A Little Less Than “Magic”

The Washington Post editorializes on Republican National Committee Chair candidate Chip Saltsman’s distribution of a parody musical CD with a song entitled “Barack, The Magic Negro.” — Our initial reaction to the “Barack the Magic Negro” controversy was to ignore it. For Chip Saltsman, a candidate to chair the Republican National Committee, to send out a Christmas CD to other party officials that included the offensive, un-funny parody was such an evidently boneheaded move that it didn’t seem to require our comment.

 
RNC Chairman Robert M. “Mike” Duncan, who is seeking reelection, said he was “shocked and appalled that anyone would think this is appropriate.” Another candidate, Michigan party chair Saul Anuzis, had a similar reaction. “In my opinion, this isn’t funny and it’s in bad taste,” he said. It seemed likely that a party already reeling from its poor performance in November would want nothing to do with a leader who demonstrated such bad judgment.

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