Posted on 11/09/2009 12:53:22 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Steele: White Republicans are scared of me By Jordan Fabian - 11/09/09 03:12 PM ET
Republican National Committee (RNC) chairman Michael Steele, who is known for making controversial statements, on Sunday said that white Republicans are afraid of him.
Steele also took aim at some in his own party last week as well, saying that he would "come after" centrist Republicans who support healthcare reform.
The Republican chairman appeared on NewsOne's "Washington Watch" this weekend, a new Sunday polititcal talk show aimed at a black audience. The host, Roland Martin, asked Steele how could Republicans could reach out to black voters. Steele responded by talking about issues such as education, small business, jobs and the econoy, The rest is in a partial transcript:
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...
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.
Steele is the first African-American to serve as RNC chairman and has at times made controversial remarks regarding race.
Shortly after he was elected chairman in February, Steele said that the Republican Party needed to conduct an "off the hook" public relations campaign to attract blacks and Hispanics in "urban-suburban hip-hop settings." He also said that he would attract minority voters with fried chicken and potato salad.
Republican party is dead to me.
Steele feeling the heat, (probably from NY 23), and now he plays the race card.
Obama to Steele:
“Well played Micheal”.
Are you sure he’s not working for Obama?
Like a bunch of typical white people?
Correction: Real Republicans are scare of you and all the other rinos in the party.
Yes I am scared of you, but its your incompetence not your race that scares me.
A comment like this would be grounds for immediately removing him from his post. Of all the problems we have, we don’t need our party chairman creating an internal race war.
Great - now I’m being called a racist by this incompetent party chief.
The previous poster is right - the GOP is dead to me. I advise them (not US any more) to get completely new management, ASAP.
Looks like the fog is starting to lift...
Should read:
“white Republicans are ashamed of him”
I’m scared of you Mr. Steele, but it has nothing to do with you having more melanin than I do. I’m scared of every moderate republican I meet that’s in a position to dictate policy for the party, because every last one of you leads us away from conservative constitutional candidates.
As a conservative, I find you scary, Mr. Steele, because you come across as a very squishy Repubic. And believe me when I tell you it has nothing to do with the color of my skin.
HAd me going til the last sentence before I realized this is supposed to be satire.
Yes?
Michael, that’s not what we’re paying you for.
We’re paying you to scare the DEMOCRATS.
Uh huh, and Meghan McCain thinks the GOP is scared of her, too.
In short, we are all racists if we want Sarah Palin to be President?
We are all racists if we don't like Scozzafava?
We are all racists, right?
Good freaking grief, GOP.
You idiots are ancient history in terms of donations and other contributions.
My only fear of Mr. Steele is his waffling, wishy-washy, mealy mouthed, inconsistent political views. I don’t think his skin color or my skin color has anything to do with it. Maybe I just have a fear of eunuchs.
Geez!
Is this guy REALLY on our side?
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