'Magic Barack,... Star Spanglish Banner'

Good for Duncan. Unfortunately, you can't fix stupid. And the anti-intellect party trolls will continue to drive their party further into extinction. So there is an up side.

Plus, the guy's name is Chip.

Crikey.

The excuse the Limbaugh's, Saltsman's and the RNC etc always provide is: "Oh, we were just kidding! It was just a Parody!"

One thing is very clear. Limbaugh and the RNC recipients who laughed at this deplorable excuse for humor are, without a doubt, Racist for doing this. This would be similar to sending out a CD with "Nazi Ovens were Fun!" or "Japanese Internment Camps provide Enjoyable Summers!" or "The Trail of Tears is good Camping!" More FUN Parodies!

The Republican National Committee JUST DOES NOT GET IT!! They have yet to refute Limbaugh for his racist tactics. and they won't because they agree with him.

We are a Nation of Immigrants, of ALL Ethnicities! We are ALL EQUAL!!
Our Country is NOT about the Privileged Only! We do not Pander to the Rich Bankers! (except under Bush Economics!) The RNC´s Reign of Terror is OVER!!!

Will the Republicans ever get it? Will they ever understand that until they STOP their Racist Ways and be willing to accept and embrace ALL of us Americans of Color, WE WILL NOT VOTE FOR YOU EVER AGAIN! Will they ever, ever refute Limbaugh OR his tactics?... WE LATINOS and MINORITIES ARE WAITING!

I'm an Anglo-Saxon female who takes as much offense to this crap cd as any ethnic group certainly would. The white supremist culture of the 1950's is dead in 21st century America. Whites will soon become the minority in this country, and all of us 'white' Americans need to wake up to this fact and embrace all ethnic groups as equals. America is the world's melting pot. We are ALL in this together.

How disgusting.

Republicans just don't do funny. I don't know exactly what it is; the underlying tones of mysogyny, parochialism, elitism, or racism, but, Republicans have all the deft satirical touch of a jackhammer wielded by Rudolf Hess's funnier younger brother. I give you the "1/2 Hour News Hour" from the good folks at Faux News as the prosecution's exhibit A. Republicans just can't pull it off. Everybody claimed John McCain was back to his funny previous self on Letterman post election. The guy still creeps me out. Kind of like a really bad Vegas lounge singer from the 1970's. Pretentious, fake self-loathing, and that smile(insert shudder here) makes my skin crawl as does Bush's constant smirk.

Sadly for Republicans, they don't want to learn; they have had success in demonizing "the other" for years, and failed to notice the shift in demographics - they are still chasing a shrinking base of racists.

What is really disgusting is how the right-wingnuts HAVE NOT A CLUE how grotesque they are... their racist vulgarity is a badge of honor!

Off the cliff they go... good riddance, they can't jump off fast enough.

Duncan the Dunce. It took him two days to arrive at a conclusion, an eleven year old, came to, in ten minutes !! It took him that long to realize he can make some political hay, in condemning the moronic song !! The ridiculous Republicans, can't help, stepping all over their stupidity and they wonder why, nobody likes them, anymore !!! What a big bag of rocks !!
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, BRING THEM HOME, ALIVE AND WHOLE. NOW.

Of course it's racist. What else would you expect from the Kooks of Hazzard? The GOP has become a party predominately oriented towards the traditional values of the rural South. This is just the latest example of their plantation mentality.

Mike Duncan has the same name as the actor, Michael Clarke Duncan who was born on the south side of Chicago.

Chicago is home to President Elect Barack Obama, Tony Rezko and Rahm Emmanuel.

Chicago politics are dirty and sleazy.

Ergo, RNC Chairman Mike Duncan is a dirty, sleazy member of the corrupt Chicago Machine.

That's right, GOP. Just keep digging yourself in further. I have a friend who says that to be a Republican, you have to be either evil, or stupid, or both. Stuff like this makes me think my friend might be right.

How on God's green Earth could they pass this along as a "joke" and think they could get away with it? I am speechless...

Enough of the hate already! However they are making this guy out to be the answer to all America's problems. He hasn't passed any significant legislation either in the Congress or in the White House. Their already printing
coins,naming schools and roads and anything else they can think of after Obama, so please give me a break. He hasn't been tested nationally or on the Worlds stage. So pardon me for not jumping on th Obama bandwagon.
In this instance I'm from Missouri, show me don't tell me.

DID YOU KNOW THAT MOST OF THESE RACIST REPUBLICANS CALL THEMSELVES CHRISTIANS?

I doesn’t matter if it is parody or not. That it’s being distributed among RNC officials shows what a bunch of total idiots the RNC has come to be. The RNC is so removed from the ideals of the electorate that they don’t even understand the backlash against their sophomoric black-man jokes. It might be funny if a radio hack like Limbaugh pushes this juvenile humor, but real politicians actually running for committee leadership? White ones at that? What’s next? Menstrual jokes about Sen Clinton?? No, its not illegal or “dangerous” to make racial or disgusting fun of the president or any other elected official, but it is a guaranteed recipe to get your ass kicked from the media and the public. The President Elect is a flippin’ hero to the public… but Republicans don't realize that. To them he is an undeserving politician who to be ridiculed for his race. What a bunch of morons! What do they want… sixteen years out?

In 1968 Richard Nixon executed his "southern strategy", which pealed racist whites away from the Democratic Party. But they brought Christian Fundamentalism with them, and the big tent got to smelling so bad that by 2008, everyone else had left. Now, the GOP is a regional, southern party that supports letting the American auto industry ie because they are beholden to foreign auto makers, and smirks at parody songs with the word "negro" in the title. They ought to read up on the Whig Party. Anyone remember them?

chip the magic bigot... oh, sorry just kidding.

Paul -- It would be difficult for President-Elect Obama to pass "significant legislation" in Congress, since he was in the Senate. And as far as commemorative coins being minted (commemorative, not currency) and one school voting to change their name, if you can't see the historical significance of Mr. Obama's election, then I don't think I'd be able to explain it to you.

The hatred on the left is just, just amazing. It's just a song...get over it!

I wonder if Caroline (best selling author) Kennedy has her panties in a bunch over this too?

Paulo

Muhahahahahhaha !

I love it. Keep it up GOP... and while you're at it... nominate Sarah Palin in 2012 !

It's fun to watch the republican party creep higher and higher into Appalachia.

Yeah.. ! Keep doing what you're doing - do it for AMERICA !

When will the republicans put down the gun and stop shooting themselves?

I almost feel sorry for them....almost.

THE CD IS A SATIRE ABOUT AN ARTICLE THAT WAS POSTED IN THE LOS ANGELES TIMES on March 19, 2007, YOU IDIOTS !!!

Obama the 'Magic Negro' The Illinois senator lends himself to white America's idealized, less-than-real black man.

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-ehrenstein19mar19,0,5335087.story?coll=la-opinion-center

It's hard to pick the most obvious embarrassment for Republicans here. That the party's favorite right-wing blowhard (Rush Limbaugh) would promote such a song on his radio show? That a candidate for RNC chair would use the song as a Christmas gift? That the candidate for RNC chair would assume that Republican Party leaders would enjoy it?

That Mike Duncan would wait 22 hours before saying anything about this, only denouncing Saltsman -- a rival for his job -- after the media noted that party leaders had only offered "odd silence" in response to the story?

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BUSH THE FECKLESS CONMAN BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE GOP
(to the melody of Barack the Magic Negro or Puff the Magic Dragon)
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Bush, the feckless conman brought to you by the GOP
Frolicked with the hypocrites of the grand old party of dishonesty,
Little Dicky Cheney loved that rascal Bush,
And brought him water boards, illegal wire taps and other fancy stuff. oh

Bush, the feckless conman brought to you by the GOP
Frolicked with the hypocrites of the grand old party of dishonesty
Bush, the feckless conman brought to you by the GOP
Frolicked with the hypocrites of the grand old party of dishonesty

Together they would travel on a Presidential yacht filled with felons, child molesters, liars and corrupt political appointees.
Dickie kept a lookout while Dubya huffed and puffed and failed his own country,
Hastert, Delay, Foley, Craig, Vitter, Gonzalez, Libby, Stevens, Brownie, Rummy the list's too long to explain,
Somali pirate ships should all lower their flags to honor the Republican hall of shame. oh!

Bush, the feckless conman brought to you by the GOP
Frolicked with the hypocrites of the grand old party of dishonesty
Bush, the feckless conman brought to you by the GOP
Frolicked with the hypocrites of the grand old party of dishonesty

A dragon lives forever but not so the two faced, lying and corrupt
West wings and campaign finance rings make way for boy toys behind bars.
One grey night it happened, Barack came knocking on the White House door
And Bush that cagey conman, ceased his feckless roar.

His head was bent in sorrow, the neocons cried in pain,
Dickie could no longer play along the Camp David lane.
Outside the oval office, Dubya could not be brave,
So Bush that feckless conman sadly slipped into his Crawford cave. oh!

Bush, the feckless conman brought to you by the GOP
Frolicked with the hypocrites of the grand old party of dishonesty
Bush, the feckless conman brought to you by the GOP
Frolicked with the hypocrites of the grand old party of dishonesty

Leave it to Limpbag to use a "drug" oriented song.

Puff.......A Rush to smoke crack!

What worries me is that Rush get 13.5 million listeners for this hate filled words. Think about that for a minute. That is over 5% of the adult population at least tacitly agrees with this sort of thing. As a country we need to start pulling together instead of pulling apart.

DID YOU KNOW THAT MOST OF THESE RACIST REPUBLICANS CALL THEMSELVES CHRISTIANS?

Posted by: ED BALDWIN | December 27, 2008 11:36 PM

Living in the South for so many years........I can tell you racists and the "bible belt" go hand in hand.

This is so racist and offensive. He should be thrown out and tarred and feathered. See how he would like that???We are trying to rebuild our Nation. Not tear it down like Duncan..He is a disgrace to his own Party..........Talking about a President to be like that....Isn't that a crime????????

I am so sick and tired of all the double-standard crap coming from the liberal-socialist left. It seems if anyone on the left side of the isle does anything that could be considered out of line, it gets passed over as either freedom of speech, or that's my culture, or I can use the N word but you better not, or I can call my black woman a Ho, but no one else can refer to anyone of color that way.

It's in the rapcrap music, the language, and the overall attitude, period.

Being white it has become perfectly acceptable for me to be refered to as Whitey, Cracker, Redneck, Honkey, White Bread, and dozens of other derogatory names I don't like or appreciate.
The double-standard where it comes to the issues of black vs. white, or Obama vs. ANYONE else is simply another poor excuse of a liberal-socialist trying to cover up, evade, and distort the inadequacies of the socialist movement and their lack of true belief, faith and support of and for the Constitution of the United States and all that It represents.
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Chicago politics are dirty and sleazy.
Ergo, RNC Chairman Mike Duncan is a dirty, sleazy member of the corrupt Chicago Machine.
Posted by: MJ Logic 101 | December 27, 2008 10:24 PM
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Well of course that's wrong. Only people who happen to actually PARTICIPATE in the corrupt sleazy politics of the Chicago Machine can be called members of the Chicago Machine. A few examples would be Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel and Valerie Jarrett.

There is a difference between a sense of humor (which most people have) and extreme bad taste and bigotry (Rush Limbaugh).

Posted by: bill r. | December 28, 2008 7:49 AM
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"Puff The Magic Dragon" is a narrative about childhood fantasy and the loss of innocence, not pot.
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I didn't bother to listen to these. Why bother? These people have always been on the fringe and always will be. (Plus song parodies of any kind are seldom funny for some reason.)
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Why are we wasting bandwidth with this?

I wonder when RNC chair Mike Duncan received said wake up call. Just a few months ago, he protested with deafening silence when his party's ticket for president (McCain/Palin) decided to employ the "other" strategy against Barack Obama.
The fact is racial polarization has been a Republican trademark for decades, and, as evidence by Palin's soaring post-election popularity, old habits die hard.

Indeed, the GOP's homogeneity has become a punchline even among Republicans, and Duncan's assertion that the GOP must grudgingly open its platform to include the real America is a practical reality.
But, as Jerry Seinfeld once pointedly told an unusually ambitious Costanza: -"Good luck with all that!"

This is one of the main reasons why the Republican party is dead and not fit for party status in the United States any longer. There are many other worthy & respectable parties in this country that could easily take the place of the Republican party.

The Green Party, the Libertarian Party, the Progressive Party etc.. would all be much more beneficial for the United States then a party whose sole platform is to divide the country and alienate entire races.

America is not a white country or a black or brown or any other color the racists would have you think. America is a multi-racial country. This is the strength of the United States.

One of our greatest abilities is to show that people from all over the world can live free together and use the strengths of each other to make our country even greater. Not to use divisive tactics because your party has nothing to contribute but destruction and corruption.

It is time that the last nail in the coffin was set into the dying ideologies of the Republican party. For too long they have resembled the worst that politicians have to offer. For too long they have played on peoples fear in order to set the country against itself and bankrupt it at the same time.

That is not to say that everyone should become a Democrat.

In fact, it is to say that the time for 3rd party inclusion is now.

America is too big, too dynamic and too wonderful to only have a 2 party system. Republicans can either change or they can stay the same simple minded people who have tarnished the work of America's forefathers and tarnished relations with our neighbors around the world. Either way it is time for a 3rd party and its time to put the racism of the old boys club where it belongs, In the past with all the other failed institutions that did nothing for humanity but turn the poor against the poor.

Racism is a tool used by the rich to divide the poor against each other.

Divide the poor and you keep them weak.

Keep the poor weak and you can continue to exploit them.

Beware the rich man that points and tells you where to hate.

Think about it.

It would seem the gist of the "Pro" comments are either "Get over it" or "My poor little double standard feelings have been hurt", along with some racist masquerading as a Marine.

Tell Chip the magic bigot to get over it. We wouldn't be having this conversation but for Chip the magic bigot. We should pity Chip the magic bigot but we wont ignore this. All the Republicans with a brain have said that this was inappropriate. A very small minority supports this behavior.

To those who cry double standard I guess you will just have to keep crying. Hilary's campaign dropped the ball and let Obama sneak right up on her with a 50 state strategy that proved very effective. Hilary is moving forward you should too. On the bright side we are finally getting rid of Comrade George Bush, the biggest spender and taker of our rights and freedoms any of us has ever seen. Its interesting that the small "Get over it" minority doesn't seem to realize that the very thing they profess to dislike the most has been leading the country for the past eight years. Good riddance George Bush!

Posted by: xinunus | December 28, 2008 4:30 AM

This is not about the actual parody that played on Limbaugh's show, it is about the pathetic guy who was trying to use it to get the top RNC chair and thought it was a good idea to pass it out to potential backers. How stupid can someone in public life be?

Meanwhile Rush is laughing all the way to the bank at all of you "ditto head" listeners with his $4 million dollar contract. He is making a bundle off you.

Considering your history it's probably not surprising to anyone on here that you wouldn't want to discuss the GOP's race baiting tactics.
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Why are we wasting bandwidth with this?
Posted by: MJ | December 28, 2008 11:32 AM

I will NEVER vote for a black man...period.

Posted by: MJ | July 5, 2008 3:08 PM

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Attn;Milw-town...Perhaps I might enlighten you, the last time I looked the U.S.Senate was still part of the Congress! And yes I understand the significance of his election. And I also want him to be successful even though I did not vote for him, because if he is successful than its good for America.

The Swamp commenter, MJ, has brought to our attention a comment that was posted in his name in July that voiced a prejudice against voting for a black man. The posting was entered in MJ's name by another poster, apparently playing a prank. We have removed that posting and will vouch for MJ's innocence on this count. As for the posting prankster, stop playing games please. We're looking for serious commentary here.

Th e neo-cons still have that druggie screaming into the microphone with his hate and ideology. (Rush Limbaugh) Do you know that their are 250 million people who don't listen to his crap. Hopefully the Republican Party will be buried, not to be revived ever! The Republicans are the party that usually does something to this nation, rather than doing something for this nation. REST IN PEACE---FOREVER! whiteagle38

The problem that the RNC must deal with is perception, if anyone remembers the pictures from the McCain campaign they were Lilly white for the most part. The pictures did not give anyone the idea that the party is inclusive. The pictures from McCain's concession speech and the fact that he had to tell his supporters to be kind and accepting of the newly elected President, also reinforces the impression of a mostly white party made up of older Caucasian people and their children. With this in mind then play the CD and you will see that it can only be divisive and demeaning to all people that are non white. If you are white and have never been denied a hotel room, service in a restaurant, a loan, a job, consideration for a promotion, entry into a school of your choice or any other basic right, then your ability to be understanding of the plight of non white people could be explainable. This so called harmless gift, reminds us of all the bad things that we have experienced in this Caucasian controlled society.
When we consider our current plight and the pictures of all of the masterminds of the demise of the financial institutions, the housing industry, the retail sector, the auto industry, the nations infrastructure, and the largest grand theft in the history of the nation, note those pictures don't show any people of color - maybe we need a Magic Negro.

As xinunus has noted here, this parody is based on an opinion article written by David Ehrenstein of the LA Times. I am thinking that Mr. Ehrenstein is probably not a low-life Republican in any form.

Obama has been promoted by the democrat faithful as this saintly being, from Chicago by the way, that can right all wrongs, a brilliant, transformative, Lincolnesque, Kennedyesque, Jeffersonian, FDR New Deal Re-Do, dynamic, electrifying figure that can do all great things for the betterment of all mankind in the entire world, including evil sub-human Republicans. He is Christ Re-Incarnate. Only better, because there are no real religious requirements or sacrifices on the acolyte's part. Just can't beat that. So yeah, he just may be subject to some skepticism for those of us that have not yet come up to the table and partaked of the Obama koolade.

Is this really racist? Maybe it just isn't the proper way to worship this transformative, brilliant, etc., etc. great leader. George Bush has been called far worse things than anything in this parody, practically on a daily basis, over his last term. Is this hypocritical?

Lightning Bolt Thought - Senator Joe Biden was heavily criticized for paying Obama a genuine compliment during the preliminaries. Political Correctness. Our faux pas, democrats. The great Obama has not shown himself to be this thin skinned, but we consistently underestimate Political Correctness. Maybe one of those new schools that gets built will be for Political Correctness, forced attendance for All Republicans.

This is just more proof that the Republican party has handed over the reins to a bunch of idiots. When will the real Republicans boot them out or start a new party?

Leave it to a corrupt journalist like Mark Silva to not mention that the Barack the Magic Negro name came from a liberal LA Times columnist, which inspired Limbaugh and Shanklin to satirize the column. The song satirizes the column and the way the media fawns over Obama. But then facts and the Chicago Tribune Washington Bureau have nothing in common.

“When I found out what this was about I had to ask, ‘boy, what’s the big deal here?’ because there wasn’t any.”
-- Mark Ellis, Chairman of the Maine Republican Party

Mr Ellis, you are an imbecile of colossal proportions if it doesn't compute in your troglodytic brain that disseminating a song with the title "Barack The Magic Negro" is a racist, hateful, sophomoric act.

But that's just it: Deep-seated ignorance and ethnocentrism like this stunts one's sense of morality, perpetuates stupidity, and leaves one not knowing what one doesn't know. So yes, I'm sure you think this is perfectly harmless.

I can't wait until all you ethnic puritan-maniacs are retired, voted out, or six feet under. This mindset is so played.