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rightwingnuthouse.com - 12/27/2008
IS ‘BARACK THE MAGIC NEGRO’ RACIST?
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I suppose the real question is will there ever be agreement among everybody on just what is satire and what is racism? The answer is not as long as liberals see playing the race card as the political advantage it is. The latest blow up involves a Rush Limbaugh parody that first surfaced on ...
thehill.com - 12/26/2008
RNC candidate distributes controversial Obama song
— thehill.com — RNC candidate Chip Saltsman’s Christmas greeting to committee members includes a music CD with lyrics from a song called “Barack the Magic Negro,” first played on Rush Limbaugh’s popular radio show. Saltsman, a personal friend of conservative satirist ... (more) RNC candidate distributes controversial Obama song

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politico.com - 12/30/2008
'Magic Negro' flap might help Saltsman bid
— politico.com — The controversy surrounding a comedy CD distributed by the RNC chair candidate has not torpedoed his bid and might have inadvertently helped it. (more) 'Magic Negro' flap might help Saltsman bid

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politico.com - 12/27/2008
GOP chair 'appalled' by 'Magic Negro' CD
— politico.com — Duncan distances party from Saltsman, who distributed a controversial song. See also: Saltsman unapologetic (more) GOP chair 'appalled' by 'Magic Negro' CD

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Hyscience:  Question of the day: Is 'Barack the Magic Negro' racist?

Sadly, No!:  Shorter Rick Moran

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Question of the day: Is 'Barack the Magic Negro' racist?
Hyscience — Golly gee, how liberals do love playing the race card ...

Shorter Rick Moran
Sadly, No! — “I call this game FUN-IN-A-BOX.” Is “Barack the Magic Negro” Racist? Because liberals politicize everything, only conservatives are allowed to decide what’s racist. As a conservative, I assure you that a white person calling Barack a “Negro” isn’t racist because Barack is, after all, a Negro. ...

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RNC Candidate Distributes ‘Barack The Magic Negro’ As His Christmas Greeting
thinkprogress.org 12/27/2008 — Last year, Rush Limbaugh came under intense criticism for repeatedly airing a parody song called “Barack the Magic Negro” by conservative satirist Paul Shanklin. The song, which dealt with Obama’s popularity amongst white voters, ...
RedState Chief Defends Racist 'Magic Negro' Song
news.aol.com 12/30/2008 — 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 ...
Magic Negro songwriter says lighten up (wait, is that racist?) — five feet of fury. (a bad poem on an old french statue is not an immigration policy.)
Paul Shanklin speaks: Is it provocative? Well, most political satire is. What I do for a living is major-league provocative..." "Apparently, Chairman Duncan doesn't listen to Rush Limbaugh or conservative Republicans out here in the hinterlands," Shanklin said as he listed ...
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 ...