Fashizzle My GOPnizzles

Filed in National by on February 20, 2009

Oh man, grab the popcorn, sit back and enjoy the train wreck that is Michael Steele:

“We want to convey that the modern-day GOP looks like the conservative party that stands on principles,” Steele told the Washington Times. “But we want to apply them to urban-suburban hip-hop settings.”

“It will be avant garde, technically,” he said of the new public relations team he’s signing on. “It will come to the table with things that will surprise everyone – off the hook.” He also added: “I don’t do ‘cutting-edge.’ That’s what Democrats are doing. We’re going beyond cutting-edge.”

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  1. Unstable Isotope says:

    Word to his mother.

    I can think of nothing more avant garde than rapping Republicans. If I was talented, it would be cool to put together a mix of some of the Republicans’ greatest hits.

  2. ‘Beyond cutting edge’ to…decapitated?

  3. pandora says:

    I knew Steele had lost his mind when he called for the bling-bling to be removed from the stimulus. Oh, this is going to be cringe-worthy.

  4. anon says:

    The GOP is being run by Urkel. This is going to be great.

  5. nemski says:

    Setting is Steele Family Dinner

    Dad: Yo, what’s up?
    Son: Dad!
    Dad: Just keeping it real.
    Son: You’re embarrassing me!
    Dad: What’s a matter, homie?
    Son: Just stop it, please!

    BTW, this conversation happens often at the Casa de Nemski.

  6. cassandra m says:

    The comments on this story at Josh’s site are hysterical!

    I just know that this is the come back that Vanilla Ice has been waiting for.

    But it just boggles the mind that Steele thinks that the GOP’s problem is one of branding and counterprograming. OTOH, as one of the commenters at TPM points out, the GOP and some of the current hip-hop popular subjects do have some overlap — guns, big cars, and gay-bashing — so there is a bit of a chance for it to work….

  7. Von Cracker says:

    Steele should do stand-up!

    Anyways, I hear he wears his cod piece on the outside.

  8. Von Cracker says:

    1-2-3
    If you’re down wit da GOP
    And you want to get to the tip-top
    Stop the intellectual violence and hip-hop
    Why-O!

  9. anonone says:

    There was another somewhat hopeful news story that Hip Hop artists and black urban youths were starting to substitute “president” for the n-word.

    They were greeting each other with “How you doin’, president?” and saying things like “In this neighborhood, these are all my presidents”.

    One rapper complained that there weren’t many words that rhymed with “president.”

  10. Another Mike says:

    He is pure comedy gold. Michael Steele’s Def GOP Comedy Jam, Fridays at 9 on Fox News.

  11. Nice attempt at humor but Mr Steele is correct to make the effort to move principles into things people understand in their daily lives.

    The recent election was not an ideology election but a ‘competence’ election. The voters made their choice and the GOP needs to offer a relevant and better choice.

  12. Unstable Isotope says:

    I’m hoping that Steele starts wearing the MC Hammer balloon pants.

  13. liberalgeek says:

    I got 2 torture tables and a microphone…

    Somebody
    Anybody
    Everybody
    Scream!

    4 words for the right honorable Mr. Steele:

    Don’t believe the hype.

  14. cassandra_m says:

    Oh, I was hoping that he would start sporting a grill that says NOBAMA in diamonds…..

    Can’t Touch This!

  15. liberalgeek says:

    We are currently having our platform translated into Ebonics and jive.

    So far we have the following:

    Yo! Bitches needs to keep they babies.
    I gots the right to pop a cap in yo ass if you break in ma crib.
    Haliburton is da shizzle.

    We can’t adequately translate “Whites only Golf Club” yet, but we will work on that and get right back to ya on that.

  16. pandora says:

    It’s merely style over substance. Again. Worse, they will never pull this off in a million years.

    It will be like when my Mom kept saying “You know it, girlfriend.” So bad, and so wrong in so many ways.

  17. pandora says:

    Geek, how about Whitey got game? Or not. 😉

  18. cassandra_m says:

    Isn’t MC Hammer shilling for one of those outfits that rips you off for your gold?

    Wonder if that is a new GOP fundraising thing.

    2 torture tables and a microphone is classic, LG.

  19. liberalgeek says:

    Perhaps they are planning to fight the power?

  20. liberalgeek says:

    I really want to Rudy singing “911’s a joke in your town”

  21. cassandra_m says:

    LOL!

    I’m worrying that we are giving them way too many ideas, though…..

  22. cassandra_m says:

    I also think that this new approach means that Bill O’Reilly will have to make nice with Ludacris now…..

  23. pandora says:

    As I laugh my way through this thread I can’t help but think how insulting (and transparent) Steele’s new vision is. Stereotype much?

  24. pandora says:

    LOL, Cassandra!

  25. cassandra_m says:

    Hey Pandora, this just seems so much like the whole Palin thing — if we get a woman on our team, we will just dominate!

    Of course, they haven’t learned yet that the business of inclusiveness is not optics.

    How much hip-hop do you need to say NO?

  26. pandora says:

    Hey, I thought this reminded me of something. Honestly, they’ve learned nothing.

  27. loves to ski says:

    There was another somewhat hopeful news story that Hip Hop artists and black urban youths were starting to substitute “president” for the n-word.
    They were greeting each other with “How you doin’, president?” and saying things like “In this neighborhood, these are all my presidents”.
    *
    AWESOME, revolutions do follow elections. ..er I hope this wasn’t a joke because it really does spell a sea change in persistent negative self imaging.

  28. xstryker says:

    I’ve got some rhymes of my own for the GOP.

    (with apologies to Run DMC)

    Mike Castle sucks!
    He is a liar.
    That sucka, M.C.,
    Should just be fired!

  29. liberalgeek says:

    I like the use of M.C.

  30. cassandra_m says:

    Heard that Olbermann called Steele Notorious GOP last night….still looking for the video…

  31. liberalgeek says:

    I have gotten more joy out of this thread than I got heartburn yesterday on the other threads. Thanks.

  32. Unstable Isotope says:

    I love it – Notorious G.O.P. Will they go gangsta?

  33. all my shorties
    and all my hoes
    gonna say this fast
    not a bit slo
    killin all the brownies
    that’s my style
    lock’em in jail
    for a while
    hatin on races is what we do
    we don’t like anyone unless your a jew
    goin to war
    don’t need a reason
    just gonna do it because killin’s in season
    bustin a cap straight in yo ass
    that’s all I got fo now I have to go serve mass

  34. Von Cracker says:

    Oh jeebus….please stick to FuniculĂŹ FuniculĂ !

    😉

  35. Mark H says:

    “Whites only Golf Club”

    Crackers at the Club
    All above
    Tiger kicks their ass
    What a Gas

  36. liberalgeek says:

    Club Crackers is good.

  37. Von Cracker says:

    I prefer Oyster Crackers meself. But the 4 pack of CCs with cheese is a tasty treat!

  38. cassandra_m says:

    Oh dear — I forgot that Mitt Romney gave this strategy a try out almost a year ago.

  39. Mark H says:

    I’d like to change the line All Above to While above 🙂

  40. Unstable Isotope says:

    Oh dear. I forgot all about Romney’s “Who let the dogs out?” Woof, woof. Awkward!

  41. cassandra_m says:

    Awkward is charitable.

    But maybe fixable if he had selected the right alarm clock to wear around his neck that day.