Could "Magic Negro" Controversy Help Saltsman?
(AP)
Saltsman, who is seeking the job, has defended himself with suggestions that the media are trying to stir up a false controversy by focusing on the flap. But that argument hasn't convinced some top Republicans, who have been critical of Saltsman for, in the words of Republican Party of Florida Chairman Jim Greer, "promot[ing] divisiveness."
Saltsman ran Mike Huckabee's (surprisingly long-lasting) presidential campaign, and now Huckabee himself has weighed in on the issue with a largely supportive statement.
"Chip should have been more careful in his selection of Christmas gifts, but no one who knows him would ever suggest that he in any way would purposely disparage other people," Huckabee said. "Chip knows how sensitive such issues are. It shouldn’t be the main factor in the RNC race."
Were Saltsman's to take the reins at the RNC, it would likely benefit Huckabee, who is reportedly mulling another run for president.
Meanwhile, Politico is suggesting that the flap might actually help Saltsman in his bid for the RNC's top job, since it has prompted some members to rally around the embattled former Tennessee GOP leader.
Mike Duncan, the current RNC chair who is seeking another term, was an early critic of Saltsman, a move that one committee member derided, suggesting it amounted to "pandering to the national press." By contrast, candidate and former Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell has reportedly been contacted by at least 12 uncommitted members thanking him for supporting Saltsman instead of "throwing a good Republican under the bus."
The flap certainly put Saltsman's name on members' lips, and Republicans have traditionally been sympathetic to the argument that a biased national media are the real culprits in controversies like this.
“Chip probably could have thought it through a bit more, but he was doing everyone a favor by giving us a gift," Alabama Republican committeeman Paul Reynolds told Politico. "This is just people looking for something to make an issue of.”
The first rule should be.."If it could be remotely controversial don''t do it or say it". This is just plain ol'' common sense.
I am sad to say that this guy is from my state
Posted by kencon28
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I agree. Fox news is a joke, it''s nothing more than a mouthpiece for the RNC.
This is Chip''s %u201Cplan to execute a campaign for Republicans to recapture leadership on the American political scene.%u201D
Hmm. Chippy%u2019s Plan includes eleven LONG paragraphs about how the RNC should reach out to Latino and young voters %u2013
but NOT ONE SINGLE WORD about black voters or reachin'' out to them...
and also, NOT ONE SINGLE WORD about women voters or reachin'' out to them.
Hmm. It looks like Ol'' Chippy has already written off any hope of addin'' black voters or women to his Party -- so, it really doesn''t matter to Chippy that he sent all the RNC members a Christmas CD with his grinnin'' face next to four ugly, song titles.
Dr. Bill Frist praises Chippy as a "thoughtful tactician for Republicans nationwide." I reckon we''ll see how this Chip-tactic plays out in the short term when the RNC members cast their votes in January --
and in the long term, when Americans cast their votes in future elections.
I didn''t see the above-referenced SNL, but Palin was a complete embarrassment and the reason I HAD to vote Democrat. I know I am not alone in this.
Let''s encourage the GOP hate parrots to go on. Don''t dissuade them. Encourage them! They are the best argument for the end of the GOP as it has become. The purveyors of hate, racism, lies, and slander repulse the vast majority of fair minded and thinking Americans. These haters do nothing but illustrate that the GOP has become morally and intellectually bankrupt.
Let them spew their hate and ignorance for all to see. 95% of Americans see them for what they are- the backwater dead-enders that populate the Rush Limbaugh audience and believe everything Sean Hannity and Fox News pour into their empty heads.
The more they write and talk the more they look like fools. So encourage them to continue proving what blind followers of a failed GOP really stand for: Hate and ignorance. In the end, all their frothing at the mouth will accomplish is a "New GOP" that will regularly win Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, South Carolina, Utah, Idaho, Alaska, and Oklahoma. Wow. Impressive.
He frolicked in a Senate Seat, for a party called GOP.
Paul Reynolds loved the racial stuff,
And thought the Magic Negro song was pretty fancy stuff! oh.
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This just shows you how far the party has fallen. The parody by itself is nothing, but when you have a person who is promoting himself for the leadership of the Republican party, this should be a no brainer. He is out. Of course, typical of Republicans for the last twenty years, no matter what one of their members do, it is OK by them and they defend them. This was not okay for him to send out. It is actually more insulting to white people than to Obama. If they are trying to build a bigger tent, they are failing miserably. Eventually, I guess they can sit over there in their pup tent with the g a y-bashers and anti-women freaks. Small party, small tent.
The bottom line is, this Saltsman incident blatantly exposes the basic racism of the GOP Good Ol'' Boys. No amount of excuse-making or personal distortion of the facts will change this. The conservative party has a long-standing reputation for racism, which has no place in 21st century America, where whites will soon become a minority.
And the reality is, the damage to the GOP is staggering. I have read reactions all over the internet, 99% condemning. The only positive or forgiving reactions are from ultra-conservative Republicans, such as on this site, who have a long history of twisting the truth to fit their distorted perceptions.
I''m sorry, but Mr. Saltsman has underlined and headlined the deep- rooted racism of the Republican party for all America and all the world to see. No amount of backpeddling or reality morphing will fix it. Done deal.
The feds will come for you, pronto!
The feds will come for you, pronto!
Posted by mediaspy_nv at 10:51 AM : Dec 31, 2008
And YOU had to scare away all the loyal Repugs on this thread ........ LOL!
Well, we''ve been laughing at least for the past year....which is when the parody came out.
It''s taken directly from the lips of blacks and the LAMEstream press who pondered whether teh Halfrican was actually ''black enough'' to be ''down with the struggle.''
You bedwetting libs need to get a sense of humor and a life.
As your rusty, smoking Vega slides farther into the weeds & out of sight, just keep the wheel at twisted right...
you seem ignorant. the attacks made against obama were not racist by either palin or Mccain. Seems you live in ideologue land
You nosepicking lib candyasses got your halfrican selected by a massive push from the LAMEstream media and a downturn in the economy.
Had the media been doing their jobs, in other words, if Obama had been a republican, he would have ben out of the race in March of ''07.
So if you want to deceive yourselves that the American people rejected conservtism, go ahead. McCain was the weakest candidate we had...
Need proof? McCain was endorsed by the NYT. Does that tell you anything about the press helping select candidates?
Please stay the way you are. You do an excellent job of showing how smart everybody else is.
Every time you neo-conned types use any of your variations of the word "liberal", it''s in a lie.
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