*In a November interview with the Washington Times, African American Republican Michael Steele claimed that Republican leaders and the Fox News Channel “ don’t give a damn” about blacks.
During last week’s debate between Steele and five other candidates for Republican National Committee chairman, he continued the sentiment by accusing his party of “rolling out” black members as tokens, for media consumption. “We’ve had this conversation for 15 years,” Steele said after the debate, “ about bringing black folks out. Well, do it. Don’t just talk about it. Do it. ” Steele, chairman of the 31-year-old Republican training outfit GOPAC, broke into national politics six years ago as the first black lieutenant governor of Maryland. He became the leading voice in a now-quaint Republican strategy: to paint the Democrats as a backwards party that took black voters for granted. In his current bid, Steele is arguing that it’s Republicans who don’t take their black members or black voters seriously enough. Chatting with reporters last week, he took a swipe at an RNC whose “idea of outreach is a cocktail party.” Even as he criticized Republicans, Steele rejected the notion that the election of a black, Democratic president had closed the door on the “taken for granted” argument. “Don’t go down that road,” said Steele. “You can always make that argument. Just because you’ve got a black president, it doesn’t change things for black folks. It doesn’t change unless you see the change.” **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=De cemailfooterNO62) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Black Focus Inc." group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Black-Focus-Inc?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
