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[Orville Wrong]

Another Uncle Tom makes a play for the national stage:

http://www.michaelsteeleformaryland.com/

Good luck, Lt. Gov. Steele.

[The Big Crunch]

Another Uncle Tom makes a play for the national stage:

http://www.michaelsteeleformaryland.com/

Good luck, Lt. Gov. Steele.
I won't vote for him, but Jebus, aren't you going a little far in your characterization?!?! Try to show a little respect, or just say what you mean and call him a sell-out nigger.

[Sofa King]

Try to show a little respect, or just say what you mean and call him a sell-out nigger.

Wow, that's exactly what I was thinking.

I was also thinking, where has Ianalex been? This is his kind of thread.

[purple_octopus]

I won't vote for him, but Jebus, aren't you going a little far in your characterization?!?! Try to show a little respect, or just say what you mean and call him a sell-out nigger.
I read it as sarcasm (as in he's assuming that's what some Democrats think of this guy -- not necessarily his own opinion of Steele).

[markalot]

I won't vote for him, but Jebus, aren't you going a little far in your characterization?!?! Try to show a little respect, or just say what you mean and call him a sell-out nigger.


LOL,

he was being sarcastic because that's exactly what many blacks will think.

[miami2112]

who cares?

[Emperor Wog]

Who cares.

[miami2112]

great minds think alike.

[the happy prole]

I'm sure some white ultraconservatives are thinking Steele's an uppity nigger right about now, but I don't think it's necessary to post that in a thread title.

[Orville Wrong]

I'm sure some white ultraconservatives are thinking Steele's an uppity nigger right about now, but I don't think it's necessary to post that in a thread title.
Racists of any political stripe are thinking that. Robert Byrd (D - Ku Klux Klan) is most definitely thinking that. He's still fuming and fingering his hood because he has to share the chamber with Barack Obama.

[the happy prole]

Yeah and some Republican blacks probably still think Steele's an "Uncle Tom."

A black guy is running for Senate. Who gives a rip? I doubt anyone here cares, so why are trying to start shit?

[Orville Wrong]

Who gives a rip?
You do, apparently.

[the happy prole]

No, I don't care that he's running.

I have a problem with the idea that he can't run without someone injecting race into it, even if it's an attempt to put words into some other group's mouth.

[DaHood]

This thread gives me gas.

[aqualou]

sad that a black man can't get anywhere in society w/o being called an uncle tom or oreo. beats keeping it real.

[markalot]

This thread gives me gas.

Jesus man, every other thread gives you gas. Lay off the onions. :D

[Shlep]

Yeah and some Republican blacks probably still think Steele's an "Uncle Tom."

No doubt all 3 of them are beside themselves with anger right now.

A black guy is running for Senate. Who gives a rip? I doubt anyone here cares, so why are trying to start shit?

I thought increased diversity in the upper corridors of power, be it the corporate boardrooms or the US Senate floor, was supposed to be a good thing.

Though he *is* a Republican, and personally considering the way that many blacks and quite a few liberals of any stripe savage anyone who has the audacity to be dark AND conservative at the same time, I must say I admire the man. I've seen Clarence Thomas, JC Watts, Colin Powell and Condoleeza Rice caricatured and slurred in the liberal media (I'm referring to stridently, openly, unabashedly liberal media outlets, not the "liberal media" that Rush Limbaugh bitches about, which apparently is most everyone except Rush and Sean Hannity) in ways that ordinarily would have the person writing the piece or drawing the cartoon run off the staff of any news and opinion forum outside of the Stormfront website...but which is apparently okay since they've sold out.

[DaHood]

Jesus man, every other thread gives you gas. Lay off the onions. :D
Just the threads that I find offensive or annoying. At least I try to take a lighthearted approach at expressing that. :D

[CablinasianRam]

I don't give a damn what color he is, is there a reason why his announcement speech resembles a series of half cooked thoughts as if the interns loaded it directly from the Tele-Prompter?

Also, I don't see how any Republican running for Federal Office can be taken seriously when they complain about officials not getting the jobs done; they handedly control all three levels of government.

And to be fair, we should get rid of all the current members of government, Democrats and Republicans, under the age of 45; they don't give a shit about making the world better.

[Orville Wrong]

Also, I don't see how any Republican running for Federal Office can be taken seriously when they complain about officials not getting the jobs done; they handedly control all three levels of government.
How about one who wasn't in the federal government? :rolleyes:

[CablinasianRam]

How about one who wasn't in the federal government? :rolleyes:


I would still say the same thing. Sure it's not as blatant as those currently in office, but you're affiliating yourself with, essentially, what the problem is currently: Republicans are not getting the job done they promised, and what is adding another one going to do?

I understand the idea of running from your own party, but if you're going to do it, at least score points with moderates by calling them out.

For example: what John Kerry said the other day about bringing home 20k troops for Christmas was total bullshit. The problem in Iraq is that we're not in control, and this is because we do not have enough troops there. There are only three choices, stay, train and hope they can fight themselves, add the extra 70K troops originally suggested, or a total pull out.

[Orville Wrong]

That didn't take long:

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2410/214/1600/mantan.jpg

[akip]

i saw steele on real time a while back and thought he was pretty straight up. he stood up to mahr with good humor and dignity. and i really dug his maroon suit.

[yoshomon]

How many times does the same game need to be played.. when we all know the outcome? Politicians are parasites... black, white, brown, republican, socialist, democrat, fascist, whateverthefuck. All of them.

[akip]

i'm voting for eliot spitzer for gov of ny. we should only elect prosecutors. :)

[CablinasianRam]

i'm voting for eliot spitzer for gov of ny. we should only elect prosecutors. :)

While you're at it, vote for Sean Patrick Maloney as AG, he wants to do for the public sector what Spitzer did for the private sector.

[george]

'Party trumps race' for Steele foes
By S.A. Miller
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
November 2, 2005

Black Democratic leaders in Maryland say that racially tinged attacks against Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele in his bid for the U.S. Senate are fair because he is a conservative Republican.

Such attacks against the first black man to win a statewide election in Maryland include pelting him with Oreo cookies during a campaign appearance, calling him an "Uncle Tom" and depicting him as a black-faced minstrel on a liberal Web log.

Operatives for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) also obtained a copy of his credit report -- the only Republican candidate so targeted.

But black Democrats say there is nothing wrong with "pointing out the obvious."
"There is a difference between pointing out the obvious and calling someone names," said a campaign spokesman for Kweisi Mfume, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate and former president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

State Sen. Lisa A. Gladden, a black Baltimore Democrat, said she does not expect her party to pull any punches, including racial jabs at Mr. Steele, in the race to replace retiring Democratic U.S. Sen. Paul S. Sarbanes.
"Party trumps race, especially on the national level," she said. "If you are bold enough to run, you have to take whatever the voters are going to give you. It's democracy, perhaps at its worse, but it is democracy."

Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, a black Baltimore Democrat, said Mr. Steele invites comparisons to a slave who loves his cruel master or a cookie that is black on the outside and white inside because his conservative political philosophy is, in her view, anti-black.
"Because he is a conservative, he is different than most public blacks, and he is different than most people in our community," she said. "His politics are not in the best interest of the masses of black people."

During the 2002 campaign, Democratic supporters pelted Mr. Steele with Oreo cookies during a gubernatorial debate at Morgan State University in Baltimore.

In 2001, Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. called Mr. Steele an "Uncle Tom," when Mr. Steele headed the state Republican Party. Mr. Miller, Prince George's County Democrat, later apologized for the remark.

"That's not racial. If they call him the "N' word, that's racial," Mrs. Marriott said. "Just because he's black, everything bad you say about him isn't racial."
This week, the News Blog -- a liberal Web log run by Steve Gilliard, a black New Yorker -- removed a doctored photo of Mr. Steele that depicted him as a black-faced minstrel.

However, the blog has kept its headline "Simple Sambo wants to move to the big house." A caption beneath a photo of the lieutenant governor reads: "I's Simple Sambo and I's running for the Big House."

A spokesman for the Maryland Democratic Party denounced the depiction as being "extremely offensive" and having "no place in politics or in any other aspect of public discourse," The Washington Post reported. Democrats have denied any connection to the News Blog.

Still, Mfume spokesman Joseph P. Trippi said Mr. Steele opens himself to such criticism by defending Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. for holding a Republican fundraiser in July at the all-white Elkridge Club in Baltimore.
"The facts are the facts. Ehrlich went to that country club, and Steele said it didn't bother him," Mr. Trippi said. "I think that says something ... and should be part of this debate."
Several club members told the Baltimore Sun that, though blacks are welcome as guests and there is no policy banning blacks from membership, the club never has had a black member in its 127-year history.
Democrats also have used the club for various events, including Peter O'Malley, brother of and adviser to Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley, a Democratic candidate for governor. Peter O'Malley held his wedding reception there in 2003.

State Sen. Verna Jones, Baltimore Democrat and vice chairman of the General Assembly's legislative black caucus, said black Republicans deserve criticism because the Republican Party has not promoted the interests of the black community.
"The public policies supported by Democratic principles are the ones that most impact the African-American community," she said. "I'm not saying [Mr. Steele] is a sell-out. That's not for me to say."

In July, however, Mr. Mfume noted how Republicans were rallying for Mr. Steele but his party had ignored his historic candidacy. "More voters in Maryland are carrying the impression that the Democratic Party talks the talk, but doesn't always walk the walk. People may find a way to cross over in the fall," he said.

Steele campaign spokesman Leonardo Alcivar said state Democrats are afraid of losing the black vote to Mr. Steele.
"That has caused a great tremble throughout the Maryland Democratic Party," he said. "Of course [they are] going to condone racism. It's nothing new, and it's not surprising."

http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20051101-104932-4054r.htm

[Handy Smurf]

"Because he is a conservative, he is different than most public blacks, and he is different than most people in our community," she said. "His politics are not in the best interest of the masses of black people."
How are any politics "in the best interest of the masses of black people"?--thats quite an assumption, isnt it?

The black hypocrite says: If you don't think exactly like me, you obviously aren't black (or at the very least, arent black enough).

What the fuck is wrong with people? What kind of outcry would there be if a conservative group threw fried chicken legs at a black democrat?

[akip]

i believe that blacks have the same right to their own opinions that i have. their lives are equally complex. hey, even i'm voting for a republican mayor this time around.