Another chapter in the far-too-long career of Rep. Michele Bachmann was written yesterday, as she said after RNC Chairman Michael Steele finished speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference yesterday, and I quote:
"Michael Steele! You be da man! You be da man!"
The Huffington Post also picked up on it.
I honestly don't know what the hell Michele Bachmann thinks she is doing. Does she think that Michael Steele won't understand her unless she speaks in ebonics to him? Is this part of the "off-the-hook" hip-hop-ization of the Republican Party that Steele has laughingly promised?
Perhaps Ms. Bachmann should take a page from the mayor of Los Alamitos, California, in Orange County:
The mayor of a small Southern California city says he will resign after being criticized for sharing an e-mail picture depicting the White House lawn planted with watermelons under the title "No Easter egg hunt this year."
Los Alamitos Mayor Dean Grose issued a statement Thursday saying he is sorry and will step down as mayor at Monday's City Council meeting.
Grose came under fire for sending the picture to what he called "a small group of friends." One of the recipients, a local businesswoman and city volunteer, publicly scolded the mayor for his actions.
Grose says he accepts that the e-mail was in poor taste and has affected his ability to lead the city. Grose said he didn't mean to offend anyone and claimed he was unaware of the racial stereotype linking black people with eating watermelons.
This comes after she said, and I quote:
"We're running out of rich people in this country."
No, I'm not shitting you:
Michele Bachmann must remain at the top of our list of targets going forward. Her behavior is ridiculous and totally unbecoming of a U.S. Representative.