Unsurprisingly, CNN only found this to be a minor sidebar story, part of their Political Ticker, encompassing a whopping 6 paragraphs
Members of the Republican National Committee elected their first-ever African-American party chief on Friday, choosing former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele to chair the organization after six rounds of tumultuous balloting.
I roused myself up from a Tylenol Cold induced stupor when I saw the Breaking News alert text message, wondering if I would find comments similar to the movie I was (barely) watching, 28 Weeks Later. And, yup, rage and hatred. Plus racism
- STEELE WON!
- I hate that guy…
- mee too.. he is a sheep..
- i only see two black people there.. great example!!.
- So their token African-American will be the leader?
- Yep Rush all Fucklicans.
- Is he the magic negro the republicans keep singing about?
- First thing he needs to do? Take off the orange and black striped tie!
- Talk about a token….
- Is he the cross eyed guy who always shows up on MSNBC?
- Here’s another pic of Token Steele …
- Is he a magic Negro?
- And will Steele get the same kinds of death threats and overt racism thrown at him that Obama does? (yes, look in another DU thread, bub)
- LOL Steele is the biggest Republican asshole on the planet. I mean a supreme jerk. (racist)
- The dumb leading the really really dumb (racist)
- Too bad Strom Thurmond isn’t alive to see this A black President and RNC chair. LOL (remind me, which Party has a former KKK member in it?)
- Black Republicans…should be an oxymoron. Steele is another half-baked house negro. I’ve got no use for him. He wants to lead the party that wouldn’t have given him the right to vote. What an ass.
- anything like George “The Animal” Steele? (a picture of a really hairy man. Racist)
- Michael the Magic Republican Negro
- Repukes hate black people and people of color or anyone with a clear thinking mind. (Isn’t calling them “black people and people of color” considered racist nowadays?)
Plenty more of the same at Daily Kosbat. I thought peace, love, and unicorns were supposed to reign now that Obama is president?
OK, back to stupor time. Would it be racist if I called it the rhino virus?
