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November 03, 2005

Rarely do people spell out their agenda so clearly

Jon sent me a link to a Washington Times article on Michael Steele's campaign for the U.S. Senate:

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.

Does it even need to be spelled out what would be said if conservatives were targeting a black Democratic candidate in this manner?

Posted by Nicholas at November 3, 2005 04:10 PM
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What is the REAL, but unstated, reason Democrats hate Michael Steele enough to engage in a racist, hate campaign against him? FEAR and a desperate need to distract the press and the public from focusing on how the Democrats have sold Maryland Blacks down the river. Michael Steele is a native of, and lives in, Prince George's County, Maryland. EVERY county and state level elected official in Prince George's County is a Democrat. The majority of them are Black. Half of the non-Black minority are Hispanic. Top school adminsitrators are predominately Black. If you believe the Democrat's rhetoric, you would expect Prince George's County to be a paradise, especially for "minorities." You would be wrong. Prince George's County's rapidly increasing murder rate is second highest in Maryland and the highest in the Washington, DC, suburbs. Prince George's County's schools are the second worst in Maryland and the worst in the Washington, DC, suburbs. The Black school chief recently resigned while being investigated by the FBI; one of his top assistants ($130,000 per year) has just been convicted on federal drug laundering charges and has been indicted on witness tampering charges. Prince George's County has more car thefts and violent carjackings than all the rest of Maryland and the DC suburbs put together. Attacking Michael Steele is just part of the Democrats scheme to distract the public and the press from their ongoing abysmal failure to either protect or educate the people of Prince George's County. Unfortunately, the GOP will not field, much less effectively support, respectable alternatives to the failing Prince George's County Democrats. Posted by: Diane C. Russell at November 3, 2005 06:20 PM
If he were Black it would probably be the same thing or worse. But if the poeple who were throwing Oreo's etc. were white that would cause a major incident. They would all be racists. I don't think the colour of your skin precludes you from being a racist, nor does your sex preclude you from being sexist. But it seems that the media in particular doesn't beleive or understand that. Posted by: Clive at November 4, 2005 07:14 AM


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