Michael Steele: As Seen on TV

As we noted earlier today, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele will be in New Mexico to attend what we imagine will be a pretty fancy dinner at the Hotel Albuquerque in Old Town.

(New Mexicans should not be remiss and forget that today is Friday, November 13th, but we're not superstitious.)

Along with our questioning if the NM GOP really knows what it is getting into with Steele's appearance, we should take a look at some of Steele's 'Greatest Hits' -- and believe us when we say that we couldn't make this stuff up -- Michael Steele is the gift that just keeps on giving:

From his early days as the newly-elected RNC Chairman (start watching around 1.30):

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So the beginning of Steele's tenure seems promising -- the RNC is adapting its image -- oh, wait, not so fast -- Steele's most recent comments seem to indicate that Republicans are afraid of African-Americans -- a comment that Jon Stewart was more than happy to take on:

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You can read the full interview Steele gave by clicking here. (It also has links to some of Chairman Steele's previous I-can't-believe-he-just-said-that comments.)

We think it is pretty unfortunate that in the wake of NY-23 and the schism which is beginning to form between hardened far-right Republicans and those who are more moderate that the NM GOP would entertain such a polarizing figure.

But if the NM GOP feels the need to have Steele's blessing -- even as they suffer from crushing state-wide defeats in 2008 -- we certainly hope someone is recording the event tonight, because Michael Steele is guaranteed Made-for-TV.