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GOP Candidate Sends Out “Barack the Magic Negro” CD

HeadlineDec 29, 2008

In political news, a Tennessee Republican seeking the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee is coming under criticism for sending out a CD of holiday music that contained a song called “Barack the Magic Negro.” Chip Saltsman is the former chair of the Republican Party in Tennessee and former campaign manager for Mike Huckabee. Another candidate for the RNC chair has also been embroiled in a scandal. Katon Dawson was a longtime member of a white-only country club in South Carolina.

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