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Steele: I'll Woo Blacks To GOP With "Fried Chicken And Potato Salad"

Bil Browning [ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bil-browning ]
Posted: July 14, 2009 12:28 PM

The Young Republicans convention was held in Indianapolis last weekend and their election of a racist, middle-aged woman as President [ http://indiana.bilerico.com/2009/07/young_republicans_elect_racist_middle-ag.php ] isn't the only controversial item to come out of the GOP gathering.

Local Republican blog Hoosier Access [ http://hoosieraccess.com/blog/2009/07/13/more-from-michael-steele-meeting-with-bloggers/ ] was able to get RNC Chairman Michael Steele to sit down with a group of bloggers and they taped the conversation. The old gaffe-o-matic (or as I like to call him, the Republican Joe Biden!) answers a question from a gay person of color [ http://www.milehive.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=585&Itemid=232 ] in this clip about the GOP's diversity outreach.

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Yes, that's right. To lure African-Americans into the GOP, Steele is offering "fried chicken and potato salad." Since he mentions Republicans should also be reaching out to the LGBT community, I wonder what stereotype he's going to offer us? Buttplugs and Birkenstocks?

(Crossposted at Bilerico Project [ http://www.bilerico.com/2009/07/steele_gop_woos_blacks_with_fried_chicken_and_pota.php ])

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