Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell: Michael Steele is dancing for his GOP ‘master'
Washington Examiner ^ | 10/5/2010 | Mark Hemingway

Posted on 10/06/2010 8:37:59 AM PDT by Qbert

I don’t believe in reading racial tea leaves just for political gain, but what was Lawrence O’Donnell thinking? Here’s how he described RNC Chairman Michael Steele on his MSNBC program tonight:

As the first congressional election during his party chairmanship approaches, Michael Steele is dancing as fast as he can trying to charm independent voters and Tea Partiers while never losing sight of his real master and paycheck provider, the Republican National Committee.

Try, if you can, to imagine the outrage if Bill O’Reilly or some other Fox News personality had gone the air and said that the Democratic party was Barack Obama’s “master.” However, since Michael Steele is an African American who happens to be a Republican, I don’t suspect too many members of the media will be beating down Lawrence O’Donnell’s door and demanding an apology. And note this is not the first time a prominent Democrat has made an unfortunate racially-tinged characterization of Michael Steele’s relationship to the GOP. In 2006, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said Steele had “a career of slavishly supporting the Republican Party.”


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: lawrenceodonnell; msnbc; racistliberals

Exhibit A: Racist, angry white male ;-)

1 posted on 10/06/2010 8:38:04 AM PDT by Qbert
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Qbert

Lawrence O’Donnell sounds like he might be a racist bigot. He’s an “uncle Tom” right Larry? Blacks should stay on the DNC’s plantation and not speak until spoken to. Right Larry? So much for Obama’s “post-racial America”.


2 posted on 10/06/2010 8:42:00 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Furlough the Congress!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: FlingWingFlyer

A Sanchez moment!


3 posted on 10/06/2010 8:42:45 AM PDT by stocksthatgoup
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Qbert
Of course he didn't mean anything by it, now if I call Obama a socialist, that's code for black.
4 posted on 10/06/2010 8:43:01 AM PDT by jpf (ME in 2012.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Qbert

Quick, somebody get Larry some xanax.


5 posted on 10/06/2010 8:43:46 AM PDT by RexBeach ("There is no such thing as a good tax." Winston Churchill)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Qbert

Outrageous yes, but O’Donnell doesn’t deserve the publicity of a response. Let his show “DIE QUICKLY”.


6 posted on 10/06/2010 8:47:20 AM PDT by McGruff (I Love the Smell of Desperation in the Morning. Smells like Victory!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Qbert

Liberals hate it when blacks go off the political plantation.


7 posted on 10/06/2010 8:47:27 AM PDT by Spok (Is it RINO season yet?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: FlingWingFlyer

Yep. And this from the same network that had no problem with Donnie Deutsch calling Marco Rubio the racially offensive term, ‘coconut’.


8 posted on 10/06/2010 8:47:54 AM PDT by Qbert
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Qbert

If a doctrinaire Marxist, racist PMSNBC host says something stupid and no one is there to watched it. Did the Commie Pinko host really say it?


9 posted on 10/06/2010 8:48:15 AM PDT by Lazlo in PA ("Forces of Evil" member in good standing)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Qbert

Every day it seems one or more of the mainstream mediots tries to outidiotize the mark set previously. Frankly, I think it’s entertaining.


10 posted on 10/06/2010 8:55:55 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder ("No longer can we make no mistake for too long". Barack d****it 0bama, 2009, 2010, 2011.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Qbert

O’Donnell doesn’t care two cents about African-Americans. He’s just using them.


11 posted on 10/06/2010 9:06:11 AM PDT by popdonnelly (Class warfare is Obama's thing.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Qbert

Should be fired immediately


12 posted on 10/06/2010 9:09:20 AM PDT by KC_Conspirator
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Qbert

now, if hannity had said that obama was dancing for his union masters, he would be in a world of trouble.


13 posted on 10/06/2010 9:15:06 AM PDT by JohnBrowdie (http://forum.stink-eye.net)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Qbert

the racially offensive term, ‘coconut’.

I did not know that was racial....man you do learn something new everyday. Why is this racial?


14 posted on 10/06/2010 9:19:11 AM PDT by napscoordinator
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: napscoordinator

“I did not know that was racial....man you do learn something new everyday. Why is this racial?”

An example:

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2280252.ece


15 posted on 10/06/2010 9:36:10 AM PDT by Qbert
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: Qbert

Another old, has been Liberal trying to do anything he can in an attempt to remain relevant.


16 posted on 10/06/2010 9:36:59 AM PDT by Rational Thought
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Qbert

Good Lord....how insane. Thanks for the link because I was not even close in what I thought it meant which really was not much. I cannot believe how ridiculous this world has become in regards to certain words. I am in shock and it really takes a lot to shock me especially since becoming a FREEPER over four years ago (seeing all the crazy stories from the dems). In fact, I believe this could be the worst and most ridiculous story ever.


17 posted on 10/06/2010 9:45:41 AM PDT by napscoordinator
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: Qbert
Wow!!!! Talk about a racist remark!! The bottom line, we'll now see race baiters Sharpton, Jackson, the NAACP,et al, remain mute.
18 posted on 10/06/2010 9:51:02 AM PDT by kenmcg
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson