Comments on: Another Dispatch From The GOP Braintrust http://www.delawareliberal.net/2009/11/10/another-dispatch-from-the-gop-braintrust/ Ground zero for all things political in Delaware Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:42:29 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Progressive Mom http://www.delawareliberal.net/2009/11/10/another-dispatch-from-the-gop-braintrust/#comment-159636 Progressive Mom Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:55:11 +0000 http://www.delawareliberal.net/?p=31233#comment-159636 Michael Steele strikes me as that "black friend" that comes up in conversation with conservatives; "I'm not racist! Some of my friends are black!" Michael Steele strikes me as that “black friend” that comes up in conversation with conservatives; “I’m not racist! Some of my friends are black!”

]]> By: Brooke http://www.delawareliberal.net/2009/11/10/another-dispatch-from-the-gop-braintrust/#comment-159635 Brooke Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:43:51 +0000 http://www.delawareliberal.net/?p=31233#comment-159635 I disagree. Mysterious as it is to me that any gay person, for example, would support Republicans, we have the Log Cabin Republicans to show that there are some. I think Michael Steele is sincere in his belief that the Republican cause supports him personally, and maybe that's what matters to him. I think he's wrong, of course, but I think the women and working class R's are deluded, too. But maybe they're all signed on for a different world than I am. :( I disagree. Mysterious as it is to me that any gay person, for example, would support Republicans, we have the Log Cabin Republicans to show that there are some.

I think Michael Steele is sincere in his belief that the Republican cause supports him personally, and maybe that’s what matters to him. I think he’s wrong, of course, but I think the women and working class R’s are deluded, too.

But maybe they’re all signed on for a different world than I am. :(

]]> By: a.price http://www.delawareliberal.net/2009/11/10/another-dispatch-from-the-gop-braintrust/#comment-159634 a.price Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:43:17 +0000 http://www.delawareliberal.net/?p=31233#comment-159634 they just ignore him. Picking steele was like a hail marry pass with no one down field. you KNOW it Isn't going to work... i.e attract black people... but why not take a chance, any other move would have been far far worse. I hope Steele doesnt think anyone actually respects his dumbass. they just ignore him. Picking steele was like a hail marry pass with no one down field. you KNOW it Isn’t going to work… i.e attract black people… but why not take a chance, any other move would have been far far worse. I hope Steele doesnt think anyone actually respects his dumbass.

]]> By: Unstable Isotope http://www.delawareliberal.net/2009/11/10/another-dispatch-from-the-gop-braintrust/#comment-159633 Unstable Isotope Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:39:33 +0000 http://www.delawareliberal.net/?p=31233#comment-159633 I think they're probably scared that he's going to say something stupid. Those fears are completely justified. I think they’re probably scared that he’s going to say something stupid. Those fears are completely justified.

]]> By: a.price http://www.delawareliberal.net/2009/11/10/another-dispatch-from-the-gop-braintrust/#comment-159632 a.price Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:36:29 +0000 http://www.delawareliberal.net/?p=31233#comment-159632 they aren't scared of him, they are amused by him. At the risk of being offensive, Steele is a 20's cartoon of a black man. He smiles for massa, dances for massa, says dumb things to show massa how uneducated and unrefined he is..... but dont touch massa's daughter. I'm not black, but Ive seen Jews in the same context as Steele and it is humiliating that one of my own would be such a blatant token fool (for not wanting to use a more offensive word) Michael Steele might as well be Sarah Palin in blackface. they aren’t scared of him, they are amused by him.
At the risk of being offensive, Steele is a 20’s cartoon of a black man. He smiles for massa, dances for massa, says dumb things to show massa how uneducated and unrefined he is….. but dont touch massa’s daughter. I’m not black, but Ive seen Jews in the same context as Steele and it is humiliating that one of my own would be such a blatant token fool (for not wanting to use a more offensive word) Michael Steele might as well be Sarah Palin in blackface.

]]> By: Progressive Mom http://www.delawareliberal.net/2009/11/10/another-dispatch-from-the-gop-braintrust/#comment-159630 Progressive Mom Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:28:34 +0000 http://www.delawareliberal.net/?p=31233#comment-159630 The full quote, in context: MARTIN: But your candidates got to talk to them. One of the criticisms I've always had is Republicans -- white Republicans -- have been scared of black folks. STEELE: "You're absolutely right. I mean I've been in the room and they've been scared of me. I'm like, "I'm on your side" and so I can imagine going out there and talking to someone like you, you know, [say] "I'll listen." And they're like "Well." Let me tell you. You saw in Christie and you saw in McDonnell a door open because they went in and engaged. McDonnell was very deliberate about spending..." **************** Steele misunderstood. The white Republicans weren't scared of him. They were looking at him in disbelief that any grown man could be as inarticulate as Michael Steele. Is he channeling Valley Girl Speak now? The full quote, in context:

MARTIN: But your candidates got to talk to them. One of the criticisms I’ve always had is Republicans — white Republicans — have been scared of black folks.

STEELE: “You’re absolutely right. I mean I’ve been in the room and they’ve been scared of me. I’m like, “I’m on your side” and so I can imagine going out there and talking to someone like you, you know, [say] “I’ll listen.” And they’re like “Well.” Let me tell you. You saw in Christie and you saw in McDonnell a door open because they went in and engaged. McDonnell was very deliberate about spending…”

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Steele misunderstood. The white Republicans weren’t scared of him. They were looking at him in disbelief that any grown man could be as inarticulate as Michael Steele.

Is he channeling Valley Girl Speak now?

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