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Cynthia Tucker: 'Steele Would've Been Fired Long Time Ago Were He Not Black'
NewsBusters ^ | 07/04/10 | Noel Sheppard

Posted on 07/04/2010 2:52:42 PM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Cynthia Tucker on Sunday said that Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele "is a self-aggrandizing, gaffe-prone incompetent who would have been fired a long time ago were he not black."

Chatting with ABC's Jake Tapper during the Roundtable segment of today's "This Week" about Steele's recent remarks concerning Afghanistan, Tucker went even further with what many would consider overt racism.

"The irony is that he never would have been voted in as Chairman of the Republican Party were he not black"

JAKE TAPPER, HOST: Cynthia, you once called, let me underline "You" once called Michael Steele an affirmative action hire gone bad. What's your take on this?

CYNTHIA TUCKER, ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION: Well, Michael Steele is a self-aggrandizing, gaffe-prone incompetent who would have been fired a long time ago were he not black. Of course, the irony is that he never would have been voted in as Chairman of the Republican Party were he not black. Let's remember how the Party wound up with Michael Steele. In November 2008, the Party was devastated that the Democrats had elected the nation's first black president while the Republican Party was stuck with being seen as largely the party of aging white people, with good reason. A party that was hostile to people of color, especially blacks and Latinos. So the Party needed a new face, preferably a face of color, and they didn't have very many officials to choose from. So, they came up with Michael Steele. And it is very ironic since the Republicans have been so critical of affirmative action, to watch them stuck with their affirmative action hire that they dare not get rid of because that would generate even more controversy.

If this were said about a black Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, or any high-ranking black Democrat, the media, the NAACP, and the Reverends Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton would be up in arms demanding that person's resignation.

But because Steele is a black Republican, this kind of talk is completely acceptable. In fact, nobody on the panel including the host even batted an eye when Tucker made these disgusting remarks.

Yet there's a potentially even more striking hypocrisy here: didn't Tucker with her accusation admit that some incompetent black people are hired exclusively because of the color of their skin, and they don't get fired for exactly the same reason?

As such, wasn't Tucker accidentally making a case AGAINST affirmative action?

Somehow you imagine she missed this while she was eviscerating Steele on national television.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cynthiatucker; incompetence; michaelsteele; rnc; sowouldobama; steeleorobama; turncoat
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1 posted on 07/04/2010 2:52:52 PM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

... even liberals can be right once in a while....


2 posted on 07/04/2010 2:54:47 PM PDT by Lurking in Kansas (Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down their level, then beat you with experience.)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

First time I’ve ever agreed with her.


3 posted on 07/04/2010 2:55:03 PM PDT by Eagles6 ( Typical White Guy: Christian, Constitutionalist, Heterosexual, Redneck.)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

Most wouldn’t have voted for 0 if he weren’t black.


4 posted on 07/04/2010 2:55:20 PM PDT by deadrock (Liberty is a bitch that needs to be bedded on a mattress of cadavers.)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

‘Steele Would’ve Been Fired Long Time Ago Were He Not Black’

She’s RIGHT!

The GOP insists on playing the RACE card and highlights how idiotic that is.


5 posted on 07/04/2010 2:56:11 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

‘Steele Would’ve Been Fired Long Time Ago Were He Not Black’

She’s RIGHT!

The GOP insists on playing the RACE card and highlights how idiotic that is.


6 posted on 07/04/2010 2:56:18 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

Obama would have NEVER been elected if he wasn’t black.

That’s the truth, and they know it no matter what they say.

He’s young, inexperienced in every way, and without record and executive chops.


7 posted on 07/04/2010 2:56:32 PM PDT by I still care (I believe in the universality of freedom -George Bush, asked if he regrets going to war.)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

He wouldn’t be RNC chair in the first place if he wasn’t black.


8 posted on 07/04/2010 2:56:50 PM PDT by Non-Sequitur (Abraham Lincoln: For when it happened too long ago to blame on George W. Bush)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

I don’t see how pointing out that someone got a position primarily due to race is in itself racist.


9 posted on 07/04/2010 2:56:57 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Lurking in Kansas
And it is very ironic [...] to watch them stuck with their affirmative action hire

Heck, even SHE admits it! ;)

10 posted on 07/04/2010 2:56:58 PM PDT by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle (http://www.conservatives4palin.com/)
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...Michael Steele "is a self-aggrandizing, gaffe-prone incompetent who would have been fired a long time ago were he not black."

True.

Not unlike The Won.

11 posted on 07/04/2010 2:57:01 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: DEADROCK

Do you think she now understands that many of us dislike Obama’s policies....having nothing to do with his skin color? Nah...that would require her to think logically...or at all.


12 posted on 07/04/2010 2:57:01 PM PDT by anniegetyourgun
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

Yes and Obama would not be President if he were not black.


13 posted on 07/04/2010 2:58:33 PM PDT by Brilliant
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Most wouldn’t have voted for 0 if he weren’t black.

Can you say Madam President? First gentlemen Bill? White House wedding for Chelsea?

14 posted on 07/04/2010 2:58:38 PM PDT by rhombus
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
Baraq will be fired in 2 years even though he is black.
15 posted on 07/04/2010 3:00:42 PM PDT by libh8er
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

It was okay for all the democrats to use “Iraq is Bush’s war” as their campaign mantra. Where was the outrage from both parties then?


16 posted on 07/04/2010 3:00:46 PM PDT by katiedidit1
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

Rush was right.

Positions and attention is given based on color.

I know of another black that is in office solely because of his color.


17 posted on 07/04/2010 3:00:46 PM PDT by NoLibZone (Liberals are right. The AZ situation is like Nazi Germany. Mexico is Germany and Arizona is Poland)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
The blind squirrel found an acorn...
18 posted on 07/04/2010 3:00:58 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

Actually Cynthia, Obama wouldn’t have been elected for dog catcher if he weren’t black. So what’s your point?


19 posted on 07/04/2010 3:01:20 PM PDT by DaxtonBrown (HARRY: Money Mob & Influence (See my Expose on Reid on amazon.com written by me!))
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Cynthia Tucker on Sunday said that Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele "is a self-aggrandizing, gaffe-prone incompetent who would have been fired a long time ago were he not black."

I don't know who this reporter is however they had better stick to their night job if they aren't black via heritage. If they are black it's okay then.

20 posted on 07/04/2010 3:03:10 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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