Wolffe: RNC Chair Steele 'Token' African-American Put in Charge to Hide Party's Racism

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Either Richard Wolffe is blatantly shilling for the liberal/progressive agenda in the United States or he really is incredibly cynical about how the Republican Party picks its leader.

Wolffe, appearing on MSNBC's Oct. 5 "Countdown with Keith Olbermann," gave his thoughts on the chairman of the Republican National Committee, Michael Steele. Wolffe, a MSNBC regular and former Newsweek columnist, shared his low regard for the former lieutenant governor of Maryland.

"Well, look - it's certainly being clumsy politics," Wolffe said. "And you know today, Michael Steele says he doesn't do policy. Tomorrow he'll say he doesn't do politics either."

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But the most striking claim Wolffe made about Steele is that he was put in charge of the RNC as a gesture to camouflage racism in the movement - because in Wolffe's view, all criticism of President Barack Obama is racist.

"The poor guy has got no leash - it's not even a short leash," Wolffe said. "And to get to the race question you have to understand the Party's calculation in putting him there in the first place. It was a simplistic and crude equation they made - that to cover themselves against any accusations of racism and boy, it's not that hard to find them - they needed to have a black figure going up against an African-American president and they didn't have many people to choose from with this token gesture and so they had to choose someone that plainly wasn't ready for primetime."

Interestingly, Wolffe gave a pass to Obama back in June for attending Rev. Jeremiah Wright's church - Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ, where Wright made outrageous and racist statements. The reason, Obama just wasn't much of a church-goer according to Wolffe.

Nonetheless, Wolffe accused the GOP of having an affirmative action system in place with Steele elected as chairman, despite a contentious race for the spot that included former RNC Chairman Mike Duncan, Katon Dawson, Chip Saltsman, Saul Anuzis, Ken Blackwell and Steele.

"All of that is being played out now because it turns out irony of ironies, they don't even need any cover," Wolffe said. "They can be as outrageous as they like and portray the President as a witch doctor and they get on Fox News. So everything is fine. They didn't need the cover of Michael Steele. It's just ironic for a party that always complained about quotas and affirmative action; they have found themselves with one."


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"Wolffe, a MSNBC regular

"Wolffe, a MSNBC regular and former Newsweek columnist, ...."

Wasn't Wolffe a so-called "unbiased," "objective," and self-described "non-partisan," alleged "reporter" at the leftist political advocacy group Newsweek?

Wolfe is a racist!

Oh yeah, I forgot that one has to be a white who disagrees with a liberal to be a racist.  It doesn't count if you criticize a Republican.

Angry White Dude

www.angrywhitedude.c...

I agree with your sentiment,

I agree with your sentiment, dude.  I also agree with the fact that Steele is a RINO.  I agree that the sissy RINO leadership put him in power to garner favor with the "center" of this country.  It's depressing.  So depressing!  Let's just say it.  We're in a Depression.    

tokens, my ass!

I guess Condi Rice was a token?  And Clarence Thomas?  And J.C. Watts?  And Colin Powell... oh, wait -- Powell was an able bureaucrat who got Affirmative-Action-fast-tracked up to command.  You generally don't find token blacks in the GOP ranks.  What's probably even more important:  You certainly won't see anyone like Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Maxine Waters, Jocelyn Elders, Ron Dellums, Van Jones, or Carol Measly-Brain, either...

Who knows whether Steele will end up being a standout success or failure.  Every party has its share of leaders who don't make much progress at all while they're in charge, and he could wind up being counted among them.  But he might just surprise a few of us.

Of course they are

Of course they are tokens. 

I have said all along, with sarcasm, that Republicans only put blacks into positions of influence to hide the fact that they are racist.

Little did I know that these guys read NB and thought I was revealing the GOP's secret strategy!

Doesn't matter what Republicans do.  Libs "know" (because they can see into the human heart) that deep down inside, they are racist. The jig is up. No point trying to hide it any more.  

 

The Real Token

The Real Token is in the White House! Does anyone remember candidate Obama for the U. S. Senate addressing the 2004 Communist, er, Democrat Convention? All the talk was about this up and coming young "African American" who would give any "White" Republican a run for their money! It would make for a tough contest because the Repubs would have to choose their words carefully! His lack of experience was ignored by the Super Delegates as they chose him over Hellary! Tell me what other reason other than race can into play!

Rally around Mike Steele

If the left are going at him, that's reason enough.

Wow, that's original. 

Wow, that's original. 

To many on the left, Steele is nothing more than an errant slave

I mean, how dare he escape from the liberal plantation!

After all, does this "boy" not wish to follow in the foot-steps of native Americans, and render himself, and his people, permanent wards of the state?

Damn, what is wrong with this guy?

Remember, lily-white, rich liberal elitists know what's best for the "lesser" races.

Just ask Margaret Sanger:

http://www.blackgeno...

-Dave

The election of 2010 will be our last chance to save our republic. -Neal Boortz

It never ceases to amaze

It never ceases to amaze me that anyone of color that doesn't toe their lieberal line, and thinks for themselves and rises to a position of authority, is always called a token.  Does it not occur to the lib/dems' pointy heads that most people are capable of thinking and doing for themselves, no matter race, ethnic background etc.? 

Facts are like kryptonite to the liberal.

Uncle Tom

Steele must be an Uncle Tom in Libtard's eyes.

Where's Wolffe's Tongue?

Seems to me that every time Liberals open their mouths against Conservatives they de-legitimize the spoken language. It's like Godzilla crying victim. Anybody here an expert on language? What kind of lie is it when your foe uses your legitimate argument against them against you? Doesn't that fall somewhere between toddlerhood and puberty?  Is Wolffe a gym geek trying to impress the resident jock? Does he also hide his kiwis when he stands in front of the full-length mirror and pretends to be Katie Couric? These people talk big, but they would be cowards at my table. I just keep thinking that the only way you can spew nonsense like this is by keeping your tongue firmly planted in your cheek so as to avoid the awful taste of it.

 

The Most High rules in the kingdom of men, giving it to whomever He will, and setting over it the lowest of men

Ground control to Major Dufus

I'm not a Republican, but if I was a black man and had to choose the party responsible for slavery and segregation and the Republicans, guess which one I would pick.  You can put the Republican Martin Luther King into the category of token as well, if you were racist scumbags like the Democrats.

That's just democrats

That's just democrats showing their true colors, so to speak.

Welcome to my world!

And if white people cannot understand black people's plight, according to idiot liberals, then having a white idiot liberal saying something about racism is invalid.  I always hated my friends saying it's a black thing and whitey doesn't get it.  Well moron maybe you should quit complaining and show them what exactly they don't get.  I was not popular for that view to say the least.

 

When the people fear the government it's called tyranny, when the government fears the people it's called liberty!

come on people... do you

come on people...

do you really think that steele being the first black RNC chairman right after obama won the election had nothing to do with race? thats about as silly as saying obama didn't choose sotomayor because of race on some level

We deal with facts and data

We deal with facts and data here on NB. Something you have yet to learn at Indiana University. If you have evidence to back your statements up, please present it. Otherwise, put a sock in it and learn from your elders.

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"mmm, mmm, mm. Barrack-Hussain-Øbama↓." - The liberals coolaid drinking song

I Do!

It took many ballots [I believe around thirty!] before Steele finally won! He had to earn that election, it wasn't handed to him by the media like another black man I know about!

If you have proof of

If you have proof of otherwise please inform us about it.  Otherwise your comments are nothing more than speculative at best.  

 

When the people fear the government it's called tyranny, when the government fears the people it's called liberty!

Don't they...

Sup guys (and gals), I'm new. *Gives everyone a handshake *

Don't they ever get tired of playing the racist card without any evidence? (Other than, "I'm a Liberal and I say so")

"The only cure for stupidity is death" - Raven, Tales of Vesperia

Welcome!!

And regarding the Left's continual ''Racist Card'' -

Wolffe: RNC Chair Steele 'Token' African-American Put in Charge to Hide Party's Racism

Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!!!!!!!!!
(Whilst rolling on the proverbial floor.)
(Whoops!! There went my Arse!!)

   The democrats chose an

   The democrats chose an unqualified man for president based solely on race, nothing else.  A man whose 'compelling' life story is a story of a man raised by whites and helped up the ladder of success not because of his hard work and accomplishments but because of his skin color and possessing the 'correct' political philosophy.  Obama is a man of privilege and he acts like one.

Why not just lynch him?

Obermann and Wolffe are going to invite Steele on for a face-to-face discussion, right? No credible newsman would ever hurl such a charge without facts and evidence backing it up; and to provide the accused a chance to challenge the lies.

I'm really suprised Wolffe didn't simply show up with a noose.

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"mmm, mmm, mm. Barrack-Hussain-Øbama↓." - The liberals coolaid drinking song

You Said

You said the magic words - "No credible newsman!"

The only credibility these two twinks have is their incredibility!

Ahhh...

I was wondering why the Republican National Committee chose Steele as it's leader o' those many months ago. Finally! Thanks to Progressives Olbermann and Wolfe, we now know the reason. I assume both Olbermann and Wolfe voted for someone else but were given this official explanation by the committee upon their complaints- 'cause, how else could they know this information to be factual?

Well we have token

Well we have token president, not BHO, but BGO

Talk about racist,

Talk about racist, apparantly these two don't believe an African American can accomplish anything based on merit. 

This is the liberal philosophy that keeps racism alive and African Americans down in this country.

Racism?

Is this not racism? As Janine Garofalo so eloquently put it "straight up"? It was a subtle way of calling Michael Steele "Uncle Tom".

Negro vs. Negro

The GOP isn't nearly as racist as is the Democrat party. The Republicans picked Steele to supposedly counteract Obama's race factor with their own Negro. It was an obvious and stupid ploy that has rightly garnered them derision. Steele is a fool and in his position STRICTLY because he is black. Precisely as is Obama.  How about a genius for President that happens to be black? Dr. Thomas Sowell is one of the smartes men on the Planet, but because of that isn't considered "black enough". Sowell could fix this effed up economy in about 6 months but is unacceptable. WAY too conservative, intelligent and with too much integrity. He would make the politicians look exactly as they are, moronic, hatefull, racist and crooked as a dogs hind leg. SOWELL FOR PRESIDENT NOW!!

Liberal tolerance on

Liberal tolerance on parade.

The Rocky Mountain Collegian: Illustrating Idiocy

get it right

Let me get this straight....

If you DON'T hire a black person for a job, you're a racist, and if you DO hire a black person for a job, you're covering UP your racism?  So any way you look at it, we're all racists?

 

ok...now it makes perfect sense.

 

Rowdy...Check today's

Rowdy...Check today's Dilbert, and it will all become clear to you.

http://www.dilbert.c...

No citizen's right to life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, or property is safe as long as Obama is President of the United States.

dilbert

thanks..  I read the cartoon this morning in my local paper, but didn't even think about it relating to this article.

 btw: I love your signature line... it's sad, but true

 

Let's Get It Over With

Let's admit those on the right are all racists, and so there, lefties, the word doesn't hurt us anymore. Just like the left has no morals, so hypocrisy means nothing to them, we should all admit we are racists so calling us that means nothing anymore.

Just parsing his

Just parsing his introduction, "...an MSNBC regular...":

"...MSNBC regular..." means liberal half-wit who was unemployable in any other capacity.

"...former Newsweek columnist..." means even that cat litter pan liner found his rantings to be inexcusable.

What a set of credentials.  The only thing missing was a history of his antipsychotic prescriptions.

couple

Isnt this guy Wolfe the wife of the other guy named Rachel on PMSNBC?????

No.

Jonathan Capehart.

Are you saying

that Rachel is NOT gay??? I'da never guessed. ;)

"If the man, with the power, can't keep it under control...some heads are gonna roll." -Judas Priest

He's Doing the Wrong Job

Steele's problem is that he thinks he is a talking head. If this article had not named the previous chairman, how many of us could have named him? Steele should be organizing and building the party, finding candidates for Republican primaries and coming up with a strategy for winning back the Congress. Instead he is running from one interview to another. That's not his job. It's also not his job to come up with a platform or any party legislative initiatives.

What's the problem?

MSNBC put a sportscaster on as a political expert to show they have a sense of humor.

At some point, black Americans are going to have their moment...

...of clarity, and they are going to finally realize who it is that has truly enslaved and impoverished them by purposely destroying the black family in America.

It may take another generation, or it could happen tomorrow afternoon, but happen it will.

When that day comes, I am going to be soooooooooooo glad I am not a candy-ass, lily-white racist liberal like Richard Wolffe.

-Dave

Re Black Moment

I'm waiting for black America to rebel against all the white limousine liberals that claim to speak for them. It's a soft racism, suggesting that the liberals don't think that blacks can speak for themselves so they have to help them out.

The liberals can rail against men that speak their opinions on abortion, or anyone recommending military action that has never served, etc, but see nothing wrong with their claim to represent blacks.