Republican's Gift Held Racial Parody of Obama

[proud2BlibKansan]

Chip Saltsman, a candidate for chairman of the Republican National Committee, sent committee members this month a holiday music CD that included "Barack the Magic Negro," a parody song first aired in 2007 by talk show host Rush Limbaugh.

Created by conservative satirist Paul Shanklin, the song puts new lyrics to the tune of "Puff the Magic Dragon," and it is performed as if black activist Al Sharpton were singing it. Limbaugh played it after the Los Angeles Times ran an opinion piece with the same title.

"A guy from the LA paper said it made guilty whites feel good, they'll vote for him and not for me cuz he's not from the hood," the song goes. "Oh, Barack the magic negro lives in DC, the LA Times they called him that because he's black but not authentically."
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The CD accompanied holiday greetings from Saltsman, a Tennessee resident who managed former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee's campaign for president. Saltsman announced his bid to lead the Republican Party this month.

more . . . http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/26/AR2008122601707.html

[ccharles000]

1. puke

[monmouth]

2. This puke is an example of why repugs are pretty much over. Thinking

people on both sides of the aisle find this behavior abhorrent, I wish someone could slap him down.

[SpiralHawk]

3. Trypical republicon chickenhawkery at its most banal

Chickenhawk draft-dodging republicons like Limbaugh got nothing going for them but poo flinging...

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. But he IS a magic negro

:)

[NaturalHigh]

5. I'm going to employ a Republican line here.

"If you don't respect the man, at least respect the office."

Okay, so Obama hasn't officially taken office yet, but he's going to be our president. He's entitled to respect. Republicans said that for the past eight years, now it's time for them to practice what they preach.

Even most people I know who didn't vote for Obama (and there are lots of them) think he's doing a good job with the transition.

[TEmperorHasNoClothes]

6. I was going to post this

I wish I could say I was surprised, but I'm not. I like to think Saltsman isn't typical of southern white republicans and hope he is. This is an outrage and if he gets chair of the RNC after this I will be even more judgmental about repubs than I previously was. I am really sad that after Obama's historic election, Saltsman felt the need to remind folks he just needs to wipe off his white hood to attempt to bring things back to what he sees as "the good old days".

[malaise]

7. I'd love to see that Rethug hack

Ron Christie's take on this, but then he has a crossed-eyed view of most issues.

[proud2BlibKansan]

8. . . .

:spank: