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What every racist excuse here boils down to:

"well bet if (insert comedian here) said that no one would have a problem with it!"

False arguement. I don't think you'd ever see a "McCain the Magic Cracker" parody is because liberals can very simply find funnier things to say than 3rd grade neener-neener humor.

"people are upset at this because we're apologizing. Going toward the center is what lost us the election!"

No, the truth is that pandering to idiots like you is what lost the Republicans the election. The GOP could drift left for about a mile and still be too far to the right for most Americans.

"but we are the party of Lincoln. We can't hate blacks. "

You're also the party of Southern Strategy, Contract With America, the Christian Coalition and boast members who think that the only good liberal is a dead liberal. Failed logic.

"liberals can't take a joke. "

The joke's only funny when both people are laughing. You also confuse satire with derision.

"but black comedians use the n word all the time!"

Yeah, and unless you are black guess what? You can't use it. Don't think that's fair? Well guess what else? The only thing fare in life is what you pay for a cab. Which interestingly enough is something that black people have a hard time hailing. Which you wouldn't get because you're not black.

I rest my case.

Billy-bayou:

No one has to worry about shining Rush's shoes when people like you keep clean for free with your tongues.
Never heard of that Second Commandment there have you? I guess it's just easier when someone is thinking for you.
There area lot of good people in the South, I think, but not that anyone would notice it. The only good to come from global warming will be that qem all the ice melts, the Solid South will be solidly underwater from the Atlantic to Oklahoma to the southern tip of Illinois. Now be a good little waste of DNA Mr. Bayou and go back to fornicating with your sister.

Some Good Republicans:
-Powell
-Snowe (Senator of Maine)
-Hagel

Some Bad Republicans:
-Limbaugh
-O'Reilly
-Palin
-Saltsman
-Giuliani
-Cheney

When Tina Fey made fun of Palin, that was satire.

When Al Franken made fun of Rush Limbaugh, that was satire.

Saltsman calling Obama "The Magic Negro", is not satire. It's racist.

Saltsman wouldn't last 5 seconds in Harlem, or South L.A.

@ NY Republican: if you cannot tell the difference between the SNL Palin parody and the Obama ethnic CD, then shame on you. Mind you, I think both have the "right" to be in the public domain, and judged there. But for you neo-nuggets to lamely try to defend the latter from the public judgement by equating it to the former is sheer stupidity, a sure sign of why your party is in the shape it is.

@BDV: the the southern United States has been bashed in these comments not because of WHERE they are but because of WHAT they did: they voted for the failure-in-charge Bush twice, and proudly so it seems. I'm afraid there's nothing prejudicial in that: it is based on the fact that most of the southern states are red. And then after two stints of abject failure with Bush, only the red states of Dumbf-kistan would go for the tri-fecta of failure by voting for McCain this past Nov. If the "south" has an image of being slack-jawed idiots, they come about it honestly - not prejudiciously.

Hey Noah, you are absolutely right about the history of the republican & democratic parties. During LBJ time, black-Americans began voting largely democratic, while at the same time the Southern half of the US switched from traditionally democratic to republican mainly because LBJ was seen as giving black-Americans more rights (and the south clearly did not ike that). Since that time, the republicans have catered to racist members of the US (which unfortunately for all the normal people living below the mason dixon line, the majority of these racist reside in the south, but not exclusively). They still pander to those racist/bigots as seen in the Palin-McCain presidential campaign.

Your party just put out a CD with a song titled "Barack the magic Negro" and you are claiming they are not racist. Listen to yourself for a second, you sound rediculous. That's pretty much the definition of a racist. If I put out a song called "Palin the skanky wh*re", you would have a right to be offended and to call me a sexist. (that statement was not meant to offend people, just to prove a point)

Thank you Carrie Goodeagle !!!!! It is rare to see someone separate the individual from the group. I truly appreciate seeing your post, it is so very rare to see that on these pages. ALL of us could learn a lesson from you. I will continue to strive to be worthy to included with the indivdiuals on your list. Thank you from the bottom of my "oft maligned" heart.

I saw comments that compared Saltsman sending this CD about Obama to Tina Fey's statire of Palin on SNL.

SNL is a satirical comedy show. Saltsman is supposedly a responsible politician who wants to head the Republican party. He ddin't send a very positive message about his party or himself.

Oh, wait! What was I thinking, the RNC is a comedy show.

Ken Blackwell, (first Black Chairman of the RNC) don't be stupid. They're only using you the way they used Sarah Palin. Only they're making you the token N....Don't do it....

I'm sure it really takes a lot out of you to hate...Maybe these bigots should try for one day to treat everyone as an equal. You have no idea how great you would feel. I know it's a reach but try it....

Republicans will fair better if they do not confuse the reich wing party to the right wing party...There comes a time and if thine eye affends thy pluck it out it will be better to enter into heaven with one less eye then to burn in hell with both.

It's obvious that no one's in charge at the GOP. The once-grand old party has been reduced to a pathetic little ragtag band of the paranoid, the selfish, the religious zealot, the bigot, the dim-witted, the greedhead, the anti-intellectual, and the war monger. Until they stop being a haven for the likes of this Saltsman, they will be relegated to a marginal status in American politics.

Republicans will fair better if they do not confuse the reich wing party to the right wing party...There comes a time and if thine eye affends thy pluck it out it will be better to enter into heaven with one less eye then to burn in hell with both.

I find it absolutely astounding that the demotwits are finding this offensive even though they know it was a poor attempt at satire, but didn't find the emotional rantings of Barry Husseins' pastor Jeremiah to be offensive! That is what I find consistent with the liberal bloggers is that when their side does something idiotic they can explain it away, but if the other side does something then it's a death sentence.

Follow the lead of OUR countries PE and try to help unify OUR country.

"Inspect yourself before you Expect from others" TParrish

Just another example of why the current RNC leadership needs to go. All of this kiss up trying to be "politically correct" about something that those of us familiar with Paul Shanklin know is humorous parody recordings is the nonsense that left you all in the minority. Pack up the rest of the sissies and get a real job and let us have some elected leaders to put forth a conservative agenda to be accepted or rejected. Not more falsehoods to try and sucker in a liberal to lean us more to the liberal agenda and hand us our butts in the elections in 2010.

The RNC members that think this song is funny and ok to make public needs their heads examined. Put away your white capes and torches, this is 2008 not 1850. WAKE UP!!!

The sad thing is that Paul Shanklin attended a Christian school and ought to know better than to write stuff like this. I can't believe that Jesus would be happy with Shanklin's brand of "comedy," or that he provides hateful material for someone like Limbaugh. I don't remember reading anywhere in the Bible "Make fun of your enemies or call them traitors when they disagree with you."

Noah December 29th, 2008 2:36 pm ET
ARC- Your sense of history is disturbingly erroneous. Republicans do not "hate African Americans."
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Who said Republicans hate 'African-Americans"? They hate Muslims, and many other people too. The Republican Party which freed the slaves is not the Republican party whose presidential candidate smiled as his supporters cried out to "Kill" President Elect Obama. Those Southern DemoDixiecrats who opposed Johnson 40 years ago are not the Democratic Party of today either. If anything, over time they evolved into southern Republicans. Which is, who I was referring too.

@ Bill, Streamland, IL,

Jindal and Romney are probably afraid to speak out;

I don't know about Thune; but,

I can tell you about Palin – she does not see a problem with the song or the CD; afterall, she has already stated small towns are the "real" America and who real Americans look like. Palin probably plays the CD in her office; her IT staff has allowed race-based emails concerning PE Obama to circulate through the State of Alaska's email system, without fear of reprimand.

The RNC is choosing to be overtly racist (under the failed disguise of satire) as a symbol of disrespect to PE Obama becoming the first minority President of the United States of America. These antics are literally teaching white youngsters to disrespect the newly elected PE. How sad.

THE GOP IS VERY RACIST PARTY AND will soon come to an end becasue people of color are really tired of being on the end of the receiving strict. You racist republicans will not be satified until your party comes to an end. The USA belongs to all Americans not just whites. Sara Palin doesn't not represent me our other people of color.

ITS RACIST AND DISRESPECTFUL !!! THIS CHIP GUY IS A COMPLETE LOSER !!!!

Oh, and NY Republican: Your comment is so stupid, it hurts.

Maybe the real reason why most of them are criticizing the parody is because they weren't asked to come up with their own.

Chris from NC

GOP leaders -

You are so quick to say that the Republicans are the Party of Lincoln as a way to impy that you couldn't possibly be anti-black.

That, and $4.50, will get you a cup of coffee at Starbucks.

Americans don't trust the GOP whenever an African American or a Latino are involved. You will get NO benefit of the doubt. ZERO. Your past actions have earned this mistrust.

The only way for you to win Americans over will be to forcefully, and repeatedly repudiate any racial insensitivity and stop trying to explain it away as a joke, satire, mis-statement, a "misunderstanding", etc.

Palin / Saltsman, 2012!! I'd like to say it's just the disgusting Republicans who should be ashamed of themselves, but in reality, the vast majority of our politicians are morally bankrupt. America, where our politicians are bought and sold for a song and a campaign donation. You guys are a disgrace. For the love of God, I hope Obama is different. Please don't let us down. I don't know if we have that many chances left to get it right.

Noah–You're sense of history is also pretty poor. If you look at what the Republican and Democratic parties stood for back then, you would see that their priorities have shifted dramatically. To say that the Republican party freed the slaves is technically correct. But in reality it means nothing because today's descendant has little in common with its ancestor.

Republicans just don't get it. They can piously intone how open they want the party to be, but this stunt, and the defense of frankly quite offensive speech, shows what they are.

Funny how they point to SNL parodies to excuse their behaviour, and talk about double standards.

Well, in a way they are right, but usually because the parodies of the Left are based on appealing to an educated population.

Republicans seem bent on reaching out to the lowest common denominator, and take pride in ignorance. Not the party of Lincoln, Eisenhower, or even Reagan anymore.

Richard Rohde December 29th, 2008 2:38 pm ET

Based on all of the degradation the South and Southerners are gettting from the dem/elite, is it alright if we secede this time? I am sure the dems can take care of all of the unemployed and the sacred unions without our taxes.
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Richard. You really are silly. California & NY contribute more tax dollars than than the entire south put together. It just goes to show how ignorant some republicans can be.

Yes Richard, why don't you continue to prove the "liberal's" point by calling us all women as if it's an insult.
Please read/think before you post.
Almost all people, conservative or liberal, expect better from their leaders.

Funny how this Republican "Parody" sounds just like their campaigns.

Anyone who thinks all people from the south are Republicans or racist or that all Republicans are racist are pretty ignorant themselves and pretty much racist in thinking too. When you stereotype a group of people by the actions of a few, then that makes you racist too.

Seriously . . . stupidity and ignorance is being spouted in here from both Democrats and Republicans. Neither side is better than the other but unfortunately too many of you are too clueless to see past party lines or political dogma.

I don’t have much faith in America with the intelligence being shown in here . . . when a below average candidate like Obama is heralded as a historic choice for president just because he beat out another below average candidate then we really do have a problem. I don’t vote to make history due to race . . . I vote to make this country better. Too bad so many of you believed in hype over substance and felt that McCain and Obama were the best choices we had.

I find it hard to believe that some of these people own a computer.

TO–BDV December 29th, 2008 2:46 pm ET
Democrats are mean. They made fun of McCain's torture-induced handicap, and they hate Palin's mentally-challenged son.
YOU ARE LIAR!!!!

What I find utterly disheartening about this whole issue is that none of the viable 2012 GOP prresidential frontrunners such as Palin, Thune, Jindal or Romney have had the integrity or leadership to take a stand against this tastless satire.

This is unfortunate but not worthy of much news coverage. There are plenty of racists in both parties, get on with it.

I'm shocked, SHOCKED that Republicans would find this funny. I mean, there's a reason it's a regional party, and that region is chock full of backwards-thinking, racist rubes.

These are not joking times. Jerry SEAL 1

The GOP rightly has a reputation as the party that will play on white racist fears to win elections. This reputation was not started by the "Willie Horton" ad in 1988 but that is one very visible symbol of it that most political science students will recognize.

Other unspoken undercurrents in the political ether of some people's minds are that ...

Criminal black men want to rob & beat up white men
Black men want to forcibly "take" white women out of rage
Unqualified minorities want to take your job, Mr. White Man so that you can't provide for your family.

If I thought about it, I'm sure I could find others includind some very recent ones.

Saltsman says he wants to be a leader of the party. No leader, that is capable of leading the party to victory, would be STUPID enough to do this. It is exactly 180 degrees from what the Republicans need right now.

The GOP is like the American car industry in the 1970s .... it will be 30 years before they correct their quality problem.

"It was funny when Democrats slammed Sarah Palin and made up all kinds of disgusting songs about her but this is just pure bigotry! You liberals sure are great hypocrites, I will give you that."

Hey Noah.

Can you show me the song sent out by a Democratic politician that was anti-Palin?

I will wait.

Racism is a disease, similar to a syphyllis it destroys your brain. Sad to say most of the racist republicans are those born-again nut cases. But there are decent republicans, Chuck Hagel, Colin Powell, Kaye Bailey Hutchinson, so there is some hope, they need to clean their house and quit catering to the religious right nuts.

Political satire is perfectly fine, we do it all the time but it came from the completely wrong group of people. If that same CD came from SNL or Mad TV or some group along those lines I think it would be perfectly alright because we know their sense of humor.

But since it came from the GOP i don't really think it was in the best of spirits, it would be naiieve to think that they were doing just a funny satire. To me it seems really bitter and childish coming from people that are supposed to be running this country.

I hear the argument from my step-father all the time; republicans freed the slaves and were the basis of the civil right's movement in american politics. I'll tell you what I tell him, if the republicans were still the republicans of Lincoln and civil rights, I would vote for them. But they left that behind some time ago now.

Racism is a disease, similar to syphllis, it eats your brain up Sad to say most of the racist republicans are those born-again nut cases. But there are decent republicans, Chuck Hagel, Colin Powell, Kaye Bailey Hutchinson, so there is some hope, they need to clean their house and quit catering to the religious right nuts.

Saltsman & Limp-Log the magic crackers, Yes they are magically destroying the GOP. Them and Yellow Snow gurl Palin! We will have to change the party name to the R-otten N-ut C-ases, ha.

If the song is supposed to a funny "parody", why were only a select few sent a copy ? Did he send one to the President elect and his family? I was born at night but not last night, Chip Saltsman. Enough of the stupidity toward the president-elect. America voted. Lets get on with fixing the nation's problems and out of Iraq.

Wow, NY Republican, just...wow. The ignorance of that statement is staggering, to say the least.

Can anyone think of a better way to send a bad comedy CD to the Platinum sales chart, I can't all this free publicity is pure gold for a struggling comedian. Especaillly one that should stay struggling!! PAUL SHANKLIN (NOT CHIP SALTSMAN OR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY RACK AND FILE) did the same thing to B. Obama that Tina Fey and SNL did to S. Palin. I'm not hearing the laughter this time though. How many of you laugh at an "ethnic" joke at a party? So it's funny when it's aimed at a Republiclan but not when aimed at a Democrat, I get it now. Take the time to laugh this year, just once, it won't hurt I promise (even if it's at yourself, actually especially if it's at yourself).

Democrats are mean. They made fun of McCain's torture-induced handicap, and they hate Palin's mentally-challenged son.

Funny how often the southern United States has been bashed in these comments. Isn't that predudicial and stereotyping? Or is that OK...this time?

staff of sarah palin were sending racist e-mails about pe obama on state property. did she get upset – no – she said – well it was only a few.

This simply is not something that political leaders should engage in or should think is funny in the least. It is divisive and goes against our fundamental beliefs as people of the US. I receive countless emails in my mailbox that are in bad taste which I choose not to forward for this very reason and at times question those who send them. If the republican party wants to know why they lost the election, this would be the reason. They have not yet learned how to unite the people and it looks like it may be quite some time before they do, if ever. My advice....get your head out of your backwoods a$$ and figure it out 'cause you just don't get it. Maybe instead of thumping that bible, you should actually open it up and read it.

This guy is a racist to the core. An insecure person that wants to lead. The RNC should throw him and his sheets out into the street. I am an Independent, but crap like this makes me want to go further left, not to far left, but further left and become a moderate Democrat. He reminds me of the kid in school that always started crap and enjoyed watching people hate each other. What a pathetic excuse for GOP leadership. will someone grow a set and kick this guy out of the party.

Michael Templer- Are you blissfully unaware of Barack Obama's recent moves to keep Robert Gates in his cabinet and also state that he will not move soldiers out of Iraq prematurely? He is also going to send twice as many troops to Afghanistan. What were you saying about Obama not keeping America in wars??

Based on all of the degradation the South and Southerners are gettting from the dem/elite, is it alright if we secede this time? I am sure the dems can take care of all of the unemployed and the sacred unions without our taxes.

As an African American, I'm not bothered by Saltsman's shallow tactics. I think it's good to see the Republican party in some disarray. Hopefully they stay in that mode for the next 8-16 years so the country can recover from all their clumsy, greedy, selfish ways!

Before you go crying free speech consider that the was the KKK's number one defense during 1960s however i believe such speech can insight a riot and there for is not protected, it's the same as calling for a riot which is when free speech goes out the window. However Ive listened to the parody and it race baiting not racist after hearing it, all who condone it need to come to terms with there ignorance and possibly there intolerance. LOOK UP THE WORD EMPATHY and grasps it's understanding and you won't find yourself defending garbage

ARC- Your sense of history is disturbingly erroneous. Republicans do not "hate African Americans." That is a completely juvenile statement. Republicans were the party that freed the slaves, while the Democrats were the party that wanted segregation to continue in the South. Even Martin Luther King jr was a Republican! African Americans began voting Democrat during the LBJ years largely because his Great Society was seen as trying to help them in particular. I doubt highly that most of you liberals even knew MLK was a Republican. You make me sick with your pathetic statements about Republicans being racist. George W Bush appointed more African Americans and non whites to positions in his cabinet than any other President before him

I can imagine the flood of parodies, songs, jokes and cartoons that would have washed over us if the McCain/Palin fiasco would have won. So, while this CD is indeed in bad taste, it is nowhere near the target rich environment that Republicans present.

This is typical of the RNC. I just find it hard to believe that there are still Black American's that belong to the RNC. Why would anyone buy, let alone send it as a gift a CD with the title "We Hate the USA". I pray that this individual does not become the leader of the RNC.

LOVED IT – It does not even come close to filth the libs have been saying the last 8 years. I'm glad you libs have your panties in a wad over this.

You moderate republicans (the true christians) better speak up louder or form a party of your own. I do think it's unfair that everyone in the party is getting a beating for the actions of a few rotten apples.

Republicans in general are not funny. They have no sense of humor.

Remember that TV comedy show a few years back that had a GOP slant and tried to be like Stewart/Colbert?

(Neither do I. It bombed!)

I think it's hilarious. Come on people–lighten up!

Just what we've come to expect from majority members of the Republican.

Too bad the leadership–can't fool the majority of us of the "real values, morals, and judgement" of the Republican Party. Greed, hatred, dishonesty, and disregard of human suffering bordering on Darwinizm-not characteristics of a lasting political party.

It was funny when Democrats slammed Sarah Palin and made up all kinds of disgusting songs about her but this is just pure bigotry! You liberals sure are great hypocrites, I will give you that.

This guy is a Dem in Repug garments.No sane man will carry out this racist act and means it's a joke.His avowed aim is to destroy the GOP. This sleazier than the Rev.Wright ad.
PATHETIC!

Saltsman and his ilk have never gotten over the fact that the South lost.They are against equality because they know they can never measure up. This leaves them the low road, race baiting, insults and fear mongering. So much for the "Grand Old Party'.

This simply shows the true (racist) colors of the GOP.

JC your a typical wingnutjob. the subject of this blog is about your good friend Saltsman. But anyway since you insist, People from around the world stop entering our Visa Lottery Sweepstake. because they realized that there's no such thing as American dream. Plus it appears our money is not going to worth anything anymore in the world market. The word is euros my dear Euros. Even the Arabian oilman is dumping their US dollar. As for people wanting to be like "us". That's a hoot. Because the latest I know people from other countries that we occupy can't wait to
throw us out. Don't worry JC nobody wants to be like you nobody wants to be stupid.. that's just crazy.

Interesting. I saw the video on Youtube and thought it was in bad taste, but it didn't seem that President-elect Obama was the main target. I wonder what Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson thought of it?

The best thing is to just vote these racists out of office.

Oh, one other point. The author of that LA Times commentary, David Ehrenstein, is a black man. Go figure !

Republicans should have stopped this when Sarah Palin started this mess and they sat back and said nothing, including John McCain.

I'm seriously beginning to question whether the Republicans are intentionally trying to sabotage their own party. There's no other explanation for this level of idiocy.

Wait... there is.

They're idiots.

So Saltsman wanted a little media attention and he got it. I would have preferred it if he had opposed the invasion of Iraq and not been such an avid Bush supporter over the years, but instead he proves that there is a educational deficit in Tennessee. Oh well, good thing change is on the way.

These reps do not learn from mistakes... tsk, tsk. Stupid. And why the overcry. Let them act like they really are... really smart move GOP! lol.

What's troublesome about this is that the reaction from most of the RP is that it's not good for the party – not that it's just plain wrong regardless of the political consequences. Very telling.

I just love those who are using the right to free speech as the defense for this issue. One more time everyone. Freedom of speech means that you have the right to say whatever you want without fear of being arrested for it. But just because you get to say it does not mean that we have to like it or accept it.

I'm refreshed to see that most republicans are rejecting this moronic melody, and to those I reach out to in hopes that they can take there party back.

She beginning to split and Chip Saltsman has seen to that, so he's an enemy to his own party he drove a bigger wedge through it then obama ever could.

It's one thing to parody someone for a stupid comment (I can see Russia from my house) and quite another thing to parody based on race. So for all you people comparing this to what SNL did to Palin, it is not the same thing. She made many mistakes/gaffs in comments and Joe Biden as well. Both have been made fun of by SNL and others. So, if you don't want to be made fun of, don't make stupid comments. But making fun of someone's race is entirely inappropriate!

Absolutely Sickening!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And this guy wants to run a national political party? He's an idiot and an good example of whats wrong with the present Republican Party.

It isn't a joke to say that anyone who isn't a white Republican hates the USA. As a centrist who is often lumped in with liberals (no necessarily a bad thing), I have been called anti-American, socialist, an adulterer, a thief and much worse just because I did not agree with the conservative line 100%.

It's not even the content of the song that makes this so bad, it's the idea being sent that anyone who isn't like you or doesn't think like you must hate their country. I served my time in the military to protect my country and resent it when I'm told I hate America just because I'm not a conservative.

This is why there is such outrage, this is why the Republican party and conservatism is on it's way out. You guys just don't get it and probably never will.

I am a black American who is not amazed at the level of bigotry spewed especially by whites who feel that somehow Obama is a symbol of all they have lost (including their minds). Go on, please support this CD so that you can continue to isolate yourselves in the midst of your dying ideals. I really am sorry for those white Americans who do not hold these values, but unfortunately, they get clumped with these sort of goons.

IS THIS A SLAP IN THE FACE FOR ALL THE BLACK REPUBLICANS' WHO VOTED FOR MCINSANE? OR DO THEY NOT CONSIDER THEMSELVES BLACK? LOL.

the R surely stands for tarded again

Satire wow a new word for racism. Yes, everyone is entitled to free speech agreed. But must we accept stupidity with it?

you know in 2004 I was afraid of an ending like this. We won the election but did it in the wrong way. This kind of thing will give Obama even more of honey moon the would have been.

This Generation of Republicans only know how to do one thing

Attack and be hateful

Where is Ronald Regan's optimism

where is Goldwater's Conservatism

so not only are you stupid but you are hatefull despite the circumstances.

We can't afford for the next president to fail so we can get a Republican in there in 2012!!

Republicans enjoy being in the Minority for the forseable future

as a black Republican that voted for Obama

we can't afford to let you run the country any more

give the Liberals a chance

they certainly can't screw it up any worse than you have

and what ever money they are going to spend will at least be on us and not wasteful wars and Haliburton.

tHE PERSON COMPOSING THAT SONG EVEN IF CLAIMING TO BE A rUPBLICAN MUST BE HIDING HE SNTI REPUBLICAN VIEWS. IT IS BAD TAAST TO THROW THINGS LIKE THAT AT OBAMA AND i AM A REPUBLICAN. IT THROWS A BAD LIGHT ON ALL THE REST OF US REPUBLICANS/

APPOLIZE OR GET OUT OF OUR PARTY.

This is exactly why I am a progressive. While the world has moved on, the conservative movement is stuck in its tainted, contrarian history.

All of the truly great accomplishments of this country, from the American Revolution to the New Deal to the Civil Rights Movement, have been progressive. Some people just don't get it, and Mr. Saltsman is clearly within that camp.

political parties aside, it is adolescent behavior at best.
live and let live, I suppose, but I don't align with this kind of energy.
peace.

If only the song had been making fun of Sarah Palin it would have been so much more acceptable.

They keep doing stupid stuff like this and it always gets them in trouble. A woman out here in Ca who was president of some local repub group did something similar. It just shows how silly, petty, and redneck they actually are. And "redneck" is not a compliment and does not describe "Average Americans." As long as they think it is funny to do this stuff, they will suffer the consequences.

Well.. you have to let these GOP flush out from history. It will take time but eventually they will become irrelavent from our society. These people include Limbough and Hannity that never understand why majority American do not want Republican brand anymore. Great majority of young generation are attracted to the Democratic party because they can find cohesion of their life. Be honest, there is no comparison between Obama and McCain. Obama is simply a better leader choice, period.

It's not surprising a high-ranking republican official was making this CD because the GOP focuses on immaterial issues of morality and religion rather than making ethical determinations about problems severely effecting our country. It's no surprise the elephant is becoming the newest endangered species in Washington, D.C.

Forget "Barack the Magic Negro." How insulting is it to over half the country that the Republicans sent out a 'parody' CD basically implying that all non-Republicans "hate the USA" ? More than just African Americans should be offended. The Republican Pary needs to get its act together if it wants to continue on with the rest of us into the 21st century.

It's appalling how most of the Republicans are raciest.

How dumb are Republicans???

I remember when "Dumb and Dumber" was a movie, now it's a Republican documentary.

A white guy made the CD, so it is clearly racism. If a black person made it, it would be deemed funny, and copies would be sold nationwide. Racism exists but is perpetuated by the people who bother to listen to it. If you ignore it, realizing bigots are ignorant, maybe they wouldn't continually get the media spotlight with their remarks.

By George: This isn't making fun of someone. It's degrading, racist and bigotted. There is nothing funny about stirring racial tensions and insulting the new President of the United States. This is a personal attack on Mr. Obama, nothing more and nothing less. Anyone can call this free speech but when it's hate speech it should be illegal like it is in most other 'civilized' western countries.

I'm just loving all the liberals with their phoney outrage. They blast Reps for dividing us then go on anti-Republican tirades. I've heard Bush, McCain and Palin called far worse right here on this blog than anything in the song. Did you even listen to it? Is your phoney outrage supposed to bring us together? If you beleve your messiah's message, try being less rabid partisans. Your vicious comments show true hippocracy and prove that hate is very much alive and well in the Democratic Party.

It's no surprise that a racist song like that was aired on rush limboob's stupid, sub-moronic radio show.l

GOP now stands for Goofy Old Pinheads.l

"WE HATE AMERICA" their title says it all. It would also be true with a comma. "WE HATE, AMERICA". I never hated America.

Is there really a purpose for the existence of the republic party, besides being a hiding place for white color criminals, racists, the under-educated and those in conflict/fear with anyone not like them or who do not think like them. Maybe a better question is... 'what is their purpose that benefits the United States of America??'

As much as I'm pleased with the election of President Obama, I'm more pleased with what the 2008 presidential election has uncovered. There's a lot of people who believe & want everyone to believe that racism doesn't exist anymore, that all of a sudden the group of people who in the past treated people of color terribly have dramatically changed, that their train of thought has changed. We're seeing concrete evidence that it hasn't. I'm not surprised by this behavior. Disappointed, but not surprised. But the people who are saying these racially charged things need to realize that this isn't 1958, when black people had to sit there & be treated like dogs & couldn't do anything about it. Progress has definitely been made in that area.

Marc in Virginia: Come on, people, lighten up! It was just a joke. I don't think any of you would mind "McCain the Magic Honkey".

Marc – Really? That's what you think? I suppose I have to say it then. I would really mind that and would not think it was funny or appropriate.

Gotcha! (Obviously a Palin Supporter),

As an African-American man, who is also a republican I find this CD to be insulting to our culture and our haritage. This CD isn't about the "Mystery" of the president elect its about pure racsim once again coming from the south. I did vote for Obama, and this is the reason why. Too much division from the GOP they need to find themselves!

I'd like to know how these Republicans justify the "We Hate the USA" finger they keep pointing at Democrats.

What makes these people think they have the market cornered on patriotism?

Loving your country doesn't mean you have to agree with, or accept without scrutiny, the actions and attitudes of the party in power. Patriotism isn't blind obedience. Sometimes being patriotic means loving your country enough to say "That's Enough".

It amazes me how some people like Chip Saltsman not only don't learn, but absolutely refuse to. Especially after their world view gets a severe smack-down, like the one delivered to the GOP on November 4th.

Liberals don't hate America, Mr. Saltsman. Just dimbulbs like you who try to divide it.

be serious people, you are just speaking in this form because the song is about obama, don't tell me that in your own personal lives, these types of comments don't come out of your mouths - hiding behind your own words and not being natural - i guess everyone likes to hide behind doors huh!!!

Well the REPS have shown their true colors, and they are not Red, White and Blue. Thank God these morons lost the election. Can you imagine a bunch of Bigots running our country. Time to oust the rest of them out of public office and send them to the sewers where they came from.

The GOP will probably never get the black or Latino vote back ever again. They have shown themselves to be the party of white people only. They can not even lose an election gracefully and embrace our new president. They have shown themselves to be filled with hatred and bigotry, they are not inclusive, they have become a very divisive and polarizing group of people.

your party did a disservice to pe obama during the whole presidencial campaign, especially palin and all her silly talking about parts of america being better than other parts and all the racist remarks made by so many of you.

Well, the point here isn't whether or not it is racists, it is the perception that matters. You people who point out Oberman, Stewart and the likes are missing one important point: none of them are politican figures.

Folks like Blackwell and Michael Steele need a visit by the Drop Squad. As the republican voice of the black community, they should be less quick to support whatever brain dead premise their party come sup with and more apt to at least understand where some of the things they defend could be offensive to other black folk. Even Armstrong Williams was able to admit the wrong that his party had done.

And lastly, had the republican party not shown this entire election cycle that it participated in these types of antics, we probably wouldn't be so quick to doubt the satire excuse.

What about the disgraceful and untrue attacks against George Bush?

Grow up children. Welcome to politics.

Republicans who call Obama "messiah" (let's face it, only the Republicans do) should give it a rest. It is odd that the Republicans, the party of the Religious Right, do not know that it is blasphemous to call any human being messiah. Anyway, Obama did not have to be the "messiah" to beat the Republicans in this election. Anyone could have done it. If McCain had run as a Democrat he could have beaten any ticket with Palin on it. The fact that some Republicans do not appear to understand this is great news for the Democrats.

One good thing about this disgusting decision by Mr. Saltsman is that his political objectives are probably dead. Perhaps he can join Rush Lindbaugh on his radio show. They seem to share the same juvenile sense of humor.

I am today ashamed to be a Repulbilcan, even more so than watching the party ran into the ground with the likes of Cheney and Bush. Even if meant as a satire, it has no place in America today. And to be truthful I do not think for a moment it was meant only as a little humor. This is cheesy, racist politics at its worst. Unfortunetly, while some will chuckle and laugh there remains an element of ignorant individuals that will laugh at and carry on the song that will rally to the song.

I never though I would see the day that the Republican party treated race in such a manner. The party of lincoln, the party of abolitionist, a total disgrace

Republicans allowing racism to penetrate their party?? I am SHOCKED!!! Just SHOCKED I tell you!!! What do you expect all the Southern racist democrats party realigned and are now part of the modern Republican party. The Democratic party is no longer what it was back in the past and the Republican party is no longer the party of Lincoln. Fine by me, it will result in Democratic dominance for years if not decades to come.

Saltsman and the RNC are plain SICK........ This story is the most STUPID-man-made action of the year 2008. Are we trying to bring more people aboard? or create more HATE?

Dave, Illinois December 29th, 2008 12:12 pm ET
Oh, you Lefties that are calling the Reps racists, hows old KKK grand wizard Senator Byrd doing?
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Senator Byrd made amends for his mistakes and asked for forgiveness.

When McCain/Palin supporters cried out to "Kill" President Obama for being and "Arab" and a "Terrorist", or when other 'Country First' voters proudly told their children on TV that you would need "Gloves to touch Obama", the true face of the GOP and Conservatives was seen around the world; and the present universal disgust and disdain that is rightfully directed at Republican Conservatives is beautiful.

Obviously we have a repub commentator today.... *grin* ... nothing the old texas teacher has to say is note worthy?

The republicans had better condemn this garbage. There is such a thing as political humor, but obviously the author of this ignorance does not know the difference. If the democrats had written and used such a song about….mmmm… say Sarah Palin. The RNC would have come after the DNC like a lynch mob on a Saturday Night… hoods and all!

All minorities inclucing African Americans, gays, and women are only useful to most of the republican party at election time when they need votes. Any other time they couldn't care less. I understand their religious attacks against gays and women, but the only thing I can think of that shows the African American population the true feelings of the Republican party recently would be Hurricane Katrina. Enough said!!

The only people who hate the USA are the RNC and their supporters!

Barack the Magical Negro
haha just as funny as Salty the Magical Cracker...
Get the point.....
But as the GOP is only for rich country club white guys I suppose it doesn't matter. It only serves to show that racism still exists

this, in a nutshell, is why the majority of american people rejected the republican platform. i wonder if he would have thought there was no problem if it was called " condi the magic negro"?

Where were these people when Rush Limbaugh started playing this song on his radio show a year ago? If they were actually offended, they should have addressed it long before now. Obama is being sworn in three weeks from now- it's too little too late. Maybe by 2012, the RNC will put out a statement to say that people shouting out the N-word at McCain-Palin speeches was inappropriate as well.

This is tasteless and has no place in american politics

To Matt- The difference between making fun of Bush and making fun of Obama is that Obama is being made fun with a racist slant. He has absolutely no control over what race he is born as- just like me or you.
Bush on the other hand, has willfully made decisions based on ignorance and stubborness that he could have done differently.
Obama is being made fun of for who he is, Bush for what he is.

This should not be just swept under the rug. Saltsman should be publically humiliated by his comments/CD and held accountable for them. God continue to bless Obama and be with him and forgive the ignorance of some, for they know not what they do.

I do feel sorry for all the brilliant men and women who are part of the GOP/RNC. Both parties have their nitwits, but it is time for those who aren't to stop allowing their party to be this divisive entity that tolerates these kind of behaviors. By not speaking up and demanding that these people take responsibility for their actions shows the country that they really believe what is being said or done. A lack of interest and not demanding accountability is the most damaging thing they can do to their party.

Obviously, the lot of GOP/RNC haven't got over their racial issues. There are still two distinct 'colors' out there in clear visibility: White and Black. The former being the supreme and the latter, obviously, still considered the 'negro'. Perhaps losing a few more elections will wake these 'annoyed bunch of people' up! There are 2 wars, bad climates in our economy (and more to follow), plus the world in shamble yet the RNC still ranting the racial drum! When will we ever get over our hang ups?

Looks like the dittoheads are lost for words today,since their hero and savior Rush Limbaugh is on vacation.Poor kids ,someday they will be old enough to vote,which is the scary part.

i'm sure all those old, white republican guys thought it was funny now they're probably going to throw him under the bus. A bunch of racist pigs.

Was not Robert Bryd, a former leader in the Democratic party a member past of the KKK? Oh that's right, we can't not to talk about that. Google that folks. This story is just trying to perpetuate the false claim that Republicans are racist. Seems as though there is a lot of hate from those on the left here. Hmmm...... what do we call you?

Ain't America great, we allow rednecks with racist views of the world to have a say in running our country. This is almost 2009 I thought the Repubs could get past some of this but I guess not. Just wait for another round of defeats in 2010! Your going down Repubs!!!

H8 is all they have left to peddle.

“Granted, he didn’t pull a George Allen and personally call Obama a ‘magic negro,’ but sending a CD with those lyrics shortly after electing the first African American President – one supported by nearly 97% of the African American community – shows a serious lack of judgment, tact, and the necessary level of racial sensitivity expected of public officials,” wrote Richardson, a Red State contributor, on conservative blog The Skepticians.

“And while I’m sure Saltsman doesn’t espouse racist sentiments, this will undoubtedly be spun as an angry, white Southerner stoking the flames of racial tensions after losing to a minority candidate. Hell, why don’t we go ahead and give ‘em the other 3%, too, Chip?”

Very well said...

"in bad taste"??? "doesn't move us in the right direction"????

Are they kidding me? Even the thought of such a song is based in hatred, jealously, bigotry and ugliness. Since when is hatred and bigotry funny? They should be ashamed of themselves.

This CD is fundraising gold for the democrats.

@proudliberal-independent, I like the analogy, I think we need to also invite David Duke to the symbolic Inaugural version of "kumbya by the campfire"! Warren on one side of Obama and Duke on the other.

Now, that would indeed be a circle of tolerance!

Obama= Brush Your Shoulders Off...
Obama could give a sh-t about this garbage. He's enjoying his vacation with his family & planning this country's future.

The RNC will be out of power for a LOOOONNGGG TIME until it changes it's Ideology & practices. As long as we have Democracy & the right to vote Dems will dominate in elections for awhile because WE will NEVER allow the Bush/Rove tactics to govern this country again.

Saltsman ..........Your A Clown!

Just goes to show how most folks in the Grand Old Party think. Saltsman just doesn't get it and knows exactly the type of audience he's attracting. Repubs need to realize that another president may not rise from their ranks if they don't change their message.

I truly can't believe that Hispanics & Latinos choose to be a part of this club.

....and of course he would be from one of the redest states ever, Tennessee.

This is satire, nonetheless, if a black democrat decided to write a song call Bush, McCain & Palin the Three Wonder Crackers you Republicans would be squeeling reverse racism like the hypocritical pigs that you are.

The song is not funny. What's funny is watching the GOP self-destruct. These types of things are going to happen because that's they type of people that make up and lead the GOP...they can't help being themselves; the truth will always shine through. Choosing a new RNC chairman is like rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic: it's a futile exercise, but they just don't know it yet.

To BW and all those "he's half white and half black": People, he is black. If you look black in this country, you are black, no matter what your composition. Remember that there used to be a law on the books (probably still is in some Southern states) that if you had ONE DROP of African blood in you you were black and thus, one-fifth of a human being. And as PE Obama said in the interview that was rebroadcast last night as part of "60 Minutes" feature on Obama's road to the White House, "I don't get this question (re: is he "black enough") walking down the streets of South Chicago and the same issue presents itself when I try to get a cab. He is our first Black president. Bottom line and we should be proud to see it and say it, even though it is very late in coming (still 43-1 white Presidents to Black).

Mesa December 29th, 2008 11:59 am ET
If it was a satire about Bush, would all of you still be upset?

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If it used racist/derogatory language, then yes.

All this racism and hate was started by John McCain and Sarah Palin, and is being continued by others in the racist republican party.
Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh are leading the pack – they are no better than Nazis.

Some groups of people evidently don't think they have much going for them beyond white supremacy. (and maybe those people are right about themselves)

Well, chipper old boy, looks like you sealed your fate. you are a total loser. when is the rnc going to realize they are what is wrong with this country. Racial hatred is still alive and well in the USA. when are they going to realize that if you are not a Native American, than you are part of the big melting pot that makes up the USA. I am so sick and tired of their attitude "oh it was just a joke". Well I can take a joke a well as the next person, but this has got to stop. I think all those that feel their race is superior should go and start their own country. It would be filled with a bunch of stupid racist & dumb bells. They could all hate each other.

If they would stop and think, they would realize that is ONE reason the repub party lost the election (among other reasons). People want to get along and get on with the business of repairing the country that was destroyed by the repubs over the last eight years.

There's actually something positive coming out of this... These antics will no longer divide us, that's what the bigots fail to realize. By the way, there's bigotry in both parties; but for some reason, the Republican Party is infested.

After seeing all the different races come together to reject hate this election cycle, nothing will shake my belief that we are truly becoming one nation. Just remember, the closer we get to unity, the harder racists will fight to stop us. We will overcome!

The problem with Republicans is that they have no sense of comedy and when they try it, they inevitably screw it up.

BOO-HOO. ALL THE WHINING. WHAT A JOKE! MOST AMERICANS ARE A BUNCH OF ADULT BABIES. WISH I COULD USE ANOTHER TERM BUT THEY WON'T PRINT IT. GROW UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Let's just throw freedom of speech right out the window! The First Amendmet to the Constitution of the United States protects Saltsman's Right to say or publish whatever he wants. It may not be popular and it may not be very nice but he has the Right to do so.

Where was the outrage at all the parodies about President Bush? Where was the outrage toward the hate that was spewed from the De,ocrats for the last eight years?

The double standard of the left, as usual.

This racist man should be ousted from office, pronto.

J.P., I don't care if you can trace it back to Malcolm X having written the song. Bottom is it is racist, there are ignorant african americans that embolden racists to come up with garbage like this. This is bull

Oh my God a black president! The world is going to come to an end. This is why the republican party is struggling to find themselves. This is there way of thinking. Maybe if the G.O.B. network would get off there ignorant high horses then maybe their world could start revolving around real issues that affect peoples daily lives in stead of race.

Just so you "Good 'Ole Boys" know, it's 2008 / '09. Change is not easy, in fact scary at times, but it's necessary! Hang in there...we did for eight years...you'll be just fine.

Shameful and not at all surprising.

Honestly people, let's sort the issue:
1. People have a right to free speech
2. Political groups have the right to free speech
3. People have the right to judge either for exercise of said right.
In short: funny or not, it is inappropriate for ANY party to mail this kind of divisive, insulting, and hating material to their members. Why would anyone think that as a good idea? Did they never play a game at school? Any 4th grader can tell you after the competition it's all "good game" to the opposing side.
Get over yourselves and grow up.

And republicans think they are going to make a politcal comeback real soon??

How dare we make fun of our president!

After 8 years of the democrats disgraceful attacks on President Bush, Time posts a simple parody song as representative of the GOP????

I thought this media bias would lighten up a bit after the media elected their empty suit.

Guess not.

Rob in NJ December 29th, 2008 11:28 am ET
He is very shady and who knows what he is going to do.In summary, Obama is the one we need to be worried about because he will soon be President and will have all the power. He is very shady and unless he is watched carefully all sorts of trickery and bad times are head
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TO–Rob I am shocked that more REPUBS did not denounce this racist joke ....Saltsman know the Repubs well and knew they think like him ...........You would not send a person flowers knowning they are allergic to flowers ....and Blackwell are you aware that the RNC think of you as the HOUSE NIG___

When the journalist through his shoes at the President, I was very upset, and I am still upset, because I believe we should respect our authority, I felt that man didn't only disrespect the President, but the Americans people. I don't like Bush at all, but because God give that authority I need to respect him as that. When somebody come with something that stupid statement about our next President which I happen to love the Obama famiy, I see that man as stupid, no respect, and I bit you, your children talk to you like dog, because teach them how to respect other people, and it shows you have no character I think the shoe should of been throng at you instead of Bush papacaca.

G O P = KU KLUX KLAN

POS party.

Also...racist Obama supporters...he's half white, half black!

Anuzis made a sensible statement. The RNC would do well do focus on highlighting the policy differences between them and Obama's administration rather than making "jokes" about Obama's race that aren't even funny. My problem with the joke isn't that I thought it was racist. It's that you have to have a pretty lame sense of humor if you found it funny.

Anuzis should be the RNC chairman. He's the only one that gets it. At the end of the day it isn't even about whether the song is racist.

want to be under the sea December 29th, 2008 10:53 am ET
Why are there so many racists in the GOP?
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30-40 years ago, a lynch mob of White Southern Republicans could murder a black man by hanging on a Saturday night – and be in church the next morning with their wives and children.

To answer your question, many 'Country First' Southern White Republicans simply miss 'The Good Old Days'...

The offensiveness of the offense is only offensive if the offended takes offense. I've always wanted to say that. Realistically, I'm a card carrying republican and I think distribution of the CD was inappropriate by any member of the RNC. I think that it was a tasteless gesture that should have never started to begin with. Face it, the Republican Party is taking some serious hits and some need to read the writing on the wall. We do not need our party leadership doing stupid stuff. In my eye, that was pretty stupid.

Years back, the GOP had their own version of the merry pranksters, known as the New Jersey Rat Finks. This lovely group put together a songbook including something that makes the currently condemned song look like a kids nursery rhyme. For those who forget, it went to the song Jingle bells and began "Riding through the Reich..." It was a condemnation of the racist and anti-semetic leanings of so many in the party. Things have not changed and, as a result, expect that this little ditty (which I have not heard, since I don't need that running around in my head, too) will be hummed and cherished even as it is condemned.

Saltsman is being himself. You know the old sayings, "You can clean up a PIG, even one wearing lipstick, and it will still jump in the mud where they love to be." or "You can dress 'em up, but you can't take 'em out.".

NEWSFLASH: REPUBLICANS ARE DIVISIVE RACISTS! Who knew?

i am an african american who lives in the south. I feel sorry for my white southern coworkers and friends that are represented by these fools and made to look like Ku Klux Klan members when they are not. The republican party needs to just go away and not come back

Why are all of you acting shocked that Republicans hate black people?

lets invite chip and his all white-boy choir to sing at the inauguration. it would be wonderful for bridging gaps......, he can sit with rick warren, and after the ceremony ,we can all sit around singing kumbaya'll.

As a fairly new CNN blog reader I'm struck by a predominant theme in most of the posts, us against them. It occurs to me that our country became great with an attitude of "We the People." We the people will make our country great again, respected by the rest of the world as a model for democracy, respected by the rest of the world for our free economy and respected by the rest of the world because of our human rights policies. In order for this to happen, however, we must first start to respect each other regardless of how diverse our opinions might be.

WE the People

I can't wait till we have a one party government as it seems most of you Democrats want. Who will you blame and vent your hatred toward then?

It's a great idea to make racist jokes about the first black president, and call the majority of Americans traitors right after a landslide loss.

Cowchip Saltsman is done. The poor dittoheads dont have their daily talking points and hero worshipping, since Rush Limbaugh is on vaction till the 5th.Jason Lewis cant give them their daily fix of hate and lies.Who was poor Mike Connell,the GOP computor geek,that is said to have fixed the 2000 and 2004 elections.His plane ran out of gas just short of the runway.

REPUBLICAN = PARTY OF HATE

This is a hateful CD. I will never vote again.

Ok, I can see why it's not taken as seriously by some of the rupublican politicians, and yes it i'm sure it is funny, for comedy central, south park, family guy, and so on and so forth....but these are our political leaders....every decision they make affects our everyday lives....this kind of humor is not meant to be heard on the political stage....It's time to show a little maturity....I doubt Obama is making a huge issue out of this...lets just let it go, and not let anything like this happen again.

I just want you people to realize that this Saltsman is the in that Tennessee Republican Party which made the "racist" commercial that defeated Harold Ford. The commercial insinuating that the white woman asking Harold to call her. I am a Black man and I know this Ken Blackwell guy whom I would describe as a bigger "Tom" than Uncle Remus from the past. This is the Republican Party.

Most of the country really doesn't know just how racist the south is... it's ugly down here. I am appalled to hear some of the stuff that comes out of my neighbor's mouths and they haven't a clue how nasty they sound.

It's time for America to really look closely at ourselves. We all pretend that we're all past "all that", but really, we are not. Wouldn't it be nice if "conservative" wasn't synonymous with "bigot" or "racist"? I sure don't see many examples of that...

I am pretty sure Saltsman is not a native american name. After looking at the Republican convention in September should we be suprised that Mr. Saltsman and his ilk think this CD is funny!! Save the parodys for wierd Al Yankovic. The hispanic community should know that Mr. Saltsman's CD also has a song about the Spanglish National anthem.

Howard Dean was right, Republican Party = White Party. No none need apply who does not look like us.

I guess I'm confused. If Blackwell thinks people are hypersensitive right now, wouldn't that be all the more reason to criticize Saltsman's so called joke. If the RNC wants to attract minorities shouldn't it expect its chairman to know the atmosphere and attitudes of one of the group's its hoping to attract? Does Saltsman really think that this behavior will attract African-Americans to the Republican party? Or is he sending a message that come to the RNC but know your place when you do? Or is this behavior another example of an RNC bigwig being in denial about the change this country has undergone in the past year. What may not have gotten much press in 2007, certainly attracks attention in 2008. And lets be honest, Rush Limbaugh has never been a fan of anyone who isn't a White Right Wing Conservative Republican!

I believe Mr. Saltman is shocked that his colleagues are shocked.

He is simply saying what all of them have been saying (behind closed doors) for years... That is, "we have to keep those minorities in check – especially those negroes"

I doubt that they were so polite in actual discussions, but I know that if I used the "word" they prefer, my comments would not get posted... and it still may not. So be it.

GOODBYE REPUBLICANS. AND GOOD RIDDANCE TO BAD RUBBISH. IF YOU FIND THIS HARD TO SWALLOW THEN JUST ASK YOURSELVES. WHAT POLITICAL PARTY DOES DAVID DUKE AND THE KKK BELONG TO.

"The times they are a changin'." But the Republicans aren't. Dinosaurs.

libby December 29th, 2008 11:26 am ET
Oh!, get a life, its commedity!
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True 'comedy' is the faint yet noticeable bluish hue to your skin – the result of 'Country First' Poor White Trash multi-generational inbreeding of your family.

People People PLEASE I ask that all recognize that White People in America will soon be the Minority! Let's see how funny these songs are in the next 30 years!!!! Jokes on you Racist people!!!!

Uh, does anyone actually KNOW where the title of the parody song comes from??? Try the L.A. Times, AND it was written by a black man nearly two years ago. Has anyone bothered protesting the original author of this phrase???

The title actually refers to a pop culture term (most often applied to characters played by Morgan Freeman, et al) in which a "magic negro" allows whites laden with racial guilt to feel better about themselves. If the word "negro" has liberals' panties in such a bunch, I suggest you all simply take a deep breath and repeat after me... "parody" "parody" "parody."

There is nothing "racist" nor "bigoted" about this song. Have you actually LISTENED to it? It spoofs poverty-pimps and race-profiteers like Al Sharpton who feel slighted that they are no longer relevant in the new world of Barack Obama, a "magic negro" who allows whites to no longer feel racial guilt for slavery. Learn, hippies, learn... and stop reacting on emotion.

That's what they're saying publicly. Privately they probably all thought it was hilarious.

I for one am very grateful for this move by the Republicans. I hope they defend this, and demand their right to free speech. Even better, we should donate money to have this mailed to every eligible voter. It is about time we see the Republicans in their true light. They are unintellectual racists who have a very sick sense of humor and maintain a very low value on human life (unless of course it is smaller than three cells). Keep it up and maybe we can rid ourselves of them as quickly as we did the wigs!!!

hate only creates more hate. repect the man. He is going to be sworn in soon. I know he is black and some people can't still accept that a black man can be president but this is America....the united states....leadership does not just belong to one color. Respect each other. Respect Obama ....don't try to make things difficult for him because he is black.

And I bet all you who are so indignant over the parity just laugh and laugh at idiots like John Stewert and Tina Fey when they do it. You hypocrits. Oh, you Lefties that are calling the Reps racists, hows old KKK grand wizard Senator Byrd doing?

This is a hateful CD. I will never vote Republican again.

The comments where people are stating that they do not feel this is funny are completely immaterial. Something does not have to be funny to everyone to be considered humour. All humour is offensive to someone. That is just the nature of humour.

Just because you don’t find it funny, does not mean it is not funny. Whether a black man or women finds this funny or not funny does not establish any definition of humour.

As a citizen, Mr. Saltsman, has the right to poke fun at politicians. No politician is immune from satire or even crude humour. It goes with the job. It would be hypocritical to condemn humour against Mr. Obama while endorsing the same against President Bush.

That being said, I feel that Mr. Saltsman exhibited a severe lack of judgment in sending this material. This lack of judgment should disqualify him from any consideration for a leadership position in the GOP.

As a citizen, Mr. Saltsman has the right to be crudely humourous. As a potential political leader, he gives up that right.

The cornerstone of the Republicans’ southern strategy which they have been following since Nixon and Atwater was, and remains, racism. Saltsman is simply extending the RNC's tradition of pandering to racists as part of an effort to divide the country.

Ken Blackwell's defense of Saltsman and implicitly the RNC's race-based politics of divisiveness is below pathetic. Blackwell has sold any shred of integrity he once had as he shamelessly grovels for favor from Republicans that surely find him contemptuous. I view both men as morally and intellectually bankrupt; and if Republicans hold any hope of remaining a viable national party then the party should forcefully repudiate this type of craven behavior.

This is just great! Rush, Hannity, O'Riley, Rove, and the rest of the old and out of touch white guys are turning the Republican party into a bigoted group that will soon be totally irrelevant. I keep seeing the crowd at the convention last fall. All the faces looked the same. About 90% of the faces were old, overweight white people.
I hope Saltsman is the new head of the RNC. I also hope the RNC chooses Huckabee and Palin to lead the Republican party. That will insure Obama 8 years to try and put our great country back together.
I love the comment directed at Carol "you are not fit to shine Limbaugh's shoes". I can only hope that such things are said about me!

To the person who said the Obama's request to go to Washington earlier was to get away from the Chicago politics should remember that school will be starting and their girls could have begun the term on time if they were in Washington. That person also criticized them for going to Hawaii for Christmas. He was born there, he has family there, they have had Christmas there before and they also attended his Grandmother's private family memorial service during the visit. Give the guy a break. In twenty days he is inheriting the worst mess the United States has ever been in thanks to the Republican party's polices over the last eight years. No one has forgotten that and those on the right who now have all the answers should tell everyone why they didn't fix everything when they were in power. They caused the mess and are doing everything they can to try to hinder him from making things better. Some patriotism!

It's obvious that no one's in charge at the GOP. The once-grand old party has been reduced to a pathetic little ragtag band of the paranoid, the selfish, the religious zealot, the bigot, the dim-witted, the greedhead, the anti-intellectual, and the war monger. Until they stop being a haven for the likes of this Saltsman, they will be relegated to a marginal status in American politics.

The Greatly Offensive Party continues its slide toward oblivion.

This is much ado about nothing. Who cares, these people are not in power. What we need to focus our energy on is keeping Obama from hosing our country. He is very shady and who knows what he is going to do.

In summary, Obama is the one we need to be worried about because he will soon be President and will have all the power. He is very shady and unless he is watched carefully all sorts of trickery and bad times are ahead.
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O.K. Rob in N.J. Just how do you know this? You have super powers to see what is in store for the U.S.A? If so, why don't you let me know what the winning lotto numbers are for this weekend. I could use the cash now that my wife will lose her job come January 1st.

Funny how everyone KNOWS what is going to happen in the future but can't figure out the winning lottery numbers...

@ not fooled regarding, "Just another distraction from the obvious meltdown of Chicago politics. If Obama has nothing to do with the Blago investigation, why did he request to move into the Blair House early? Why did he then decide to go on vacation in Hawaii? I know the answer… Get as far away from Chicago as possible!!"

You have rightfully identified yourself as the "village" idiot.

First of all, the Obamas requested to move into The Blair House earlier than normal protocal because of the start of the new school year! They have 10 and 7 year old children they want to get settled into their new school as seamless as possible.

Secondly, the family Christmas vacation was planned earlier in the year and unfortunately, the funeral service for his recently deceased grandmother was scheduled into the vacation as well.

The Obamas being in Hawaii at this time has absolutely NOTHING to do with delusional Blagojevich.

Republicans are racists, everyone knows it. How many African-American in that party ? That says it all.

This is another example of why I left the Republican party and why the GOP will hold the minority for several elections to come. Its not that the democrates are better, they are just the lesser of two evils at the moment.

If the song was actually funny...or so over the top it would easily be identified as satire then this idiot might have a good excuse.

GOP ITS GONNA LOSE AGAIN 2010 -2016 BECAUSE ITS KINDA STUFF. THEY NEED CHANGE THE NAME GET NEW PARY . THEN I MIGHT SUPPORT THEM

LOSSERS

This is Saltsman's Macaca moment. His career is over.

CONDOLIZA RICE SEEMS TO THINK THAT ALL OF US

ARE AS HAPPY WITH WHAT BUSH AS DONE AS SHE IS.

HE MIGHT HAVE DONE SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR HER.

IN FACT I AM CERTAIN HE DID. HISTORY USUALLY REVEALS ALL.

The hate filled words so many people have written shows how divided our nation has become. It's truly sad there are so many racists people in America who can't see beyond the color of someone's skin. The CD was ugly and uncalled for but we need to stop the distrust and unite as Americans instead of labeling ourselves as either "Left" or "Right" so we come together and work towards a better America for not only the Rich and Powerful but for ALL Americans.

The whole album sounds stupid and juvenile. Parody and satire are a matter of personal taste, but even though I don't like Bush, I wouldn't be interested in a satire that made fun of him. If I get emails making fun of him I just delete them. I think we should respect the office of the president - disagree yes, but still respect them.

@Lip

I have to point out that all the examples you quoted as Republican examples of tolerance are now dead....

The South lost again,haha.Who was Mike Connell and why did his plane run out of gas?

This guy is an Idiot if he thinks it is cute and funny, he should be ashamed of himself. The Republican pary is racist I'm sorry I can't stand them, they hate blacks and they think the pure white race is the way of the future. We are in 2008 and when will white crackers learn that there is no pure race. This is ashame, he will come up with a lame apology to brush it away, but he needs to fired and never again be the leader of anything, he is a KKK you can tell.

I love the scattered idiot racist Republicans posting here. Hopefully they get a bigger role in the Republican Party, they keep things up and the next elections will go 80-20 in the favor of the Democrats.

Actually this is political satire at it's best. Stiring up controversy over to those who are nothing more than hypocrits.

Does anyone remember: If you put lipstick on a pig... It's still a pig.

Hmm, I believe that was political satire too. Doesn't matter if it was targeted at the RNC in general or Sarah Palin. Both resulted in calling someone nothing more than a pig.

Get over it. Now to show my support by buying this CD.

"Southern Democrats continued to keep them in virtual slavery for the next hundred years and that it took Lyndon Johnson to push legislation to finally do what many Republicans had been trying to do in a Democratically controlled congress for years…equal rights. Southern Democrats finally realized that there was a huge voting block down South and finally changed their ways and now somehow they have managed to point the Racism finger at Republicans and people actually believe this BS? Give me a break."

No, the Dixiecrats bailed on the Democrats and turned into Republicans, which is why Republicans have won the South since 1980. Reagan tapped into the Christian Conservatives in the South, who also wound up being outright racists 9 times out of 10 (frist, strom thurmond, etc), and this bought the Republicans a huge voting block in the deep South when the northern and west coast liberal Democrats pushed or reformed the idiot racists out of the party. The Democrats of 1950 were not the Democrats of 1980. Study more American political history, and realize that the political party label a person uses can change more readily then the person.

It's also worth noting that it was Democrat President Harry Truman that desegregated the Armed Forces, leading the way for the civilian world.

If it was a satire about Bush, would all of you still be upset?

After Sarah Palin and the throngs of Republicans flocking to support her (no pun intended for the Thanksgiving photo shoot), I am thinking perhaps this is the identity of the Republican Party. Racist politicians, fear mongering, claiming slurs and mockery of race as funny: all in the last 3 months of 2008. Perhaps this is the core of the GOP. This is their coveted "base". The fact there is such comfort and ease with these GOP members is telltale of the truth. Shameful.

Not Fooled! Good post. Those that truly know how the world works can see the distractions that are created to cover for other things.

NOTHING BUT RACIST BASTARDS AND ANYONE THAT THINKS ITS O.K CAN GO TO HELL, OH THEY WILL EVENTUALLY!!!

Have any of you actually listened to this song?

It's making fun of Al Sharpton and all the self appointed leaders of the African American community, who are now out of a job now that Obama is President.

If you get off your high horses and actually listen to it in that context, it's really quite funny.

billy-bayou December 29th, 2008 11:50 am ET

there is nothing more fun to watch than a bunch of democraps with their G-string drawn too tight because of some silly negro parody.
get a life you poor stupid frigging people.

And carol: you're not fit to shine Rush Limbaughs shoes, you need to take the place of Monica Lewinskey under the obanas desk.
______________________________________________________Billy you probably slept with your redneck sister last night.....

Some of you (& you should know who you are) obnoxious and hypocritical liberals need to re-focus your energy and quit giving the Democratic Party a bad name. Can you really be that ignorant and mentally incompetent to think that Saltsman is a true representative of the Republican Party? With that logic, Rev. Jackson (who wanted to castrate your Messiah Obama) must be a dead-on reflection of Democrats. How about the great Gov. Blago. from Illinois? Not to mention, Mrs. Obama hasn't been proud of the U.S.A. until people started voting for her husband. Give us all a break. I know CNN.com is a comfort zone for your liberal hatred, but try to use some form of common sense before you start confirming your ignorance on this "Ticker"!

so sad-–i am one of five kids all my siblings are republicans because they are bible bangers. and i just laughed at them at x-mas party, they just doent get it just because you say i am a christain so that gives me the right to force my opinon and beliefs on others is so against what this nation was founded on. wake up republicans this country is doen with you.

To LIP,

Stop using the tired old excuse of Lincoln was a Repiblican and the like. The present day Republican party is not the Republican Party of old and likewise for the Democratic Party. I am sick and tired Republicans towing the party lines and not calling out their own party members when they are in the wrong. That is not to say that Democrats don't do the same thing, but Democrats seem to hold their party members accountable whenever a mistake more times than not. So please recognize the Republican party as it is today it is right now being portrayed by party members as a white people party and others are welcome only if they are invited and to meet the quota to say that they are a diverse party. Now look at your party and please recognize that it is a long way from the party of Lincoln and the like and stop trying to make excuses for party members when they make a mistake. Think about the country unity first instead of party loyalty, we are all Americans.

these conservatives never stop their cheap tactics to stay in news.

A good read is the Clint eastwood interview on CNN today where he says that we just take ourselves too seriously. This is a case of it.

libby December 29th, 2008 11:26 am ET

Oh!, get a life, its commedity!
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No one finds it funnyity....Moron.

Appalled Hoosier December 29th, 2008 11:13 am ET

Do you STILL think that those 'left wingers' are simply playing the race card over this "imagined racism" that exists within the Republican Party?
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You're taking up precious air someone with intelligence could be using.

The RNC needs to drop this guy like a bad habit. To all those that are criticizing the Republican party, remember Murtha, ect. representing the Democrats.

There is always some idiot in the bunch, and I'm sure CNN will run this in the ground... RACE AND POLITICS....

Just another distraction from the obvious meltdown of Chicago politics. If Obama has nothing to do with the Blago investigation, why did he request to move into the Blair House early? Why did he then decide to go on vacation in Hawaii? I know the answer... Get as far away from Chicago as possible!!

Not everyone is retarded in this country CNN. I was a Democrat, but now I'm Independent. Don't think we haven't noticed CNN's even bigger move to the left. Lou Dobb's and Glenn Beck are missing from the lineup... I guess we can all get the REAL news from D.L. Hughley (LOL)

I guess this means Tom Metzger has a shot at being elected the RNC chairman.

But seriously, the core Republican party has become a racist, theo-facist, venal group that truly hates Jefferson's America, and has engaged in economic sabotage of the nation. This core group should be viewed as a threat to American Democracy, and treated accordingly.

There are true Republicans, outcast but loyal to their beliefs, and they should be called upon to re-constitute the party as it was originally conceived.

there is nothing more fun to watch than a bunch of democraps with their G-string drawn too tight because of some silly negro parody.
get a life you poor stupid frigging people.

And carol: you're not fit to shine Rush Limbaughs shoes, you need to take the place of Monica Lewinskey under the obanas desk.

Saltzman said:
"I think most people recognize political satire when they see it," Saltsman told CNN. "I think RNC members understand that."

Yes, I'm sure most RNC members understand lowbrow unfunny racist humor when they see it. Vote for this guy, RNC members! He'll stand up to those negroes and immigrants who want to sap and impurify your precious bodily fluids!

Apalled at this story, who does this guy think he is acting like a democrat while claiming to be a republican. He should resign any leadership position he has just like Charlie Rangel resigned from the Ways & Means committee when he got caught cheating on his taxes (didn't really happen folks), or like John Stewart and Keith Olberman did when they attacked Sarah Palin (did not happen). He is probably going to get a visit from Rahm "the Enforcer" Emmanuel, or Joe "Greasy Fingers" Biden.

I have to say that I have lived in the South all of my life and I have NEVER met a Republican who had a clue about anyone outside of their white Christian sphere, and its really sad. I don't think that they represent all Republicans, though, but definitely Southern ones. The worst part of it is that the Republicans who are defending this are the black ones and the minority ones like the "totally in denial and boy oh boy why did I have to be black" Amy Holmes and Tara Wall.

Seriously... Get over it. We have far to many things of greater importance...

This is way too funny.

lol-no wonder the repubs lost. and you guys will CONTINUE to lose, because you are completely out of touch with reality! america is changing, get used to it!

Are you kidding me????? Hellooooooooo Repuglicans! The year is soon to be 2009. Please, please.............can't we all just get along?

To Ken Blackwell: No one is hypersensitive. We are just disgusted, and you should be too. Don't be so eager to win your parties high position that you're willing to sit back and ignore racism.

To Saltsman: If this is their idea of a joke, then guess what – we're not laughing!

CNN is inciting riots in London over the Palestinian/Israeli conflict by the presence of reporters and cameras.

Palestinians were offered a big hunk of Jerusalem a few years back and they declined.

At that moment in time I ceased worrying about Palestinians.

Yet another generation of rock throwers.

More trash from the Republicans. Good thing that they're so proficient at being larcenous, lying, tactless, factless manure throwers. Can't wait for them to be out of power and out of the White House so that we can regain some national honor.

Ruck
Fepublicans!

There's good and funny satire, and this is neither. Hiding behind the word "satire" is ridiculous, lame and just plain stupid. Something that might be "funny" to a bunch of red necks in a southern bar isn't necessarily funny or even appropriate in the real world.

BY THE WAY, NONE OF US ARE COMING

BACK UNTIL YOU THROW THE NAZIS OUT.

Only "most". Every American should condemn this type of bigotry.

Total morons. I thought we had moved beyond this child like actions! The republicans wonder why people can not stand them? Great things to show our children, it is bad enough that Bush is such a selfish, moron. Jan 20 can not come fast enough.

Hey apples for sale, don't forget the Ford family and the whole Memphis/Shelby county political structure.

The Republican Party is dead. There is no way the people in this country will elect anyone from the Republican party to power again. Look how long it took for the Republican party to recover after the Depression. Every Republican running for office will have to counter two economical disasters by a Republican.
A whole new Political party will have to be formed

This guy Saltsman is clearly an idiot and likely a racist. But I'm afraid that those of you attributing these actions to the RNC or the Republican Party either cannot read, or are just as ignorant as Saltsman. Categorizing an entire group based on the actions of one person is precisely the type of bigotry you are railing against.

Saltsman is an obvious bigot, just like the rest of the Republicans, except that they are not so blatant about it!

Hate, lies, fear and division are the status quo of the Republicans those are their values ......... period. They tell us whom they are over and over. That's why the lost the election and will lose again and again, until the haters are out of the party. If ever.

The McCain campaign, Faux News, Limbaugh, Hannity, OReilly, etc., and Palin are ALL haters. As long as the RNC is defined by this group they will be REJECTED by America!

Once again risking personal attack by Proud American and the thugocracy he represents, I am appalled by the parody. It is almost as bad as the things the democrats did to Sarah Palin (not quite though). This branch of the RNC is acting like John Stewart, Al Franken. SNL, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and Keith Olberman. They need to go. The democrats may want to keep trash like that in their party, but republicans don't.

Chip Saltsman should be thrown out of politics. This is not acceptable behavior.

I doesnt matter what the republicans do any more, they are on the way out any way. They proved that when they put Sarah out there to disgrace the people in the usa

If this was SNL and it was a Republican they were talking about, it would probably get an Emmy!

I am apalled, and ashamed that there still are such bigoted people out there.
Call it anything you want but it is still bigoted. I am white and no better than ANYONE else. Why do people always feel that they have to be superior than other people. YOU AREN"T. In fact. Obama has shown himself to be an intelligant, man who is already doing what he can to improve America. You want him to fail because then you can go on with your hate, You disgust me.

The Republcans are beginning to eat their own.Who was Mike Connell and why is he no longer among the living?

This is one of the very reasons this MODERATE Republican, of the SILENT MAJAORITY, supported Obama and voted Democratic. The GOP is so FAR from Eisenhower and Regan that it is ashame. These OLD Conservative Democrats from the South thought they had found a home in the GOP in 1964.............WRONG !!! They and their off-spring and the Religious Right have managed to ruin a Party and dissolve the Regan years into oblivion. I think that the time has come for a third Party....can you believe that the Party of LINCOLN and The Party of the Emancipation Proclamation has come to this???? I am so ashamed.

Heather December 29th, 2008 11:20 am ET

Funny that now this song is bringing in so much hoop-la, especially since it was released well over a year ago. I really thought that it was a funny song…evidently some of the critics have not heard it. Even my Obama lovin sister admitted that it was quite good. Get a grip America, smile once in a while, and lighten up
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I don't know what kind of crack you and your Obama lovin sister is smoking but I don't find it funny....Not sure what village you're from but you need to get a clue.

How does this incident help the RNC to reach out to independents and minorities? What a bonehead move! This is just another demonstration of what is in the hearts of many southern Republicans. I hope Mike Huckabee and Bill Frist publicly denounce Saltsman soon.

WE HAVE KNOWN FOR YEARS THAT THE KKK MEMBERSHIP

HAS BEEN DWINDLING. WHAT WE DIDN'T KNOW IS THAT

ALL THEY DID IS CHANGE THEIR ORGANIZATION NAME TO

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY & INCREASE THEIR NUMBERS.

MOST OF MY FRIENDS NOT ONLY HAVE QUIT THE PARTY

BUT WE ARE ASHAMED WE EVER WERE MEMBERS OF THAT

SLEAZY DECEITFUL SLIMY GROUP OF BIGOTS.

Rush has been playing this parody for a least the last six months,, i was surprised he was able to get away with it,,, but the rnc is now the awp, the all white party,,,,diversity is good,,,,i think the republicans are done,, stick them with a fork,, its over

It makes me laugh that everyone who dislikes PE Obama calls him the Messiah.

I think it's because deep down in their soul they actually hope that he IS the Messiah, because they know that our country has fallen apart and someone needs to fix it. It certainly won't be a Republican, they are too busy fighting each other right now.

Or is it because no one in your party deserves the title of Messiah? Seems like there is some truth in your words, since you keep repeating them.

Republicans...the party of bible banging, racist, chicken hawks. How do you live with so much hate?

This whole mess is all just one more nail in the GOP's coffin.

Come on, people, lighten up! It was just a joke. I don't think any of you would mind "McCain the Magic Honkey".

oh and look, he's a republican from TN, home of the good ole boys! where some here are ignorant and proud of it. Idiots...

BEYOND CONTEMPT.....

Bush and his "patriotism" and pro-BIG OIL administration of henchmen have almost ruined this country.... yet these moronic flag wavers still don't get it.... SAD

...and the Republican gaffes just keep coming.

It's not satire or a joke if you have to explain it. Bottomline you and your party have just re-confirmed why I voted Democrat this year.

And to say....."I think most people recognize political satire when they see it," Saltsman told CNN. "I think RNC members understand that.".... just displays your level of non-intelligent critical thinking skills.

It's not about the RNC members 'getting it'. It's about how the world and swing-voters views your party and policiies. I'm sure KKK members 'get' why they hide behind sheets too. Get the point?

You made yourself and by extension your Grand Ole' Party look ignorant, out of touch and just plain stupid. To not simply admit what a big disservice you accomplished with one dumb move makes you look even worse.

I wonder? Would Republicans think it is funny if a tape came out with "Blackwell, the Magic Oreo" on it? Horrific of me to even bring it up, I know. But, maybe this will start putting things into perspective for those Republicans who think the Saltsman CD or Waffle Box was funny or that Democrats just need to lighten up.

Racists like Saltzman have always hid behind the old defense of political satire when they tried to defend other so called "humor" pieces that invoked images of African Americans as native savages and various forms of inferior primates back in the late 1800s and early to mid 1900s. Please, we can see through it all now. Its not satire, but racism, plain and simple, and the fact these southern white rednecks don't get it, shows we should've let the south cecede and form its own country that would've failed under its own stupidity!

It is good to see that some Republicans get the picture. I took the time to find and listen to this song to see if the satire argument held any water. It doesn't. The song is appalling, and while there may be people out there, like Mr. Saltsman, who find it funny, it would be a very sad day for this country if those people were then to go on to a position of authority.

Get a clue, Mr. Saltsman, as a white person I didn't vote for President-Elect Obama because I thought it was time for a President who was mixed race. I voted for him because he was the best person for the job. If the GOP really wants another shot at the White House, perhaps their leaders ought to work on refuting that argument instead of obsessing on the pigment of Mr. Obama's skin.

Yes we do know political satire when we see/hear it and this Mr. Saltsman is not. Read Gulliver's Travel. That is true political satire.

This is much ado about nothing. Who cares, these people are not in power. What we need to focus our energy on is keeping Obama from hosing our country. He is very shady and who knows what he is going to do.

In summary, Obama is the one we need to be worried about because he will soon be President and will have all the power. He is very shady and unless he is watched carefully all sorts of trickery and bad times are ahead.

What the f@#k! What kind of sick joke is this.The republican party will go down in flames if it continues this behavior.You would think after the defeat of McCain/Palin or Sean Hannity race baiting they would adopt a new approach.

I appreciate Saltsman being out in the open with his race-baiting, ignorant bigotry.

It's refreshing, they usually try to disguise and hide it as something else.

The republican party can drop the "G" from "GOP" because there's nothing "Gentlemanly" left from this party who is breathing its final breaths, in its present form. We all can see how flawed, and improper our political representation is.

Oh!, get a life, its commedity!

This only shows the ignorance that remains in the Republican Party. Nothing about that song is funny. They are still trying to fuel racism just like they did at the rallies a couple of months ago. I would never vote Republican.

Wow Ken Blackwell you really want to be elected for the RNC chair. It's funny he finds nothing wrong with it. Maybe because they are talking about Obama in this song. I wonder how he would feel if they was singing the song about his mama.

It's just so disappointing that the Republican party continues to exemplify ignorance and bigotry. In 2008, they lost my vote. Siding with extreme views from radical evangelical Christians and white supremist views has made the Republican party irrelevant for most moderate Americans. Where is the dignity of the Republican party gone?

Laverne- You are either delusional or intellectually bankrupt. This does not represent the heart of the Republican party despite what you try to convince yourself. This song was condemned immediately after it was heard. You and your Liberal allies were the ones who claimed that Jeremiah Wright did not represent the views of Obama so why should you now claim that this guy represents what the majority of conservatives believe? You represent the hypocrisy of the Left, that is a fact.

Enjoy the freedom of speech as long as you can. We won't have it much longer.

The RNC just does not get it. It is time to put such divisive and racist strategies into the past. The Republican Party, in order to be successful, must appeal to the moderates who are the majority in this country.

Oh brother, what will the GOP come up with next? We've seen "Obama Bucks" containing a picture of Obama with fried chicken, and watermelon, now we have "Obama the Magic Negro." Time for the GOP to stop behaving like Klu Kluxers of the past and evolve into thinking, caring human beings.

MOST OF US KNEW WHAT THE RNC HAD DEGENERATED TO,

BUT FOR THOSE OF US THAT SIMPLY COULDN'T BELIEVE IT

THIS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION HAS BLOWN THE CLOSET

DOORS WIDE OPEN. AS WE SAW WITH THE ELECTION, THE

MAJORITY OF OUR YOUNG DENOUNCE, REJECT & DEPLORE

THEIR NAZI & SEPARATIST PHILOSOPHY.

I think it's safe to say that anyone who regularly uses the word "negro" is racists or bigoted.
why the Republican party wants to be linked with them is beyond me.

THIS IS TYPICAL RNC/LIMBAUGH BULLCRAP IF ONLY THEY COULD ALL MOVE TO ALASKA ELECT SARAH-PRESIDENT, RUSH-VICE LIVE IN HARMONY AMONG THEMSELVES IT WOULD BE JUST GREAT. TAKE ALL WHO HATE OBAMA MOVE TO ALASKA MAKE OUR DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE.
OBAMA/BIDEN '08/ '12 !!!!

I do know a couple of conservatives and, sadly, they do think this is funny and this is exactly the way they think.

I see the RNC members call unprecedented special meeting. Many of the members of the RNC need a good talking to: They are going to be told to 86 the racist language, jokes, Christmas CDs, innuendos and satire. The south may love this type of lingo, but no one else in the U.S. does.

He is from Tennessee ... I don't need to read any more. I understand now .... he is from Tennessee.

It is so ridiculious that the people behind this cd actually believe that the reason Obama was elected was because of white guilt. If that is true, then why didn't Carol Moseley Brown win in '04? If white america is so riddled with guilt when it gets into the voting booth, then why didn't Jesse Jackson win in years past? Obama won cause he was clearly the smartest and most ambitious in the room.

It is pretty sad when intelligent adults carry on this way. Maybe they're not so intelligent.

This is just the true heart of the Republican party which does not represent most of America. Saltsman is just a bigot who is deperately trying to keep America in a place we should have moved away from a long time ago. To send out such a CD was uncalled for and very tasteless. I hope this creep suffers politically because of this and that the American people will reject this type of crap!

Can't we prosecute for hate crimes?

I only have one question,

Why do people like Saltsman still Breed?

Let's put things in perspective. If one person denigrates a race of people, that does not make the entire Republican party guilty of racism. Let's not forget that Lincoln was a Republican and the Republicans freed the slaves and the Southern Democrats continued to keep them in virtual slavery for the next hundred years and that it took Lyndon Johnson to push legislation to finally do what many Republicans had been trying to do in a Democratically controlled congress for years...equal rights. Southern Democrats finally realized that there was a huge voting block down South and finally changed their ways and now somehow they have managed to point the Racism finger at Republicans and people actually believe this BS? Give me a break.

please honor not defame Barry the Messiah..

You would think they would get a clue after 2006-2008. Did they not see the poll numbers that showed them at 25% according to Gallup? Thats worse than Bush. If they keep this up or show any opposition to working with our new president then they will be history. But after hearing the song and the some of the titles, they will never get the minorty vote ever again. Good job Chip!

Funny that now this song is bringing in so much hoop-la, especially since it was released well over a year ago. I really thought that it was a funny song...evidently some of the critics have not heard it. Even my Obama lovin sister admitted that it was quite good. Get a grip America, smile once in a while, and lighten up.

Un-bloody-believable!!!!

This is the twenty-first century!

RNC – Give your heads a shake. This is UNACCEPTABLE behaviour.

But thanks for letting us see the "real" you!

After the way the Republican party was just drubbed in the election, it is amazing to me that there are still people in that party trying to use divisive tactics to get ahead........I guess some people will just never "get it".

I say they should vote to do away with the Republican party....It's really sad they are still living in the dark ages.....

I have nothing against afircan american republicans, I'm all for them. But why is it that they feel the need to defend the most outrageous repubilcan nutjob stunts to prove how right wing they are? You're also aloud to say that callling a black man negro is most likely racist. Not to mention the lack of respect towards the presidency.

Ahh...the RNC spreading their love of hate.

Typical...this shouldn't surprise anyone!

I see racism is still very much alive and well in the USA. We will never come together as Americans and a country with crap like this constantly being pushed as free speech.

The Obama parody is yet another example of the arrogance & superiority of the Republican party which is exactly why many of us refuse to support them any longer. While insisting it is merely humor, the subject, timing and approach are not only questionable but detrimental to the teamwork required to address our current challenges. Our new President has been promoting unity and cooperation to heal our nation while the Republican naysayers have denegrated to racist, sexist, and good-ole boy rhetoric. As I've heard them spew venom against all but the WASPS in their midst I also know they will resort to any means to retain their political and financial kidnapping of our nation. While a WASP myself I find it better to fly wth others than to sting and lose my stinger in a single shot!!!

No wonder the GOP is the minority party, with jerks like Saltsman and Rush Limbaugh as members and spokespersons. These types have no respect, consideration, or sensitivity toward anyone, and are truly disgraceful.

I don't think even a box of Altoids would get the taste of foot out of his mouth for this one.

HAHAHAHAHA. What a bunch of clowns.

Arent we all so proud of Tennessee?Bill Frist,sludge from coal,two senators on foreign car payrolls and music my dog can sing to.

Sounds like the PC crowd got their panties in a knot over nothing. It's satire people, better get use to it.

What the hell is wrong with this guy. I am a republican but i don't want to be lumped in with this retard.

Ken Blackwell should be ashamed of himself. As an African-American myself, I think Mr. Blackwell should be well aware of the underlying racism in this song. It is not hypersensitivity...the racism in this song is real.

Being African American, I am more shocked that Ken Blackwell can state that the hypersensitivity that exist in this country is because Barack Obama was just elected President of the US. I would say the hypersensitivity is the cause of centuries of mistreatment, not the election of a black man for potus. Ken Blackwell should know the difference.

The CD was at best in poor taste, which shows a lack of judgement for a person running for such an important post. At worse it shows something far more sinister. Either way, he should remove himself from the race because if Saltsman wins, the party can kiss away any shot of becoming inclusive in any way. I for one would change my affiliation to independent the next day.

Do you STILL think that those 'left wingers' are simply playing the race card over this "imagined racism" that exists within the Republican Party?

as a white person with family members who are from african american roots I am appalled this person should be striped off all power and sent to reeducation with the rest of the GOP.

Gross. This is the 21st century, grow up Saltsman. This goes to show just how out of touch the GOP really is.

typical southern attitude.
thank goodness that you racists republicans are becoming the minority.

just look at the delegate maps. the blue is closing in on the red and the red needs to get on out the way.

See they are trying to pull the one over us .... the song is really represents the RNC and their feelings.... they do not want to be united.... and that is sad. It is sadder that someone that want to lead the RNC thinks the song is okay..... the RNC is toast.

They should all slam this ridiculous, unfunny, and downright racist song! I will never subscribe to Republican philosophies again.

Most of my family members are republicans, and this election cycle has brought out traits in them that were "hidden" for years and years. It is causing problems within their entire neighborhood. It's a sad day for the USA when it comes down to the sneakiest group of people I've ever witnessed.

I sure hope it changes with the next generation. The old folks are lost to prejudice.

Believe it or not, He is our next president. So get over it and accept him as our President. Bunch of losers!!!!!!!!!

This is one of the the reasons why the Republicans lost this election.

People are tired of this type of satire. It's not funny.

THE RNC SHOULD JUST GO AHEAD & RUN

DAVID DUKE FOR THEIR NEXT PRESIDENTIAL RUN.OR

TRY TO FIND ONE OF THOSE OLD NAZIS THAT GOT AWAY &

HAVE HIM AS THEIR FUTURE LEADER OF THEIR FUTURE "PARTY".

and they wonder why they lost the election? The "good old party" still has a long way to go before they finally "get it". Face it fellas: you have a new president; he is a democrat; and he is the son of a black man and a white woman. Wake up and get used to the future of America!

NOT BRAGGING BUT I DID NOT VOTE FOR OBAMA THIS TIME, HOWEVER, MAYBE NEXT. AS TO THIS ISSUE, I DON'T GET THE HUMOR IN THIS, PERHAPS WE ALL SHOULD PORTRAY SOUTHERNERS AS ILLITERATES IN WHITE SHEETS AND FLAMING CROSSES WITH BROKEN DOWN RUST BUCKETS ON THE FROUNT LAWN, OR A BUNCH OF INBREED MUTANTS, THATS SOUNDS LIKE HUMOR DOESN'T IT.
PERHAPS THE REPUBLICANS CAN REDEEM THEMSELVES FROM 8YRS OF BUSHWACKER LEADERSHIP WITH JUST CIVIL BEHAVIOR TOWARDS THEIR FELLOW AMERICANS., MAYBE IF THEY DON'T LET OBAMA AND HIS LIBERAL BACKERS BORROW AND TAX US INTO THE TOTAL POOR HOUSE I COULD ENTERTAIN A REPUBLICAN POLITICIAN BUT BASED UPON THIS CRAP STORM THEY THINK AS HUMOR, NOT LIKELY FOR MANY MANY YEARS.

and they wonder why they lost the election? The "good old party" still has a long way to go before they finally "get it". Face it fellas: you have a new president; he is a democrat; and he is the sone of a black man and a white woman. Wake up and get used to the future of America!

This is America, Racism is alive and will always be here. This is not a black or white thing. Treat a person like you want to be treated ( that was a good one) people are still mad because President Obama won. Saltsman should be on the FBI CIA watch list.

This party is over in it's current form and unless the party chances it will be over for good. There is no want, save some few right wingers ,for this kind of behavior in this or any party. We the people need to establish once and for all that we are the United States and stop hyphenating our selves (IE African-American, Irish-American etc.).
This is not to say we do not acknowledge our past or heritage but until we see our selves as Americans we will always be a divided country. I do not recall any other nation who hyphenates themselves (African-Spanish, Irish-Spanish etc.). We can start the new year by clamming to be an American because it will take us all to get our country moving in the right direction for us all.

Unrelated to the topic but the comment section was closed for the piece under this heading:
Rice: "People will thank Bush for what he's done".

Will someone please give this lady a breathalizer test ASAP!!!

Sure it's just a joke, just pure rascism.

Do not bother reading this article, Obama has won the election, so sing all you want .

For people who think they can blackmail Obama , don't bother .
Blago tried and failed horrendously.

There is Hillary,Rahm and Biden onboard, these people wil eat you for breakfast if you try to harm again.

The world has suffered enough .

Shocked? No
Appaled? Yes
it cant be shocking that the rebublicans chose to create such verbal diahrea, but i am sickend by it. Unhappily, not all republicans are raciest bigots, too bad the only raciest bigots i know are all republican...

It is truly unfortunate that everything has to viewed through the prism of race for the GOP leadership. As long as they can keep this type of silly dialog going, the American public will continue to be mislead and misserved in a time of economic distress for americans of all races.

It is the old "divide and conquer" technique that has worked so well for so many years. Don't fall for it, they are counting on ignorance to prevail over wisdom.

POOR SALTMAN, HE MISSED THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN

THE NAZI PARTY & NOW HE HAS TO SETTLE FOR THE KKK.

What, he isn't an angry Southerner stoking the flames of racism because his candidate lost to a minority? He may think the song is a joke, but I think the joke is on him and the RNC.

This CD goes to show why I cannot vote Republican. Though I fit most of the criteria for wanting to vote Republican; however, I do not because they do not accept people of other faiths and nationalities with open arms. It still seems like the good old boys club. Once they realize that being "conservative" is not only for Christians then they will see more voters like myself aligning with them. I am conservative in most aspects but cannot ethically vote for a racist party. Therefore, I still vote Democrat.

I have believed this to be the platform of the republican party for a great deal of time, but this type of proof wasn't avalible until now. The republicans exhibited this behaveur from Berry Goldwater to bush's admin. Any party that the extreme hate groups adhere to, isn't a party of the future. America is moving on now, leaving the negative hatred of Lee Atwater, Sara Palin and Karl Rove behind. We want all of our people to have access, with the right to goveren their nation. I am shocked that any recording like this could be conceived let alone distributed by anyone in government. We fail because we don't come together. This type of ignorance makes sure we don't!

Republicans "shocked and appalled" at racial bigotry? Now, that is news! However, it may have been more effective to be offended when what's her name was leading the Klan, uh, stump speech rallies.

Of course, this does have a paper trail, so I guess they HAD to feign distaste for the bigotry.

Not suprising Saltsman is from Tennessee...

See what too much Rush gets you!!!!!!

Wow the republicans are now imploding.How was Mike Connell?

The Republican Party, as it stands today, is disgusting to put it mildly. There is no longer room in America for these racist, hate mongering, ignorant politicans. One would have thought that they learned a lesson from the past election, but apparently not!

Mr. Saltsman appears amuzed by such satire; however I believe that such actions only bring deeper divisions amongs americans of all ideologies and beliefs. this is a person that is running for a position on a national political party, a party that should be concentrating on their ideals and how to best inlcude more American's in those ideals. I think that his judgement was very poor and in bad taste. his image will be tarnished and one day he will look back at this as a big mistake. Rush Limbaugh does it to get publicity good or bad, when you are the Chair of a Major party; you should be looking at building your coalition not a ruining your poilitcal career. The GOP is in serious trouble.

Hmmmm this post has been up here for about 10 minutes.... th4e righties are pretty quiet so far.... what's wrong... haven't thought up the perfect defense of the indefensible yet?

i'll give it 5 more minutes.... and the spinning will begin.

This guy Saltsman is a moron. He's not worthy of ANY chairmanship anywhere, and it looks like he's a pariah with the RNC now, as he should be. If the RNC has any hope of reviving their lousy image, they need to distance themselved from this idiot. Just when America looks like it's coming together with the first black President, you've got a jerk like this coming out of the woodwork. Grow up and act like a mature adult, Saltsman. You're a disgrace who's right up there with Blagojevich.

as long as Saltsmans and those who think and believe like Saltman, Limbaugh, and the rest of the far far right then the Republican party is done, over, .........never to hold any more seats in the House or Senate, never will you have your foot back in the White House.....it is over for all of you unless you lose the losers in your party that are holding you back.........CHANGE that's what it is all about.......and unless you are willing to make some BIG CHANGES in your party, you can forget it..........

At least republicans dont' quit the church in two faced fashion to reject one preachers race baiting style.

It still shows the ignorance of the Republican party, Limbaugh is just a useless waste of space anyway and if he had a brain he would be dangerous.
I don't think it's appropriate at all, because you can be sure if it were a song written about McCain if he were President and it was negative, all hell would break loose from the Republican side.
My thought here is really small minds can't hold too much information at one time...so I guess a 2/3min song is the best we can hope for!!!

Republicans – you are digging yourself deeper with this trash!!
Nothing better to do with your time???
How about all of the crticial issues in this country and the terrible wars in the Arab world?
How about respecting Obama, since he is days away from becomming our next President?
GET A GRIP!!

At least he didn't say he was head Negro in charge.

I thought the elite was past such enuendos! Poor taste and poor judgement and just plain stupidity is still hanging around the RNA. When will they ever learn. They deserve to be the losers!

Why are there so many racists in the GOP?

Nobody hates USA so much that they would stop registering themselves on our Visa Lottery website for a slim chance of becoming one of us. I think most people are just jealous of us blindly. We have got problems, but we are still the envy of the world. They hate the USA, possibly because we don't let them all come.

I had never heard of Chip Saltsman before this story. I googled his picture and was not surprised to see that he is a chubby, pasty man.

Please, RNC, if you want to survive, do not elect Saltsman to head up your party. His Christmas gift represents a lot of what is wrong with your party, and I beg of you to choose a leader who will take the party into the future with a new vision.