Going for One's Self

Michael Steele, a former Lt.Gov of Maryland, a state in which, in a very different era, I spent nearly all my adolescent years, was voted in to be the new chairman of the Republican National Committee.

Incidentally, he is also a Rainbow, that is, black, or African-American, or whatever. And "incidentally" is definitely the right word there, as in this case that identification is trivial at best.

It's hard to see how the choice of him will be of benefit to anyone ...except Michael Steele. Maybe if he has a Lamborghini in his driveway and a yacht on the Chesapeake, now he will be able to afford two Lamborghinis and two yachts. Otherwise....

A different color of paint on an iron fist does not make the blows of that fist any softer.