foxnews.com - 12/30/2008
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The chairman of the Republican National Committee said Saturday he was "shocked and appalled" that one of his potential successors had sent committee members a CD this Christmas featuring a 2007 parody song called "Barack the Magic Negro." In spite of RNC Chairman Robert M. "Mike" Duncan's ...
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RNC Chair "Shocked and Appalled" at Obama Parody
thepage.time.com 12/27/2008 — Mike Duncan blasts fellow Republican Chip Saltsman for distributing a CD including the parody song "Barack the Magic Negro."
"I am shocked and appalled that anyone would think this is appropriate as it clearly does not move us in the right direction."
Duncan is running for re-election as ...
Why Barack Obama Is A “Magic Negro”
themoderatevoice.com 12/31/2008 —
I’ve been mentally laughing uncontrollably due to the recent re-hashing of the Barack The Magic Negro tune and resulting commentary. I thought the song was funny back then and I still think it is funny. Why would this black guy find the ...
Do Moderates Have a Future in the GOP? —
James Richardson's Skepticians
Republican Party of Florida Chairman Jim Greer, genuinely held in high-regard for his minority outreach and fundraising by both regional and national politicos, emailed fellow RNC committee members a coy plea for support, but suggested they first “listen to the views of the current candidates” ...
Obama Shrugged Off 'Magic Negro' Label —
Drudge Retort
Back in 2007, Barack Obama shrugged off the Rush Limbaugh-broadcast parody song "Barack the Magic Negro," telling ABC's Jake Tapper, "I'm not one of these people who, who takes myself so seriously that I get offended by every comment made about me," he said. "What Rush does is entertainment." ...
Greer tests the waters —
Ben Smith's Blog
The chairman of the Republican Party of Florida, Jim Greer, emails fellow members of the Republican National Committee that he's considering jumping in to the race for GOP chair.
Greer criticized Chip Saltsman's distribution of "Barack the Magic Negro," and has cast Florida as a ...
RedState Chief Defends Racist 'Magic Negro' Song —
Politics Daily
Director and Editor of RedState.com Erick Erickson responded to my column yesterday by defending the ra cist song "Barack the Magic Negro," and RNC chair candidate Chip Saltsman's gift thereof. Here's a taste: Some Moron Thinks He Knows What He's Writing About Some guy named Tommy Christopher ...
Malkin "The Magic Racist" —
At-Largely
Michelle Malkin once again shows off her handy dandy racism schtick. Here is what this fine mental-all star has written in support of the racist song put out by the GOP called "Barack the Magic Negro:"
Oh, give me a super-sized break.
Leftie ’60s leftover/songwriter Peter Yarrow at the ...
“Magic Negro” Satire —
The Moderate Voice
Limbaugh, Shanklin and now Saltsman would like to convince you that the parody calling our next President a “Magic Negro” is merely good-humored, lighthearted, innocent satire.
I have used satire myself in several of my writings, but none of them makes fun of or ridicules ...
The Next Right = The Same Right —
Oliver Willis
As Vice President-elect Joe Biden noted during the 2008 convention, the GOP continues to offer more of the same .
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 ...
Do You Believe in Magic? —
Comments from Left Field
Carmen D puts the latest iteration of the “Magic Negro” controversy in broader context by revisiting an old post of hers on the original source of the conservative meme, a 2007 LA Times op-ed by author (and OG Vast Left Wing Conspirator) David Ehrenstein:
Ehrenstein seems to ...
GOP paralysis, or generation gap? —
Ben Smith's Blog
Mike Allen wonders about the Republican silence in response to a racially charged Obama joke:
TOP TALKER - 'Candidate For RNC Chair Sends Out CD With Song Called 'Barack, The Magic Negro,'' By The Hill's Eric Kleefeld: 'If one of the Republican Party's challenges is how to effectively oppose ...
Our Next President, “A Magic Negro?” —
The Moderate Voice
Back in May 2007, TMV’s Editor-In-Chief, Joe Gandelman wrote a post on Obama’s reaction to right-wing talk radio show host Rush Limbaugh’s airing of a song parody titled “Barack The Magic Negro.”
The song goes:
“A guy from the LA paper said it made guilty whites feel ...
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