Are MD Repubs. accurate about the alleged 'oreo' incident of 2002?

Interesting account here: questionable oreo incident about an incident that I don't recall hearing anything about at the time.  It supposedly involved Michael Steele & opponents throwing oreos at him at a debate at Morgan State U. in 2002.  I remember the debate, but didn't hear anything about this at the time & expect I would have given the constantly heated environment involving race & politics in Maryland.  So is this really a hoax perpetuated by MD GOP operatives or did it really happen, as Ehrlich wants us all to not question?  Anybody know?

 

•  A hoax

  Perpuated by the Washington Times and conservative bloggers.

  by phinky on Sun Nov 13, 2005 at 08:02:40 AM PDT

•  no one cares

  no one in maryland is talking about this or cares this is the only way the republicans figure they have a shot at winning a senate seat here is by making up smears.steele will be lucky to get 40% of the vote because all they have to do is run an add with him praising bush. bush is poisen in md!

  by JOEL1954 on Sun Nov 13, 2005 at 08:32:54 AM PDT

•  A more accurate version from the WP

  http://www.washingtonpost.com/...

  After responding to the insulting depiction, Steele supporters reminded voters of the indignities he has suffered on his way to becoming the first African American elected to statewide office in Maryland: how a Baltimore Sun editorial said Steele brought little to the ticket beyond the color of his skin; how during a 2002 campaign debate at Morgan State University in Baltimore, a GOP campaign staff member reported that someone in the audience passed out Oreo cookies in an apparent slur;

  If he was pelted, that would be a story you would definitely heard about, along with the arrest or expulsion from the event of the people involved.  Instead some cookies were passed out.  Maybe just for eating.

  by ortsed on Sun Nov 13, 2005 at 11:33:10 AM PDT