Posted on 05/29/2006 3:54:18 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
UPPER MARLBORO, Md. -- Richmond Myrick, the principal of Largo High School, is a registered Democrat in overwhelmingly Democratic Prince George's County next to Washington, D.C. He has not been active politically and is not recorded as having made any contributions to candidates for federal office. Recently, he stood in the parking lot of Prince George's Community College adjoining his school to introduce Republican Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele, whom he has endorsed for the U.S. Senate.
Myrick is African American, as are most students at Largo High. So is Steele. If enough non-political blacks follow Myrick's course, Steele will become the first black Republican elected to the Senate in 32 years. That is the Democrats' worst nightmare. Democratic dominance in Maryland has been based on maintaining hammerlock over the state's substantial African-American vote. Steele threatens that domination.
Steele sees national implications and put it to me this way in a conversation before the recent rally in Upper Marlboro: "It's a breaking point. I've heard the talk: 'Hillary, Bill, Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, all are coming in to campaign against you. They can't bear to see you win this race.' If I win this race, I am sure that the whole dynamic changes."
This is a potential bright spot in a dreary 2006 election vista for the Republican Party. In addition, two other African-American Republicans are running for governor -- Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell in Ohio and former professional football star Lynn Swann in Pennsylvania. A victory by any one of them would constitute a rare GOP breakthrough in the black vote, but a Steele win in Maryland would be most exceptional.
Maryland typifies the pattern of blacks supplying nearly unanimous support for Democrats but getting little to show for it in the way of major offices.
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Michael Steele is a great American and he has me vote, and my support
Which means that if he engages in the independent thought multicultural fetishists are always claiming to be for, he will be labelled a race traitor.
There is a big question in this race: Are normally non-political African-Americans are planning on voting for Michael Steele but keeping their intentions to themselves?
It could happen. If 25% of Blacks in MD would vote for Steele, it's game over for the Democrats.
But of course, we won't hear anything about it before the election day. Blacks who speak out in support of Steele will be labeled as traitors to their race.
After he became Lt Governor, or when he was running for it, people tossed oreos at him at a fundraiser. If Steele is elected, and he has my support and prayers, it will turn the Peoples Republic of Maryland on its head. I have never understood why Massachussetts and California are the only ones referred to when describing overt loony liberalism and marxism-leninism. The Maryland Soviet Socialist Republic could teach them a thing or two about rampant, unabashed, ANSWER style liberalism..
I would vote for him if he were running for office in Texas.
The racism of the left is on full display in this election.
Who would you exchange him for....Hutchison or Cornyn?
Maryland's despicable racism has been apparent since Steele ran for Lt. Governor. Of course its corruption goes much further back.
It's laughable that Rendell is running on a record of a good economy, but giving no credit to Bush.
Neither. I am happy with my Senators. I should have said "If he were running for an office other than Senator." I would vote for him for Governor over Perry and I voted for Perry in the primary.
See post 14.
I live in Texas but I've been dropping a little bit of cash on him because we need conservatives like him in the Senate. Sure hope he wins.
AMEN!
Ah, YES!!!!
Here's the plan....if Michael Steele loses in the Senate race...(I pray he doesn't, and will contribute to his campaign)...
We will get him to move to Texas..and be in place to run at a later date...OR, we back him for VP in 2008!
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