New ‘hip-hop’ GOP open to all, including ‘one-armed midgets’
Michael Steele
WASHINGTON — Michael Steele, the new Republican National Chairman, wants to rebrand the GOP in a new image.
Time will tell whether the Republican Party is prepared for the changes Steele has in mind.
In an interview today with Washington Times, Steele disclosed that he is working on a public relations campaign that seeks to apply GOP principles to “urban-suburban hip-hop settings.”
What Steele has in mind, he says, will “surprise everyone” and be “off the hook.”
Steele, who was elected by Republican officials three weeks ago, said he believes the GOP needs to take bold steps after losing last November in former Republican strongholds like Virginia and North Carolina.
“We need messengers to really capture that region — young, Hispanic, black, a cross section … We need to uptick our image with everyone, including one-armed midgets.” said Steele, who was lieutenant governor in Maryland.
Republicans looking for a blunt leader can stop their search.
“We missed the mark in the past, which is why we are in the crapper now,” he said.
To those who doubt his capabilities, Steele had this message: “I say to them, ‘Stuff it’.”
Steele could have started by disclosing this in some other venue than the freaking Washington Times.
Well, if there were any other newspapers that would do anything but pick out the silliest quotes and criticize him, I’m sure he would.
For goodness sakes we need to give Michael Steele a brake. After all he is now chair of the Republican Party. The Grand Olde Party of old ideas.
It sure isn’t a shame that the once majestic party is morphing into just a regional party of moralist zealots.
Michael Steele is going suburban Hip-Hop as a scheme for Republican vote recruiting? I have always like Michael Steele but know I can see nothing but a lame duck. He has never appeared so nerdy and out of touch as he does now. He need to stick to being the real Michael Steele.
The Republican party should have instead appointed Boxing Promoter, Don King in this position because this just isn’t a natural honest role for Steele, it is a joke. Don King I think could pull off such a STUNT, and it is most definitely a STUNT that is right up Don King’s alley.
Don’t the Republicans realize that Don King is a Republican and he is BLACK also!
I think he saw Russell Simmons support of him in New York when he was running for office as qualifications to be a kind of Hip-Hop kind of guy. (Lol).
I’m sure the victims of Reaganomics will take kindly to this new super keen Republican party! What a joke.
The Washington Times is a Republican paper.
Good luck with that!
LMAO
Michael Steele is at least smart enough to look at the county by county electoral map and see that it’s the big city vs. rural/suburbs. I would go to downtown St Louis to preach the conservative gosphel for Mr Steele….. if I can trust that the party will act like conservatives and not try to become “red” liberals.
Having most of the Republicans stand together against the Porkulus was a good start to earn that trust.
If they, the Reps, can stop the nationalization of the banks and healthcare…I’m back on board. If they allow Snow, Specter, and Collins to vote in favor of those things… I’m third party all the way. I would like Michael Steele to help get rid of those 3 “red” liberals right now as a down payment on the promise of Regean-rule.
This guy is an idiot….come on one-armed midgets??? I know that the media never puts the quotes into context but seriously this guy is the Republicans Chairman….they sure must be getting desperate for anything because the party is in shambles and they keep loosing everything. Maybe they should start by practicing what they preach all the time…that might win some more votes
None of you know a thing about which you speak (notable exception, my friend Nick.
Michael Steele knows what I know and in fact the rest of the GOP knows: striped of party affiliation, on the issues… GOP positions do very well in the inter-city. Abortion, gay marriage, crime, etc. people agree with us of the GOP… yet time and again they vote against the GOP and for Democrats… Democrats that do not share those same values. This is especially true among Hispanics.
Michael Steele knows, that if we can break that we can again, make substantial inroads into the inter-city areas.
Can Steele and we of the GOP get it done? Time will tell.