BREAKING. . . from Michael Steele:

It's a very damning comment about the contemporary right that the ONLY prominent figure to issue this sort of unconditional statement against the reactionary rowdies, kooks, and crazies stirred up by the reactionaries in congress and the right-wing press is a guy who is hated by the conservative rank-and-file (and, of course, the only response, here, is that he gets trashed, and condemned as a "RINO").

At some point, one of these insane "patriots" IS going to listen to the voices in his head--the ones from Fox News, talk radio, the Republican congressional caucas--and he IS going to take up a rifle or bomb or other weapon and set out to "save" the U.S. from the Kenyan Muslim socialist in the White House, or one of his hellion hecubi in congress, and the finger of every clown who ever shouted "death panels" or "government take-over" or "show me the birth certificate" IS going to be on the trigger with his own.

Here is the actual Politico article on which this story is based.

You'll note some key omissions from Crow about the full nature of this story:

Republicans see the statement as an attempt to force them to either reject the statement — allowing Democrats to say the RNC finds the incidents acceptable — or to sign on to something that the DNC would later wield against them.

That is exactly right.  Steele wouldn't get any credit from anyone for signing the statement.  Its only possible use is as a weapon.

RNC Communications Director Doug Heye told POLITICO that Steele chose not to agree to the statement because “we don’t need to do anything on their schedule or on their timetable.”

“Obviously, a large majority of Americans — a broad coalition of Republicans, Democrats and independents — are upset that President Obama, Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Reid pushed through health care legislation that increases premiums and raises taxes and did so through strong-arm tactics, closed-door meetings and sweetheart deals. Voters have a right to be angry. Unfortunately, some have chosen to engage in language and actions that go too far,” Heye said, insisting that “among the first voices to condemn such activities was Michael Steele’s.”

So no, Steele doesn't support using violence or threats.

It is also interesting to note that if you surf around the left side of the blogosphere about this story, most of this detail has been left off.  Liberals complain that all we do is watch Fox News and listen to Rush Limbaugh all day, but where do they get their news?  Daily Kos, DU, TPM, etc., etc....