What is Michael Steele trying to prove?

Michael Steele bombed recently when he spoke at Howard University. No surprise that his message didn't catch on or that no one even cared to see him speak. After all, the majority of black voters believe that Republicans are the devil. Black Republicans are considered sellouts.

Why did he even put himself through it? What is he trying to prove? I understand his stated goals: He wants to bring the message of the Republican Party to black people. I get it. But you're wasting your time, Mike. When they coined the phrase "fool's errand," they had your current RNC campaign in mind.

I'm sure someone might read this and think, "Wow, he's being closeminded. If he just took a minute to listen to what the Republican Party has to say, he might hear a message that black people can relate to." And I have. I know what the Republican Party is all about, as it relates to its message, and there are things there I can agree with it or support.

Where I (and I assume, many other black people) disagree with the Republicans is when it comes to who's in their party. This has nothing to do with their message being irrelevant or anything like that. This has to do with the fact that so much of their leadership and supporters seem to be devoid of souls. All you have to do is watch Fox News to see the hatred. Observe the town hall meetings. Listen to the things that are being said on right-wing talk radio or by their own elected officials. Why would black people want to have anything to do with that?

These are people who apologize for or outright support blatant racism in our culture. These are people who want there to always be division between the races. These are the people who play the race card, then point at the black guy for daring to take offense to it. That's what's infected the Republican Party. Stop claiming Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as one of your own, because he would have been run out a long time ago.

But let's say we would be welcomed with open arms. Let's say black people started joining the Republican Party in record numbers. Those same people who don't like us as Democrats will just keep not liking us as they abandon the party. Libertarian enrollment would explode if something like that happened. Either that, or the Klan would become a legitimized political party.

Why is Michael Steele so focused on recruiting black people, anyway? Is he tired of having to settle for hanging out with Alan Keyes at the convention? After all, we're only 12% of the population. 12% of the population that most of your current base doesn't like, anyway. Is losing 40% of the population worth gaining that 12%? Because as you well know, we can't elect anyone on our own.

After all, why change what's worked since the Civil Rights days? The Republicans haven't ever been interested in courting black votes, because they can get all of the votes they need by getting white folks mad. It's easy and it works. I can't say I blame them. And you wanna mess all that up by inviting black people to the party. Do you even know who's in your party? The state of Texas is trying to secede just because we have a black President! Gun sales are up just because we have a black President! White supremacist group recruitment is through the roof just because we have a black President! You want us to hug up with THEM? And you wonder why black people keep voting Democratic.

Michael Steele, the Republican base doesn't even like YOU and you're the chairman of the RNC, which is kinda like being on the prom committee, anyway. Your job isn't to mobilize anything, your job is to make sure the balloons and streamers are in place when Mitt Romney accepts the 2012 nomination. Rush Limbaugh has more influence than you, and he's just a racist pill-popper with a hearing aid drilled in the side of his head.

So just let this go and stop trying to convince us that the Republican Party is really interested in having us with them. They almost elected a mummy and an idiot just by making people afraid of the idea that they'd have to call a black man "Mr. President." Come on, man. And that anyone thought we'd listen to you is actually pretty insulting. You defend them, even when they say something racist. You don't have any credibility among black folks. I'm saying that and generally speaking, I like you.

They're setting you up for failure and in the end, you'll be a scapegoat for them. It's not too late for you, though. Just come on home, so we can stop being ashamed of your career choices. We'll just call you a "Blue Dog Democrat." Deal?