I’ve got a number of redneck friends and associates, and I can attest Barbour is far too effete to be a redneck. He is, however, fat. Very fat. Very, very fat.

I think I’m going to defend Steele here. Perhaps his comments were inartful… or perhaps people hear what they want to hear no matter what you say.

Anyone who is the “first” at anything significant, is going to get more scrutiny. Now, this doesn’t mean that people are looking to hammer a “first” simply because of whatever issue it is that makes them “first”; rather it means that this “first” will garner more attention, and with more attention comes more scrutiny. In other words, Steele (as well as Obama) gets more attention because they are the “FIRST” Blacks in their position, but not because they are Black.

The simple fact that Steele gets these questions (about race and its influence on his job), is proof that critics and journalists (and hacks posing as journalists… just covering all bases) see his race as having some sort of potential influence on his position. We see things like race, gender, religion, etc. playing a big role as an assumed obstacle in American life -especially politics- whenever someone is the “first” at anything.

It’s all part of the narrative… and to media folks, it makes the story more interesting. It’s just one more item of the character that keeps the story juicy. Some of Steele’s previous comments would hardly have garnered any media attention if not for the fact that his has enhanced his media “celebrity.” So when he says that his race has given him a “slimmer margin of error,” he may be correct… but not necessarily for the reasons we’ve thus far heard. It may be because he’s already got a few extra eyeballs in the media trained on him because of his “first” status, and therefore his comments are less likely to fly under the radar.

Of course, since he’s a Black Republican, the media keeps and ever closer eye on him, and is less likely to cut him any slack. As a Republican, this is nothing new… however, since animosity towards minority Republicans is substantial amongst most the in the media and many of the left (same thing), much of the extra attention given to Steele isn’t going to be favorable (or even honest) in the first place. So Steele has had an uphill battle to climb, and to say “a slimmer margin of error” may not be too far off from the truth. But that “slimmer margin” isn’t necessarily from Republicans (as has been assumed), rather from the media.

“slimmer” — I get it!! It’s a take off from ‘fat redneck,’ right?

The race baiting currently being perpetrated by the left is designed to stifle intelligent debate. When the left is forced to address facts and logical thought, they NEVER, NEVER, NEVER have a leg to stand. They attempt to change the subject or randomly claim racism for no apparent reason. It is a little like turrets syndrome, racism just pops out of their mouth randomly. America is wise to this. Racism does not carry the meaning it had a year ago.
Racist is now defined as the following
rac•ist [rey-sizt]
-adj
1. any American who’s beliefs differ from that of the current Communist President’s administration or has lunatic liberals followers