Chip Saltsman Commits a BONER with Barack The Magic Negro
Does the Republican National Committee Chairmanship race bring out the worst in the GOP?
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 Negro,” a parody song first aired in 2007 by talk show host Rush Limbaugh.
Created by conservative satirist Paul Shanklin, the song puts new lyrics to the tune of “Puff the Magic Dragon,” and it is performed as if black activist Al Sharpton were singing it. Limbaugh played it after the Los Angeles Times ran an opinion piece with the same title.
“A guy from the LA paper said it made guilty whites feel good, they’ll vote for him and not for me cuz he’s not from the hood,” the song goes. “Oh, Barack the magic negro lives in DC, the LA Times they called him that because he’s black but not authentically.”
The CD accompanied holiday greetings from Saltsman, a Tennessee resident who managed former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee’s campaign for president. Saltsman announced his bid to lead the Republican Party this month.
Saltsman should be embarassed and quit the race. Chip is NOT Rush Limbaugh.
Now, the parody is just tired, trite and mean-spirited.
Bye, Bye Chip.
8 Comments
gquar@comcast.net
saltsman is a jerk who should be whipped then burned at the stake. What a coward of a honkie, a cracker for sure.
Chuck
This was beyond stupid. Give me Michael Steele and get rid of the rest of these clowns.
bloginsane
Funny, some jerks envy that he won elections, let them be thankful that it happens in America and not in Russia during the Stalin times.
Brad S
bloginsane,
If you’re referring to Rush Limbaugh’s “ability” to “win” elections, have I got a pull quote for you when it comes to how Limbaugh REALLY feels about conservatives (and probably Republicans, too)! From the NYT Magazine’s profile of El Rushbo:
“Do you know what bought me all this?” he asked, waving his hand in the general direction of his prosperity. “Not my political ideas. CONSERVATISM DIDN’T BUY THIS HOUSE. First and foremost I’m a businessman. My first goal is to attract the largest possible audience so I can charge confiscatory ad rates. I happen to have great entertainment skills, but that enables me to sell airtime.”
Got it, Chip?! Do you now understand, bloginsane?!
Michael Steele can’t be chosen for RNC chair soon enough, IMHO. Though I do find it interesting that there are so many folks who would even consider leading the GOP after this year.
yeahright
this is not political satire, its racist, it doesn’t have anything to do with politics. It has everything to do with making fun of black people
me
SHAME ON ALL OF YOU!
Flap
@5 No, not really.
It is a parody but what is good for the goose (LEFT) like with Bush is not good enough (OFFLIMITS) for the gander (RIGHT). Smell the hypocrisy?
Obama for the LEFT will be defended by the racism card for his entire term.
Don’t think he will get away with it though.
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