Note to Michael Steele: Obama was not laughing w/you but at you for the minstrel show you've become

[wndycty]

Cross posted at: http://blog.windycitywatch.com/2009/05/note-to-michael-steele-obama-was-not.html#links

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ9efgBt2Y8

Since everyone is doing their analysis of the White House Correspondents Dinner and I had to do mine. After watching President Obama crack on Michael Steele I realized how pathetic the first Black chairman of the GOP has become.

"Michael Steel is in the house tonight, or as he would say in the 'hizzy'. . .whassup!" Obama joked.

While the first Black President of the United States does have a certain flavor and swagger (CNN's Kyra Phillips should notice that even though I am Black I spell and pronounce it correctly), he is also redefining the way America views Black men, Steele on the other hand plays to a lot of stereotypes of Black men.

I am not sure who Steele is trying to appeal to when he calls people "baby," and pledges to be "off the hook." Some of us Black folks do talk like that. I will acknowledge using slang and my "Blackcent" when appropriate. . . you know when I'm kicking back with friends, around the water cooler, talking trash with my college buddies, when I am trying to entertain my "non-Black" friends in other informal situations, WHEN I DON'T EXPECT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY! Is Steele auditioning to host "106th and Park" or is he the chairman of the GOP?

Steele should understand that there is nothing wrong with keeping it "real," however I doubt he knows what "real" is.

[FrenchieCat]

1. Michael Steele is as phony as Boehner's tan!

And yes, President Barack was laughing at him...

Which is why the Prez clearly said...." as he would say in the 'hizzy'" talking about Steele.

[vaberella]

5. Wait. Boehner has a tan?! How white is he?! n/t

[FrenchieCat]

6. Boehner is orange!

[dixiegrrrrl]

13. Wonder if he is still bleeding after Obama's remark?

Man, that was a jab, to be sure.
And payback jab.
And a good way to show our Prez. has an edge to him.

[lunatica]

16. Or as Obama said, Boehner is a 'man of color'

[vaberella]

20. I never noticed...now I get the whole "man of colour" comment. n/t

[question everything]

31. A payback for Cheney and his wife comment about Kerry's tan

(yes, it was strange)

[bumblebee1]

34. He Probably watches porn and eats cheese puffs at the same time. eom

[Enrique]

2. I agree about Steele, but Obama's jibes were in fun

similar to his comment about Boehner's skin color.

[wndycty]

3. Oh they were in fun, however it was a subtle message. . .

. . .Obama is reminding Steele that he is the POTUS and Steele is a joke.

[FrenchieCat]

4. Steele is starring in his one man Minstrel Show......

while Barack Obama is the most powerful man in the world!

[graywarrior]

7. Obama did a jujitsu move on Steele.

Pulled in him knowing he'd fall on his face momentarily when he realized what just happened. Steele is a fool and Obama and his administration were having a blast pointing that out last night. I enjoyed every minute of it. The conservatives have got their panties all in a bunch over this. I think it's great.

[rainbow4321]

8. WTF did Steele feel the need to STAND UP as he was being skewered??

He stood up, the spotlight went on him..sit the FUCK DOWN. Guess the need to be on camera/looked at was more important to him than the fact that he was being looked at ONLY because the POTUS was kicking his ass. Every one else the POTUS made jokes about knew enough to stay seated. Steele is a freak.

[wndycty]

9. LOL I noticed that

:kick:

[ecstatic]

15. Clueless egomaniac nt

[Barb in Atl]

21. It made it that much worse. Ouch. (nt)

[Cha]

29. Wow. doesn't care what

it's for as long as he's in the spotlight..no wonder he bowed and scraped to limpbaughs.

[MadMaddie]

32. Steele is socially inadequate just as all of the top 50

Republicans are.

[opihimoimoi]

35. The compulsion of being NOTICED supercedes awareness of being made a joke

:shrug:

[HopeOverFear]

10. You beat me to it I was going to post the same thing

[firedupdem]

11. If Steele had any sense, he would realize that he sounds like a

damned fool. Even my 21 and 15 yr olds ask me why in the hell he says the crazy stuff he does. They are young boys and they know better. I was watching it streaming on CNN, and they kept the camera on the President. I had no idea the fool actually stood up when the President was talking about him. What a buffoon! You would think one person in his circle would tell him that the President's jabs weren't a pat on the back, brother to brother. He is such a fool!

[Overseas]

12. But he tempered some of that by closing the series addressing him as a party official--

For the last time, Michael, the Republican Party does not qualify for a bailout! Rush Limbaugh doesn't count as a Troubled Asset.

[bumblebee1]

33. Mr President,

Please remove the last two letters from the word Asset when describing Rush Limbaugh.

[ecstatic]

14. That was priceless. I wonder is Steele and repugs even

got the joke.

[ccharles000]

17. Obama has done is now

Steel is going to empathize all up on obamas ass!

[Clio the Leo]

18. That was the most cutting joke of the night.....

... because it was personal. The President, as we say here in the South, called Steele out of his name! He went from not even acknowledging his presence on this earth (evidenced by the way Limbaugh has become the figure head and not Steele) to pointing out what a punk he is in front of all of the known political world!

WONDERFUL!

[annabanana]

19. Steele was pwnd LARGE by the President...

called out and smacked down..

That was a particularly delicious part of the night.

[Vidar]

22. Nice distinction.

[HopeOverFear]

23. When he said "ya damn skippy" at the State Of The Black Union,

I wanted to punch his lights out.

[Number23]

24. This OP is just full of win

Happy to rec, Wndy.

[Honeycombe8]

25. I don't get the "hizzy." I get the "wassup." but not the hizzy. Wassup with hizzy? nt

[Uzybone]

27. heezy (hizzy) means house

Micheal Steele is in the heezy.....Micheal Steele is in the house.

[Honeycombe8]

36. I see. Got it. Thx. Uzy knows about hizzy. Cool. Thx! nt

[Cha]

26. Michael Steele is a

tragic joke..it's like his only purpose is to tarnish his own image.

How funny that Prez Obama took off on michael steele's verbage.

[Uzybone]

28. How soon before Steele shows up with a top hat and umbrella

the man has gone beyond making a fool of himself.

[Zenlitened]

30. "Minstrel show"??? Is that supposed to be some kind of racist joke???

Just kidding. :D

But, you know, meaningful historical references have been denounced as inappropriate "jokes" around here before.