Imagine, for just one second, if Maryland Lt. Governor Michael Steele was a Democrat, how different this story would be...

Black Democratic leaders in Maryland say that racially tinged attacks against Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele in his bid for the U.S. Senate are fair because he is a conservative Republican.

Such attacks against the first black man to win a statewide election in Maryland include pelting him with Oreo cookies during a campaign appearance, calling him an "Uncle Tom" and depicting him as a black-faced minstrel on a liberal Web log.

Operatives for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) also obtained a copy of his credit report -- the only Republican candidate so targeted.

But black Democrats say there is nothing wrong with "pointing out the obvious."

Where are Jesse Jacksons and Al Sharpton? Where's the outrage amongst black "leaders" in the country?

Well, a campaign spokesman for former NAACP president ad now Senate candidate Kweisi Mfume said, "There is a difference between pointing out the obvious and calling someone names."

The bigotry goes deeper,

State Sen. Lisa A. Gladden, a black Baltimore Democrat, said she does not expect her party to pull any punches, including racial jabs at Mr. Steele, in the race to replace retiring Democratic U.S. Sen. Paul S. Sarbanes.

"Party trumps race, especially on the national level," she said. "If you are bold enough to run, you have to take whatever the voters are going to give you. It's democracy, perhaps at its worse, but it is democracy."

Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, a black Baltimore Democrat, said Mr. Steele invites comparisons to a slave who loves his cruel master or a cookie that is black on the outside and white inside because his conservative political philosophy is, in her view, anti-black.

The Washington Times story is full of examples of Democrats and their supporters making racially motivated attacks against Michael Steele. You must read it in full.

How is that Democrats can preach so-called tolerance and diversity, when they clearly don't practice what they preach?

UPDATE: Sister Toldjah has more...

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