Steele Blathering

Michael Steele is Steele at it. In a recent interview, he made the following remark. It's clear to me that when you actually hear the conversation, the implied meanings can be much clearer and quite different than the meaning you take from a written transcript. Since the transcript made a total of zero sense, I listened to the audio.

Is it possible to make negative sense? But anyway, these are some really great times! That much is clear.

BECKMAN: And the people who are out of work, you know, they’re not much concerned right now about, about who saves them, whether it’s the private sector or public, they just want to be saved."

STEELE: Yeah, that’s true, but there’s a danger that lies in that. And I think that’s where an appreciation, if not an education, of the consequences of certain policies has got to get talked about and people really need to understand. You know, it’s like the guy who, you know, is in the water and you know, he wants to get saved from the sharks, but then — from the sharks — but then he gets picked up by a bunch of pirates or, you know, or some bad guys. You know, what’s worse being in the water or being in the boat where they’re beating the heck out of you every day? So, you know, the reality of it is, it does matter who saves you. It does make a difference who is throwing you that lifeline because there could be things attached to that lifeline that may in the long run not save you as much as you think you are being saved.

(Hat Tip to ThinkProgress)