BurtWorm
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Nov-10-09 01:26 PM
Original message |
Michael Steele: White Republicans are 'Scared of Me' |
|
STEELE SCARES WHITE REPUBLICANS.... It's been a couple of weeks since the RNC's Michael Steele said something foolish and had to walk it back, so I suppose we were due for another gem.
Republican National Committee (RNC) chairman Michael Steele, who is known for making controversial statements, on Sunday said that white Republicans are afraid of him. <...>
The Republican chairman appeared on NewsOne's "Washington Watch" this weekend, a new Sunday political talk show aimed at a black audience. The host, Roland Martin, asked Steele how Republicans could reach out to black voters.
Roland Martin noted that he's long believed that white Republicans "have been scared of black folks."
Steele replied, "You're absolutely right. I mean I've been in the room and they've been scared of me."
From Steele's perspective, if he walks into a room of his fellow Republicans, and they're afraid of him, shouldn't that tell him a little something about his party's approach to diversity? Steele is the chairman of a major political party, a former Senate candidate, and a former lieutenant governor. Why, exactly, would a room full of Republicans be "scared" of him, unless he thinks his fellow party members are racists?
And from the party's perspective, Steele really isn't helping with that minority outreach effort. It's not exactly a pitch that's likely to resonate with minority communities: "Vote GOP, The Party That Finds Non-Whites Scary."
|
anigbrowl
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Nov-10-09 01:33 PM
Response to Original message |
Berry Cool
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Nov-10-09 02:09 PM
Response to Reply #1 |
5. That's just how he rolls, baby. n/t |
Raschel
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Nov-10-09 02:11 PM
Response to Reply #5 |
Jack Rabbit
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Nov-10-09 01:33 PM
Response to Original message |
2. And they're scared of the President, too |
|
Edited on Tue Nov-10-09 01:36 PM by Jack Rabbit
Do you notice a pattern, Mr. Steele?
|
LaPera
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Nov-10-09 01:39 PM
Response to Original message |
3. "White Republicans"? Uh, how many would that be....just about all of them! |
|
Edited on Tue Nov-10-09 01:41 PM by LaPera
How many black republican senators are there? How many black congressman? How about black republican governors? Or how about black republican presidents?
Oh, right, just the stupid fucking republican token, you, the idiot Michael Steele!
|
tblue
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Nov-10-09 01:39 PM
Response to Original message |
4. The happy token affirmative action GOP sock puppet. |
|
They are using him and he has to act like he likes it. What a sad little man.
|
Raschel
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Nov-10-09 02:12 PM
Response to Reply #4 |
tblue
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Nov-10-09 02:47 PM
Response to Reply #7 |
Raschel
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Nov-10-09 09:04 PM
Response to Reply #12 |
beac
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Nov-10-09 02:15 PM
Response to Original message |
8. Who ISN'T scared of you, Mr Steele? Your brand of straight-up-nuts is the kind no one wants |
|
to get too close to. :scared:
|
LaPera
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Nov-10-09 02:20 PM
Response to Original message |
9. Are there really republicans who go this far into their life & never deal with black people? How can |
CreekDog
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Nov-10-09 02:21 PM
Response to Original message |
10. Afraid he's going to come to their district and say something stupid? |
marmar
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Tue Nov-10-09 02:25 PM
Response to Original message |
11. The chameleon Michael Steele, everything to every audience.... |
|
Next he'll be in front of an all-white group of Repugs calling Obama a radical black nationalist racist.
Pathetic.
|
DU
AdBot (1000+ posts) |
Sat May 04th 2024, 05:48 AM
Response to Original message |