HuffPo: “Michael Steele: No Profile in Courage”

Aaron Keyak — February 2, 2009 – 1:50 pm | Republicans Comments (0) Add a comment

Ira Forman wrote about the new RNC Chair in his latest piece in the Huffington Post titled, “Michael Steele: No Profile in Courage.”

Here’s the beginning:

The Republican National Committee’s (RNC) selection of Michael Steele as RNC Chairman has elicited a wave of positive reaction from political pundits. Republicans, as could be expected, praised the pick; Democrats and progressives reluctantly agreed that the Steele victory was good news for the GOP. No one denies Steele’s oratory skills or his political prowess.

However, one quality that no one has examined is Steele’s moral backbone. When John F. Kennedy released his classic “Profiles in Courage” in 1955, he recounted stories of politicians who risked their careers by standing up for principles. Steele is an unlikely candidate for a future edition of Profiles.

Steele flunked the moral courage test on November, 7, 2006, when he was the Republican candidate for the United States Senate from Maryland. As Election Day approached, one of Steele’s supporters, Emma Jean Thompson, distributed flyers in African-American neighborhoods, attacking Steele’s Jewish opponent. The headline stated, “Ben Cardin Promises to attack Jesus Christ, Pastors, Churches and Christians and to Take Away Blacks’ Freedom If He Is Elected.” The flyer listed issues, including same sex marriage and abortion, and stated that Steele is “for what Jesus says” and Cardin is “against what Jesus says.” The flyer went on to announce “Cardin VS Christ” and asked readers to “Vote for Michael Steele.”

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