Was there anything funnier this past week than Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele laying out the bold, all-up-in-yo-grille future of the Republican Party?
Oh, yeah, having failed at mobilizing the horny, borderline-retarded white guy vote with the McCain/Palin ticket — and the “horny” part I’m referring to the allure of the second half of the Republican offering, please! — the GOP are now all OG/P-Diddy. Fo’ shizzle, Mike Stizzle!:
Newly elected Republican National Committee Chairman Michael S. Steele plans an “off the hook” public relations offensive to attract younger voters, especially blacks and Hispanics, by applying the party’s principles to “urban-suburban hip-hop settings.”
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“It will be avant garde, technically,” he said. “It will come to table with things that will surprise everyone – off the hook.”
Does that mean cutting-edge?
“I don’t do ‘cutting-edge,’ ” he said. “That’s what Democrats are doing. We’re going beyond cutting-edge.”
Can’t fucking wait. Beyond!
Lesbian news goddess and Princeton’s always-awesome Melissa Harris-Lacewell (see also) have some much-deserved fun at Steele’s expense:
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Oh, my.
Every time I see her I fall just a little bit more in love with Rachel Maddow. I’d not heard of Prof. Harris-Lacewell, but I’m now in love with her too.
That said, I really appreciate their mocking the hell out of this crap while also discussing the serious aspect of it. That’s awesome.
“This is going to fail, but it’s going to be so funny.” Word.
PEACE OUT, B!
(gawd, I’m so white)
Planet “old black guy”.
Old people trying to be hip? Who do the Republicans think they are, the CBC?
I thought my head would explode! This sounds like all of the failed programs they would introduce, when I was in high school that usually involved someone like our decidedly unhip principal trying to convince us how cool it was NOT to take drugs. Yeah, that really worked.
I can’t wait to see what they come up with and how long it takes for the laughter to die down.
I think it’s “off DA hook”, yo. *giggle*
I’m pretty sure the RNC could replay audio clips from Remington Steele instead, and they would only be slightly more trite and dated than the sound bites from Michael Steele.