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I told Howard Dean and now I'm telling Michael Steele

Submitted by Prometheus 6 on February 10, 2006 - 5:16pm.
...who should know better than to jack around with people's symbols.

That's the problem with being a Black Republican...you have to deny so much you lose track of lessons legitimately learned.

Open mouth, insert footSteele Apologizes for Holocaust Remarks
Compared Stem Cell Research to Nazi Medical Experiments
By Matthew Mosk, John Wagner and Ann E. Marimow
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, February 10, 2006; 11:30 AM

Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele apologized this morning for telling a Baltimore Jewish group yesterday that he believes stem cell research could be comparable to Nazi medical testing on Jews during World War II.

"I'm just sorry for having said it, for it having come out the way it did," Steele (R) said on WBAL radio. "I made an inappropriate inference, and I apologize for that."

It's too early to know how much Steele's remarks will damage his bid for the U.S. Senate. One of his potential Democratic rivals, U.S. Rep. Benjamin Cardin, is planning a news conference today to decry Steele's comments. Cardin's wife was at the event held by the Baltimore Jewish Council.

Steele also mailed a letter of apology to that group's executive director, Arthur C. Abramson.

In his remarks yesterday to about 35 Jewish leaders and other guests, Steele said, "Look, you, of all folks, know what happens when people decide they want to experiment on human beings, when they want to take your life and use it as a tool."

Last night his office released a statement saying: "When I was asked the question about stem cell research, I had just finished speaking at length about my first trip to Israel and the powerful memories I had of my visit to the Holocaust museum there. Those memories have had a lasting impression on me, but in no way did I intend to equate the two or trivialize the pain and suffering of more than 6 million Jews."

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Did he apologize about the
Submitted by GDAWG on February 10, 2006 - 5:21pm.
Did he apologize about the Oreo cookie lie?
Steele is tap-dancing, but
Submitted by Cobb on February 10, 2006 - 7:59pm.
Steele is tap-dancing, but he'll weather the storm.
It is sad that someone who
Submitted by ptcruiser on February 10, 2006 - 8:54pm.
It is sad that someone who has allegedly received a college education would compare stem cell research to hideous medical experiments on human beings. I guess the blow-up over this means that when Steele goes before a group of black evangelical Christians he won't liken stem cell research to the infamous Tuskegee syphilis experiment. I find it difficult to believe that anybody who has ever taken a high school biology class actually thinks that stem cells are human beings. I know that they do but I find it hard to believe that they really do think that way.
"Steele is tap-dancing, but
Submitted by Ourstorian on February 11, 2006 - 1:03pm.
"Steele is tap-dancing, but he'll weather the storm"

More like buck dancing.
Steele has already adopted
Submitted by ptcruiser on February 11, 2006 - 1:39pm.
Steele has already adopted the majority's mindset., that is, teling people what their own experiences mean to them. One would think he would have acquired the good manners and necessary grace not to do so but he hasn't. He'll weather the storm because the support of this Jewish organization iand its members turns on how willing Steele will be as a candidate and a senator to toe the line on Israel. As long as he understands that Jews will not relinquish their right to interpret their experiences as they see fit ,he will be okay.  He will accept this condition easily because he is easily trained and he wants to be elected. If black people demanded the same he would go crazy opposing them.
"He will accept this
Submitted by Ourstorian on February 11, 2006 - 1:52pm.
"He will accept this condition easily because he is easily trained and he wants to be elected. If black people demanded the same he would go crazy opposing them."

So true, so true.

But here's the rub... Like Ken Blackwell, he can spend spend all his time butt kissing and genuflecting, but when white folks go behind the curtain to vote they will press the ABB (Anybody But Blackie) button.
The direct role that
Submitted by ptcruiser on February 11, 2006 - 2:01pm.
The direct role that Blackwell played in making it difficult, if not impossible, for black voters in Ohio to cast their ballots in some neighborhoods and precincts is nothing short of disgraceful. I have jammed up some black Republicans I know about his actions and all they can do is bow their heads. They know that what he did is lower than low.
I hate to admit it PT, but
Submitted by Ourstorian on February 11, 2006 - 2:25pm.
I hate to admit it PT, but I've known Ken Blackwell since the old days in the sixties when he wore an afro and pretended to be a "black militant." His transformation into the ultimate Uncle Tom has been bewildering and disgusting. I haven't seen him since a funeral two years ago when, as pallbearers, we laid a mutual friend to rest. We carefully avoided any discussion of politics. It wasn't the time or place for me to cuss his ass out. It wouldn't have done any good anyway.
It always sad to see
Submitted by ptcruiser on February 11, 2006 - 10:45pm.
It always sad to see somebody you knew from back in the day change to that extent.  Blackwell, in my opinion, stepped far over our ethical boundaries in working so hard to prevent black people from casting their ballots. I know some older black Republicans who grew up in the Jim Crow era. They do not understand guys like Blackwell at all. He might as well be from Pluto or Saturn as far as they are concerned; he is an alien.