{"id":4617,"date":"2010-02-08T20:40:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-08T20:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/68.169.38.31\/?p=4617"},"modified":"2010-02-08T20:40:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-08T20:40:00","slug":"dude-thats-michael-steele-seriously","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormogons.com\/index.php\/2010\/02\/dude-thats-michael-steele-seriously\/","title":{"rendered":"Dude, that\u2019s Michael Steele. Seriously."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So your \u0152cumenical Volgi is over at <a href=\"http:\/\/voices.washingtonpost.com\/dcsportsbog\/2010\/02\/a_redskins_music_video_from_th.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Dan Steinberg\u2019s Sports Bog<\/a> and decides out of nostalgia to watch the \u201cThanks for the 12th Man\u201d video from 1987 or so. And at twenty-nine seconds in, he does a double take and says, \u201cThat guy clapping\u2014man, he looks like Michael Steele. Couldn\u2019t be, right?\u201d So Confucius pulls up the below picture of Michael Steele from Wikipedia and looks for distinguishing marks. Prominent earlobes. Check. Mole on chin. Check. And then he goes back and checks the tape. See for yourself:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"400\" height=\"324\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/fjL-4nwnkkk&#038;color1=0xb1b1b1&#038;color2=0xcfcfcf&#038;hl=en_US&#038;feature=player_embedded&#038;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/fjL-4nwnkkk&#038;color1=0xb1b1b1&#038;color2=0xcfcfcf&#038;hl=en_US&#038;feature=player_embedded&#038;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" width=\"400\" height=\"324\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/4\/45\/Michael_Steele.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px;\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/4\/45\/Michael_Steele.jpg\" border=\"0\" title=\"Biz Mike E.\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Update:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/corner.nationalreview.com\/post\/?q=ODc2ODg1MWU1YzY4YWZhNWQ5ZTA4ZGNhNWVkM2U1MTQ=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Thanks, Jonah<\/a>, and welcome, Cornerites. Come for the politico-in-ancient-sports-&#8220;rap&#8221;-video spotting, stay for the complimentary taco bar. Also, yeah, I know, the video says \u201c1986\u201d right on it and I said 1987 or so. <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">Mea culpa<\/span>, though technically I\u2019m still correct, if stupid-looking\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So your \u0152cumenical Volgi is over at Dan Steinberg\u2019s Sports Bog and decides out of nostalgia to watch the \u201cThanks for the 12th Man\u201d video from 1987 or so. And at twenty-nine seconds in, he does a double take and <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/gormogons.com\/index.php\/2010\/02\/dude-thats-michael-steele-seriously\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568,2033],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-4617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hail-to-the-redskins","category-michael-steele"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dude, that\u2019s Michael Steele. 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