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Published: 12/29/08

GOP Reaction to 'Magic Negro' Gift Creeps Toward Appropriate, But Not on Blogs

By  Tommy Christopher - Politics Daily
GOP Reaction to 'Magic Negro' Gift Creeps Toward Appropriate, But Not on Blogs

On the first business day since RNC chair candidate Chip Saltsman was discovered to have given the gift of racism (a CD containing songs like Barack the Magic Negro and The Star Spanglish Banner) to his colleagues, there have been some Republican reactions that veer close to the right tenor. Initially, current RNC chair Mike Duncan issued a strong denunciation, but only from a strategic standpoint, and RNC chair candidate Ken Blackwell tried to just wave it off as "media hypersensitivity."But decency seems to be gaining momentum. From CNN: Republican Party of Florida Chairman Jim Greer -- who ...

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