Steele keeps the GOP on its toes

And you can bet the Frappuccinos will keep flowing at that location.

"You cannot close a Starbucks in a black community," he says. "We'll riot!"

Other gems that might not get the GOP in a huff, but should get tongues wagging:

* Steele ponders his place in history in words that might escape even the allegedly eloquent Obama.

"[W]ho'da thunk it in 1963 that in 2009 two black men would sit on top of the political world of this country? How friggin' awesome is that?"

* Steele volunteers that during his three years in the seminary, he was sometimes tempted by "a pretty young thing."

* Steele reveals his inner metrosexual.

He says he's giving his office a makeover because the dark wood furniture is "way too male for me."

He admits to loving the red-carpet stuff on Oscars night. "I'm looking at the dresses. I'm lookin' at what they're doing with the hair. I'm lookin' at the fellas."

He dishes about Obama's inaugural ball attire.

"I'm sorry, white tie only goes with tails. Sor-ry!"

And Michelle Obama's ball gown.

"I wasn't feelin' that. ... Didn't like the cut. It was not flattering to her. All the little puff things on it - what was that all about? She should have been there in a, you know - she could have done a Valentino."

He admits - surprise, surprise - that he's always impeccably attired, even at home. "Oh, my kids hate it. I'm the guy who tucks his undershirt into his pajamas."

Too Much Information. Just keep it coming, baby!

Picky, picky, picky

Busybody grammarian, correct thyself.

I picked on Bob Ehrlich & Co. the other day for misusing apostrophes and the word "principal." Yet in the same column, I managed to write, "Ehrlich took more than a few hits from Team O'Malley for playing lots of golf in while office."

I hereby eat crow. It's the principal of the thing. I mean "principle."

David Carter was one of three readers who complained about my "grammer." It's "grammar," I wrote back.

Carter responded: "My bad. Your still a [Yiddish expletive] !!"

It's "you're."