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| Obama slim margin race issue: GOP leader |
| 2010-04-06 |
| [Iran Press TV Latest] The issue of race plays a crucial role in assessing President Barack Obama's general conduct, says Republican Party leader Michael Steele, citing his own experience as an African American. Appearing on ABC's "Good Morning America" on Monday, the embattled GOP leader blamed President Obama's small margin on his race as an African American. "Barack Obama has a slimmer margin. We all, a lot of folks do. I mean, it's a different role for, you know, for me to play and others to play. And that's just the reality of it," he told the TV talk show, admitting that race is a factor in public perceptions, AFP said. "But you take that as part of the nature of it," said Steele, the first African American head of the Republican National Committee (RNC). The White House spokesman Robert Gibbs, reacting to Steele's comments, described them as "very silly." "I think Michael Steele's problem is not the race card, it is the credit card," Gibbs added. Steele was elected as the RNC chief shortly after Obama took the oath of office in January 2009. He has been under attack over a series of gaffes and a violent row with senior Republicans over RNC expenses, notably a 2,000-dollar RNC tab at a sex-themed Hollywood nightclub. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Gibbs is such a f*ck-stick. |
| Posted by: Boss Phineck7819 2010-04-06 16:47 |
| #1 The issue of race plays a crucial role in assessing President Barack Obama's general conduct Who knew? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-04-06 04:35 |