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Originally posted by taxwonk
What a bunch of racist fucks.
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I don't normally read the Wash. Times, but . . .
No wonder I hadn't heard of the Oreo cookie thing, or the "Uncle Tom" remark. The cookie incident happened in 2002, during Steele's campaign for Lt. Governor, and the second happened in 2001 while he was chair of the Md. GOP.
This is acknowledged a few paragraphs further down in the article. Blending these incidents together in the lead of a piece about Steele's current run for the Senate is just another example of the "fair and balanced" reporting of the Washington Times.
ETA: Here is what the Democratic Party said about the minstrel depiction -- as reported near the end of the Times article: "A spokesman for the Maryland Democratic Party denounced the depiction as being 'extremely offensive' and having 'no place in politics or in any other aspect of public discourse,' The Washington Post reported. Democrats have denied any connection to the News Blog."
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