Check out this article.
I'll take a bit from the article. I'll take it as is. Please note what was written, and when things are quoted.
Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, a black Baltimore Democrat, said Mr. Steele invites comparisons to a slave who loves his cruel master or a cookie that is black on the outside and white inside because his conservative political philosophy is, in her view, anti-black.
"Because he is a conservative, he is different than most public blacks, and he is different than most people in our community," she said. "His politics are not in the best interest of the masses of black people."
There is a problem with this. I just heard her on a talk show and she said she didn't say what is in the first paragraph. She did say what is in the second paragraph, thus the direct quote is accurate.
She gave her opinion, and that opinion can be questioned.
The talk show host was livid about this article, and based on what he was saying, I got mad as well, until I went to the article itself. Then I realized he was taking things out of context and getting things flat out wrong.
For example, he said that Mfume supported the idea of going after Steele for being a Republican. Well, Mfume is never directly quoted. Only Mfume's spokesman is quoted.
In fact, this is what Mfume's spokesman said:
"There is a difference between pointing out the obvious and calling someone names," said a campaign spokesman for Kweisi Mfume, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate and former president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
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"The facts are the facts. Ehrlich went to that country club, and Steele said it didn't bother him," Mr. Trippi said. "I think that says something ... and should be part of this debate."
This article is a race baiting hachet job.
And I'll say it again: When Black Dems attack Black Dems as sellouts, is it news like this?
Update
From the article:
State Sen. Lisa A. Gladden, a black Baltimore Democrat, said she does not expect her party to pull any punches, including racial jabs at Mr. Steele, in the race to replace retiring Democratic U.S. Sen. Paul S. Sarbanes.
"Party trumps race, especially on the national level," she said. "If you are bold enough to run, you have to take whatever the voters are going to give you. It's democracy, perhaps at its worse, but it is democracy."
Lisa Gladden called into a radio program. She said the quote of the 2nd paragraph is accurate. She said she did not say the what was in the first paragraph. Note there are no direct quotes in that paragraph.
Update 2 Mfume called in and denounced it.