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“Michael Steele, you be da man! You be da man!” That’s how U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann praised the new chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC) at last night’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), blending street lingo into her repartee as emcee that already included innovative reinterpretation of what the Boston Tea Partiers said. Video clips of this and more after the jump.
Bachmann’s props for Steele mostly fall between the cracks of two clips from the official CPAC video archive. This one catches one “da man” at the very beginning of the clip:
MSNBC has the full audio of Bachmann’s salute, while the camera catches Steele’s gleeful reaction:
Here’s how David Weigel at our sister site, The Washington Independent, saw it :
It was sort of strange, but Bachmann was getting into the flow of Steele’s speech. Some excerpts:
“What a house tonight. Are there any conservatives in the house tonight?”
“Tonight we tell the American people: We know, in the past, that we did wrong. My bad.”
“Young people in the house stand up! Young people in the house stand up!”
This just sounds more natural coming from Prince George’s County, Md.-born Steele than the Waterloo, Iowa-born Bachmann.
But Right Wing Watch thinks she’d be a natural hosting a TV game show, offering this short clip from the same CPAC program as evidence:
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Comment posted February 27, 2009 @ 12:53 pm
“You da man” is okay to say. Non-issue folks. Please understand our elected officials have a limited sense of humor and she tried. Giving props even in a goofy way is still props. She’s safe.
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Comment posted February 27, 2009 @ 4:32 pm
Yeah, “You da man” is only a little risque – but “you be da man” jumps several feet over the line. Don’t worry though, the republicans will figure out cultural sensitivity now that their existence as a national party depends on it. Till then they’re just going to be the schlub who grosses everyone out wiping his nose on his sleeve and saying “What? What’d I do?”. It will be an entertaining couple of presidential cycles.
Comment posted February 27, 2009 @ 7:56 pm
Seems that the demoncrats can & WILL make an issue of anything possible! Try to come up with something with some substance!
Comment posted February 27, 2009 @ 10:14 pm
that was not at all lame..
just as ‘joe the plumber’ as a stage prop,
the ’secret ballot’ is a hallowed patriotic right,
sarah palin at almost every mouth-opening,
bailout suck (they do) but when they go to global banks, theyre great..
none of that is lame either.. I cant believe these guys lost?..(scratches head)
Pass me sum ‘o doze ‘Freedom Fries’ homegurl.. I be down wit dis..
Comment posted February 28, 2009 @ 9:26 am
Ok….this isn’t a BIG deal. But, from a African-American’s perspective, it was horribly stupid at best. You BE DA man? Lol.
That’s hilarious. That’s like saying to Connie Chung, “I rike your kung fu interview style.”
It’s ignorant. Period.
No one is calling her a racist, per se. But, it’s not exactly how you go about convincing people of color, and young people, that you’re a party of diversity. After her bad judgment, and Michael Steele’s “hip hop” antics, you can pretty much write off any black people crossing over anytime soon.
Comment posted February 28, 2009 @ 8:12 pm
Let them keep it up, by all means.
I mean seriously, you can’t even parody this stuff anymore.
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Comment posted April 9, 2009 @ 1:13 pm
Hillary can campaign in the South and spout southern black lingo and its okay for liberals. Do I spot hypocracy?
Comment posted May 8, 2009 @ 8:32 am
No, it wasn’t okay, and I didn’t see ANY liberals saying it was. You can take away your stupid strawman now.
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