Republican Chairman Michael Steele offers 'fried chicken and potato salad' to recruit black voters

Are we really surprised that "uncle Tom " has to put on his "ham bone" show when ever he is with his republican "peeps" that is what they hired him for " yes suh massa, yous show nuff been goods ta me"

Theless I hear about this person the better I feel.

Michael Steele actually fits in perfectly with the party of idiots. Let them have him!

So we object to perceived racism with actual racism. It's almost midnight Democrats, there goes another 1000 Black Babies killed today. About 700 Hispanic babies. Good job. Thank you for supporting the party of safe, rare, and no limits on how to kill a minority child. Freedom is Slavery!!!

SJRamos, party affiliation is not solely based on abortion. Try pushing your agenda on a planned parenthood website. Regarding Steele, he needs to take a trip to other side of Baltimore and see how he relates to the people of MD.

What a joke! Is this fool serious? Is he that out of touch? I can never underatand how Blacks and Gays can be Republicans. Self-Hating Buffoonery, plain and simple.

Hey sjramos, do you know how many white babies were aborted? I ask because I'm sure most of the abortions are being done on white women and not black and Latina women. As for Michael Steele, once a clown always a clown.

Poor baby,that little foot just keeps jumping up in that mouth doesn't it?

SjRamos- Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute! Since when has abortion been a major issue among Latinos or African Americans. All of these Latino and African American babies that I see, (and I live in Atlanta) I don't believe that these ethnic groups are in danger of dying off. Usually, when we are talking about abortion or babies being thrown in trash bins, it is usually not a minority involved. Nice try at deflection, though. To quote senator Jeff Sessions, You are a credit to your race as a Republican. Now let's work on being a credit to the human race.

The comments from this man is too funny to be credible. Reagan was no friend to black people. In retospect, he was an alienating figure during his terms to black people,the poor,gays and young people. An anyone who still calls him or herself a Republican(black,young,log cabin)really dillusional.

I'm definately not defending Michael Steele, but his statement was what it seemed. RESEARCH, READ and LISTEN IN CONTEXT for yourselves. A reporter in the crowd made a statement about "Collard Greens" and Steele replied something to the effect of, I got the chicken and potatoe salad. There was never any mention about blacks in the context of fried chicken and potatoe salad. People, stop taking everything we see on TV and hear from internet bloggers as truth. However, racism is still alive and kickin and the NAACP should not abandon its roots but should add to them.

CORRECTION: I'm definately not defending Michael Steele, but his statement was NOT what it seemed.

I'm always amazed at how some Republicans try to sway the discussion. There was nothing in this article that referenced abortion. It speaks to Steele helping to perpetuate the stereotypes labeled at minorities. For Steele to use that as a tactic to attract minorities to the Repuclican Party is an insult. Also, since you're so much against abortions, how many of those unwanted children that are currently here have you adopted? I am a single Black male and I've adopted as a single parent so what is your excuse? It's easy to spout out canned slogans and rehetoric against abortion, but try talking less and doing more for the ones that are already here and suffering, especially in the minority communities.

White folks cant defeat you, they will find some negro,some boot licking,butt licking, Buck dancing,bamboozled half baked,half fried,sissified, N%$#er, to trot out in front of you.

Trinity, after listening to the audio, I still don't see your point.

If someone makes a racially tinged statement (in this case relating african-americans to collard greens) the proper response is not to pour gas over the flame but squash it. Steele did not. He instigated racial stereotypes.

To say someone is an "Uncle Tom," because he is not a liberal democrat is the ultimate racist statement.

Julie Mendoza, its perfectly acceptable for a black person to not be a liberal Democrat. They can be just independent, conservative. But given the history of the Republican party and the constant derogatory remarks made by many in the party towards black people and other minorities. For a black person to be a part of that, you call it as it is... an UNCLE TOM.

It's clear that most folks commenting didn't even bother watching the video. Whoever wrote the article was being dishonest about Steele's comment. tjr - did you say something about the history of the republican party? That would be the party of Lincoln. Did you know that? Did you know that black folks were, in fact, republicans until FDR? And did you know that racism in the 20th century didn't live in the republican party, but that southern democrats, including Al Gore's father, were trying to keep us from gaining civil rights in this country? You know that Arkansas governor that stood in the door of the schoolhouse to keep black kids from going in: democrat Orval Farbus. Neither party has a clean past, or present, when it comes to our people.

James you are correct in your assessment of history. I should have stated the history of the Republican party since the passage of the Civil Rights Act. Now lets not fool ourselves. We very well know the Republican Party of Lincoln no longer exists... its a myth. Those very Southern Democrats (Dixecrats) is the Republican Party of today. Right-wing extremists and religious nuts run the GOP, not Michael Steele. Maybe there will once again be a shift in party identification for minorities, time will tell. But at the moment, they are not the party that nominated a black man. Most Republicans are not racists but most racists are Republican.

I don't like Michael Steele, but it seems to me after watching the youtube clip that the fried chicken and potato salad remark was a joke. The real problem with his remarks is that he had no real solid method for attracting non-white groups to the Republican party. "Yall come" is a pretty ambiguous and impractical approach, cuz we sure as hell ain't comin' any time soon. In fact we are runnin'. And so I think he totally missed an opportunity to plead his case as to why we as black people should cross over to the dark side.

Michael when you continually try this hard and fail: You must question your personal assessment mechanism. Your record of utter failure leads one to wonder why your party tolerates you.

Did it ever occur to you that Michael Steele may be a thinking republican? He's not black or white; he's a republican and is intellectually a republican. He does not believe in big gov't. You bring up race; he doesn't He is showing great courage in standing against this socialist agenda There are black republicans, OK? Yellow, red and white republicans. They have rights. They want to buy their own health care, pay a decent tax. They want everyone to work for what they get. They grew up in America; it's their country. They got an allowance and their father voted for Reagon(maybe, maybe not) But they are Republicans.

Michael Steel believes that Lincoln freed the slaves.June 19 is the date that the slaves's mastered freedthem, and not Lincoln. If Lincoln could have the saved the Uninon with slavery still going on he what have.

Michael Steele is trying to be moore than what he is, whatever that is. Steele will never be has important as he wants to be. He is only important to himself.

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