Hoyer apologizes to Steele

Steny Hoyer was forced to apologize to Michael Steele last night for the ill-considered remark that Lt. Governor Steele has made “a career of slavishly supporting the Republican Party.” In light of the Democrats pounding Senator Allen (R-VA) for his “macaca” gaffe, where is the outrage from the media over this REALLY racist remark?

I spoke to Mr Steele’s campaign manager this morning at one of the Lt Governor’s campaign stops (who by the way, turned me on to the Hoyer apology before it showed up on Drudge). He told me that Ben Cardin is running against President Bush (as I said here) while the Washington Democrats are doing the heavy lifting for the Cardin campaign against Mr. Steele. This should really anger Maryland voters that outsiders are trying to choose our representation in the Senate.

I lucked out and got a chance to meet Mr. Steele this morning and let him know he’s got my support. I’m sure he’ll sleep well tonight.

I’m not really that short – he’s just that tall.

And while we’re on the subject of “slavishly” supporting a political party, what happened to Joe Lieberman when he didn’t “slavishly” support the Democrat Party on every single issue?

In fact, the ad that little Chuckie Schumer is running against Michael Steele makes the comment that Mr Steele “loves puppies, but he REALLY LOVES GEORGE BUSH” because Mr Steele agrees with the President on four issues; the war in Iraq, stem cell research, tax cuts and he’s anti-abortion. That’s four issues out of how many?

And guess what, Schumer, so does a large majority of Americans – just not the ones who “slavishly” support Democrat Party issues.

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