Michael Steele Loses Black RNC Members Too
Posted by Jim Hoft on Monday, December 27, 2010, 10:54 AM
Michael Steele shocked the world when he announced that he would run again for RNC chair.
But, it could be a tough climb for the Maryland Republican. He’s lost the trust of the black RNC members too.
Roll Call reported:
Don’t expect the Republican National Committee’s two black members to support Chairman Michael Steele in his re-election bid in January.
Ada Fisher, the black RNC committeewoman from North Carolina, has been an outspoken critic of Steele since she voted against him and for former South Carolina GOP Chairman Katon Dawson in 2009.
“Nobody asked the black members of the RNC what they felt, and I don’t know that the other people were courted or asked for their votes,” she said of that contest.
Steele, a former Maryland lieutenant governor, Senate candidate and state party chairman, was touted as Republicans’ response to the first black president, Democrat Barack Obama. And even more recently, Republicans see Steele promoting his race as an asset to the party.
When Steele announced his bid for re-election on a conference call, he concluded by saying, “Who you elect as our next chairman will speak volumes about our willingness to truly be the party of Lincoln,” according to the Washington Times. A prominent member of the RNC, James Bopp Jr., complained to the Times that Steele had used “the race card.” Steele responded by calling Bopp “an idiot” and accusing him of bitterness over a consulting contract the RNC canceled.
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Published May 21, 2012 at 12:19 am - 55 Comments
bigkahuna commented:
Racists ! …. who do they think they are not voting for a black man…. Now whitey got the black man beatin down the black man.
Rose commented:
Steele HAS used the race card repeatedly.
And He has not had my support, from the start – when the RNC made it plan in their wording that their support of him did have more to do with the color of his skin than with his ethical and political values.
And as usual, i.e., Dah Ahnold Man and his supreme Kalifornia “Electability”, and John McVain – and his Supreme “Electability”…
It ain’t worth spit. Steele has a precious lot of gall.
Almost as much as the RINO RNC.
RedBeard commented:
Steele continues to demonstrate the very foot-in-mouth skills that have gotten him in trouble in the past.
Please, Steele, if you have the slightest care about your party, just quit the race and retire gracefully.
Rose commented:
Redbeard – if Steele had the slightest care about anything but himself, he would have resigned long long long ago!
You can be sure you have that answer just as clear as it gets.
Consistency is as strong a hallmark of Steele as it is of the Dims.
Bill Fabrizio commented:
“Michael Steele Loses Black RNC Members Too”
Name them!
serfer62 commented:
The killer quote is “…blacks have no reason to vote GOP…” to a college conservative black group.
Enough of Afirmative Action promotions. Get a real conservative.
Pandora commented:
More identity politics coming from the Right? “Black” RNC members? A distinction apparently needed to be made between RNC members and Black ones. Happy days that these people don’t get it yet, either.
Marsh commented:
I don’t why everyone keeps insisting that Obama is intelligent. You ruin the credibility of your claims if you need to repeat them over and over. Obama had poor grades in school. He admitted himself that he was a drug addict in high school who would often skip school. He was only accepted into the Ive League through “affirmative action”. He also makes horrible decision after horrible decision on a daily basis and is clearly clueless and incompetent on a wide range of issues – from economics to foreign policy to our national security. I’d personally really love to see the results of an IQ test. I seriously doubt he’d ever agree to take one, though. And he most certainly would never release the results to the public.
Obama = retard.
Prove us wrong you leftist idiots.
Marsh commented:
Eh, wth? Why was my comment posted in this entry?