Call Jesse Jackson "Little Black Sambo" And See What Happens

'Party trumps race' for Steele foes: Black Democratic leaders in Maryland say that racially tinged attacks against Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele in his bid for the U.S. Senate are fair because he is a conservative Republican.

Such attacks against the first black man to win a statewide election in Maryland include pelting him with Oreo cookies during a campaign appearance, calling him an 'Uncle Tom' and depicting him as a black-faced minstrel on a liberal Web log.

Operatives for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) also obtained a copy of his credit report -- the only Republican candidate so targeted.

But black Democrats say there is nothing wrong with 'pointing out the obvious.
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Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, a black Baltimore Democrat, said Mr. Steele invites comparisons to a slave who loves his cruel master or a cookie that is black on the outside and white inside because his conservative political philosophy is, in her view, anti-black.

"Because he is a conservative, he is different than most public blacks, and he is different than most people in our community," she said. "His politics are not in the best interest of the masses of black people." ...

This week, the News Blog -- a liberal Web log run by Steve Gilliard, a black New Yorker -- removed a doctored photo of Mr. Steele that depicted him as a black-faced minstrel. However, the blog has kept its headline "Simple Sambo wants to move to the big house." A caption beneath a photo of the lieutenant governor reads: "I's Simple Sambo and I's running for the Big House."

"His politics are not in the best interest of the masses of black people."I'm confused! Perhaps Delegate Marriott could explain how elected liberal Democrats are serving the best interests of black people by warehousing them in poverty plantations in cities like New Orleans and elsewhere.

Here's Michael Steele, a man who makes it to the top of a state party, a party which is accused of being racist and denying black people opportunity, and he shows by his example that there is a better way.

After seeing the failure of the liberal Democrat model in cities like New Orleans, it's time for an honest debate on how to provide these poorest citizens the opportunity for a better future. Unfortunately, attacking a Repbublican, simply because he is black, doesn't move the debate forward towards real solutions.