GOP Chief Michael Steele Promises PR Blitz in 'Hip-Hop Settings' and for 'One-Armed Midgets'

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I knew it was a matter of time before new GOP party chief Michael Steele put his foot in his mouth. He is now promising an "off the hook" public relations blitz into "urban-suburban hip-hop settings" in hopes of wooing Latinos and African-Americans. Right. I am sure he will succeed in that ridiculous endeavor.

Steele is searching for Americans of all ethnic backgrounds to join his Grand Old Party, and I do mean "old." "We need to uptick our image with everyone, including one-armed midgets," he joked. Right. He will succeed when donkeys fly and it will be a cold day in Hell.

Steele told the Washington Times that he aimed to revive the party by breaking out of the South and Southwest and to "reach beyond our comfort" zone to expand in Democratic strongholds like the Northeast and Midwest.

"We missed the mark in the past, which is why we are in the crapper now," he said. "We had the White House, the Senate and the House and were not building a farm team over the last years. He said he's planning a massive advertising outreach online, on TV and on the radio that will "surprise everyone."

"We need messengers to really capture that region - young, Hispanic, black, a cross section ," he explained. "We want to convey that the modern-day GOP looks like the conservative party that stands on principles. But we want to apply them to urban-suburban hip-hop settings." Source: NY Daily News

This is really too funny. His intentions are good, but brother man, this is the same party whose Senators and congress people overwhelmingly did not support the Stimulus bill in any shape or form. This bill is targeted at helping middle class people in this country. The very same people Michael Steele wants to support the GOP. Didn't some conservative nutjobs call President Barack Obama out for his so-called association with some members of the Hip-Hop crowd? How quickly they forget. I must end on this note. It is safe to say that most Republicans scoff at the idea of hanging out with the "Hip-Hop" crowd, so I take Mr. Steele's comments with a grain of salt. This will go now where. He's in the wrong line of work. He ought to be an actor because that's all he is doing -- acting.