Here's a word to the wise: Never stand too close to somebody when they're learning something new that RNC Chair Michael Steele has done or said. You don't want to get splattered with the brains that are exploding…

Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele told a group of young Republicans that he would reach out to black voters by offering them fried chicken and potato salad.

Asked by a blogger how he would reach out to "diverse populations," Steele said: "My plan is to say 'Y'all come,' because a lot of you are already here."

After someone in the audience said, "I'll bring the collard greens," Steele added, "I got the fried chicken and potato salad."

Ha! That's not true. That didn't really happen in this world in which we all live every day. That's a made up thing that somebody made up.

I know this because, if there's three things I know, it's 1) that Supreme Court confirmation hearings are not about how ninja nunchucks work, 2) columnist David Brooks is unattractive even to closeted gay conservatives, and 3) the first-ever black chairman of the RNC does not do his best Stepin Fetchit performance for young, rich, white members of his party.

Oh, wait. Yeah, this is probably true.