Michael Steele is the only reason more people aren't laughing at Joe Biden more often. You see, Steele wanted to explain how the Republican Party totally is not looking backwards, and to explain what he meant, he talked a lot about Ronald Reagan. I've highlighted the Not Looking Back in blue, and the obvious looking back that often occurs in the same sentence in red:

The Republican Party has turned a corner, and as we move forward Republicans should take a lesson from Ronald Reagan. Again, we're not looking back - if President Reagan were here today he would have no patience for Americans who looked backward. Ronald Reagan always believed Republicans should apply our conservative principles to current and future challenges facing America. For Reagan's conservatism to take root in the next generation we must offer genuine solutions that are relevant to this age.

Actually, there's a hell of a lot more looking back there than looking forward. And what does the assertion that "Reagan always believed Republicans should apply our conservative principles to current and future challenges facing America" even mean? Did anyone really believe that Reagan would've gone up to the podium and said, "I believe that Republicans should apply our beliefs in the past." In other news, I resolve to keep the job I have right now, instead of the one I quit ten years ago.

There was also a lot of rambling about highly debatable talking points, such as the assertion that Obama has shut out Republicans from legislation (this is not the case), that Republicans won't be 'classless' the way Democrats attacked Bush (I never heard the word 'fascist' from Hannity when Bush was issuing quasi-legal edicts), etc.

Look, I'd love to see a smart Republican Party. I still consider myself conservative. But I value competence much more highly than ideology, and it seems that America agrees with me. Nobody cares that Brownie and Rumsfeld were conservative, loyal Bush guys. All they remember is that they helped make sure New Orleans turned into a 3rd world country for several months (Bush to Rumsfeld during the disaster, when Rummy refused to send in troops to help the National Guard: "Rumsfeld, what the hell is going on there? Are you watching what's on television? Is that the United States of America or some Third World nation I'm watching? What the hell are you doing?").

In America, only competence matters. That's part of freedom. That's something we can all agree on. So will someone fire this guy? Like now?