Stop the presses!! Michael Steele accepts money from white people! He even accepts campaign money from white people who have offended black people. Who you might ask? Well the big bomb is that his Senate campaign has accepted money from Floyd Brown's Citizens United Political Victory Fund and from Alex Castellanos.
Who?
I'm not going to tell you until right away. But chances are that you've heard of the things they've done to offend blackfolks. But the interesting note is that none of them, until this very moment, have made names for themselves big enough to merit the attention of blackfolks. I think I'm pretty informed and I've never heard of them before. Have you? No you haven't.
Now let's just consider the nature of the digging you have to do to make an enemy of and smear Michael Steele. I mean we've seen this before.
In July of 2005, Maryland Governor Bob Ehrlich, a Republican, came under criticism for hosting a $1,000-a-head golf outing at a white-only golf club. Doug Duncan, Ehrlich's potential Democratic opponent in the 2006 gubernatorial elections, accused Ehrlich of "trying to divide us" and called for him to publicly apologize "for holding this event at a club that discriminates."[9] Lt. Governor Steele responded to the outcry by saying, "I don't know that much about the club, the membership, nor do I care, quite frankly, because I don't play golf." Adrienne A. Jones, Speaker Pro Tempore of the Maryland House of Delegates, called Steele's dismissal of the controversy "a slap in the face of those of us who are African Americans." [10] After two weeks, the controversy still persisted, leading Steele to say that his "initial reaction to this was a little more flippant than it should have been." [11]
Basically, enemies of black republicans are at it again, trying to make all black candidates for office hew to a singular leftist political agenda and suggest that any black candidate who doesn't is a friend to racism. It pays to recall that these are the same people who find Bill Bennett to be a racist of the highest order.
What's the bottom line? What exactly do these political contributors want Steele to do? What's the quid pro quo? Well, let's just assume the worst. Let's assume that they want Senator Steele to back some racist agenda against blackfolks. Could those bringing up these names be onto something? Is there an actual hidden racist agenda? It seems to me that if we can find out the NSA's secret weapons against enemies of the nation, it shouldn't be too hard to find a black racist in public office. But there is no such thing to be found and Steele contributors have no such agenda, nor does Steele. What they really want to do is beat the Democrat.
On the other hand, if these contributors really actually want to offend blackfolks, how might they do that by putting a black man in the Senate? Following the logic of those who are opposed to the black Republican idea, that's basically all they have to do. The very fact of having yet another black individual representing the Republican party in a position of power in the US is the worst thing. Consider how they hate Secretary Rice. Isn't that why this 'issue' is being raised?
Well that's already done. Steele has already been kidnapped from the Democrats. He's already a GOP functionary, raising money, soliciting votes, playing partisan politics and following the GOP leadership. The 'race treachery' is a fait accomplit. So what could possibly be worse?
What could really be worse is that Steele himself makes racial claims - that he himself is a bigot and wants to use his power and influence for racist aims. He might be so incredibly clever that he's able to keep his racist agenda hidden even better than the NSA's wiretaps. So maybe, despite the presence of evidence, Steele's enemies might claim it to be true anyway. But you'll not find anyone who would make such a bold suggestion. Merely that he hangs around whitefolks who have been offensive to blackfolks in the past. This, ladies and gentlemen, is their case.
So now it's time to open up Pandora's Box and let the truth be known. Floyd Brown's guys were behind the Willie Horton ad, and Castellanos was behind Strom Thurmond's 'white hands' ad. If you are of the persuasion that Steele is a sellout, then this only fuels your fire. Burn baby burn.
What should satisfy those who complain the loudest would be a list of contributors to Steele's campaign by race. Obviously, some Democrats already have that, and have decided to get some mileage out of these two in particular. Given that, Steele would merely have to disclaim these which appear to be perfectly legal contributions to avoid the appearance of "selling out". But the problem here is not racism as I have shown. The problem is that Steele is a black man with Republican backing at the highest levels of the party, which is, by definition "selling out".
Boo hoo.
His returning the money would be a capitulation to this mealy-mouthed smear. If he does that would be the first evidence I'd accept of him being a sell-out.
Updates & References:
- The Anchoress now wants to contribute to Steele.
- Gateway Pundit picks up the meme.
- Hot Air weighs in.
Confederate Yankee does a good job.
That seems to be the "sin" that so shocked Washington Post staff writer Mathew Mosk. A black conservative candidate actually accepted campaign contributions from white conservative donors. Oh, Bartleby! Oh, Humanity!
Not one to waste time, Mosk starts race-baiting out of the gate:
Hmm. Who is this Mosk character anyway. Someone who talks about Steve Gilliard with a straight face?
