Not Even Worthy Of A Response
Rush Limbaugh needs a life - devoid of drugs.
<blockquote>Rush Limbaugh yesterday delivered a jaw-dropping video called "Barack, the Magic Negro." Will he follow in Don Imus' footsteps?
The video, shown to subscribers on his web site, focuses on the Rev. Al Sharpton's vocal discredit of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama as an effective leader.
The video (watch it here), entitled "U Da Real Negro Al, Screw Obama," was a parody by Paul Shanklin, a well-known conservative political satirist famous for his voice impersonations, who tries to imitate Sharpton's voice and includes a slideshow of images of Sharpton and Barack pointing out the differences in their "blackness." Toward the middle of the video, Shanklin harmonizes "Barack, the Magic Negro," a twist on the 1963 hit song, "Puff, the Magic Dragon" performed by Peter, Paul and Mary, which seeks to suggest that Barack is somehow a manufactured black man.
Though you really want to ignore these kinds of things, Rush and his ilk spread this stuff to the lowest common denominator in listeners and it stokes the fire of their pre-existing hatred of anyone who is not white and male. It's a sad, sad commentary on our society that we are still here in 2007 and that this kind of ridiculous behavior is even tolerated in any circles at all.
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The video, shown to subscribers on his web site, focuses on the Rev. Al Sharpton's vocal discredit of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama as an effective leader.
The video (watch it here), entitled "U Da Real Negro Al, Screw Obama," was a parody by Paul Shanklin, a well-known conservative political satirist famous for his voice impersonations, who tries to imitate Sharpton's voice and includes a slideshow of images of Sharpton and Barack pointing out the differences in their "blackness." Toward the middle of the video, Shanklin harmonizes "Barack, the Magic Negro," a twist on the 1963 hit song, "Puff, the Magic Dragon" performed by Peter, Paul and Mary, which seeks to suggest that Barack is somehow a manufactured black man.
Though you really want to ignore these kinds of things, Rush and his ilk spread this stuff to the lowest common denominator in listeners and it stokes the fire of their pre-existing hatred of anyone who is not white and male. It's a sad, sad commentary on our society that we are still here in 2007 and that this kind of ridiculous behavior is even tolerated in any circles at all.
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