As angry at Obama as I am, those across the aisle so to speak are also finding new and novel ways to screw up - and thus piss me off. For those who missed it, Republican National Committee Chairman hopeful Chip Saltsman sent out a CD to some friends that contained, among other things, a parody song entitled "Barack the Magic Negro," written by "Conservative Comedian" (I will not call him a satirist) Paul Shanklin and sung to the tune "Puff the Magic Dragon." Shanklin's parody excerpted below:
Barack the Magic Negro lives in D.C.
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 made guilty whites feel good
they'll vote for him and not for me
'cause he's not from the hood..."
http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/race/2008/12/barack-the-magi.html
By the way, Shanklin "sings" the song as an "imitation of Al Sharpton" - really hilarious. Even better, America's Dumb-ass Laureate, Rush Limbaugh gleefully played it on his radio show. Hysterical
Unbelievable. What is wrong with these people. I don't really condone swearing when people are trying to be taken seriously, but sometimes it's needed. So, pardon my French here, but if you think this is funny, if you think there's nothing wrong with this, if you think criticism of this "parody" is people being overly sensitive, fuck off. That's right. Fuck. Off. You are not smart, in fact, calling you stupid is an insult to stupid people.
With the Republican Party essentially acknowledging in many corners that the real reason they lost was because they alienated people by being obscenely out of touch, this is hardly the message they should be sending. And the person disseminating (good ol' Chipster) is hardly the messenger the Republicans need (or should even want).
Can't possibly imagine why I can't stand either party.
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