Did The GOP Vote In An African American As Its Leader In The Hopes Of Gaining A Conservative Obama?
Thursday, February 5, 2009Posted in: American Politics
Warning, political post ahead, so those who have no interest in the political landscape, may want to look away now.
Is it mere coincidence that after a black Democrat gets into office, the Republican party votes a black man in as its leader?
I think not. I don’t believe in happy coincidences I’m afraid.
Although, to be fair, Michael Steel at least seems to understand that in order to move the party forward, they’ll have to reach out to the groups that the GOP have traditionally snubbed.
Not like that candidate who had to resign from a whites-only club, so that he could run in the first place. Oh the irony.
I guess the proof will be in the pudding, if the party ends up electing the anti-choice, anti-gays, gun-toting, moose-hunting, Sarah Palin, as their nominee to run for President the next time around. If this happens, then nothing will have changed.
I am surely hoping they do elect her though, because then Obama will definitely be a shoe-in for a second term.
It sure does seem that black is the new black, doesn’t it? *g*
Emmy
February 5
10:45 am
That would suggest that Steele’s election was predetermined, in which case there wouldn’t have been 6 contentious rounds of voting because nobody could come together and decide who was more popular in the crowd. The vote was 91-77, which was hardly a landslide, and was mostly helped by Duncan, who gave up after the third round and threw his support behind Steele.
There are still no black Republicans in the Senate, and only one black Democrat. That hardly signifies a rush to put a token negro at the head of every government office and committee.
Louise van Hine
February 6
1:50 am
I don’t think it was predetermined, I think it was CONVENIENT, i.e. there were enough votes to make him viable due to the Obama effect. However, Steele has been in the picture for a couple of years now as an up-and-coming
tokennational figure in the GOP, and his fortunes have looked brighter and brighter as Obama became more and more central to the campaign for the Democrats.Teddypig
February 6
3:39 am
I loved when the CNN guy pointed out he was like one of the few black men in the whole damn room then he turned to the republican commentator and said “I bet all that diversity makes you feel good.”.
Lorraine
February 6
4:24 am
I thought the same thing when I heard Mr. Steel was going to head the Republican party. It does seem disingenous. But I’ve never understood how certain groups of people vote Republican. For example, the Log Cabin gays. Why would they vote Republican when the majority of Republicans are against gay marriage? Kind of seems like shooting yourself in the foot.
Jaq
February 6
1:24 pm
Ditto. After the dodgy arithmetic of Sarah Palin = Hilary Clinton fiasco, the first thing I thought was the GOP was going for an equally dodgy Steel=Obama solution.
Teddypig
February 6
2:28 pm
Oh, it is much worse than that. How can Gay people contribute to a political party that out right ignored and sometimes fought to contribute to the suffering and death caused by AIDS to the point that Reagan would only say the word AIDS after so many people were already dead???
I remember republican Trent Lot trying to pass a law that not only kicked HIV+ people out of the military but also took away their health benefits. Because tax payers should not have to pay for the treatment or death of a people he saw as less than human. And what is even worse… this bill was actually debated on the floor.
I don’t blame Reagan or the republicans for AIDS, but much like Katrina, I blame them for either doing nothing or actively removing any financial support to those people that are hurt and dying because they don’t want to be seen as supporting those people.
anoni
February 7
2:20 am
interesting post!