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12/29 Candidate for chairmainship of GOP *improves* his chances by
distributing "Barack The Magic Negro" songs:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16919.html
\_ He should have put a Confederate flag on the album jacket.
\_ What do Powell and Rice have to say about this?
\_ This article is total FAIL for not even mentioning what a Magic
Negro is.
\_ Everyone knows that a a Magic Negro is like a Magic Dragon, only
different.
\_ Actually, "Magic Negro" was a term popularized by neocon
white bigots such as Spike Lee and Dave Chappelle, but
don't let that get in the way of making yourself feel
better.
\_ And while this is true, it doesn't change the implied
racism of the term when used by white GOP hacks to dismiss
Obama as nothing more than a stereotype and trope. Cf.
why Chappelle eventually stopped doing The Chappelle Show:
people were laughing with the racism, not at it.
\_ I thought the reason was that he was no longer doing
comedy for comedy's sake and that writing jokes for money
was killing him.
comedy for comedy's sake and that writing jokes for
money was killing him.
\_ http://csua.org/u/n7h (Transcript of interview with
Anderson Cooper.)
\_ And here I thought you guys were supposed to understand
nuance. I'll give you a hint. Calling Obama a Magic
Negro isn't as much an insult directed at Obama as it is
an insult directed at his supporters and his rise to
power. It's about as racist as calling Bush a chimp.
\_ In order for you to offer us a hint, you'd have to
have a clue. Calling Obama a Magic Negro implies that
he's a cardboard caricature expected to magically
solve white people's problems; regardless of the
accuracy of the implication that Obama's supporters
delude themselves, the premise continues to rely on a
black caricature, and therein lies the racism. A
more appropriate, better targeted term for Obama's
supporters, as you see them, is "pollyanna," named
after the literary character who only ever saw the
bright side of the world, no matter what shit was
flung at her.
\_ Actually, it is the GOP that was just the total FAIL. And given
what they're up to lately, I expect that FAIL to continue for
the next four years. Welcome to the wilderness, boys.
\_ we're happy to wander it just like Our Lord had to. |
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| www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16919.html Chip Saltsman at a GOP dinner The controversy surrounding a comedy CD distributed by the RNC chair candidate has not torpedoed his bid. Photo: AP 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. "When I heard about the story, I had to figure out what was going on for myself," said Mark Ellis, the chairman of the Maine Republican Party. Alabama Republican Committeeman Paul Reynolds said the fact the Saltsman sent him a CD with the song on it "didn't bother me one bit." "Chip probably could have thought it through a bit more, but he was doing everyone a favor by giving us a gift," he said. "This is just people looking for something to make an issue of." Journos may not get inaugural spots "I don't think he intended it as any kind of racial slur. I think he intended it as a humor gift," Oklahoma GOP Committeewoman Carolyn McClarty added. The song came with 40 others on an album from conservative satirist Paul Shanklin, a personal friend of Saltsman. The song is a parody of a 2007 Los Angeles Times column of the same title and is written to the tune of "Puff the Magic Dragon." "Barack the Magic Negro lives in DC" the opening of the song goes. "The LA Times, they called him that cause he's not authentic like me. Yeah, the guy from the LA paper said he makes guilty whites feel good. They'll vote for him, and not for me, cause he's not from the 'hood." The song, written shortly after the publication of the Times column, was first played on the Rush Limbaugh radio show. On Monday, Limbaugh prominently re-posted the song on the top left corner of his website above the headline, "Drive-by media misreporting of Barack the Magic Negro' song." The flap has generated unflattering attention at a time when the GOP is trying to rebuild its brand and reach out to new voters after an election in which GOP presidential nominee John McCain ran poorly among minority constituencies. The day after the story was first reported by The Hill, RNC Chairman Mike Duncan issued a statement expressing disgust over the song. "The 2008 election was a wake-up call for Republicans to reach out and bring more people into our party," said Duncan, who is seeking reelection to his post. "I am shocked and appalled that anyone would think this is appropriate as it clearly does not move us in the right direction." Duncan was joined by Michigan GOP Chair Saul Anuzis, another RNC chairmanship aspirant who chided Saltsman for sending out the CD. North Dakota Republican Party Chairman Gary Emineth said he was "disappointed" when he heard about the story and questioned Saltsman's viability as a candidate going forward. I can't beleive that the RNC is actually going to defend this. I only hope that this trajectory, a further right-wing-neocon-Know-Nothing trajectory, is going to be the future outlook of the party, because it will only guarantee their political exile to last only longer. It's about time someone with some "johnson's" not cow down to the elite media or the left. Mr Duncan has done a poor job with GOP and it's not going well with the conservative base. Especially, since Mr Duncan does not listen to Rush or if he had he would have already known about the "Magic Negro" satire. The left and the MSM keeps piling on Gov Palin but I haven't heard any GOP leader jump to her defends. The GOP tried McCain (like the MSM wanted us to) and it didn't work and now it's time to clean house and get some fresh faces that will stand up and and speak what's on their conservative mind. Pelosi and Reid are not the only one's that can stand in from of a mic and point fingers. You can call us what you want but it's not going to phase us. Remember, if you tell one lie, you have to tell another one to cover up that lie. Actually, if you use any good search machine, they're not hard to find. html Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated. Oh and while I'm at it National Association for the Advancement of COLORED People. Stop Whinning and take it out on the LA TIMES They coined the phrase Obama the 'Magic Negro' The Illinois senator lends himself to white America's idealized, less-than-real black man. By David Ehrenstein, LA-based DAVID EHRENSTEIN writes about Hollywood and politics. March 19, 2007 AND Limbaugh later asserted: "I'm going to keep referring to him as that because I want to make a bet that by the end of this week I will own that term," adding, "If I refer to Obama the rest of the day as the 'Magic Negro,' there will be a number of people in the drive-by media and on left-wing blogs who will credit me for coming up with it and ignore the LA Times did it, simply because they can't be critical of the LA Times, but they can, obviously, be critical of talk radio." I would find and harass this guy, his wife, children and relatives until he begs for forgiveness. His motive was greed, as it always is with Republicans, and though there may not be anything illegal about what Chit-head said, this should cement the GOP as a bunch of desperate, bottom feeding toilet dwellers. Now that Chit made himself known, let's find out EVERYTHING about this guy. Saltsman will be defended by the hard core until our grandchildren will consider the Repuke party to be a complete myth. I hear Alaska is warm and sunny, and they don't even charge for gravestones! National Association for the Advancement of COLORED People. Stop Whinning and take it out on the LA TIMES They coined the phrase Several colleges were established (by the US government) for black students because they were not allowed to matriculate to "white" colleges. The UNCF was established to help fund these colleges because they traditionally have not received a great deal of financial support as "other" colleges have. By the way, NEVER has any one of the black colleges (now known as HBCUs) EVER denied admission to a white person. What you need to keep in mind, Fred, is that neither UNCF nor NAACP is about keeping people OUT or denying rights: these organizations are not ANTI -- they are PRO. You really should read a little more about the history of this country. By the way, the term Negro did NOT originate with blacks (another history point you should check). One other little fact for ya: there are many whites who are active in both these organizations AND more and more whites are attending the HBCUs. Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. The fact that few members of the Republican National Committee are willing to condemn Chip Saltsman for his racially insensitive stunt shows beyond a shadow of a doubt that Richard Nixon's infamous "Southern Strategy" that he launched 40 years ago is now complete. The Republican Party has become what the Democratic Party was for most of its history until the 1960s: A party dominated by conservative southern white males. It might as well change its name to the Dixiecan Party, since the GOP's transformation began with the defection of the conservative southern white-male "Dixiecrats" away from the Democratic Party to the GOP. With the "Dixiecans" now in complete control of the GOP -- while the Democrats are becoming larger and more diverse than ever, reflecting the real America of the 21st century -- Chip Saltsman's election as the next chairman of the RNC after this flap will doom the GOP to permanent minority-party status. I wouldn't be surprised if this even leads to the creation of a new political party to replace the GOP -- just as the GOP replaced the Whigs in the 19th century. I was embarrassed by the "Call me, Harold," episode dring the Senate race and a bit later by the nasty remarks about Michelle Obama. Isn't it sad that all this negativity and nastiness has come directly from the ... |
| csua.org/u/n7h -> insidecable.blogsome.com/2006/07/07/dave-chappelle-on-360-tonight/ Dave Chappelle will sit down with Anderson Cooper 360 tonight in an exclusive interview... Chappelle will address the reasons he walked out on a reported $50 million deal, what brought him to South Africa and what he is up to now. He will also discuss his thoughts on Comedy Central airing "Chappelle's Show: The Lost Episodes" this Sunday. ANDERSON COOPER: And I'm very pleased that Dave Chappelle joins me live. COOPER: So what do you think about these so-called lost episodes? I mean, 90 percent of me feels like I wish they wouldn't do this. There's the 10 percent comedian that's like, I hope the sketches do good. COOPER: Really, so part of you kind of wants to make sure they do alright? But -- I think the thing that upsets me about it the most is that I was so public about not liking a particular sketch and from my understanding that's included in the three episodes. COOPER: You talked on "Oprah" about some of the sketches that you were working on and that you felt that they were almost inappropriate or -- I don't want to put words in your mouth. In that case, I was speaking about one in particular, in where I appeared in blackface. It's funny but its like -- someone on the set while we were filming it laughed in such a way that I was like, I can't subject my audience to that. COOPER: There was a white man on the set, one of the people working on the show who laughs -- CHAPPELLE: The way he laughed, made me feel like this guy's laughing for the wrong reasons. And I dared him to laugh Anderson, so that's my -- COOPER: Because people, I mean you want -- CHAPPELLE: It stirred something up in me emotionally that I was like, I don't want to subject anyone else to. And that will be included in the so- called lost episodes. COOPER: Do you want your fans -- do you wish your fans would not watch these so-called lost episodes? Yeah, probably at some point in my life I will watch them, but -- COOPER: Not now? I don't know the answer to that question, yeah I'll watch them, shoot. It's like watching "The Cosby Show" and it's just Rudy and Vanessa. CHAPPELLE: It's like -- you know, a lot of the press that I've done, I was doing press for the "Block Party" DVD coming out, mostly radio. And they would keep asking me about how I felt about Charlie Murphy and Darnell, which is something that I feel like I should have a conversation with Charlie and Darnell about. But like I don't want to disparage the guys who participated in it. COOPER: Have you had conversations with the folks you worked with, like Charlie Murphy? CHAPPELLE: I saw Charlie a week before they taped the lost episodes. At that point, I didn't know that they were even going ahead and filming it with Charlie and Darnell hosting. COOPER: On the "Oprah" show you said that you would have gone back to your show if you guys could have worked out some sort of a deal where they gave like half of the DVD profits to charities of your choosing and if you could have reached some deal on the work environment that you had been working under. CHAPPELLE: No, they called me basically -- COOPER: You say something like that on "Oprah", I imagine like you get a million calls. I'm not $50 million richer than before I signed the deal. Another thing that always bothers me is that whenever I see my name in the paper, they always mention $50 million. And no one ever mentioned how much money the show generated. Like what are they making to pay Dave Chappelle $50 million? I'm just interested to know and I'm surprised nobody else is. COOPER: They were making clearly hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars. The DVD sales were -- the DVD was the most popular DVD I think ever sold. CHAPPELLE: Right, and I know what the budget of the show was. So when Doug says in the paper -- I'm just airing what I paid for and cries about an $8 million loss, from the stalled season, it's like $8 million from what? COOPER: This is what the president of Comedy Central, I guess Doug Herzog said. He said quote, we were hoping against hope that we would hear from Dave and that he would come back. We really didn't want to do this without him but we needed some closure. We did pay for the episodes so we might as well use them. But I think one of the reasons why I didn't get back to him is because there's so many unresolved issues around the show that don't just have to do with Comedy Central exclusively. COOPER: We have to take a quick break but we'll talk more on the other side of it. And after achieving -- I mean, you had a tough road coming up. You were in -- you had a lot of stuff canceled over the years. In many people's eyes, you'd reached this pinnacle of success in what they determined success, tons of money, a huge hit show. On the "Oprah Winfrey Show" you described the situation that you found yourself in, you said, I don't care who you think you are or how you think you do it, you cannot imagine what celebrities go through as far as how your integrity, your self image and all these things are challenged. When all of a sudden everyone had that $50 million figure in their head? I mean, people who go and see my stand up recently especially -- I talk about it a lot in my act just because it's kind of cathartic. It comes from so many angles and people who you know, I mean like this, it's like the relationships are different. Even though you're already, you know, described as a genius comedian and I'm sure were making a lot of money. Something about that figure, something about -- you reach a different plateau. I think one of the things that happened, one of the incidents that happened with this that was really off-putting is when I first signed the deal. You know, there was a big like, don't mention the terms of the deal Dave. Whatever you do, don't mention how much you're making, it should be a big secret. And then the next morning in the paper, it's like Dave Chappelle makes $50 million. It's like from that moment on, my life was completely different. And incentives or -- you start dealing with the agendas. CHAPPELLE: You know, kind actions that people do towards you with bad intentions behind them is a really -- COOPER: You also have people around you who -- they make money when you make money and the more money you make the more money they make. CHAPPELLE: Most of the people around me have a vested interest in how much money I make. You know, so a celebrity could find themselves in a position where people could have meetings about their life without them involved. And when I say "their life" I mean not their professional life either. COOPER: They're all talking about you in the third person -- CHAPPELLE: Right, because there's an element -- you become a product before you're a human being. I mean for, yeah, for -- I think for most celebrities it's probably got to be challenging. COOPER: Are there moments now when you think you made a mistake or do you feel -- are you happier now than you were a year ago? CHAPPELLE: Uh -- COOPER: It's a stupid question -- CHAPPELLE: No, no, that's a good question, man. CHAPPELLE: I didn't flee from it or it wasn't like -- but it wasn't -- it wasn't an easy thing to do. At the time, it felt like I just want to survive, like I'm not happy. COOPER: So if people do watch these so-called lost episodes this weekend, what do you want them to know as they're watching it, or in making the decision whether or not to watch it? CHAPPELLE: I think in some of the press that I read leading up to it, that I don't like people to feel sad for me or sorry for me. I'm going to be telling my jokes, I'm going to find my stride. You know this happened to me right before I did Chappelle Show. I think it was one of the times it enabled me to do something that I've always wanted to do. And I'm just trying -- I'm just trying to go and do something -- you know, bigger and better things. Because I was surrounded by so much negativity at some point that it took me going back and doing stand-up to realize, you know, people really like me. There's a lot of people who don't want anything from me but to laugh and have a good time. You see them at the show and they like -- they dress up to come see your show and stuff. And they ... |