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Steele agrees with caller: Obama ‘is the magic Negro.’
thinkprogress.org - 5/1/2009
Steele agrees with caller: Obama ‘is the magic Negro.’
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During the January campaign for chairman of the Republican National Committee, Michael Steele slammed his opponent Chip Saltsman's distribution of a CD with a song called "Barack the Magic Negro." "It doesn’t help at all," Steele said. " Absolutely, it reinforces a negative stereotype of the ...
washingtontimes.com - 4/29/2009
EXCLUSIVE: RNC's Steele may lose purse strings
— washingtontimes.com — EXCLUSIVE: A battle over control of the party's purse strings has erupted at the troubled Republican National... Committee, with defenders of Chairman Michael S. Steele accusing dissident RNC members of trying to "embarrass and neuter" the party's new ... (more) EXCLUSIVE: RNC's Steele may lose purse strings

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washingtontimes.com - 4/30/2009
EXCLUSIVE: Steele fights back against RNC 'scheme'
— washingtontimes.com — EXCLUSIVE: Steele fights back against RNC 'scheme' Exchange spurs feud By Ralph Z. Hallow ( Contact )... | Thursday, April 30, 2009 The embattled Republican National Committee chairman angrily returned fire in his fight with current and former officers ... (more) EXCLUSIVE: Steele fights back against RNC 'scheme'

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politico.com - 4/30/2009
RNC rancor: Steele vs. the establishment
— politico.com — The clash comes at an especially inopportune time for both Steele and the GOP.... (more) RNC rancor: Steele vs. the establishment

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Steele Agrees Obama "Is The Magic Negro"
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... While hosting Bill Bennett's radio show Friday morning, Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele appeared to agree with a caller that President Obama is "the magic Negro." ...

Steele the magic sellout
Political Animal — STEELE THE MAGIC SELLOUT.... Perhaps Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele should give up on guest-hosting Bill Bennett's conservative radio show. He manages to keep getting himself into trouble. Take yesterday , for example. CALLER: It's just like the LA Times said last year or two years ago: He is the magic Negro. STEELE: Yeah he -- [laughing]. You read that too, huh? [still laughing] CALLER: Oh yeah. I read that too. Even when things go wrong, he still manages to come out smelling like a rose. STEELE: Well, yeah. ...

The gift that keeps on giving
Political Animal — THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING.... It's Friday. You know what that means -- Michael Steele is guest-hosting Bill Bennett's radio show again. Will he say something ridiculous? Of course he will . Apparently unable to learn from egregious mistakes from the recent past , RNC Chairman Michael Steele once again took to the radio airwaves today as a guest host for Bill Bennett. Earlier this week, Steele declared " an end to the era of Republicans looking backward ." This morning, however, Steele revisited the 2008 election to insist that ...

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