1. ChgoSista wrote:

Your entire last paragraph–one word: DOPE.

2. DCI74 wrote:

Yes sir, I’ve been thinking about this for weeks. It would seem that the Republican party is going through a serious identity crisis. In November win or lose Palin was supposed to be the future of the party, then a few months later Steele gets elected, next up Bobby Jindal, appointed by others in the party to again be a future leader, completely crashes and burns in his Republican response, then at the same CPAC conference where Limbaugh gets rousing applause for wishing Obama fails Mitt Romney, who couldn’t secure the party’s nomination just a few months ago, wins the presedential preference poll for the 3rd straight year. Then just this past week after looking like a fool by cowtowing to Rush and backing off the statements he made on CNN you have Republicans like Dr. Ada Fisher calling for Steele’s resignation. They are scrambling for some representation and to me its really bad and desperate. When your leader (Steele) isn’t even your real leader (Limbaugh) and the one you hope to be your leader (Palin, Romney) are proven losers and the other one looks like a deer caught in headlights (Jindal) your party has major issues.

3. Clifton Harrison wrote:

I agree with with You Doc. One question, what do you mean by “come back home”?

Also with you DC. You broke it down perfectly. Basically the pressure is on them, they are trying to stop Obama’s train, but really haven’t found the person or way to do it.

One thing I also was thinking about was the very suspicious cancelling of DL hughley’s show. I say suspicious, more so because of the timing. I personally didn’t like the show that much. It had some bright spots here and there, but i thought it needed some work.

But beyond that, does it seem funny that about a week after DL hughley and Chuck D tell the republicans the raw truth, (that most of em are full of shit and ain’t lookin out for us), and get Michael Steele to say how he honestly felt about Rush, that his show got ax’d?

Or am I reading too much into it?

4. DCI74 wrote:

Indeed Clif the timing does seem suspect. Blaming it on rating is always the easy crutch but it does seem odd. Like you I didn’t like the show either but it did have a few moments of promise.

5. booklover17 wrote:

nicely stated — you showed great restraint by not mentioning Steele’s liberal use of 90’s slang during his recent media engagements

6. MeccaHi wrote:

Slandering the republican party to cover up the fact that Obama and the rest of the democratic party have no clue what they are doing does nothing for me. If you ask me Obama is the one who gave Limbaugh the title and now liberals are running with it.

7. Kyle wrote:

I don’t understand why someone as sophisticated at yourself would think that Steele would “come back home.” Steele is home. He is following what he believes is the best course for himself and the country. Republican in-fighting aside, Steele is a conservative, which in and of itself doesn’t mean that he wouldn’t advocate advancement of minority rights. But it does seem the dominant view that somehow by being a liberal, you automatically are on the side of minorities, even though we seldom see any benefits from social engineering programs. We only see the rampant misuse of money.

I saw you on O’Reilly and went to your site because you came across as a fiercely intelligent guy who claimed he was further left than Nancy Pelosi. I wanted to see your viewpoint, in hopes that it might broaden my horizons.

Sadly, that last paragraph showed that you aren’t the different commentator that I hoped to find.

It’s a shame.

Hope to see you on TV again soon,
Kyle

8. letat wrote:

“…they have legitimized their antidemocratic enterprise by hiring a black man, but giving him no more political muscle than the queen of England.”

clear words from a clear mind

9. manchild wrote:

he’s been a “paper champion”.during his term as jr. gov in
md ,he always followed Gov. Erlich with his head down. It
amazed the fuk out of me. Now ,he allows an entertainer to
“bitch” him ,yeah he should step down. But if only to
save himself and what little political aspirations he may have.
manchild

10. Dale J. Thomas wrote:

Nuff Said Marc.

11. Regkam2 wrote:

LOL, what’s funny is that most of us (black people) think that Democratic party is home. Neither party serves our needs. Historically, the Republican party (and no I am not a Repub) has done more for the advancement of Blacks than the Democrats. Now, we have a Black Prez, we have arrived. Progress is not judged by appointments or elections of the few, but the status and the upliftment of the many. Demo or Repub, two arms of the same white ran corporate/military/prison industrial complex.

12. Regkam2 wrote:

Our great ancestor Dr. Amos Wilson (if you don’t know who he is google him) said it best in his book “Blueprint for Black Power: A Moral, Political, and Economic Imperative for the 21st Century”……..”The idea that Afrikan American community can exercise effective power, political or otherwise, without simultaneously exercising economic power, is a fantasy. The election of Blacks to high office, even the highest office, and their plenteous appointments to various courts, powerful directories, boards, commissions, heads of multinational corporations, powerful regulatory agencies and the like, will do relatively little to enhance the power of the Afrikan American community or release it from its subordinate relationship to the White American community. He goes onto say….”The greater power and influence of Jewish Americans, the growing power and influence of Korean Americans in Los Angelos and New York City, and other ethnic minorities in America despite their relatively small populations and national voting numbers compared to the much larger population and voting populations of the Afrikan American community, clearly indicate that power and influence are borne of effective social organization and the effective use of organized wealth compared to that of ineffective social organization, unorganized wealth and sheer population size.”
pg. 246-47

13. R.oB. wrote:

Amen.

14. R.oB. wrote:

P.S. Amen to Marc.

15. natural nubian wrote:

Doc you read my mind with the following:
“Like many prominent African Americans, Steele has climbed the
heights of white society under the false premise that he is being judged purely on merit rather than color. ”

This is a good piece, reason why you should (if you can) write more often on the blog.

RE: #3 & 4–DC and clifton, after DL cosigned w/Imus with his remarks to the Rutgers women’s bball team I lost all respect for him. He’s a commedian so his mindset is to see how far he can push the envelope. I’m not suprised his show didn’t last long.

16. Ced wrote:

“While the Republican party is willing to use Steele’s black face to celebrate its ostensible progress, it is equally committed to reducing him to nothing more than a paper champion.”

“They’ve(dems) got their negro, we’ve(reps) got ours…”

17. Clifton Harrison wrote:

Yeah natural nubian, i wasn’t really feeling him when he did that shit.

18. EminemsRevenge wrote:

Now we all know that housenigro Steele stepped out of bounds when he practically called Massuh Limbaugh a buffoon…they just HAD TO put that uppity nigro in his place!!!

I’ve been noticing that lackey Stanley Crouch has been getting Blacker & Blacker when it comes to Barack…so there IS hope that one day we may wake up without a single housenigro in Amerikkka anymore.

19. cb wrote:

I didn’t think that “coming home” was a reference to either party but more like, “reality”. This brother Mike Steele needs to come back to reality. While I’m a life long democrat, not because of race but because of economic policies, I have previously voted for a republican for city and state office. I am not opposed to good ideas from either side. I wish some real republicans would step up to the plate and not allow their party to be hi-jacked. The issues we face are numerous and it will take a diversity of ideas to creatively solve the in an efficient manner. So we need the loyal opposition, just so long as they reside here on earth and present logical, cogent arguments and they don’t live on Mars with Limbaugh and Steele.

20. Tom Snyder wrote:

Mr. Steele used a vituperative word about Rush’s comments and ideas that were out of line. He should have apologized. And, he did not stand up to D.L. Hughley’s stupid racist comments that the GOP Convention looked like a Nazi meeting. Steele should be more like black libertarian Larry Elder in style and guts. Criticize Rush if you must, but do it in a civil manner of respect. Frankly, Rush himself should be even more conservative and speak out more against the evils of abortion, homosexuality, same-sex marriage, pornography, and the abuse of children’s hearts and minds by government-run, Neo-Marxist, Christophobic schools and teachers. Jesus is not a socialist!

21. Ken Jones wrote:

Dr. Hill,
I am a pastor, and I have enjoyed the lively discussions you’ve had on FOX with Bill O’ R. I think you are a greater thinker, and as a pastor. It sounds like you are honest about your social leanings (am I right in hearing that from you?). I just wish each party would be honest in describing their views to the public instead of having to “frame” their beliefs in ways anticipated to be palatable. As a conservative, why can’t folks on the left say as you did that people deserve some of Bill O’Reilly’s wealth and let people decide if they like that philosophy or not? It is less than honest to demonize the folks that are wealthy.

22. Mike wrote:

Republicans are so transparent. They choose Michael Steele a loser who has never won any major state or federal political race and they use him as their leader. Its so obvious why (Barack Obama). This was another bad political move by the republicans.

Steele dosent need to come back to earth he is where his ego has taken him and this is a place where he can claim a morale superiority over other blacks who are a part of the party that has no morals (democrats). He is going to fall flat on his face and so is Sarah Palin, and the other guy Gindal(I dont know how to spell his name) the indian dude. They are using minorities to try to change their image while at the same time alienating thier base. They need to focus on getting the right candidate to represent their party and they need to be honest and real. 50 percent of americans agree with republicans they just need to keep it real and maybe they could win.

Obama has the next election in the bag.