Liberal blogger Steve Gilliard passed away in 2007, but his most infamous contribution to the blogosphere lives on as leftist bloggers continue to lodge racists attacks at Michael Steele, the first African-American chairman of the Republican National Committee.
Gilliard's 2005 photoshop depicting then-Lt. Gov. Steele as a minstrel was re-syndicated by the leftist blog perceptionmanagers.org on January 31 (see screencap taken Feb. 10 at right).
The text of the blog post reads:
Apparently the Black community in Maryland (and the rest of Black America) doesn't like Michael "Oreo's fell like Locusts" Steele very much.
So the RNC would prefer to be known as the party of "Uncle Tom" instead of the Party of Racists. Way to broaden the base guys! Good luck with that in 2012.
Under criticism for his depiction of Steele, Gilliard himself removed the offending photoshop from his October 26, 2005 blog post, replacing it with an unoffensive photoshop featuring an unaltered photo of Steele and U.S. currency. The offensive caption -- I's Simple Sambo and I's running for the Big House -- remains.
To be fair, the Blogger.com-templated Perception Managers site seems to be a very low-trafficked one -- judging by the spate of recent blog posts with zero comments -- and I'm certain most liberal bloggers would castigate the blog for its racist depiction and description of Mr. Steele particularly and black Republicans generally.
That being said, it's racist rhetoric of this nature is worthy of notice and repudiation from liberal and conservative bloggers alike.
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Not being of the black
February 10, 2009 - 11:12 ET by HelenSNot being of the black persuasion, I have no idea how their possibly complicated culture or society works but it seems confining and atrophying (is that even a word?) to define each person of that group within a tiny and confining definition so that any deviation therefrom proves betrayal or racism.
Are we to understand from this, then, that blacks cannot have their own brains/ideas/positions? That to act as and think as an individual is a betrayal of the race?
I find that very hard to believe and yet the raucous chorus keeps up that very chant.
Or maybe it is the white liberal bloc who is uncomfortable with them forgetting their place?
Either way, it is shameful that because of one's appearance, they are expected to act or think a certain way. Has the technology of science really advanced to such a state that we actually have an entire ethnic group of pre-programmed robots? (In the lib's minds, at least).
Me - "The libs/dems of today are the Quislings of former years - the cowards who would vote a fraud into office in exchange for handouts from the devil."
→ Yes, Helen
February 10, 2009 - 11:16 ET by Cool ArrowAre we to understand from this, then, that blacks cannot have their own
brains/ideas/positions? That to act as and think as an individual is a
betrayal of the race?
How else would a chessmaster treat a pawn?
Helen---robots--pre-programmed!
February 10, 2009 - 11:19 ET by misterbill"Has the technology of science really advanced to such a state that we actually have an entire ethnic group of pre-programmed robots? "
Helen, Not an exact match to your question, but a telling article about the mindset of our younger folks.
http://townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2009/02/10/de-programming_students
Yikes!
February 10, 2009 - 11:43 ET by HelenSTruley disturbing and hopefully salvagable! I have forwarded this link to friends and am going to print out a copy for myself. Good stuff.
Me - "The libs/dems of today are the Quislings of former years - the cowards who would vote a fraud into office in exchange for handouts from the devil."
It's easy
February 10, 2009 - 16:04 ET by thebutlerdiditCondaleeza Rice-House Negro
Colin Powell-House Negro(removed from that list, now, I am sure, since supporting O.
Michael Steele-Whitey Wannabe
Alan Keyes-Whitey Wannabe
Barack Obama-My President is a mother f'in nigga(1-20-09-Young Jeezy)
It's all in the way you vote. Dissent not welcome.
All a Democrat needs is the upper-story window of public attention and the chamber pot of rhetoric. How else to explain the rise of Joe Biden? P.J. O' Rourke
I don't see how anyone
February 10, 2009 - 11:11 ET by nwahsI don't see how its acceptable for anyone to make such a racist attack on someone because of a political disagreement.
That's outrageous, and the blogger is evidently racist AND unstable.
Amazing, isn't it?
February 10, 2009 - 11:16 ET by mizflame98So the RNC would prefer to be known as the party of "Uncle Tom" instead of the Party of Racists. Way to broaden the base guys! Good luck with that in 2012.
When I see things like that I am gobsmacked that any black person would even contemplate being a liberal. When Obama became the first black president it was cause for celebration. But when Steel becomes the first black chair for the RNC it's cause for ridicule and racial ephitets? And to think, I'm considered a sellout/Aunt Jemimah because I see through the rhetoric of the liberals and find the blatant racism they're not really trying hard to hide.
Amazing!!!
"Not to be a republican at twenty is proof of want of heart; to be one at thirty is proof of want of head." - Francois Guisot
I don't get it either
February 10, 2009 - 11:49 ET by MichelleCI don't understand this line of reasoning either mizflame! Shouldn't Michael Steele be celebrated as well? Oh, that's right, he's a dumb Republican and has just lost his way. Of course, the people who criticize and call us racist and Mr. Steele a sell-out were never taught the true history of the parties so they probably don't have a clue that it was Democrats who were huge racists during the civil rights era.
Get the shovels because the hypocrisy is going to get even thicker.
Republicans believe every day is the 4th of July. Democrats believe every day is April 15th ~ Ronald Reagan
A little extra hypocrisy.
February 10, 2009 - 12:27 ET by mizflame98Excerpt from Wikipedia:
The Uncle Tom, or African American who is too eager to please white people (in the character of Uncle Tom). Stowe intended Tom to be a "noble hero." The stereotype of him as a "subservient fool who bows down to the white man" evidently resulted from staged "Tom Shows," over which Stowe had no control.
Makes you wonder how many liberals actually read the book instead of falling for the stereotype perpetuated by the early Tom Shows, eh?
"Not to be a republican at twenty is proof of want of heart; to be one at thirty is proof of want of head." - Francois Guisot
Well you have to understand
February 10, 2009 - 16:26 ET by motherbeltWell you have to understand that Republicans only appoint or elect blacks to positions of respect and authority in order to hide the fact that they hate blacks!
It's all a ruse....get it now?
I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows. -Bart Simpson
→ I've got an idea
February 10, 2009 - 16:32 ET by Cool ArrowLet's just be happy to have Mr. Steele leading our conservative agenda because he thinks like us.
Let the Democrats play the race card they've played so often.
I like to think Mr. Steele gets tired of having that disclaimer attached to his position. George Stephanopolous' introductions don't include "White Democrat Strategist"
Not to mention
February 11, 2009 - 16:02 ET by IguanarwhalNot to mention the Republican party was formed in 1854 by opponents of slavery. So the history is actually on Republicans' side from the birth of our party.
Didn't this jack ass pass
February 10, 2009 - 11:50 ET by marpelDidn't this jack ass pass away? Good... One less to worry about.
I'm an Aunt Jemima
February 10, 2009 - 11:51 ET by ksimm81I vacated the liberal plantation long ago because of this foolishness right here.
Democrats have some nerve calling Republicans racist when they still believe that blacks should subscribe to 'groupthink' and that we should all vote Democratic and we should all live on the government's teat.
→ ksimm
February 10, 2009 - 12:02 ET by Cool ArrowI guess white people take for granted that they have the freedom to choose their political views.
Worst I get called for my conservatism is "heartless".
But Lowell's "Stanzas on Freedom" carries the concept to its fruition with one final line. A truly beautiful poem.
Uncle Sam's Plantation
February 10, 2009 - 17:09 ET by Sergeant ROCKYou mean, Uncle Sam's Plantation. I saw Star on Glen Beck this week. She's hardcore.
Uncle Sam's Plantation
By Star Parker
America has two economic systems: capitalism for the rich, and
socialism for the poor. This double–minded approach seems to keep the
poor enslaved to poverty while the rich get richer. Let’s face it,
despite its $400 billion price tag, welfare isn’t working.
The solution, asserts Star Parker, president and founder of the
Coalition on Urban Renewal & Education (CURE),is a faith-based, not
state-sponsored, plan. In "Uncle Sam’s Plantation," she offers five
simple yet profound steps that will allow the nation’s poor to go from
entitlement and slavery to empowerment and freedom.
Parker shares her own amazing journey up from the lower rungs
of the economic system and addresses the importance of extending the
free market system to this neglected group of people. Emphasizing
personal initiative, faith, and responsibility, she walks readers
toward releasing the hold poverty has over their lives.
"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
George Mason
Bolton/KEYES 2012
Great article by Frances
February 10, 2009 - 12:12 ET by SeftonGreat article by Frances Rice, Chairman of the National Black Republicans Assc. -
http://www.nationalb...
Liberal tolerance on
February 10, 2009 - 13:01 ET by wiwfLiberal tolerance on parade.
The Rocky Mountain Collegian: Illustrating Idiocy
The Democratic Party is the
February 10, 2009 - 13:17 ET by Scuba DudeThe Democratic Party is the Party of Hate, pure and simple. If you don't toe the party line and spew their ideology you will be attacked and vilified.
I have never seen such a bunch of myopic and vile people.
Party of Hate
February 10, 2009 - 17:05 ET by Sergeant ROCKYou got that right.
"I ask, Sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
George Mason
Bolton/KEYES 2012
Michael Steele is truly an
February 10, 2009 - 13:59 ET by HockeyKidMichael Steele is truly an accomplished individual. Barack Obama, on the other hand, is America's first Affirmative Action president.
Note once again that it is the LEFT who define everything according to race. Steele is Uncle Tom, while Obama is Hero to Blacks and Friends of Blacks Everywhere. Why? Because if lefties allow themselves to actually consider intellect, issues, and achievement, they have to admit how inferior they are on every count. Can't have that, so out come the Oreo "jokes". They are mentally ill, every one of them.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
unbelievable
February 10, 2009 - 14:31 ET by baseballmavenBaseballmaven
I don't know why I am always surprised when the left sinks to racial politics. To listen to them, the only "real" black person is a Democrat--any black person who chooses to be a Republican is de facto a 'sell out' and an 'uncle Tom.'
No wonder that, in middle and high schools across this land, and very strongly here in California, young African-American students--especially young men--are given the message that success = NOT being good in school.
I have watched black students in my district who were in honors classes up 'til 8th grade, suddenly turning away from education as their peers begin to name call--branding them as "oreos" and "uncle tom's" and more. If a young black man in an urban public high school in Los Angeles is an honor student, he will be verbally tortured by his peers in the same racial group. If he has friends that cross racial lines, he will be verbally tortured--or worse.
If he excels at sports, he might get a pass, but likely not, unless he excels at sports and NOT in school. If he is a hip hop/rap musician, fathers children out of wedlock, joins a gang, etc, then he's deemed an "authentic" black man--what kind of weird double speak is this?
Well, now I understand--because those who demonize Michael Steele for participating in a party outside the self-created stereotype of what is embraced by the majority of African Americans (Dems) are no different from the high school bullies who go after African American students who do not follow the self-created stereotypes and choose to be successful students.
→ Acting white
February 10, 2009 - 14:44 ET by Cool ArrowIt's called "acting white"
Of course that begs the question: What is "acting black"?
Unfortunately Cool
February 11, 2009 - 09:23 ET by HeavyChevywe all know the answer to that one. We have become our own worst enemy.
baseballmaven, if you're
February 10, 2009 - 15:30 ET by danebramagebaseballmaven, if you're anything like me, you often go back and forth in your mind trying to decide whether liberals are willfully evil or just stupid. Incidents like this can leave little doubt about which of the two it is, at least among the True Believers.
If anyone is confused, please watch the Obama
February 10, 2009 - 16:12 ET by thebutlerdiditparty in Florida today. It was all victim, all the time show. What will you do for me? What will the government give me? I wanted to absolutely barf. I'll bet the woman wanting the house/car today will get it. Rush said Oprah would probably have her on, showcase her story (pity party) and then shower her with gifts. Looks good for Oprah, and Obama. Win-win.
All a Democrat needs is the upper-story window of public attention and the chamber pot of rhetoric. How else to explain the rise of Joe Biden? P.J. O' Rourke
Rush said that Obama told
February 10, 2009 - 16:20 ET by motherbeltRush said that Obama told her to see his staff. Wouldn't you love to know what he promised her?
Gone are the days when there was only one "pony tail" guy.
In other words, (for anyone old enough to remember) it's the "Queen For a Day" Presidency.
I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows. -Bart Simpson
→ Just a question
February 10, 2009 - 16:25 ET by Cool ArrowDid Obama say "see my staff" or did he say "see my stimulus package"?
Not sure there's a difference.
motherbelt, I live here
February 11, 2009 - 07:39 ET by msh1973motherbelt,
I live here in Fort Myers, Rep. Thompson (State Rep) is letting her stay in his wife's home out in the country. It has been all over the media here in Lee County. The other guy is getting job offers from tv and radio stations.
It is pathetic, they worship
February 11, 2009 - 07:35 ET by msh1973It is pathetic, they worship him like a god. The only place Obama can go is down. Something has gone terribly wrong in our Country, no more personal responsiblity.
IF you really believe this.
February 10, 2009 - 16:12 ET byIF you really believe this. It goes a loooong way towards explaining the current doghouse of republicanism.
"and I'm certain most liberal bloggers would castigate the blog for its racist depiction and description of Mr. Steele particularly and black Republicans generally. "
You don't even know what kind of fight you're in. Way to keep bringin' a knife to a gunfight.
Dude, they hate you. They hate you with every fiber of their being because you still hold up "the Name". Sure , most of our religion has been watered down past the point that an Apostle would find RECOGNIZABLE, but liberals don't know that. You still in some small, undefined way, represent a bump in the road to their slide towards Sodom. The thing, the demonic spirit that animates them and co-ordinates their efforts with godless liberals around the globe, resents it. That is why they hate you. The fact that one calls themselves a "Christian", represents WAR to them because ultimately that is who they war against, "Christ". That is why they only champion "christians" who DON'T REALLY MEAN IT. Sort of like why they like McCain, he's not REALLY a Republican! Bill Clinton carries the bible, NO PROBLEMA, George Bush, certainly no bible scholar, MENTIONS Jesus, and the SKY IS FALLING. Why? Because in his own limited way, Bush means it and they know that Clinton doesn't.
You are in the fight against good and evil. You are fighting people with NO MORALs and NO LIMITS. If you think otherwise, answer this..When the racist cartoon first ran, how come not one democrat LEADER denounced it? Oh, sure, some pundits did, like Bob Beckel, but what about Pelosi?What about Reid? Schumer, who's intrusions into Steele's personal life WENT ALMOST UNRECORDED, did he denounce? I think not.
They hate you. Wake up dude.
"You cannot defeat an enemy unless you know who they are and what they are willing to do in their pursuit, of your demise."...."KDiggity".
As I have said before
February 10, 2009 - 16:22 ET by well99Democrats are allowed to be racist.It is ok for them to make racial slurs.They are the party of the KKK,Jim Crow laws, and segregation.It was Dems who fought to keep intergration in schools from happening.They have a long history of opposing civil rights yet if someone who happens to be black believes in the republican view he is a Uncle Tom.If you look at all the racial slurs against people like Condi Rice,Colon Powell, or Mike Steele.It is coming from the left.That is ok they are Dems.They get a free pass.This really ticks me off.I have alot of respect for Mike Steele.These sewer slurpers crawl out their cess pool to spew their poison and get away with it.
Just Proves
February 10, 2009 - 16:24 ET by Ozark_SunshineJust proves how racist the left really are. These cowards attack anyone who disagrees with them and the first thing out of their mouth is "You're a racist" even if race has nothing to do with it. At least Archie Bunker let you know where he stood, but those on the left are so hypocritical that they are moron and liars. Let this morons postings, etc. die with him and good riddance to the end of bad rubbish. Now if only the lying HuffPo Ho would die, also. Isn't is about time the old hag kicked the bucket and left the world a better place?
Steele using bussed campaign workers from Philly.
February 10, 2009 - 16:31 ET by OddJobFor some background...
The Capital Times of Madison, WI reported:
When Michael Steele ran for Maryland’s open
U.S. Senate in 2006, his backers hired 300 mostly poor
African-Americans from Philadelphia — most if not all of them
unemployed, many of them homeless — fed them doughnuts and then packed
the crew onto Trailways buses for an Election Day trip that would make
a bit of political history.
The buses, which were draped in banners for Steele and Maryland
Gov. Robert Ehrlich, headed across the state line into Maryland, where
the day laborers were dispatched to predominantly African-American
neighborhoods of the city of Baltimore and populous Prince George’s
County.
They spent Election Day handing out glossy fliers headlined
“Democratic Sample Ballot” or “Official Voter Guide.” The fliers
employed the phrase “Ehrlich-Steele Democrats.” And they featured
images of prominent African-Americans, such as former Democratic
congressman and NAACP leader Kweisi Mfume, above the words: “These are
our choices.”
The implication that Mfume and other popular Democrats in the state were backing Steele and Ehrlich was hard to miss.
But Mfume wasn’t backing the “Ehrlich-Steele Democrats” ticket.
Steele and Ehrlich weren’t running as Democrats.
Both men were Republicans. And, despite what the group
Progressive Maryland described as a campaign of “Lies, Dirty Tricks,
and Fraudulent Fliers Designed to Deceive African-American Voters,”
they both lost.
Now, however, one of them, Steele, is the new chairman of the Republican National Committee.
The former lieutenant governor of Maryland, who has long been a
favorite Republican commentator on Fox News and other conservative
programs, won the backing of committee members who gathered in
Washington Friday after promising to renew the sagging Grand Old Party.
Steele, an arguably able political player who has for many years
been one of the GOP’s highest-profile African-American leaders, pitched
himself for the chairmanship by suggesting that he could put a positive
face on a party that has seemed in recent years to be more interested
in circling the conservative wagons than in attracting new voters.
Steele promises to engage in “outreach.”
But what will the outreach look like?
What sort of politics will Steele practice as RNC chair?
If past is prologue, this 2006 article from the Washington Post may prove instructive.
As Post writers Matthew Mosk and Avis Thomas-Lester noted:
“Republican leaders have defended the Election Day episode as an
accepted element of bare-knuckle politics. But for many voters, it
shattered in one day the nice-guy images Ehrlich and Steele had
cultivated for years.”
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley was blunter: “I think it’s pretty
low that Ehrlich and Steele would print up a fake ballot and bus in
unemployed people and exploit them. It doesn’t get much lower than
that.”
Yeah, he's a peach!
Instead of a job, Steele gave them some work for a day.
Please do not get rid of Steele, he's a wonderful representation of the GOP.
Odd Job
Odd... Oh puhleeze...you
February 10, 2009 - 16:39 ET by bigtimerOdd...
Oh puhleeze...you have me cracking up laughing here.
I thank you for that though.
Wow, even if true, is this something new with politicians...especially your side of the aisle, since I don't know when...all the while ACORN is nothing to you I bet.
Btw...when they have the so-called massive rallies against this or that that are going to march, how do you think thousands of people get there...on their own?
LMAO!
"Even if it were true"?!?
February 10, 2009 - 17:27 ET by OddJobBigT,
The key to the victory was to have them registered to vote and have them vote often.
Steele wasn't too bright. He fed them to hand out pamphlets. You've got to feed them after they vote. Phew, good thing he's on your side.
Besides squirrel food, what's "Acorn"? ;-)
As for the rallies...well...Obama knows how to organize a community!!!
I'm laughing, too!
Odd Job
True racists on the left
February 11, 2009 - 07:41 ET by Blogger Guy00001The only remaining true racists in this country are on the left. They showed their bias and hatred for Condi Rice and Clarence Thomas, now they have turned their bitter anger toward Steele.
The left hates any Black who thinks like a normal person, and who rejects the victimhood status that the left is eager to give them.