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.”
--Newly elected Republican National Committee Chairman Michael S. Steele, attempting to employ waaaaay too many hip buzzwords all at once, in an interview with the Washington Times.
And it gets better:
“It will be avant garde, technically. It will come to table with things that will surprise everyone - off the hook."
Things like, weirdly employed French phrases?
"I don't do 'cutting-edge. That's what Democrats are doing. We're going beyond cutting-edge.”
Translation: We totally found out about Facebook, and we're not just using it to look up our high school girlfriends.
Somebody needs to set that to music, stat. Preferably with a urban-suburban hip-hop feel.
(H/T to Paul the Spud at Shakesville.)