[Mikey_1962]

Why isn't calling someone an Uncle Tom or Oreo a hate crime?

It is ad hominem and based on race...

[Stultis]

This will drive 'Rat-Bigots even more wild...

Steele Leading Trade Mission To Israel
http://wjz.com/topstories/local_story_307221602.html

(AP) Annapolis, MD Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele will lead a trade mission to Israel later this week, the governor's office announced Thursday.

The state delegation will leave Saturday and return on November 11th.

State officials say mission continues an initiative started by Gov. Robert Ehrlich when he led a trade mission to Israel in November 2003.

Steele says Maryland and Israel have both developed technology-based economies and have a lot to share and learn from each other.

Steele, who is running for the U.S. Senate, is expected to announce several new programs during the trip.

He will meet with business and government officials and potential business prospects and speak at the annual Prime
Ministers Conference on Exports and International Cooperation.

[Personal Responsibility]

Didn't you know? It is ok to say or do anything racially insensitive as long as the recipient of your attack is a conservative.

[w_over_w]

'I have a problem with the term African American...The word negro is a perfectly good word. There is nothing wrong with that'

Andy Rooney on Imus 11/4/05, MSNBC, 8:45am ET

[DoughtyOne]

Heard him on Laura Ingraham show this morning. Sounded like a well grounded nice guy. He mentioned having Oreo cookies tossed at him last week.

[spikefish]

I don't think any crime should be called a "hate crime". It is the equivalent of a "thought crime". Motive is not necessary for conviction of a crime, and shouldn't be.

Anyone ready for 1984? I'm not.

[cubreporter]

I wish I were there ... I would vote for him in a heartbeat. He is a rising star in the Republican party!

[Clintonfatigued]

If Michael Steele were a liberal Democrat, he would be getting front page acalades from the lamestream media, celebrity stump visits, an appearance on Oprah, aned a made-for bio by the Lifetime Television Network. And his attackers would get press coverage rivaling that of Mark Fuhrman and Scott Peterson.

This is appalling.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Democrats are scum, but the RNC really need to start raising hell over this. Once again the GOP has its head stuck in the sand. There should have been national TV ads about this already, especially with the passing of Rosa Parks, Steele's credit report. Schumer and his plumbers should be rotting in prison.

This is just unbelievable. The silence from the NAACP and the Congressional Black Caucus is deafening.