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I am shocked, shocked that that the GOP would descend to race-baiting in the 21st century!
best regards,
Lee A er
http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/200...politico/16876
Another "where's my foot? there? ok... BANG" moments for the GOP...
Republican National Committee Chairman Mike Duncan issued a statement Saturday distancing the party’s leadership from one of the GOP’s best-known operatives, Chip Saltsman, who distributed a CD containing “Barack the Magic Negro” as part of his campaign to be elected chairman of the Republican National Committee next month.
Duncan, who has served the campaigns of five presidents dating back to Richard Nixon, is seeking reelection as the party’s 60th chairman in a hotly contested race that includes Saltsman and several other viable candidates.
Saltsman, 40, was former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee’s campaign manager during the Republican presidential primaries.
Saltsman sent Republican National Committee members, who will choose the next chairman, a CD by conservative political satirist Paul Shanklin, “We HATE the USA.” It contains the controversial track, which was popular on conservative radio. Shanklin’s Web site promises “absolutely the best parodies in talk radio.”
Duncan's statement, in full: "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 as it clearly does not move us in the right direction."
Saltsman’s candidacy for national party chair is endorsed by Huckabee and fellow Tennessean Bill Frist, the former Senate majority leader.
Saltsman defended his song selection to The Hill’s Reid Wilson, who first reported the gift.
“Paul Shanklin is a longtime friend, and I think that RNC members have the good humor and good sense to recognize that his songs for the Rush Limbaugh show are light-hearted political parodies,” Saltsman told The Hill.
Saltsman said in a statement later Saturday that the le was a reference to an opinion article in the Los Angeles Times in March 2007 with the headline, "Obama the 'Magic Negro," which argued that "The Illinois senator lends himself to white America's idealized, less-than-real black man."
Saltsman's statement said: "Liberal Democrats and their allies in the media didn't utter a word about David Ehrenstein's irresponsible column in the Los Angeles Times. ... But now, of course, they're shocked and appalled by its parody on the Rush Limbaugh Show. I firmly believe that we must welcome all Americans into our party and that the road to Republican resurgence begins with unity, not division. But I know that our party leaders should stand up against the media's double standards and refuse to pander to their desire for scandal."
Saltsman’s marketing campaign comes as Republicans grapple with ways to offer a counterpoint to President-elect Obama at a time when the country is largely supportive of his appointments and policies.
The national GOP ticket lost badly in November among many growing voter groups – including young people, Hispanics and suburbanites. Party officials says that a voter base consisting of the South plus social conservatives is not a dependable way to win elections.
In the “Republican Plan for Victory” that is Saltsman’s platform in the chairman’s race, he writes: “I believe that countering an emboldened Democratic Party, led by the Obama-Reid-Pelosi troika, requires an aggressive national strategy. This campaign’s message cannot depend upon traditional media outlets or communication methods. It will require building upon new media and developing and mastering new tactics.”
The disclosure by The Hill was met with an odd silence from Republican leaders. The story was posted at 12:10 p.m. on Friday, was quickly picked up by Talking Points Memo, and for a time was the banner headline on The Huffington Post, later replaced by Israeli’s strikes on Gaza.
Duncan issued his statement after Politico noted the party’s 22-hour silence.
Politico has exchanged e-mails with an aide to Saltsman, and will post a response when it arrives.
Saltsman is a former development director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, and was elected chairman of the Tennessee Republican Party in 1998.
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I am shocked, shocked that that the GOP would descend to race-baiting in the 21st century!
best regards,
Lee A er
My best hope is that the GOP puts Chip Saltsman in charge of the RNC anyway. Clearly, (like most of the the ruthless Obama bashers) this guy doesn't get it. Nothing could be better for the Democrats than for the GOP to keep racist jerkoffs like this, in power.
What, where is Yonivore on this one, crying foul?
You can bet your ass that if some high muckety muck in the DNC had put out a "McCain the magic whitey" song, he would be here ing about it endlessly.
Does ANYONE doubt that?
or Yoni would plagarize somebody's blog.
Nah, I'll give 'em credit this time.
A second candidate for chair of the Republican National Committee is now embroiled in a controversy having to do with race. As discussed here, Katon Dawson belonged for years to a country club that did not admit African-Americans. Now we learn that Chip Saltsman sent RNC members a CD by parody artist Paul Shanklin that included the song "Barack the Magic Negro."
The song's le came from an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times by David Ehrenstein. Saltsman is therefore arguing that the criticism of him represents a double standard, inasumuch as Ehrenstein's piece did not produce a controversy.
Ehrenstein's piece was not scandalous. As he explained in the op-ed:
Shanklin's parody was not scandalous either. His concept of "the magic Negro," presented in the context of a mock rant against Obama by the decidely non-magical Al Sharpton, was basically the same as Ehrenstein's. By ciriculating this recording, Shanklin was not displaying racism.
But Ehrenstein, Shanklin, and Rush Limbaugh (who played the recording on his show) aren't running for RNC head. So we are left with the question of whether it's a good idea for Republicans to be led by someone tone-deaf enough to circulate a recording called "Barack the Magic Negro."
To me, the self-evident answer is "no." Media double standards (if that's what we're witnessing here) are a reality the next RNC head (indeed, the next dozen) will have to deal with. Republicans need a chairman with the maturity and judgment to avoid subjecting himself, and by extension our party, to easy shots by our enemies. The RNC chair we need would have responded to Shanklin's parody with, at most, a private chuckle.
Damn, Republicans are stupid.
Wait I don't get it..... How is this Obama's fault? Wasn't the liberal media just making all this up? What about the lib posters on spurstalk getting their panties in a wad?
What the man, you're freaking me out!
Up the dosage.
For the nth time, Repug party is the party of racists.
Sending this CD, this asshole knew exactly who his audience was, and their racist at udes. They are trying to look unracist by faking being appalled.
So, Al Sharpton wasn't racist when he said it.
But the guy owning the song and the CD and who made it is.
Hmmm.
I think I got it.
The term "magic Negro" when applied to Obama is a mocking of white people.
This Saltsman guy apparently has no political instincts whatsoever. It's good for the RNC that he showed that before they might have made him their head.
Nonsense. This guy is a pure genius, whose political a en could guide the GOP to earn back the trust of the American people.
.... says the Democrat. HA!
I pray that the GOP stays Hush Limpballs party. Any wonder why Colin Powell questioned why the GOP still involved the pill popper?
roflmao. ever heard of satire? Paul Shanklin didn't invent the term, the LA Times did. how pathetic.
-Mars
More than that, it's a funny realistic parody of Jesse Jackson! It targets him, not Obama.
I don't see what the big deal is. He IS the magic negro. I saw his magical story on the daily show.
http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/in...e-Completes-Us
edit - fixed the link
Last edited by SnakeBoy; 12-30-2008 at 06:58 PM.
As are those trying to rationalize the stupidity.
this is great comedy.
-Mars
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