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Will RNC Chair Michael Steele accept Stephen Colberts challenge to a 'Rap off' on his show?
Settled as No
Sadly, no.
Background:
Background: Background: Last week, Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele, in an interview with the "Washington Times," said he was planning an "off the hook" public relations offensive for the RNC.
"We need messengers to really capture that region -- young, Hispanic, black, a cross section ... We want to convey that the modern-day GOP looks like the conservative party that stands on principles. But we want to apply them to urban-surburban hip-hop settings."
Steele also referred to the stimulus package as just "bling bling."
Colbert has latched on to this hip-hopification of the GOP and challenged Mr. Steele to a freestyle rap debate about core conservative values.
The video of Colbert's challenge can be found on this link:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/27/stephen-colbert-challenge_n_170488.html
So will Michael Steele accept the challenge and come on Colberts show and rap his GOP talking points?
To qualify settlement as Yes, Steele must rap SOMETHING while on the Colbert Report. The length of the rap doesn't count, but he's gotta rhyme at least 2 sentences.
Settlement date is fixed.
"We need messengers to really capture that region -- young, Hispanic, black, a cross section ... We want to convey that the modern-day GOP looks like the conservative party that stands on principles. But we want to apply them to urban-surburban hip-hop settings."
Steele also referred to the stimulus package as just "bling bling."
Colbert has latched on to this hip-hopification of the GOP and challenged Mr. Steele to a freestyle rap debate about core conservative values.
The video of Colbert's challenge can be found on this link:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/27/stephen-colbert-challenge_n_170488.html
So will Michael Steele accept the challenge and come on Colberts show and rap his GOP talking points?
To qualify settlement as Yes, Steele must rap SOMETHING while on the Colbert Report. The length of the rap doesn't count, but he's gotta rhyme at least 2 sentences.
Settlement date is fixed.
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Forecast history %
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Those spoiled punks tend to not get involved. But they do know how to buy music. I envision the GOP putting out a rap album, maybe something like the one Bill Maher featured with Dick Cheney:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeojIOqVl1Q
(Oh, and as for Stephen Colbert's challenge to Steele Thursday night to come on his Comedy Central show and have a rap-off on conservative issues? Steele says bring it on.) from http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/19413.html
Can't wait to see what he raps. I"m hopin it goes something like this:
G.W. was dumber,
Than Joe the plumber,
And all his war policies,
Were built on fallacies,
Now Obama's got his bling blings,
So we gotta rearrange things,
With Limbaugh and Savage,
We gonna do some damage,
But we need a younger crowd
Whose willin' to be as loud
Gonna start today,
by cutting your pay!
And let's start another war,
so defense can earn some more!
Or something like that....
Steele didn't do the rap: Colbert did it for him OR orchestrated it for him OR remixed it for him. It's Colbert's show; Steele didn't really participate...
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