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RNC Chairman Steele: Some White Republicans ‘Scared Of Me’
By PoliJAM | November 9, 2009
Speaking Sunday on NewsOne’s Washington Watch about his efforts to attract black voters to the Republican party, Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele sticks his foot in his mouth when he agrees with host Roland Martin that Republicans are “scared of black folks.”
Telling Martin that he is “absolutely right” in his assertion, Steele jokes “they’ve been scared of me.”
Liberal pundits will likely have a field day with this video clip when they try to connect the RNC chairman’s “scared” remark with that of their unfounded claims that Republicans are racist.
Share ThisMARTIN: 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…
MARTIN: Right.
STEELE: I mean, Sheila Johnson was on his team. I mean, that was a big deal. That’s because he engaged her and she helped navigate him through that relationship.
Topics: Politics | 3 Comments »
November 10th, 2009 at 6:59 am
You know, I had a genuine post-racial feeling with this guy- not empty rhetoric like Obama, seemed to me he was largely focused on issues/campaigns… so what’s THIS all about?
I’ve defended him on my blog more than once and gave him the complete benefit of the doubt, too- although a bit out of his depth, I thought he’d grow into the job- I like his personality, and hey- at least the guy’s got a sense of humor.
But after NY-23 I lost most respect for him… that’s largely his fault for letting it go down like that– he’s the boss, and it was botched, that’s all I know.
Hey Mike, I’m not afraid of you, man- unless you’re referring to your ability to quarterback us through the 2010 midterms that are the one last hope for this country.
We need to get that right, so I’m sure you’ll understand it if you get benched– nothing personal, and CERTAINLY nothing racial about it… you’re just disappointing us, that’s all.
November 11th, 2009 at 10:37 am
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