'Magic Negro' flap might help Saltsman

[dbackjon]

The controversy surrounding a comedy CD distributed by Republican National Committee chair 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 that included 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.”

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/200812 ... tico/16919

[dbackjon]

I hope the Republicans elect this clown as RNC chair - shows how out of touch they are....

[Appaholic]

And the Republicans, yet again, take one more step away from mainstream America and towards their dwindling choir....

[AZGrizFan]

What's the issue? Barack IS a magic negro, isn't he?

[dbackjon]

What's the issue? Barack IS a magic negro, isn't he?

And yes, the song is funny. And yes, it helps ensure no minority votes Republican...

And yes, RNC people are stupid.

[AZGrizFan]

What's the issue? Barack IS a magic negro, isn't he?

And yes, the song is funny. And yes, it helps ensure no minority votes Republican...

And yes, RNC people are stupid.

Because that's been such a LARGE voting block for us anyways...

What's the matter? Did Saltsman piss off the two remaining negroes in our party?

[dbackjon]

And yes, the song is funny. And yes, it helps ensure no minority votes Republican...

And yes, RNC people are stupid.

Because that's been such a LARGE voting block for us anyways...

What's the matter? Did Saltsman piss off the two remaining negroes in our party?

Nah, Ken Blackwell and Clarence Thomas had a good laugh.

The problem is that a 100% white party will be irrelevant...