harry-reid-incompetenceMichael Steele:

“The chairman of the Republican National Committee called Sunday for Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to step down as Majority Leader in the wake of revelations that he used the term “Negro” when discussing President Barack Obama’s 2008 candidacy.

“I think he should, if the standard is the one set by [Trent Lott],” Steele said on “Fox News Sunday” when asked if Reid should resign his post. Trent Lott resigned his post as Majority Leader in 2002 after praising Strom Thurmond’s 1948 presidential candidacy during a birthday celebration for the 100-year-old South Carolinian.
Mark Halperin and John Heliemann report in their new book, “Game Change,” that Reid said during the campaign he thought Obama could win because, while black, he was “light-skinned” and lacked a “Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.”

At the same time, Steele tried to deflect criticism about an alleged racial slur of his own.

Steele said he was sorry if he offended anyone when he used the term “honest Injun” in an interview last week.

The RNC chairman implied that he did not know the term was offensive.

“if it is, i apologize. It was not indended to be a racial slur,” he said”

If Steele were a liberal the liberal reporter writing this story wouldn’t even have brought it up. After all according to liberals African Americans cannot be racist, and I’m sure The Hill wouldn’t think to ask Chris Rock or Jessie Jackson or Al Sharpton about their racist comments over the years. The Hill should be ashamed for trying - unsuccessfully - to change the subject.

Let’s not forget that Steele himself has been a target of racist attacks from uber liberals - one who Photoshopped him with blackface - since appearing on the national stage a couple of years ago Nevertheless, Steele is correct about the “Trent” factor. Democrats set that bar in 2002, and on par Lott’s remarks didn’t come close to the severity of Reid’s offense.

Again, Reid didn’t “misspeak”. You don’t use the language he used unless you have generational racial prejudice in your heart and mind. Reid was simply speaking from where he really thinks and feels. As Trent Lott provided the example that Democrats clamored for, so to if Reid doesn’t step down, will they forever lose the right to use the example again in the future.

Harry Reid has no choice, he must step down from the Leadership role immediately.

UPDATE: Watching the liberal media trying to excuse Reid is pure entertainment. For instance this gem from The Politico:

“Lott lost his leadership post in 2002 after saying that the country would have been better off if Sen. Strom Thurmond — a segregationist — had been elected president in 1948.

The comments — or at least the interpretations of them — were obviously different: While Lott words could be interpreted as a call for the continuation of racial segregation, Reid’s were not an argument for race-based policies but rather a characterization of racial attitudes among voters today.”

Only problem with that lame excuse is that Reid - not Lott used the word “Negro”. The word itself says all you want to know about the context of Reid’s statement and it’s no less offensive than “Nappy-headed Hos’” Lott’s words were “interpreted” as racist while Reid’s needed no interpretation. A little tip for the media, if you’re going to practice your bias and hypocrisy get a better script, this one flunks.

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