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RedState Chief Defends Racist 'Magic Negro' Song
RedState Chief Defends Racist 'Magic Negro' Song
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 ...
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RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... Okay, one more on this. That AOL guy is now claiming I am defending a “racist” song. In this kid’s world, it is racist. But as has been stated repeatedly, the song is not a racist song (note to Chip Saltsman: that this stuff is now going on is reason number one you are not qualified to be RNC Chairman). Now here is the thing: the guy has moved beyond claiming the parody itself is racist to claiming that any parody of Al Sharpton is racist. He had originally contended that the song had nothing to do with Al ...

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