Posted on 04/13/2006 7:19:25 AM PDT by presidio9
Democrats plan a race-based campaign against a candidate who aims to be Maryland's first black man elected to the U. S. Senate, according to a confidential Democratic Party campaign document obtained by The New York Sun.
The target of the emerging smear campaign is Michael Steele, the Republican nominee for a seat vacated by Paul Sarbanes, a liberal Democrat who has represented Maryland in the Senate for 30 years.
With the help of life-size cardboard silhouettes of Mr. Steele and the slogan "Make History," Mr. Steele became Maryland's lieutenant governor in 2002 - the first black man ever elected to statewide office in the state. Now he hopes to make history again.
Mr. Steele has long been a focus of Democratic fire. In previous campaigns, Mr. Steele has been pelted with Oreo cookies for allegedly betraying his race. Two Democratic campaign staffers resigned last year when they illicitly obtained copies of Mr. Steele's financial records.
Now a confidential report, prepared for the Maryland Democratic Party and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee calls for "aggressive" and immediate action against Mr. Steele.
The Republican has "a clear ability to break through the Democratic stronghold among African American voters in Maryland," the report predicted.
Democrats' victory calculus has long relied on capturing virtually all of the black vote. Now a 37-page report, based on a telephone survey of 489 black likely voters and presented by Cornell Belcher, a pollster handpicked by Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean, suggests that some of that support may be slipping away
"At this time, a majority of African-American voters are open to supporting Steele, particularly younger voters," Mr. Belcher concluded.
"Steele's messaging to the African American community has clearly had a positive effect - with many voters reciting his campaign
(Excerpt) Read more at nysun.com ...
The Republican has "a clear ability to break through the Democratic stronghold among African American voters in Maryland," the report predicted.
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Best wishes to Mr. Steele. If he can win this election, it will be a huge breakthrough in the black community IMHO.
Big shocker, there.
Much like the massa has a stronghold on the slaves? This statement demonstrates what we all know; the dems are nothing more than race whores.
I hope someone picks up on this.
And they are impossible to pin down. On some days, I think the Sun is a liberal rag. On others I think it's to the right of the NY Post. That tells me that it has no agenda, which is rare for a newspaper.
"Democrats plan a race-based campaign against a candidate who aims to be Maryland's first black man elected to the U. S. Senate, according to a confidential Democratic Party campaign document obtained by The New York Sun."
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I was the first registered Republican in my family--following generations of Oklahoma Democrats. It is tactics like what Dems in Maryland are staging against Steele that have made the rest of my family members recognize the shame that is associated with being with the current Democrat Party. ALL family members are now Republicans.
Black conservatives = Uncle Toms according to the left.
David Paulson Communications Director mockingb@toad.net
Maryland Democratic Party 410-269-8818
Liberals are racists anyway. Why is this news?
In the eyes of Democrats, Mike Steele is only 3/5 of a person.
Darn, they are slipping on the victim-hood indoctrination. Perhaps it's only a matter of time before we see a Black-targetting device that plays all the "I am a victim and must vote Democrat", tunes to the developing fetus. Of course, that will make it harder to claim that a fetus isn't a human being, but what the hey, it might bring them votes anyway.
I would hope that black Democrats will open their minds long enough to hear what Mr. Steele's actual platform is before launching any campaigns against him, soley because he is a Republican. For too long we have been throwing our votes away to the Democratic party. What do they give us in exchange... welfare, gay marriage and abortion. Blacks have gotten the short end of the stick. It is time to take a hard look at why we continue to vote for those people.
"Black conservatives = Uncle Toms according to the left."
I'd rather be an Uncle Tom than a whipped dog on a leash.
SCHUMER STAFFERS EYED IN PROBE OF POLITICAL ID THEFT
Paging Nancy Pelosi...
Now that's really okey-dokey, Okey-Dokey-Okey! Nice work!
Absolutely.
This is why I try to insist here on FReerepublic (echoing Jim Robinson's own comments) that we must continue to fight racism of all kinds and not let it seep into our discussions here.
The ever-growing black middle-class (and much more so the growing Hispanic middle-class) will be attracted to the message of individual opportunity and family values that Conservatives offer, as long as that message does not seem to be directed to and for whites only. Middle class blacks were, if possible, even more disgusted with the whiners and looters of New Orleans, not to mention the incompetence and corruption of the local leadership than were whites.
Conservatives can and must take and hold these potential conservative voters. Must take seriously the notion that a man should be judged not by the color of his skin, but by the content of his character.
The results will be two-fold: increase the number of Conservative voters, and undermine the socio-liberal rationale for state intervention.
The democrats were the party of the ku klux klan and jim crow laws at a time when republicans were fighting for civil rights.
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