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'Magic Negro' parody on would-be GOP leader's CD angers chairman

 

Published 12/28/2008 at L.A. Times - Politics

Chip Saltsman, who wants to head the Republican National Committee, defends his Christmas mailing after current RNC chief Mike Duncan says he's 'shocked and appalled.' > The chairman of the Republican National Committee said Saturday he was "shocked and appalled" that one of his potential successors had sent a CD this Christmas featuring a 2007 parody song called "Barack the Magic Negro," sung to the tune of "Puff the Magic Dragon." (link)

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