Steele Agrees Obama "Is The Magic Negro"

While hosting Bill Bennett's radio show Friday morning, Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele appeared to agree with a caller that President Obama is "the magic Negro."

CALLER: It's just like the LA Times said last year, or two years ago -- he is the magic Negro.

STEELE: Yeah he is -- [laughter]. You read that too, huh?

CALLER: Oh yeah. I read that too. And even when things go wrong, he still manages to come out smelling like a rose.

STEELE: Well, yeah. And it's because he's getting unprecedented coverage -- cover -- by the media.

Steele's amused reaction is somewhat surprising. When former RNC chairman Chip Saltsman released a CD including a parody song "Barack The Magic Negro" in January -- inspired by the same LA Times article -- Steele said it "doesn't help at all ... it reinforces a negative stereotype of the party." Saltsman withdrew from the race to remain chairman in the wake of the scandal.

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Comments

[BkDude4]

I don't see why any one should be surprised this is why he was elected in the first place

[outragedkar]

That would be Steele being elected as RNC chair, right?

[Synnerman]

Steele is generally pathetic...this is worse. The cognitive dissonance it causes to see him to play racist patty-cake on a national stage makes me nauseous.

[lagumbo]

I thought Steele had some brains left, but I guess his hate and anger of PRESIDENT OBAMA, HAS DISSOLVE ALL BRAIN CELLS. When the GOP is finished using him he will be crawling on his hands and knees to be admitted back into the African American race. They will throw him under the bus.

[SJBrown]

Michael Steele will always be African American. His politics have always been Republican. He's free to be ignorant and that ain't a race or political thing.

[gerireig]

Alan Keyes, anyone?

[Felicty]

You can almost taste their desperation...

[AliceWonderland]

And smell the crap in their polyester pants.

[sepia830]

Just when I was about to credit Tyler Perry with singlehandedly bringing back coonery, Michael Steele was nominated RNC Chairman. Go figure.

[Deja Peterson]

and this is the guy that the republicans put in charge? LOL.

[Russn3]

Just when you think they can't sink any lower, they do! Are they drilling for oil???

[twisted-european]

The RBI (Rush Brain Implant) seems to work flawlessly now. No need to keep crawling back to "Il Duce" any more. ;-)

[GoogleMaster]

You have to admit. Mr Steele makes sense.
Maybe not to us humans but I'm sure there's a hyper-dimension out there somewhere where he indeed truly does, make sense. Way to go Mike. Keep those gutter balls coming!

[ericmiami]

Used and abused. Poor Michael.

[stell]

He's right. There's nothing extraordinary about him. Both blacks AND whites voted for him because he is black. He is a novelty. That's all he has going for him. That and the fact that he has straight, white teeth. He's nothing but a showcase, and that won't be enough to win over the non-white masses. Aside from a couple of refinements, his foreign policy is no different from Bush's. Look at the evidence; thousands of additional troops to Afghanistan, for example.

[Passenger57]

No one votes for the President because he's a "novelty"...we vote for the best guy for the job-assuming the vote is fairly counted, unlike in '00 and '04.It's you haters that ascribe magic powers and ''The One'' to Obama.
Your example of Afghanistan is the complete opposite of Bush's policy...either you are puropsely lying through your keys or you are totally brainwashed by your hate of P.Obama.
Which is it?

[stell]

So he isn't adding tens of thousands of troops to Afghanistan?

[NetworkGuy]

Yep, all that fawning media coverage. Not like shrub got to enjoy anything at all like that.

[AngusC]

Wow.

[ImJustSaying007]

I concur

[blukittie]

i guess you have to say such a stupifity statement in order to join the all white males party, or you wouldn't fit in?

[KillBillV2]

The republicans are using him to spew their r acist views because they think "Oh boy oh boy we can use this token to push out our views and we can get away with being the r acists that we are!"

[BlueZoo]

That is exactly what I don't get re Steele! He knows he is a "token" and wasn't really wanted as the head of the RNC. They had to have umpteen ballots before he was even chosen! With that in mind, why play to the majority white GOP and forget the fact that not only do you have dark skin but you represent your race? He could have used his race to appeal to those who feel they have been disenfranchised by the GOP but, instead, he chooses to become a black clown in a predominantly white party. WHY????

[ChristianEcon.com]

Exactly.