The New Spook Sitting By The Door, Or the Man of Steele?

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Former Maryland lieutenant governor Michael Steele has been elected as the chairman of Republican National Committee. He will be the first African-American to hold that position.

Whether Steele represents a new direction for the Republicans, or just a new version of the spook sitting by the door, remains to be seen, but I think this is just another Palin-esque move by the Republicans. Last year they picked a radically rightwing woman for their VP candidate, in an effort to pick off Hillary Democrats, being unable to see the fundamental differences between them (intelligence, experience, elocution, media-savvy, ability to pay for one's own clothing) for their similarity in gender. Picking Steele as the RNC chair means that they now have a black face to hide behind, while they attempt to promugate their plantation-era politics.

I wonder if Rush Limbaugh will make Steele call him "Massa", as he's already done to one House Repug, Georgia's Phil Gingrey?