"Barack the Magic Negro"

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RNC chairman candidate defends
'Barack the Magic Negro' song</font size></center>

The title of the song about President-elect
Barack Obama was drawn from a Los Angeles
Times column.


C N N
By Rebecca Sinderbrand
December 26, 2008


(CNN) -- A candidate for the Republican National Committee chairmanship said Friday the CD he sent committee members for Christmas -- which included a song titled "Barack the Magic Negro" -- was clearly intended as a joke.

"I think most people recognize political satire when they see it," Tennessee Republican Chip Saltsman told CNN. "I think RNC members understand that."

The song, set to the tune of "Puff the Magic Dragon," was first played on conservative political commentator Rush Limbaugh's radio show in 2007.

Its title was drawn from a Los Angeles Times column that suggested President-elect Barack Obama appealed to those who feel guilty about the nation's history of mistreatment of African-Americans. Saltsman said the song, penned by his longtime friend Paul Shanklin, should be easily recognized as satire directed at the Times.

The CD sent to RNC members, first reported by The Hill on Friday, is titled "We Hate the USA" and also includes songs referencing former presidential candidate John Edwards and the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, among other targets.

According to The Hill, other song titles, some of which were in bold font, were: "John Edwards' Poverty Tour," "Wright place, wrong pastor," "Love Client #9," "Ivory and Ebony" and "The Star Spanglish Banner."

Saltsman was national campaign manager for former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee's presidential bid in 2007 and 2008. Before that, he held a variety of posts, including a number of positions under former Sen. Bill Frist of Tennessee.

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/26/rnc.obama.satire/

 

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[VegasGuy]

Need to send the RNC that Beatles song, "I'm A Loser" White racists will get the point.

-VG

 

[Makkonnen]

When I read this story earlier the part that hit me the most was

"I think most people recognize political satire when they see it," Tennessee Republican Chip Saltsman told CNN. "I think RNC members understand that."


as in, they couldnt give a fuck how black people or nonrepubs see it.

Hopefully this will prove to help them along the way to becoming the whigs

 

[Greed]

Why can a black man originate this phrase about then Senator Obama, but the only flack comes from a satirist sending it to Republians along with the rest of his album more than a year later?

 

[Ruff Ryder]

Rush and the RNC just showing their true colors.

 

[Makkonnen]

Why can a black man originate this phrase about then Senator Obama, but the only flack comes from a satirist sending it to Republians along with the rest of his album more than a year later?

So there was no flack when Limbaugh played it on his show last year?

You are lying or don't know what you're talking about.

http://www.scroogle.org/cgi-bin/nbbw.cgi?Gw=Limbaugh+barack+the+magic+negro

 

[bankz]

Thats fucked up. Damn crackas just do not stop.

 

[watchin]

When I read this story earlier the part that hit me the most was

"I think most people recognize political satire when they see it," Tennessee Republican Chip Saltsman told CNN. "I think RNC members understand that."


as in, they couldnt give a fuck how black people or nonrepubs see it.

Hopefully this will prove to help them along the way to becoming the whigs

Agreed! I think most PEOPLE period see this for what it is. Not satire but out and out racism. The RNC definitely knows its base and is catering to them. All one has to do is watch those videos of Republicans going to a Sarah Palin rally to see this and other examples of racist talking points. Curious George etc, etc. I think the fact that RNC feels so free to make such a statement shows the true colors of their members. Not all republicans are racists, but many rasicsts also happen to be republicans. Not a coincidence.

 

[Ruff Ryder]

So basically you can say or do whatever you want as long as you follow it with "It was only a joke".




I love how this whole election has pulled the sheets off a lot of people.

 

[watchin]

So basically you can say or do whatever you want as long as you follow it with "It was only a joke".




I love how this whole election has pulled the sheets off a lot of people.

 

[jeanzy5342]

So basically you can say or do whatever you want as long as you follow it with "It was only a joke".




I love how this whole election has pulled the sheets off a lot of people.

I must agree with you there Brotha. It seems like they ( Republicans/Rush/Hannity/ Ann Coulter/ O'Reilly/ etc.etc) are getting more flamboyant with there BS racist remarks towards us, after the comments or jokes, all they all have to so say " I'm SORRY or IT was just a JOKE" and all is forgiven. I wonder what would happen if WE made "JOKES" and songs aka just satire about their popular figures: Ronald Regan, John Wayne, McCain and all the other Whites that White American seems to love. Maybe we should just get down like George Jefferson and start calling them "HONKIES" every chance we get, and when they get mad we can just say it was joke.

 

[BlackRob]

Rush and the RNC just showing their true colors.

I want to point out that this CD was made by a candidate for the RNC chair position. This was NOT created by NOR made by the RNC.

RNC chairman condemns controversial Obama song

(CNN) -- The chairman of the Republican National Committee said he was "appalled" by a song called "Barack the Magic Negro" on a CD distributed by one of his political rivals.

Republican National Committee Chairman Mike Duncan is the first person to speak out against "Barack the Magic Negro."

"The 2008 election was a wake-up call for Republicans to reach out and bring more people into our party," RNC Chairman Mike Duncan said in a statement reported Saturday afternoon by Politico.

"I am shocked and appalled that anyone would think this is appropriate, as it clearly does not move us in the right direction."

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/12/27/obama.song/index.html

 

[actinanass]

So there was no flack when Limbaugh played it on his show last year?

You are lying or don't know what you're talking about.

http://www.scroogle.org/cgi-bin/nbbw.cgi?Gw=Limbaugh+barack+the+magic+negro

Rush was making fun of the LA Times making that article.

However, like stupid people liberals tend to be, they try to make Rush out to be a racist.... Yet, black people would just agree instead of research on their own.

so typical....

 

[VegasGuy]

Rush was making fun of the LA Times making that article.

However, like stupid people liberals tend to be, they try to make Rush out to be a racist.... Yet, black people would just agree instead of research on their own.

so typical....

What stupid liberals are you talking about? Anyone in particular or is everyone who is not on the far right a stupid liberal?

-VG

 

[watchin]

What stupid liberals are you talking about? Anyone in particular or is everyone who is not on the far right a stupid liberal?

-VG

I'm curious to know this as well.

 

[jeanzy5342]

I'm curious to know this as well.

I'd also like to know.

Rush has made some outlandish comments about Black people, or more recently about Obama, is your opinion that he was just being funny?

 

[QueEx]

Rush was making fun of the LA Times making that article.

However, like stupid people liberals tend to be, they try to make Rush out to be a racist.... Yet, black people would just agree instead of research on their own.

so typical....

Man, you really know how to put your foot up your own ass. LOL

I cannot agree with your "Rush" comments or your "LIberals" comments; however, there might be something to your "agree instead of research" comment except there is no need to discuss that failure in this thread because it appears that your Rush and Liberals comments indicate that you too might be guilty of the very thing you accuse of others.

QueEx

 

[VegasGuy]

Man, you really know how to put your foot up your own ass. LOL

I cannot agree with your "Rush" comments or your "LIberals" comments; however, there might be something to your "agree instead of research" comment except there is no need to discuss that failure in this thread because it appears that your Rush and Liberals comments indicate that you too might be guilty of the very thing you accuse of others.

QueEx

The issue for me is it seems not too many on the right have the capacity to construct their own point of view to shit. To me, Rush followers are as robotic as they come. They use the same phraseology when they speak, the same dopey logic to make a point and almost every time you can expect some form of slander for simply having a point of view.

-VG

 

[watchin]

The issue for me is it seems not too many on the right have the capacity to construct their own point of view to shit. To me, Rush followers are as robotic as they come. They use the same phraseology when they speak, the same dopey logic to make a point and almost every time you can expect some form of slander for simply having a point of view.

-VG

LOL!! Very well put. Its true, a differing point of view will get them to start insults. Spring actual facts and logic on em and you will see some start to practically foam at the mouth!

 

[Makkonnen]

Rush was making fun of the LA Times making that article.

However, like stupid people liberals tend to be, they try to make Rush out to be a racist.... Yet, black people would just agree instead of research on their own.

so typical....

Please read the comment I was responding to and understand that you don't make any sense at all.

 

[kewlphucker]

Magic Negro? Funny I thought he wasn't black

 

[Ruff Ryder]

I gotta remember this dickhead.

Chip Saltsman

Saltsman, a former chair of the Tennessee Republican Party, was a top advisor to former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and managed former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee's presidential campaign.

He is one of several candidates running to replace Duncan in the closely contested race to lead the Republican Party.

 

[jeanzy5342]

I gotta remember this dickhead.

Chip Saltsman

Saltsman, a former chair of the Tennessee Republican Party, was a top advisor to former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist and managed former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee's presidential campaign.

He is one of several candidates running to replace Duncan in the closely contested race to lead the Republican Party.

You know whats funny Bro....... the Republicans are now claiming to be "reaching-out" to NEW voters!!!!!! Let me guess, as of this posting, now that they (most Republicans) realize that the "JOKE" wasn't funny, but was actually racist, and A LOT of people were offended, Republicans are now "OUTRAGED"?

 

[actinanass]

What stupid liberals are you talking about? Anyone in particular or is everyone who is not on the far right a stupid liberal?

-VG

anyone who rather be mad at Rush, instead of the LA Times for making the article that RUSH is making fun of. If people would just listen to the song, everyone would know that its a diss towards the LA TIMES article....

 

[actinanass]

The issue for me is it seems not too many on the right have the capacity to construct their own point of view to shit. To me, Rush followers are as robotic as they come. They use the same phraseology when they speak, the same dopey logic to make a point and almost every time you can expect some form of slander for simply having a point of view.

-VG

first and foremost vegas, because I do listen to Rush doesn't make me a follower. However, when the man is right, how can we argue it?

Talking about following, I could make the case that most of the people on ths forum followed Obama because of his race, or because they feel that they will be getting something for nothing. At least when you talk to someone who listens to talk radio, they at least acknowledge good things about some democrats. Thats not being robotic. Being robotic is following everyone else's lead because you are too afraid of being different. Being robotic is going with the flow because you are too lazy to research a person your own damn self. Being robotic is following a person that speaks a good game, and ignoring everything else because he makes you feel good. I mean its easy to call conservatives and people who actually listen to other points of views like I do, a robot. However, please make sure you look in the mirror before you make such statements.

Back to the subject, if anyone actually listened to the song *its a bad song IMO* the song was basically talking about an article that a BLACK MAN made about how white people will be able to vote for Obama. *Which ended up being correct, looking in hindsight* BTW, I'm surprise Al Sharpton haven't said anything about this. That should tell ya'll something....

 

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'Magic Negro' flap might help Saltsman</font size></center>

<font size="3">The controversy surrounding a
comedy CD distributed by the
RNC chair candidate has not
torpedoed his bid. Photo: AP </font size>


P o l i t i c o
By ANDY BARR
December 30, 2008




The controversy surrounding a comedy CD distributed by Republican National Committee chairman candidate Chip Saltsman has not torpedoed his bid and might have inadvertently helped it.

Four days after news broke that the former Tennessee GOP chairman had sent a CD including a song titled “Barack the Magic Negro” to the RNC members he is courting, some of those officials are rallying around the embattled Saltsman, with a few questioning whether the national media and his opponents are piling on.

“When I heard about the story, I had to figure out what was going on for myself,” said Mark Ellis, the chairman of the Maine Republican Party. “When I found out what this was about I had to ask, ‘Boy, what’s the big deal here?’ because there wasn’t any.”

Alabama Republican Committeeman Paul Reynolds said the fact the Saltsman sent him a CD with the song on it “didn’t bother me one bit.”

“Chip probably could have thought it through a bit more, but he was doing everyone a favor by giving us a gift,” he said. “This is just people looking for something to make an issue of.”

“I don’t think he intended it as any kind of racial slur. I think he intended it as a humor gift,” Oklahoma GOP Committeewoman Carolyn McClarty added. “I think it was innocently done by Chip.”

The song came with 40 others on an album from conservative satirist Paul Shanklin, a personal friend of Saltsman. The song is a parody of a 2007 Los Angeles Times column of the same title and is written to the tune of “Puff the Magic Dragon.”

“Barack the Magic Negro lives in D.C.” the opening of the song goes. “The L.A. Times, they called him that ‘cause he’s not authentic like me. Yeah, the guy from the L.A. paper said he makes guilty whites feel good. They’ll vote for him, and not for me, ‘cause he’s not from the 'hood.”

The song, written shortly after the publication of the Times column, was first played on the Rush Limbaugh radio show. On Monday, Limbaugh prominently re-posted the song on the top left corner of his website above the headline, “Drive-by media misreporting of ‘Barack the Magic Negro’ song.”

The flap has generated unflattering attention at a time when the GOP is trying to rebuild its brand and reach out to new voters after an election in which GOP presidential nominee John McCain ran poorly among minority constituencies.

The day after the story was first reported by The Hill, RNC Chairman Mike Duncan issued a statement expressing disgust over the song.

“The 2008 election was a wake-up call for Republicans to reach out and bring more people into our party,” said Duncan, who is seeking reelection to his post. “I am shocked and appalled that anyone would think this is appropriate as it clearly does not move us in the right direction.”

Duncan was joined by Michigan GOP Chair Saul Anuzis, another RNC chairmanship aspirant who chided Saltsman for sending out the CD.

North Dakota Republican Party Chairman Gary Emineth said he was “disappointed” when he heard about the story and questioned Saltsman’s viability as a candidate going forward.

“There are a lot of things about Chip that would have made a good a RNC chairman, but this has definitely hurt him,” he said in an interview with Politico. “With less than a month to go, Chip needs to be talking about where he wants to lead the party, and he is not going to get that opportunity.”

Not everyone is so sure, with some RNC members contending that Anuzis and Duncan may have actually hurt their candidacies with their responses.

“Those are two guys who just eliminated themselves from this race for jumping all over Chip on this,” one committee member told Politico. “Mike Duncan is a nice guy, but he screwed up big time by pandering to the national press on this.”

While South Carolina GOP Chairman Katon Dawson and former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele have decided to stay away from the controversy, offering no comment, former Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell, who would be the party’s first black chairman, has drawn notice for his vigorous defense of Saltsman.

“Unfortunately, there is hypersensitivity in the press regarding matters of race. This is in large measure due to President-elect Obama being the first African-American elected president,” Blackwell said in a statement. “I don't think any of the concerns that have been expressed in the media about any of the other candidates for RNC chairman should disqualify them. When looked at in the proper context, these concerns are minimal. All of my competitors for this leadership post are fine people.”

As a result of his position, a source close to the race said that at least 12 uncommitted committee members have contacted Blackwell to thank him for his support for Saltsman and have expressed anger toward Duncan and Anuzis “for throwing a good Republican under the bus.”

Indeed, in a fluid race in which six candidates are vying for the votes of 168 members, both Blackwell and Saltsman stand to benefit from a backlash to the flap.

Most observers expect Duncan to lead after the first ballot, but few expect he or any other candidate will be able to secure election on a first ballot. For either Saltsman or Blackwell to win election they will likely need the votes of the other’s supporters to break in their direction, along with any other committee members who are not enamored of Duncan’s leadership.

In calls to committee members in recent days, both Saltsman and Blackwell have been reminding Republicans of how both Duncan and Anuzis reacted to the story.

“I wasn’t angered by what Mike had said; it was just revealing to me how each one responded,” said Ellis of Maine, who as an uncommitted member received calls from all six candidates Monday. “Their responses were kind of a surprise to me because I saw it as something that was not an issue, something that was manufactured from outside the committee.”

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16919.html

 

[Sango]

Where was the FCC through all of this????

 

[QueEx]

Where was the FCC through all of this????

What would the FCC have to do with all of this ????

QueEx

 

[BlackRob]

What would the FCC have to do with all of this ????

QueEx

Thankfully they have nothing to do with it. This isn't a 2 Live Crew type of offense.

I've heard more offensive lyrics in raps song over the radio then Rush Limbaugh referring to Obama as a Magic Negro in that song.

If the FCC goes after Rush for that song, if the FCC goes down that road. Then what will happen to rap music, to the music videos, and what about TV shows?? They'd have to cancel 24. Where will it stop.

That's why there is a freedom of speech.

 

[QueEx]

Thankfully they have nothing to do with it. This isn't a 2 Live Crew type of offense.

I've heard more offensive lyrics in raps song over the radio then Rush Limbaugh referring to Obama as a Magic Negro in that song.

If the FCC goes after Rush for that song, if the FCC goes down that road. Then what will happen to rap music, to the music videos, and what about TV shows?? They'd have to cancel 24. Where will it stop.

That's why there is a freedom of speech.

I agree but, on the other hand, maybe we should give the FCC a push

QueEx

 

[ricanfl]

I heard the song!!! that was some funny shit!!!Stop crying
over this crap!!! He is a Magic Negro!!!! The Magic man will take our money. then give it to lazy fucks like u!!!! socialism
lives[/B]
Bend over and get fuck up the ass by Barack the Magic Negro!!!