections in 2010.

MATTHEWS: OK.

HARRIS: And I`m going to keep my eye on the ball.

MCMAHON: He doesn`t have one. He doesn`t have one!

MATTHEWS: Steve McMahon — Steve McMahon, YouTube is watching. You`re the Republican consultant, one of the best in the country. Tell me what the Republican Party has done for this country in the last 10 to 20 years? Thank you, Steve McMahon.

(LAUGHTER)

MATTHEWS: Thank you, Todd Harris. You got plenty of time, `64 — we`ll have you back with the answer.

This video is the full episode which begins with the segment on the recent airplane terror attack. The commercial at the beginning is extremely short, like seconds – just find a shiny object to look at until it’s done and you’ll be fine.

The Daily Show is back for the year 2010 and now in true HD. Jon Stewart points out the parallels between this attack and the shoe bomber along with all the systematic failures involved. He then continues to expose the hypocrisy of the right as they grasped for straws to criticize Obama for his reaction to the event.

It was a Nigerian with no luggage on a watch list with a taint full of gun powder. That’s not even Clue – that’s Clue, Jr.; it’s Blues Clues!

This photo was taken in Feb ‘09 of tea party organizer Dale Robertson with a sign reading: “Congress = Slaveowner, Taxpayer = Niggar.”

It was at a Houston, Texas Tea Party rally. He was asked to leave the protest that day but after going home to beat his wife he vowed to continue his agenda. This photo has surfaced recently since Mr. Robertson’s Teaparty.org was a sponsor for “Liberty Concerts” or some white trash shit like that.

Link: The Washington Independent – ‘N-Word’ Sign Dogs Would-Be Tea Party Leader

Yeah I’m going to Hell for that headline. But I’ve already secured a timeshare Condo in the Heart of Hell at a great rate so I’m a little excited about it.

Instead of concocting my own snide remarks to this video I’ll let Mr. Jay Bookman of the Atlanta Constitution Journal do it for me:

Kinda makes you wonder why God allowed that darned Buddhist to win so many golf tournaments over good Christian men. Then again, He also allowed a Muslim to be elected president of HIS country, the United States of Christian America.

But seriously, I do not understand and can’t begin to comprehend the arrogance it takes to publicly anoint yourself someone’s spiritual adviser, and to then lecture them about their faith and its alleged inadequacies. This was a prepared, considered remark by Hume, not some off-the-cuff aside.

A person’s faith is a private matter between that person and God, and is not a matter to be judged by some pompous TV anchor.

Link: The Right Rev. Brit Hume points the way to Tiger’s redemption

Might want to gather the kids and family in the room as I'm sure this has weighed heavy on their minds the past couple of days:  Conservative radio personality Rush Limbaugh's reported hospital visit has ended with doctors finding 'nothing wrong' his his heart.   Lucky for the GOP, their fearless leader will live another day to spread FUD across the airwaves to listeners ages 65 and up.

CNN – Tests find 'nothing wrong' with Limbaugh's heart

Tests that were performed on Rush Limbaugh after he was admitted to a Hawaii hospital for chest pains "found absolutely nothing wrong," the conservative talk show host said Friday.

"It was a blessing," Limbaugh, 58, said at the Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu, where he was admitted Wednesday.

Doctors gave Limbaugh a coronary angiogram Thursday that revealed no evidence of arterial or coronary disease, he said.

File this one under “No Shit”. Like flies to honey, in the past week we’ve seen more and more GOP current and former lawmakers speak out against Barack Obama and the White House for not signaling Batman sooner to save us from Yemen evil.

Not to be left out former Vice President Dick Cheney fired up AOL and sent this piece into Politico: Dick Cheney: Barack Obama ‘trying to pretend’ - ‘Trying2Pretend’ would make a great name for a pop song.

In response Maddow jerked Dick by the neck on the issue in this MSNBC clip:

Yes, remember how no terrorist attacks happened when Bush and Cheney were in office? Remember when the nation inherited 9/11 from that incompetent Democratic administration that was in place in September in 2001 — in the Bush administration’s own minds?

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We’re supposed to take national security advice from you guys? Really?