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GOP boss Michael Steele says he and Barack Obama have one thing in common: It's tough being black
New York Daily News ^
| 4/4/2010
| Michael Mcauliff AND Corky Siemaszko
Posted on 04/05/2010 4:52:02 PM PDT by SeattleBruce
Embattled GOP party boss Michael Steele said Monday he and President Obama share the same burden - they both get held to a tougher standard because they're black.
"The honest answer is, yes," Steele said on "Good Morning America." "Barack Obama has a slimmer margin. A lot of folks do."
That, said Steele, is "just the reality of it."
The GOP chairman spoke out a day after several top Republicans raked him over the coals for lavish spending and after two sex-themed embarrassments rocked the GOP last week.
White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Steele was off-base.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: blacks; racecard; rino; rnc; rncchairman; steele
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Oh my - it's tough being black, except for the race card, huh Michael? Time for the GOP to move on!
To: SeattleBruce
Reparations! Reparations Now!
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posted on
04/05/2010 4:52:51 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(FYBO: Islam is a religion of peace, and Muslims reserve the right to kill anyone who says otherwise.)
To: SeattleBruce
To: SeattleBruce
Mr. Steele: it’s even tougher being stupid. Please resign.
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posted on
04/05/2010 4:53:33 PM PDT
by
Babalu
("Tracer rounds work both ways ...")
To: SeattleBruce
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posted on
04/05/2010 4:53:55 PM PDT
by
MsLady
(If you died tonight, where would you go? Salvation, don't leave earth without it!)
To: SeattleBruce
Boo freaking hoo. Then quit.
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posted on
04/05/2010 4:54:22 PM PDT
by
svcw
(Religion is like giving someone who is dying of thirst mouthwash.)
To: SeattleBruce
No, I agree with him. It's got to be hard being black, what with all those set-asides, preferences, 100% financial aid in a multitude of areas. ...How's a brutha' supposed to know what to do?
To: SeattleBruce
Its even tougher when you are incompetent.
To: SeattleBruce
Wrong! It’s tough being black and conservative.
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posted on
04/05/2010 4:55:14 PM PDT
by
Huskrrrr
To: SeattleBruce
Amen - they’ve both had the benefit of a LOT of affirmative action. Steele playing the race card doesn’t help the GOP AT ALL.
To: SeattleBruce
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posted on
04/05/2010 4:56:03 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(The essence of training is to allow error without consequence.)
To: SeattleBruce
Michael Steele says he and Barack Obama have one thing in common: It's tough being black It wouldn't be if you weren't so damned liberal.
The GOP chairman spoke out a day after several top Republicans raked him over the coals for lavish spending and after two sex-themed embarrassments rocked the GOP last week.
Oh, is that what being black is all about? Shut up!
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posted on
04/05/2010 4:58:45 PM PDT
by
ROCKLOBSTER
(Deathcare, a solution desperately looking for a problem.)
To: Huskrrrr
Wrong! It’s tough being black and conservative. He's not IMO
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posted on
04/05/2010 4:59:16 PM PDT
by
clamper1797
(Would you hold my hand ... If I saw you in heaven ... to my angel in heaven)
To: SeattleBruce
To: SeattleBruce
Oh, spare me. Being black means never having to say you’re sorry. You can always blame it on your melanin.
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posted on
04/05/2010 5:04:28 PM PDT
by
Mr Ramsbotham
(A gentleman in the drawing room; a rapist in the boudoir.)
To: wastedyears
Race baiter
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posted on
04/05/2010 5:05:38 PM PDT
by
skeptoid
(To whom shall I submit the bill?)
To: SeattleBruce
Two affirmative action babies.
Seems to me you’ve done pretty well, Michael. And Obama got all the way to the top without doing an honest day’s work in his life.
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posted on
04/05/2010 5:07:11 PM PDT
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: SeattleBruce
It's tough going against the people you work for.
The race card has been played too often and does not work anymore.
You can call it an example of inflation in action.
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posted on
04/05/2010 5:07:22 PM PDT
by
BitWielder1
(Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
To: SeattleBruce
To: rockvillem
“Steele playing the race card doesn’t help the GOP AT ALL.”
How IDIOTIC to do this. He MUST go NOW.
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posted on
04/05/2010 5:10:01 PM PDT
by
SeattleBruce
(God, Family, Church, Country - Keep on Tea Partiers - party like it's 1773 & pray 2 Chronicles 7:14!)
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