Steele wants more delegates 'of color'

[ccharles000]

Republican National Chairman Michael Steele is urging Florida Republicans to send delegates who “look like Florida” to the next GOP National Convention.

“Could you help a brother out? No more national conventions with 36 people of color in the room,” Steele told fellow Republicans on Monday, according to the Miami Herald.

“Please send some folks to the convention that look like Florida,” he implored.

Steele told Republicans that it was “time to get busy” and fight back against Democrats who have been building on a voter registration edge in Florida.

“We want to turn around those voter registration numbers. We want to turn around the turnout. And we want to keep Florida competitive for the Republican Party and not cede any ground, any area or any vote to the Democrats,” he said.

Steele declined to weigh in on the prospects of Republican Gov. Charlie Crist running for the Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.).

"Whatever the governor decides to do, I wish him well,” Steele said.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/21002.html

[Deja Q]

1. "Look like Florida" - limp dickheads in dire need for viagra?

:hide:

[Hardrada]

10. Haha!! I know. My SIL lives in The Villages.

I'm never going to set foot in that place.

[Dr.Phool]

29. You better not! They have a higher incidence of STD's than Miami!

[nomorenomore08]

2. "Color"? Re-painting the GOP, so to speak, won't do a damn thing.

:puke:

[CreekDog]

3. I dunno, but weren't there lots in Denver last year?

:shrug:

[firedupdem]

4. Maybe he can hire some like he did when he was campaigning and

they can sit in the crowd. That will really help them look like a diverse group. :eyes:

"help a brother out?" Who in the hell was he even speaking to? He really ought to quit. Idiot.

[Dr.Phool]

30. He can bring them in on H1-B visa's!

[firedupdem]

5. dupe

[rurallib]

6. Hey Steele. Rush called to say white is a color.

He will expect your humiliating apology in front of the nation tomorrow afternoon.

[jwirr]

7. How much is he paying?

[monmouth]

8. I do have a rather nice golden tan, will that do?????...n/t

[grantcart]

9. he should just hand out special sunglasses that make people look darker

[lamp_shade]

11. 36?? Bullshit. Try less than 10.

[Ikonoklast]

12. So, now 'stupid' is a color?

That's the only type of person I could see Mr. Steele attracting to his little hatefest.

[chollybocker]

13. "36 people of color"

Crayola can hardly keep up with the diversity. What year is this, again?

[ccharles000]

14. lol

[jberryhill]

17. It's the year of the peach, according to some asian calendar...

Or wherever "flesh" comes in that color.

[walldude]

15. People of color? What? LIttle Green Men From Mars?

Ass.

[jberryhill]

16. Here you go, Mikey

[Arkana]

18. "Could you help a brother out?"

Geez, what's Steele going to do next? Get his teeth gold-capped, start wearing a clock around his neck, and say "YEAAAAAAAHHHHH BOOOOOOOOYYYYYY!!"

[NatBurner]

25. cuz a brother needs a little help when "it's time to get busy"

that's a well-known fact :/

what a doofy moron

he makes history by seemingly progressing the GOP into the 21st century, and then proceeds to set "a brother" back about 100 years

[nomaco-10]

19. Yeah, well good luck with that....

You out of touch stupid Mo EFFer.

He just mystifies me on so many levels. But, then so does the entire repuke party.

[fortyfeetunder]

20. Mikey, let's make a deal

You want people of color to go GOP? Then you have to do this:
1) stop the voter suppression when they are voting for Democrats.
2) tell the GOP racists to put up or shut up
3) Act (and not just talk) like the GOP is a party of inclusion.
4) Cut the goddamn stereotypes about people of color. After all it was the GOP that introduced us to "welfare queens", "Willie Horton"...etc.

Then you MIGHT get some people interested in GOP.

But I seriously doubt you have the intestinal fortitude to get this right, so your request went by the wayside as soon as you opened your mouth!

[Critters2]

21. Oh, yeah. That'll happen.

Someone should've explained the whole idea of the GOP to Steele before he ran for chair. He's never even been in the same room with a clue.

[Undercurrent]

22. What a freaking shallow idiot

Michael Steele is! A bunch of token people of color for window dressing at the convention? Yeah, sure. That will surely do the trick. :crazy:

[Number23]

23. roflmbao

“Could you help a brother out? :rofl: :rofl:

Has the weight of Michael Steele's sh*tty new job just come crashing down on him?? Did it really take two whole months before the enormity of the situation that he is dealing with stared him dead in the face and kicked him in the @ss??

GOD, I hope so! :)

[LiberalFighter]

24. There is an easy way to make it happen. Change their rules requiring

that a certain percentage based on their state's population are a minority, gender, etc.

But of course considering their base it will be difficult to find enough that would even be interested.

[Brewman_Jax]

26. Steele might want to go into comedy

he's quite funny as RNC chairman, and I don't think he'll have the job too much longer. :rofl:

[Hellataz]

27. I kept saying it and each time ""people who look like florida" sounds kinda racist

Maybe I'm wrong, but it has this sorta tinge of racism. I think his point is to appeal to the latino community of Florida without coming out and saying it directly. Maybe to him "Delegates that look like Florida" sounds better then asking for "delegates with Puertorican flavor"

[Fire1]

28. Good luck with that.

:rofl:

[gauguin57]

31. Mr. Steele: If you want people of color at your convention ... become a Democrat.

As J.C. Watts' uncle (or was it grandfather) once told him: "A black man voting Republican is like a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders."