Michael Steele throws a dose of Homophobia for good measure into his comments today..

[madinmaryland]

Saying that "Barney Frank is hard to understand"

:wtf:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

1. That doesn't even make any sense

[madinmaryland]

4. He was making fun of Barney Frank's speech impediment.

Considering the speech impediment is also an old stereotype of gay people, I considered that a slap at Barney Frank.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

5. Oh yeah, it's a definite slap

I honestly never noticed that he had any kind of speech impediment or even sounded particularly gay.

[Happyhippychick]

2. I think he was making fun of Barney Frank's speech impediment. Which goes well with his "we'll be

classy" approach.

[opihimoimoi]

3. The man was engaging in Moot Empty Language....

[Forkboy]

6. That's because Barney has a brain. No wonder Steele can't understand him.

[dorkulon]

7. I think that's a bit of a stretch.

Barney does have a bit of a funny voice, but not in a stereotypically "gay" way. If I make fun of Michael Steele's being a dumb-ass, does that make me a racist?

[madinmaryland]

8. If you use the color of his skin to prove that point, then you would be making

a racist comment.

BTW, the Rethugs have been using "code words" for many years to appease the racist and bigoted wing of their party, so I am not surprised when they make those type of comments.