That is Micheal "Hollow" Steele at his  better of the  worst rebuttals. The way he wears his hat is proof.

Just like the Joe Wilson fiasco, where the Republicans made lemonade out of lemons, the Carter racism comments will be the same. Are the Democrats that out of arguments that they have to resort to the race card? I guess so. Pathetic.

Here's how i feel about President Carter's comment's with Brian Williams.Is there a fringe element out there that are motivated about President Obama's race, YES. These are the ones that take everything Glenn Beck says to Heart, such as his statement about Obama secretly Hateing White people.These are some(not all)of the folks that the MSM have been Focusing on lately.Other's are Voter's who did'nt vote for President Obama last year.

Anyone with a Brain,knows Obama would'nt have been elected without a Very large % of White Voter's last year! McCains/Palins rally last year were clear evidence that some would never accept Obama as Legitimate.Not everyone in those crowds felt that way, but the ones who did, Stood out in the crowd."He's an Arab", "Muslims are taking America over", those comments came from older women, who actually beleive what they said. Men bringing Guns to rally's are just showing thier immaturity, thinking that the Secret Service was gonna be Intimidated by this kind of display.

There will always be these kinds of Fringe element displays of Stupidity from both sides, who listen to a Crazy loon who has a Platform(Glen Beck). Does it make it Right, nope? Is it because they can according to America's Constitution, Yes?

Preach On, Rush, Sean, Glen, Savage, Preach On !

Amen Mr. Steele
The race card being used for EVERYTHING is getting really old. The libs know their policiy's suck, so they try to fall back on the race card.
How pathetic

By "demurred" do you mean that he avoided the question, or that he responded with a "no"?  Because Webster's leads me to believe you used the former definition, in which case he may as well have said "yes."

This is politics.  Reading between the lines is a crucial skill, particularly for those reporting on it.

The ugliest part of this attack by Carter is that he uses such a broad brush in attacking people that do not agree with the Democrats. It's one thing so say that racism exists, it always will. But it's a complete other thing to say that if you don't agree with the President, who happens to be black, then you are a racist. And that is exactly what Carter is saying.

"RNC Chairman Michael Steele, the Republican Party's most prominent African American official, (AND THE COUNTRY'S MOST PROMINENT OREO) has issued a press release criticizing former President Jimmy Carter for arguing that much of the opposition that President Obama is facing is due to race.

And the good ship Democrat springs yet another leak.

Whoops!

More egg on the Steelyman's face...

Do they ever learn?  Never mind I already know the answer to that one!

I am sorry Michael Steele; as much as we wish disagreement were only about policies, agendas and ideals - for some they are not.

The sooner you realize and understand that - then maybe you can help do something about it.

I respect you for trying to do your job Michael Steele – please, just don't became a complete idiot because of it.

Thank you and GOD BLESS AMERICA

When is Michael Steele going to denounce all the crazy sh!t that Congressmen from the Republican party are endorsing:

- the "government run healthcare" lie that Steele repeats again

- the Death panel lies

- the birth certificate lies

- the abortion lies

- the illegal immigration lies

- the Census bureau lies

The Republican Party has told lie, after lie, after lie, including Michael Steele, and never calls bullsh!t on anyone or anything.

So their credibility is ZERO.

Not gonna work this time.

So what did Tim Kain mean if not Race?

ANd Carter is FLat out Wrong not that that is anything new, hes been wrong about most of his thoughts for a long time.

Michael Steele ... the lone ranger ... i think he's had one to many oreo cookies ...

While I doubt race is 100% of the driver, but anyone that says that race has 0% to do with it is naive or a good liar.

Come on Democrats, lets go all in on the racism charges you're making. Point fingers. Name names. Produce quotes. Don't stop with this whisper campaign you got going against the Republicans. Get public hearings in Congress going and put these racist Republicans in the hot-seat. It should be a grand time!

Race has nothing to do with it: When a social worker tells a 67 year old diabetic that  he can't get his SNAP food credit increased ( even though dietic  food costs 35% more  on average), you know something is terribly wrong:
My niece and her husband live in Richmond, KY. They just got turned down for a SNAP Food credit increase ( He's diabetic and they both live on his SSI). Which would you prefer: An extra $100 for dietic food, or $180,000 a month for Hospital costs if or when John has a Diabetic blackout or slips into a Coma? Taxpayers already pay for his SSI and VA, so its your decision. If Obama wants to prevent complications associated with diabeties, obesity, and other ailments, wouldn't it make sense to issue specified food vouchers/ Dietic foods/Care boxes to VA clinics,Food pantries and other institutions that address the needs of Low income Americans? Why is it that Government Commodities ( often delivered to Non Profit Organizations) are extremely high in Sodium and Carbs?  
Worst of all, not ONE  version of the Healthcare proposals include  incentives to encourage responsible, healthy lifestyles: Therefore, Costs will skyrocket.

I dont believe race is 100% of the driver, but it is naive or a falsehood for anyone to think it is 0% of a driver.

If only we had the government run health plan that Steele so frequently speaks of.

So having our President's picture superimposed upon a picture of a witch doctor, singing "Barack the Magic Negro" and making fake money with watermelons on it is not about race?  I call Micheal Steele a bold faced liar.  YOU LIE or you are too stupid to be able to see it!

Who's Michael Steele and why should I give a rat's [bleep] on anything he has to say?

Just STOP IT Steele!! you know that SOME of these crazy are racist and you know as a black that there are code words that racist people use. As a black man you could never come in any black community and defend that crap that we hear and see on TV.  Please stop being the Repubs lackey you look stupid and when this is all over you will be right back in the black community looking for foregivness..., Come on a black station and spread that crap that you don't believe racist is out there.  Man you are really working that job and title on the backs of your own people.  I love all people but it is what it is and some people may not understand why we see what they don't but it is there and we can not defend what someone else feels.  Rememeber some of these people were born into racism and taught to racist. Some may change and some have.  But stupidity and racism usally go together.    

'... provided as evidence this Politico clipping, which explicitly says that Kaine DIDN'T bring up race.
...'


Conservative Trick:

Accuse others of being Racist
Especially when the Republicans play the Race Card

Republicans have been playing on White Racial resentments and Hatreds since Nixon's 'Southern Strategy' after the 1968 Presidential election

The 'Head' of the Tea Baggers on CNN's Adnerson Cooper 360 calls the President Mubarack Hussein Obama on his web site
He calls him a Nazi and Fascist
(most Kalnsmen ADMIRED Hitler)
(see: David Duke)
Tea Bag Nut Boy kept insisting that Tea Baggers were 'Working Class'
(lumpen Proletariat, more like it)

The White 'working class' were the Backbone of the Ku Klux Klan
The 'middle class' join the White Citizens Council
(Sons of Confederate Veterans?)
Both ended up being recruiting tools for the R3epublican Party
From out and out RACISTS like Strom Thurmond and Jesse Helms to the current crop including Joe Wilson

Tea Baggers are stirred by a RACIAL ANUMUS
Afraid of a black President, Latino immigration and growing Asian dominence of education excellence

The Decline and Fall of the White Race in America  ;-D

(Read all about it)

THANK YOU, Jimmy Carter

Steele should be talking to Beck & Limbaugh over their use of the word "racist" . . .oh, I forget, Limbaugh will spank him if he speaks badly of him!

And I blast Chuck Todd for his pure ignorance and stupidity when it comes to race. We all know you are a Morning Joe Flunky who is incapable of having an independent thought much like Mika but for you to brush aside all the racist activities directed toward the President of the United makes wonder why you not only didn't get the Meet the Press job but why they never gave you that Weekend Show that we all heard about but now is dead silence

My office, like many, has a kitchen where a number of employees gather each morning to talk sports and politics. But 90% sports.

This morning when I went into the kitchen to get a cup of tea and some bandages (more blisters from another walkathon in NYC this weekend), the talk was about President Carter and Lawrence O'Donnell and Markos and Keith Olbermann.

The point of their discussion was their dismay at what is going on with the right wing in this country.

All very educated people. Speaking very softly amongst each other. And again, dismayed at what is transpiring because of the likes of Beck and Limbaugh.

These right wingers should spend some time in NYC. It's so diverse. And very friendly. A lot of immigrants have jobs with the hotels, restaurants, tours, etc. They feel very fortuante to be living in America. Students from all over the world going to school in NYC. They love it here. All different nationalities hanging out together in Central Park and Washington Square.

They get it.

This is the America we have to keep fighting for.

Dear Mr. Steele,

If this opposition were about policy, wouldn't you inject some kind of alternative policy into the opposition at some point?  I mean, wouldn't a rational discussion about policy alternatives be refreshing and make you sound more adult and intelligent?

If you want a reasonable discussion about policy, then it's time to acknowledge that THIS IS NOT THAT DISCUSSION and put the howler monkeys throwing feces around back in their cages.

Policy? Did Mr republican Steele say policy? We must NEVER forget what policies got us into this gigantic mess. Mr Bush and his right wing, republican policies have almost destroyed this country and the rest of the world. Policy Mr Steele? REALLY?

Steele's a moron and an Uncle Tom with grandiose prententions that someday, he'll get to be president, too...

Jimmy Carter is one of the finest men we've ever had as President and has done more for african americans and poor people of ANY color than any 20 Republicans you can name put together.

A man from the south and one who has fought against racism his entire life, former President Carter deserves respect for his opinion.
Steele and the GOP should realize that many WHITE Americans agree with him… I do, and I'm white, female, over 50 and from Texas. The racists and kooks running the Republican party and town hall rabble are the rednecked good ole boys who see an opportunity for their south to "rise again." The likes of Joe Wilson — who still FLIES THE CONFEDERATE FLAG — is just ONE example of that crowd.

Keep in mind that this man also tried to address the energy crisis — back in the '70s. If Reagan hadn't rolled back his policies, we wouldn't have had our recent energy crisis that helped create this financial crisis. Carter was RIGHT THEN and RIGHT NOW and history will eventually prove it.

Thank you Mr. President for your bold move to stand up and do the right thing.

"a large portion" ,meaning alot "of the intensely demonstrated animosity" what Carter is talking about are those who are bringing HITLER posters those bringing GUNs those screaming hes a MUSLIM. Those people who froth at the mouth when talking about PRESIDENT OBAMMA those who had no problem with the REPUBLICAN PARTY AND GEORGE BUSH running up the deficit to record high engaing poorly in two wars outing CIA agents all of that not a peep but now back to CARTER he said a majority of those MOUTHFROTHERS are that way because of his race , if you just hate the man or his policies that is not directed at you thou doth protest to much or if the SHOE FITs might be the problem your having but please read the quotwe correctly or yopu will miss the point REPUBLICANS HATE BLACK PEOPLE

Memo to Michael Steele: President Carter is more of a black man than you'll ever be. You are nothing more than Rush Limbaugh's House Negro.

mike you need to leave this alone, Jimmy carter know better than you will ever know what he is talking about. why do you thing they are having you respond to this, they are playing you, big time, lets have our black head for our party of whites respond, so brother from a nother mother, leave this one alone.
man your opening up something you should have nothen do do with.

MSNBC the "he said/she said" blog...
Patriot act retained
Afghanistan escalation
Record deficits
administration less than 50% staffed after 9 months
Even the Daily Show is more relevant...

Typical Republican strategy.........Ready, Fire, Aim.
They will lie and distort anything to try and make a point.  Steele is an IDIOT

"the president's wildly unpopular government-run health care plan that the American people simply oppose."

First Read how can you cats post drivle like that?

1) The president is not proposing a "government run" healthcare plan.

2) The majority of Americans support the president's health-care reform plan.

That's the facts whether Mr. Steele likes them or not.

Steele says, "It only divides Americans rather than uniting us to find solutions to challenges facing our nation"..And what does the yelling at town hall meetings, not allowing for honest debate do? What does perpetuating lies about what is in the House's proposed bill, ie death panels, illegal immigrants, pulling the plug on grandma, what purpose does that provide, but to divide Americans. You Repugs want your cake and to eat it too..You can't have it both ways.

the repubs have been telling new lies every 2-3 weeks trying to keep the pot boiling, just look back, as soon as everyone gets tired of thier current lies, they come up with a new one.  what kind of a whopper will they come up with next?  lets have contest to see if you can guess the next right wing lie.

Why isn't anyone asking Steele (and all the other Republicans who kowtow to the altar of Rush) to denounce Limbaugh's latest outrageous race-baiting in trying to connect the fact that we have a black President to an incident in which some kids beat up another kid on a school bus?

This kind of game by Republicans has to STOP. They race bait with impunity then, when they're called on it, scream that someone is "playing the race card!" How do they continually get away with this?

I think Mr. Steele should stpe back and look at the history of Mr. Wilson.  The media has really glossed over some pertinent facts.  Wilson has not exactly been progressive or even tolerant in his views.  He was a staunch supportor of the conferate flag during the whole hoopla with S.C and there desire to keep the flag flying.  He also spoke out strongly against Essie Mae Washington-Williams Strom Thrumonds illegimate daughter.  Mr. Wilson felt she was dminishing or tarnishing Thurmond's great legacy...so I do not think it is a stretch to see racism as a contributing factor to Wilson's outburst and attitudes toward the President.

I've responded on three other questions this a.m. and can't get posted so this probably won't either.  Thank you, Michael Steele.  As a person with the most beautiful mixed race son-in-law and grandchildren, I'm getting pretty tired of being called racised just because I don't agree with a socialist, egotistic President.

The truth of those honest enough to admit it is that there are a lot of white middle aged and older people who have been brainwashed by the right to fear blacks (its what got Nixon elected and every republican since).

These peoples failure to admit their racism and fear is what is disgusting though. Instead they come up with retarded stuff like birthers, deathers, newfound concern over spending and deficits, protecting medicare after 40 years of trying to destroy it, token blacks like thomas and steele are invited to the party to provide air cover for the republicans.

Heres the funnny thing though. These racists are some of the largest recipients of taxpayer largess through medicare, medicaid, soscialist security, tricare, VA Schip, educational help, you name it they take it while compalaing about others socialism.

MO Attorney -- thanks for posting and commenting. The definition of "demurred" is to object/voice opposition. To me, that means that Kaine doesn't agree with the reporter's question that it has to do with race.

Michael Steele is a "little man", big broad shoulders and a TINY head that DOES NOT REQUIRE A BRAIN.  Enough said about him.  It is not even worth it.

Democrats do themselves no favor when they say race is the reason behind all the protests.

Republicans do themselvse no favor when they claim race has nothing to do with the protests.

Clearly there are racists among the protestors. And only a fool would say that no one in the crowd has issues with a half black man as their president. But until their is some sort of reliable accounting of their numbers it is only going to hurt your cause if you focus on this issue.

It is lying to oneself to pretend racism is not alive and well in many corners of this country.  Yes, race is behind much of the hate exhibited toward Obama.  LOOK AT THE SIGNS AND POSTERS being held up at rallys.  While living in a certain extremely far right Rocky Mountain State a few years ago I heard individuals in small towns telling Negro Jokes.  Yes, in the 21st century I overheard on a couple occasions "did you hear the one about the niger who,,, ?  They were educated individuals with good jobs who were ignorant.  It was apalling and we moved back to Oregon because of the narrow-mindedness (in other ways as well) that was driving us nuts.

Is lingers in corners throughout the country and is being stirred up and fed more hate by a certain media network.

For the Repubican party to ignor it and pretend it does not exist makes them a part of it.  THAT's RIGHT, they are a party to the hate and racism problem by lying that it does not exist.  They are facilitating the hate and encouraging it by their inactivity.

To believe otherwise is nothing less than to e lying to oneself.

From Webster's Dictionary: "Racism: a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race." Lets' see..Posters of Obama as a witchdoctor, posters of Obama as "little black Sambo", posters of Obama as Hitler, posters calling Obama anything from a socialist, fascist, or communist, calling Obama a monkey, spreading lies that Obama is a Kenyan, not an American Citizen, he's not "one of us", not wanting Obama to speak to school kids even though many other "white Presidents" have in the past..Do you right wing wackos need more proof? How many of you Repugs have denounced such racial examples? How many of you have asked for the racial posters to be banned from public events? Just as I thought. NONE!!  Your hypocracy is never ending.

Let’s Flashback to mid-December 2003, when Essie Mae Washington-Williams came forward with the bombshell that she was the illegitimate daughter of the recently-deceased patriarch of South Carolina politics, Sen. Strom Thurmond.

Rep. Wilson, a former page of Thurmond's, immediately told The State newspaper that he didn't believe Williams. He deemed the revelation "unseemly." And he added that even if she was telling the truth, she should have kept the inconvenient facts to herself:
"It's a smear on the image that [Thurmond] has as a person of high integrity who has been so loyal to the people of South Carolina," Wilson said. http://tpmlivewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/09/you-lie-not-the-first-time-rep-wilsons-emotions-got-the-best-of-him.php

Joe Scarborough no one is fooled by your selective outrage. You don’t want a real conversation on this issue but the truth is that certain members of your party are now being called out for who they truly are and that’s racist, sexist, homophobic bigots who drown in hypocrisy.

The treatment of Sonia Sotomayor by many members of the Republican Party starting with the person you have on your show 4 to 5 times a week; Pat Buchanan, He showered in bigotry towards Sonia Sotomayor with MSNBC’s handing him the microphone. Look at the campaign your party ran against her and look at how the male republicans sitting on the judiciary committee spoke to her and treated her and some how you think your party shouldn’t be tagged with the word racist or sexist?

Republican Robert F. McDonnell of Virginia: Submitted a master's thesis to the evangelical school he was attending in Virginia Beach in which he described working women and feminists as "detrimental" to the family. He said government policy should favor married couples over "cohabitators, homosexuals or fornicators." He described as "illogical" a 1972 Supreme Court decision legalizing the use of contraception by unmarried couples. So tell me how does the Republican Party not be tagged as Racist, Sexist and Homophobic? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/29/AR2009082902434.html

How can we forget the Jeff Sessions?

Senator Jefferson Beauregard "Jeff" Sessions III who was apparently so racist that members of his own party rejected him for judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama because of these types of statements. “At Sessions' confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, four Department of Justice lawyers who had worked with Sessions testified that he had made several racist statements. One of those lawyers, J. Gerald Hebert, testified that Sessions had referred to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) as "un-American" and "Communist-inspired" because they "forced civil rights down the throats of people."[4][5] Hebert said that Sessions had a tendency to "pop off" on such topics frequently and had once called a white civil rights lawyer who dealt with voting rights suits a "disgrace to his race."[6]
Thomas Figures, a black Assistant U.S. Attorney, testified that Sessions said he thought the Klan was "OK until I found out they smoked pot."[7] Figures also testified that on one occasion, when the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division sent the office instructions to investigate a case that Sessions had tried to close, Figures and Sessions "had a very spirited discussion regarding how the Hodge case should then be handled; in the course of that argument, Mr. Sessions threw the file on a table, and remarked, 'I wish I could decline on all of them,'" by which Figures said Sessions meant civil rights cases generally. After becoming Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee, Sessions was asked in an interview about his civil rights record as a U.S Attorney. He denied that he had not sufficiently pursued civil rights cases, saying that "when I was [a U.S. Attorney], I signed 10 pleadings attacking segregation or the remnants of segregation, where we as part of the Department of Justice, we sought desegregation remedies."[8]

Figures also said that Sessions had called him "boy." He also testified that "Mr. Sessions admonished me to 'be careful what you say to white folks.'"[9]

Sessions responded to the testimony by denied the allegations, saying his remarks were taken out of context or meant in jest, and also stating that groups could be considered un-American when "they involve themselves in un-American positions" in foreign policy. Sessions said during testimony that he considered the Klan to be "a force for hatred and bigotry." In regards to the marijuana quote, Sessions said the comment was a joke but apologized.[10]

In response to a question from Joe Biden on whether he had called the NAACP and other civil rights organizations, Sessions replied "I'm often loose with my tongue. I may have said something about the NAACP being un-American or Communist, but I meant no harm by it." http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/press-3625.html

So tell me again why the world shouldn’t perceive that some in the Republican Party as being Racist, Sexist and Homophobic Bigot.

And then there was your program and along with David Gregory’s Race to the White House. How many hours and how many days did your shows dedicate to the Rev Wright Story but suddenly you want Joe Wilson’s behavior to be just a slap on the wrist and not be called out for what it truly is? You want the world to believe that Joe Wilson is being unfairly treated when prior to you knowing who called the President a liar you yourself found that outburst to be unacceptable but then you realized that it was Joe Wilson the Republican and not Joe Wilson the husband of the CIA agent who was outed by the Republican Party who called the President of the United States a liar.


We are watching and know exactly what you and many members of your party are attempting to do. You can be no more clever with your words than Bill Clinton was during the primaries. We saw through it then and we clearly see through it now. How can you seriously explain the tea baggers protest last Saturday because reading many of their signs indicated to there was a lot of ignorance, stupidity, lack of any type of moral behavior and just straight out racists but probably according to you, it’s just a small incident that needs to be swept under the rug because you know them personally and they are all good people, I mean isn't that what you typically say when your side of the idle get's into trouble. But it was you who thought Bill Clinton’s private affair was an impeachable offense but Mark Sanford, Joe Wilson or Senator DeMint, these are all good people. It’s funny how everyone you know seems to be a lot of these good types of people. So Joe Scarborough tell me what are the things you talk about when you are behind closed doors with these good types of people.

And so again Joe Scarborough let me remind you that no one is fooled by your selective outrage. On your show this morning you attempted to defend, excuse and justify the behavior of Rush Limbaugh and Glen Beck as you continue to prove my point. You don't want a real and honest conversation on this issue but the truth is that certain members of your party are now being called out for who they truly are and that’s racist, sexist, homophobic bigots who drown in hypocrisy and you simply can't spin it, protect or hide from it.


• David Vitter
• Larry Craig
• Mark Foley
• Jeff" Sessions
• John Ensign
• Tom Coburn
• Joe Scarborough
• Mark Sanford
• Robert F. McDonnell

And this is just a started list'

P.S. Please tell Mika to shut up because she doesn't have an opinion unless Joe Scarborough gives it to her.

You'll have Joe Wilson's reaction to Steele's comments about Carter's comments, because that is what really matters...

Fiddling while Rome burns...

"Stewart mocks Drudge's "race baiting" story on school bus fight"  Well he should have added Morning Joe and Chuck Todd as well, one is a baiter and then tries to play dumb and the other just plays dumb

http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200909160001

re: Michael Steele is a "little man", big broad shoulders and a TINY head that DOES NOT REQUIRE A BRAIN.  Enough said about him.  It is not even worth it. Cheryl Allison Campbell (Louisville, KY) (Sent Wednesday, September 16, 2009 10:59 AM)

Now that, Cheryl, is absolutely racist.

IF YOU ARE NOT A RACIST THEN DEBATE OBAMA'S IDEA'S WITH FACTS AND INFORMATION. TO ATTACK OBAMA PERSONALLY BY NAMECALLING ,ATTACK HIS HERITAGE ,OR FAMILY, THEN YOU ARE A RACIST/COWARD.
COWARDS ATTACK THE PERSON NOT HIS IDEA'S.

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