MC Mikey Steelow wants to give the GOP dat Hip Hop flavah.

DaemonSeid · #1 02-19-2009, 10:15 PM

Newly elected Republican National Committee Chairman Michael S. Steele plans an “off the hook” public relations offensive to attract younger voters, especially blacks and Hispanics, by applying the party's principles to “urban-suburban hip-hop settings.”

The RNC's first black chairman will “surprise everyone” when updating the party's image using the Internet and advertisements on radio, on television and in print, he told The Washington Times.

Having been elected to the job that the Bush White House and its political guru, Karl Rove, once denied him, Mr. Steele is running the show his way. To those who claimed he can't make the trains run on time, he has this message: “Stuff it.”

He stiff-armed an attempt to get him to elaborate on his public relations effort, saying he would be an idiot to give his opponents too much information, but indicated the Republican Party needs to break out of being considered a regional party.

”There was underlying concerns we had become too regionalized and the party needed to reach beyond our comfort” zones, he said, citing defeats in such states as Virginia and North Carolina. “We need messengers to really capture that region - young, Hispanic, black, a cross section ... We want to convey that the modern-day GOP looks like the conservative party that stands on principles. But we want to apply them to urban-surburban hip-hop settings.”

But, he elaborated with a laugh, “we need to uptick our image with everyone, including one-armed midgets.”

“Where we have fallen down in delivering a message is in having something to say, particularly to young people and moms of all shapes - soccer moms, hockey moms,” he said, though he insisted that party messages won't be different strokes for different folks. “We don't offer one image for 18-year-olds and another for soccer moms but one that shows who we are for the 21st century.”

Steele wants to keep it 'real'

Damn Mike damn....

There is a reason why Ehrlich and you only lasted one term in MD and the sad part Ehrlich wasn't all that bad a guy.

I don't know if I should be embarrassed and feel sorry for any GOP'ers that find this ridiculous or or enjoy the train wreck that will occur from this.

moe.ron · #2 02-19-2009, 10:45 PM

Will they be booking 2 Live Crew?

DrPhil · #3 02-19-2009, 10:52 PM

bad.

all bad.

"They have a black person who they got elected as POTUS. Let's get a black person. Now...let's hip hopize the GOP because that's how you get to blacks and hispanics. Yeah...good plan! Now let's advertise this plan during the hoopla about the NY Post...yeah, anything to distract Americans from the economy and the stimulus plan."

DaemonSeid · #4 02-19-2009, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by moe.ron

Will they be booking 2 Live Crew?

No but I heard that the Geto Boys were available

moe.ron · #5 02-19-2009, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

No but I heard that the Geto Boys were available

Nice, hope they go old school at book kris kros.

Kevin · #6 02-20-2009, 01:58 AM

Newt Gingrich has been issued a grill.

AKA_Monet · #7 02-20-2009, 02:39 AM

I like to see this fool rap...

DaemonSeid · #8 02-20-2009, 09:40 AM

Keep an eye on this story also:

WASHINGTON - Michael Steele, the new chairman of the Republican National Committee, said Sunday that claims he made inappropriate payments to his sister's company for work never performed were untrue and made by a felon trying to get a reduced sentence.

Steele paid more than $37,000 to a Maryland company run by his sister, Monica Turner, for work related to his unsuccessful 2006 Senate campaign. If she was not reimbursed, both he and his sister would be violating campaign finance laws, said Steele.

link

ThetaDancer · #9 02-20-2009, 01:01 PM

The Notorious G.O.P.

(sorry, I couldn't help it

)

Honeykiss1974 · #10 02-20-2009, 04:25 PM

You think they would have learned their lesson from the whole "I'll choose Palin as my running mate to attract women that supported HC's presidential run" thing would have been enough, but oh no - now this mess.

And to think that you're really "with it" by using "urban-surburban hip-hop settings” as a tool to reach out to young blacks and hispanics just shows how out of touch the RNC is.

Seriously, is this the best they can do? If the goal is to get rid of the "RNC = Christian conservative/religious right" or to make it seem all inclusive, I don't think this is a step in the right direction. Hip Hop does not equal relevance to young, hip people.