"Don't say it in public, you moron!"
It seems that candidate for chairman of the Republican National Committee Chip Saltsman sent the members of the committee a holiday music CD that included a parody song called, "Barack the Magic Negro”...which was first aired in 2007 by Rush Limbaugh. Yes, "Negro."
Well, turns out that current RNC chair Mike Duncan is shocked, shocked about Saltsman's choice of stocking stuffers....asking how could anyone think it is appropriate. The CD also contains other little ditties such as, "The Star Spanglish Banner."
I really chuckled at this self-inflicted idiocy. It's so clueless as to the mood of the county...and only isolates the GOP further.
I listened to the song just to see what all the fuss is about, and the Sharpton impersonator does a good enough job...but it's not funny at all. Not clever or witty, just in extremely poor taste. Using the term 'Negro' for example.
And dang it, I will now be humming Puff the Magic Dragon for the rest of the day.
From the Washington Post, By Michael D. Shear: "WASHINGTON - Republicans who are vying to lead the national party offered a mix of reactions Saturday to the decision by one candidate for the job to mail a holiday music CD including the song "Barack the Magic Negro."
The ditty by conservative comedian Paul Shanklin refers to a March 2007 opinion piece in the Los Angeles Times by David Ehrenstein headlined "Obama the Magic Negro." In the piece, Ehrenstein argued that voting for Barack Obama helped white voters alleviate guilt over past racial wrongs. The parody is sung to the tune of "Puff, the Magic Dragon."
Chip Saltsman, who managed Mike Huckabee's presidential campaign, defended his actions, telling the Hill newspaper that the song and others on the CD, which was mailed to party members, were nothing more than lighthearted parodies.
But some rivals in the contest to chair the Republican National Committee (RNC) said it carried an inaccurate message about what the GOP stands for.
"In my opinion, this isn't funny and it's in bad taste," said Michigan GOP chairman Saul Anuzis.
Current RNC Chairman Robert Duncan, who is running for re-election, said of CD, "The 2008 election was a wake-up call for Republicans to reach out and bring more people into our party. I am shocked and appalled that anyone would think this is appropriate."
Not all of Saltsman's rivals criticized him. Former Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell, who would become the first black RNC chairman, defended Saltsman and attacked the media.[..
So, big deal that black Blackwell isn't offended...he's in the same token category as Clarence Thomas of the Supreme Court. Sell-outs come in all colors.
And now, Limbaugh, Shanklin and Saltsman would like to convince you that the parody calling our next President a “Magic Negro” is merely good-humored, lighthearted, innocent satire.
My dictionary says satire means “the use of ridicule, irony, sarcasm, etc., to expose folly or vice or to lampoon an individual.” Does lampoon mean making fun or ridiculing someone’s race or ethnicity?
How does calling our next President a “Magic Negro” expose folly, or vice, or lampoon Barack Obama?
Hopefully, Chip Saltsman will win the GOP chair. Whatever it takes to drive the final nail into the coffin of this racist, greedy, fear-mongering, backwards Republican party is fine with me. My young Republican friends yearn for a new moderate Republican party.
And yes, I do know that Al Sharpton is the one who first called Barak Obama the "Magic Negro" in 2007. Okay, I can't stand Al Sharpton, or "cut his nuts off" Jessie Jackson either.
Why does the GOP think that just because one black person says something about another black person, that it automatically makes it right? Don't they know that there are blacks who do just as much harm to their race as ignorant whites?
Just shows how backward and out of touch the Republican party is.
