HuffPo blogger distorts Steele’s remarks at Young Republicans convention

UPDATE: This gets even worse. After Steele said, "Ya'll come," the off-camera attendee appeared to say, "I'll bring the collard greens." Apparently the HuffPo blogger is prejudiced against (1)black people and (2)Southerners. The off-camera attendee exhibited some amazing racism with the collard greens statement. What will leftwing extremists think of next? H/T to Newsbusters for helping clarify the "collard greens" remark. I couldn't understand the speaker's accent. Real  Clear Politics went with collard greens too, so we'll take their word for it.

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A blogger writing for the Huffington Post blog directory distorted a response by RNC chair Michael Steele to another blogger’s question at the Young Republicans convention in Indianapolis. The blogger provides a video. Ironically, the video disproves the blogger’s claim about Steele’s intent to return black people to the GOP. This blogger comes close to fabrication with the header, “Steele: I'll Woo Blacks To [sic] GOP With [sic] ‘Fried Chicken And [sic] Potato Salad.’" Steele never said, ‘I’ll woo blacks to GOP,’ but most won’t notice the positioning of the quotes in the header, especially since the pronoun 'I' is used.

Here are the facts.

A young man asks Steele a question. “I wanted to ask you regarding your inclusion of diverse populations in the Republican Party, what is your plan moving forward?”

Steele responds. "My plan is to say, 'Ya’ll come.' ‘Cause a lot of you are already here.”

Another attendee chimes in, “I’ll bring the _____________.” What he promised to bring isn’t clearly audible but it’s apparently something you’d bring to a social gathering. Laughter ensues.

Steele responds, “There you go. I got the fried chicken and potato salad.”

Not only is the headline quote misleading, Steele’s down home response is clearly in response to whatever the unidentified individual promises to bring. Later, Steele said, “‘Ya’ll come’ sums it up…freedom, markets, opportunity—those things still mean something.”

It’s hard to imagine how Democrats would react if a conservative blogger distorted remarks from a national leader who happens to be the first African-American chair of the party.

It’s also hard to imagine how a site like the Huffington Post is viewed by some high profile media as a legitimate content provider.

On second thought, it’s not hard to imagine at all. It makes perfect sense coming from a Democratic Party champion. After all, racism has long been a tradition for supporters of that party, long before Steele became the RNC chair.

HuffPo blogger distorts Steele's remarks at Indianapolis convention
by Kay B. Day
The US Report, Jul. 22, 2009