(Schwuler = Fag in German)
Posted on 11/04/2005 9:05:12 AM PST by Pikamax
November 4, 2005 -- WASHINGTON — Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, a Republican trying to become the state's first African-American senator, is demanding an apology from Sen. Charles Schumer — over an Internet link to a blog that includes racially based attacks on Steele.
The blog, run by Steve Gilliard, who is himself black, portrays Steele in minstrel blackface and calls him "Simple Sambo."
Gilliard had also vowed to show Steele as a "lawnboy" but instead ran a caricature of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas with this notation: "They all look alike, don't they?"
The Schumer-led Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee took down the link after Republicans complained.
The DSCC had previously sparked an FBI probe when two staffers illegally got hold of Steele's credit reports.
"I've never received a personal call from Chuck Schumer to have an apology from him," Steele told WTOP radio.
But spokesman Phil Singer said the DSCC "apologized repeatedly" over the credit reports and he saw no need for Schumer to do so personally.
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Thank you, I had no idea.
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