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Did MSNBC‘s O’Donnell Call RNC Chairman Steele a Black Minstrel Dancer?
- Posted on October 6, 2010 at 11:11am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Lachlan Markay of NewsBusters points out an odd statement from MSNBC‘s Lawrence O’Donnell on yesterday’s “Last Word”:
As the first congressional election during his party chairmanship approaches, Michael Steele is dancing as fast as he can trying to charm independent voters and Tea Partiers while never losing sight of his real master and paycheck provider, the Republican National Committee.
Did O’Donnell just effectively call RNC chairman Michael Steele a black minstrel dancer?
“I … am not a fan of ‘reading racial tea leaves just for political gain,‘ but O’Donnell’s statement … leaves very little room for interpretation,” says Markay:
Markay then uses the “R” word:
So a black man is dancing to appeal to voters while still miniding his Republican masters? I’ll have to check with Rev. Sharpton, but that sure sounds racist.
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Comments (114)
Lucy Larue
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 12:30pmHmmm., It seems the problem here is Markay’s. I see no racism.
Report Post »The same analogy could have been made about ANYONE in Steele’s position. Why? Because it’s true!
Lawrence O’Donnell is an “ EQUAL” condescending opiner.
He’s liberal, he’s democrat, and he knows better than YOU if you aren’t in his little club.
That’s the attitude
How else would he have landed a gig on M.S.N.B.C.?
Contrarianthinker
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 12:25pmMuch ado about nothing except the mocking of some GOP candidates with exaggerations.
Report Post »Prospero
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 12:23pmYou can tell just by counting up the seminar troll comments…of the “nothing to see here, move along” variety…that the comments were clearly racist.
Else they HuffPo wouldn’t have deployed so much damage control.
Report Post »diesel71dan
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 12:22pmIt is not as if Steele is on MTV pleading to people he doesnt care about in an effort to get votes!!
Report Post »Boldnfresh
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 12:16pmthis is pure racism! that your site would call him a minstrel dancer.
Report Post »liquidflorian
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 12:11pmI’ll say it… That is racist. This wasn’t a moron saying something stupid, like the Sanchez antisemitism, this was a moron reading a script.
(no offense to the Morons at Ace of Spades)
Report Post »akamaikamaaina
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 11:57amwhite men can’t dance, and who is this toady’s master, he seems too concerned about the elimination of masturbation as a credential for working on msnbc, he has worked long and hard at it to get to where he is. no pun intended
Report Post »mintyfresh
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 11:52ami love that on theblaze, this is the story. not the fact that michael steele had absolutely no idea what the minimum wage is. be careful getting your news from only one source. if you only get it here, you sure miss a lot…
Report Post »SND97
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 12:03pmO really? now how many Dems or the general public can say what the minimum wage is? hmmm..I think it’s $7? then again I have no idea….
Report Post »CaptElaine
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 1:05pmMinimum wage SHOULD be decided by the worker and the employer… NOT what the govt requires them to pay me… last time I made minimum wage gas was 25 cents a gallon… so sorry I don’t know what minimum wage is.
Report Post »Born2Run
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 11:50amThe establishment really, really doesn’t like O’Donnel.
Report Post »Deda1
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 11:36amThe Dems are so two faced. I love it when they speak. Just lets everyone know who they really are. Give a camera and microphone and they will hang themselves.
Report Post »The Mantis
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 11:35amAnd there’s exactly why no one watches your network sir. Not neccesarily the Steele comment, but his little bitter list of faults at the end. No Larry, we’d much rather vote for the lying adulterers and marxists that your side constantly runs.
Report Post »SND97
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 11:34amNow shame shame everyone, we all know that Liberals can’t be racist, Obama can call kyne west a *******, but nooooooooooo…Limbaugh can’t call him one and now L. ODumbassOdonnel calls a black man a racsit name and noooooooooo…notin I mean Notin will be said or done.
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 12:25pmyour absolutely right
Report Post »ConservativeFeminist
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 11:33amRick Sanchez recently called Obama a “cotton picking President” – hopefully this other closet racist, Lawrence O’Donnell, will soon get fired, too.
Report Post »Down2TheC
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 11:31amDidn’t have a problem until the “masters” part. That seems superfluous and forced. Pretty sure he’s pulling the old standard “Black GOP = Uncle Tom” play, seldom seen from white commentators.
Report Post »dkspiers
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 11:29amWhile I’m all for nailing the left when they step in it, I think this is really reading a lot into that comment. Lets not stoop that their level and twist something innocuous into an attempt to make news.
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 11:28amNever heard of Lawrence O‘Donnell but if he’s a progressive then he can call even a black Republican anything he wants. If you’re a Republican then you are fair game to the progressive media.
Report Post »GBMBulletsSKNRD
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 11:28amHow did this guy get his own show? Oh thats right it’s MSNBC.
Report Post »trimguy1962
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 7:49pmthis is MNBC the Marxist Socialist Nazi Broadcasting Corporation.
Report Post »Jmanzione
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 11:26amAs much as I cannot stand this guy, he’s one of the most biased and ignorant people on the planet, I think its stretching it A LOT to say he was making some kind of racist remark. In fact, if the reporter that puts this together actually thought that O’Donnell was making a racist remark I would have to believe that the reporter is either overly sensitive to racial remarks, to the point of being irrational, or he/she is fanning the flames.
I’m probably one of the most anti-democrat, anti-progressive, anti-Obama people here, but come on, let’s stick to what is actually real…. not try to make something out of nothing.
Report Post »ME
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 11:46amditto
Report Post »columbus_tony
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 11:56amI’m with you. This is a stretch. Bigger fish to fry.
Report Post »seayalater73
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 11:26amSad how few on the left notice just how racist the democrats and their MSM allies are. They love to have Americans broken down into demographic pigeon-holes, makes us easier targets for election dollars and welfare slavery. Men and women like Steele infuriate them for breaking thier carefully drawn bounderies.
Report Post »Areyoukiddingme
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 11:26amReal master? are you implying that he is a servant or a slave? Yea and lets threaten the country that O’Donnell is going to take away masturbation… Too Funny …imo: she has probably helped the cause more then hurt it honestly… LOL!
Report Post »Ironclad
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 11:25amThat is reaching, I see no stereotyping in this, all politicians dance and spin, I used to like Steele, past tense.
Report Post »Lesterp
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 3:57pmI think we have been put in a position of reaching! Every time a conservative says anything like that the left flogs him like a rented mule. I don’t believe we should give them any quarter. Beat them with the whip they introduced.
Report Post »Independent Tess
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 11:22amThe “dancing as fast as he can” phrase is a common one and carries no racial implication. I don’t think he realized what could be made of it when he said it.
Report Post »Unbelievable
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 11:45amNo but “while never losing sight of his real MASTER and paycheck provider” is racial.
Report Post »Bahemut80
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 12:13pmlol yeah thats racial…lol im more than sure as an employee to the company I work for, so long as they pay me the fair wages i get paid, I call them master. well maybe not master but so long as he holds my money i worked for he is pretty much my master, and that is the point he is trying to get across. And you guys say everything we say has to be racial, look at you trying to take everything out of context just to find anything regarding race. way to go hypocrits of America aka REPUBS
Report Post »Prospero
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 12:21pmYou might have an argument, Tess, if “dancing as fast as he can” was all that was said. It’s foolish to strip away context, and then argue from a self-inflicted vaccuum.
Once you add the “being paid” by his “master” so as to maintain the actual context, the phrase you cite has a pretty clear racist inflection.
Report Post »Independent Tess
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 12:47pmMmmmmnnn…… You may have a point, but I‘m just not sure we aren’t being tooooo sensitive.
Report Post »Tore
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 1:39pmThere is absolutely nothing racial about this comment. The word “master” is used interchangeably with the word “boss” ie your employer. Not once did he say ‘“white master”.
People we have to stop acting like the lefties, stop looking for stuff thats not there. We are bringing ourselves down to there level with talk like this.
Report Post »Goldenyears22
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 2:01pmWell, seems rather biased to me. Michael Steele does represent the Republican Party. He was voted in, so why shouldn’t he represent it? Stupidity of a so-called journalist. Does he say the same thing in a derogatory way about the Democrats and their dancing trying to turn around the tide against them. No, they are just insulting and do not make any points with truthful people.
Report Post »cap0ne
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 2:02pmIt’s only considered racial if it comes from a white male conservative.
Report Post »cdavehere
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 2:07pmBahemut80, if your boss is holding the money you worked for, and not giving it to you when you request it, or on a timely basis; he is called a criminal not master.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 2:22pmActually “dancing as fast as I can” is a reference to the title of an autobiographical story about drug addiction. The reference is to frantic activity. It has no more to do with dancing than “I’m running late” has to do with running.
Report Post »aries1911king
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 10:04pmIt actually isn’t…In no way was race mentioned until you guys got a hold of the comment in this forum…Why is Race so quick to jump out of everything you people think…That’s what actually makes you Racist…The fact that race has nothing to do with this story or his comment completely slips past your small brains because race is always at the forefront of your thoughts when you see a person of color no matter who it is…You call Obama Kenyan and therefore not American…If you had any since you would know that all African Americans are descendants of Africa and therefore not originally American…Including the Uncle Toms you place in positions of sight to give the impression that your party relates to people of all cultures while simultaneously making slick racists comments under your breath…Case in point the Porch ***** of slavery times who was singled out and given a position of command over the other slaves because he was easily manipulated and thus most susceptible to deny his culture and people…Also you would know that none of you supposedly pure bred White folk are originally descended from America either…The only true Americans are Native Americans so you don’t fit or belong either and are as Un-American as you charge others for being…You stole this land and enforced your Government rules and regulations on its original inhabitants…Read a book and know your History.
Report Post »roninshaman
Posted on October 7, 2010 at 11:21am@TORE
If you read about progressive and socialist tools and agendas it is reasonable to assume that the comments reflect a desire to agitate racial anxiety. The ends justifies the means in their view. If a few pundits draw fire for race-bating or notorious attorneys throw their clients under the racial conflict bus, so be it, as long as the goals of the collective are met.
They want us angry about anything but the real issues. They want us talking about race or who they’re going to run in 2012. Please don’t let them hijack the discussion.
They have built a rocket sled into the Grand Canyon. Take em’ down and get the keys!!!
Report Post »NoNannyState
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 11:21amRemember, in Liberal Race-Baiter Land, “Republican” means “White”…
Report Post »DimmuBorgir
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 11:51amin that case, i love being a republican :)
Report Post »klstj
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 12:24pmNot just white, but rich and the woman are hot…in that case, I love being a republican too!:)
Report Post »RONALDREAGAN1980
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 3:07pmKLSTJ – republican women are hot? you betcha. why do you think i called my wife “mommy”?
Report Post »mtnclimberjim
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 11:18amNow that was funny!!!
Report Post »cruisemates
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 3:45pmScary Larry O’Donnel is a pompous ass. It’s OK for a liberal to be racist when describing a black republican, because everyone knows they all are Uncle Toms, ask Jeaneanne Giraffalo
Question? is a Garafalo and cross between a giraffe and a buffalo?
Report Post »JAPhoto
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 6:25pmIs a Garafalo a cross between a giraffe and a buffalo? Yes it is. The ass-end of each.
Report Post »American Pride
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 11:18amSpeaking of dancing, here comes the “Beltway Backpeddle!” Odonnell never signed up for Dancing with the Stars=)
Report Post »RONALDREAGAN1980
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 12:58pmI vote for Bristol Palin
Report Post »mutt
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 1:12pmHe’s dancing with the Czars
Report Post »Cuba
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 1:32pmI think they might have missed a point,
Lawrence O’Donnell basically said Steele is a slave to the Republican National Committee ( his real master ) once again libertards get away with racist puns. I would love to see how that would play with a conservative commenting on Obama’s master ( George Soros ) Watch the media set the world on fire…
Report Post »codec
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 2:39pmlawrence o’who?
Report Post »CCRYDER
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 3:19pm@MUTT – very clever – LOL :))
Report Post »AnnMarie
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 5:51pmNow how is this different than Imus with those girls? Imus was fired?
Report Post »Dojo
Posted on October 6, 2010 at 8:06pmHere’s some real Political Dancing. Funniest commentary on politicians I’ve ever seen. And its so true.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCDoBvG1HoI
Report Post »roninshaman
Posted on October 7, 2010 at 11:07am@MUTT
I Like!
When did America get overrun with Czars anyway?
Report Post »roninshaman
Posted on October 7, 2010 at 11:09amJust wanted to add
“Dancing” for his “Master” He really went there? Unbelievable.
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