Whenever you’re busted saying or doing something stupid, the first thing people tend to do is obvious: blame the media. Republicans always blame the “liberal” media for everything. They blame the “liberal” media for Barack Obama being elected, for John McCain losing, for Sarah Palin’s mistakes, for exaggerating the economic crisis and so on and so forth. So, most of us by now are familiar with this idiotic move by Republican National Committee chairman candidate Chip Saltsman sending out that ridiculous CD with the song “Barack the Magic Negro” on it. How do people behave so ignorantly and still find themselves in position of power and influence? It is nothing short of amazing. Saltsman, of course, did not apologize for (1) being stupid and sending it and (2) being racially insensitive and sending something that is so obviously offensive to black people and, indeed, many people of all races around the country.
So, when Saltsman was busted and called out for his stupidity, he is left with one defensive technique: blame the media.
“We’re definitely not playing on a level playing ground with the media on that issue,” said Saltsman, who was whining that the song was a parody first referred to in a 2007 Los Angeles Times column, according to a Politico article. “I mean, there was no outrage when the L.A. Times article coined that phrase.”
Saltsman may indeed be ready to run the RNC. It appears he is in line with the old-school Republican mindset that all problems are the fault of someone else. But, if the Republicans want to move in a new and positive direction, it will send human dinosaurs like Saltsman, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and others (those individuals who clearly are out of touch with diversity and issues related to a diverse and inclusive society) to the back of the room.
Politico:
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/18028.html
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