STICK TO YOUR GUNS REPUBLICANS!
We thought after all that — and, oh yes, losing the election — everyone in the Republican Party leadership would have figured out that race-baiting alienates young, minority and all reasonable voters.
Clearly, not everyone has.
Chip Saltsman, a veteran political operative, is pushing his candidacy for chairman of the Republican National Committee. He distributed a compact disc containing a parody questioning President-elect Barack Obama’s racial authenticity.
NY Times, “Talk About Out of Touch”, 12/31/08
The controversy surrounding a comedy CD distributed by Republican National Committee chairman candidate Chip Saltsman has not torpedoed his bid and might have inadvertently helped it.
Four days after news broke that the former Tennessee GOP chairman had sent a CD including a song titled “Barack the Magic Negro” to the RNC members he is courting, some of those officials are rallying around the embattled Saltsman, with a few questioning whether the national media and his opponents are piling on.
Politico, ‘Magic Negro’ flap might help Saltsman, 12/30/08
Republicans, pay no attention to the New York Times. As a northeastern lefty, I can tell you with some authority that newspaper does not have your best interests at heart. It is the right leaning Politico that should guide you. Believe me, using archaic terms that make you sound like a character out of “To Kill a Mockingbird” or Thurgood Marshall will endear you to Americans everywhere, of all colors.
Please be aware that you don’t have to rely on “negro”: you may also wish to try “quadroon” or “negroid”. Try talking about blacks en masse as “the negro problem”: that will win you scores of votes.
Also, please stick to your strategy of nativist hysteria: there is nothing people are more frightened of than people who speak Spanish. Keep talking about how they breed so much. That worked very well for you this year. Let’s hope you continue along this path.
Just stick with ol’ Brendy-boy, Republicans. I’d never steer you wrong.
Yeah, it’s a slow start, but I’m just easing back into the bloggery…
January 3rd, 2009 at 8:49 pm
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