Is it really a suprise that the party of Robert “KKK Kleagle” Byrd and DNC Chair Howard “Candidate for guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks” Dean, and the party that filibustered the Civil Rights Act, called the first black Secretary of State a “House Slave“, and whose last President never elevated racial minorities to positions of real power, could finally be losing some of the black vote?

The Maryland Democratic Party’s traditional support among blacks appears to be slipping, now that hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons — who has helped register thousands of Democratic voters — has endorsed Republican Michael S. Steele for the U.S. Senate.

Mr. Simmons is scheduled to hold a fundraiser tonight at Baltimore’s Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park for Mr. Steele, the lieutenant governor and the first black to win a statewide office in Maryland.

“Russell Simmons is one of the leading progressive voices in America,” said Donna Brazile, who managed Al Gore’s 2000 presidential campaign.

“This is a major endorsement for Lieutenant Governor Steele that will help him attract young people, as well as black voters,” Ms. Brazile said. “Once again, this should serve as a wake-up call to Democrats not to take their most loyal constituents and voters for granted.”

Oops. I guess “takin’ them for granted” isn’t a successful political strategy anymore.

1. A shame the Mainstream Mafia decided to attribute black peoples’ individual choices to the andorsement of a mysogenistic thug like Simmons.

   A shame, but these people can only think in terms of color, so it’s no surprise.

   Comment by A. Truman North — 12:14 pm
   

2. Michael Steele’s hip-hop endorsement

   Hot Air’s Ian Schwartz was in Baltimore tonight and captured video of hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons’ endorsement of GOP Senate candidate Michael Steele. It’s a highly significant event for the Steele campaign. Steele and Simmons became friends a fe…

   Trackback by Michelle Malkin — 8:40 pm
   

3. That’s just macaca…

   Comment by Fred — 9:59 pm
   

4. Good comment, Fred. Everyone is sitting around wondering what macaca means. I don’t think it has any racial slurs to it at all. My Dad always said we were full of macaca when we tried to pull the wool over his eyes. Allen should just shut up and move forward. It didn’t mean much of anything but keep harping on I’m sorry and it will mean something. Someone give him a hint.

   Comment by Judith — 11:21 pm
   

5. uh, yeah, wake me up when a republican president gets more than 15 percent of the black vote.

   Comment by t — 5:09 am
   

6. Uh, yeah, wake me up when a Democrat gets elected president.

   Comment by Jonathan — 7:15 am
   

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