Outrageous!

The Democratic Party is the party of inclusion. It's the party with the big tent, the party that supports minorities. It's the colorblind party, the party of open minds. Right?

Try telling that to Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele. Mr. Steele is a black American running for a seat in the U.S. Senate. He is also a conservative Republican.

A Washington Times article illustrates just how open-minded liberals are.

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.
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But black Democrats say there is nothing wrong with "pointing out the obvious."

"There is a difference between pointing out the obvious and calling someone names," said a campaign spokesman for Kweisi Mfume, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate and former president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

Wait a minute; the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Wouldn't it be advancement if Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele were elected to the U.S. Senate? No, never mind. Rush Limbaugh is correct when he calls that organization the NAALCP (National Association for the Advancement of Liberal Colored People.)

Well, back to the Washington Times article.

State Sen. Lisa A. Gladden, a black Baltimore Democrat, said she does not expect her party to pull any punches, including racial jabs at Mr. Steele, in the race to replace retiring Democratic U.S. Sen. Paul S. Sarbanes.

"Party trumps race, especially on the national level," she said. "If you are bold enough to run, you have to take whatever the voters are going to give you. It's democracy, perhaps at its worse, but it is democracy."

-"does not expect her party to pull any punches, including racial jabs" Would it be OK if someone from the Republican Party made some racial jabs? Didn't think so.

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."

-"different than most public blacks" Isn't that stereotyping? Isn't that profiling? Thought we weren't supposed to do that!

State Sen. Verna Jones, Baltimore Democrat and vice chairman of the General Assembly's legislative black caucus, said black Republicans deserve criticism because the Republican Party has not promoted the interests of the black community.

"The public policies supported by Democratic principles are the ones that most impact the African-American community," she said. "I'm not saying [Mr. Steele] is a sell-out. That's not for me to say."

This is some of the most personal, vile, racist, hate-filled venom I've heard in a long time.