There are several videos of this around the Interwebitubes with an assortment of images attached. This one is up on YouTube. A more inflammatory version can be found on AlterNet.
On March 19, 2007, David Ehrenstein of the LA Times wrote a column about Hollywood and politics. The headline of his column: “Obama, the ‘Magic Negro.’” Then on March 21, 2007 the Rush Limbaugh show aired a parody produced by Paul Shanklin, imitating the Rev. Al Sharpton singing, “Barack The Magic Negro.”
Rush is still on the air and Imus isn’t. How odd.
If you think that Rush listeners are bigots, then you are the ignorant misguided fool. Listen to the program and you’ll see what I mean. Jerk.
Sadly, after reading most of these comments, It seems Rush was correct! After reading on air and discussing the L.A. times op-ed (which was printed and on the internet) which called Obama the “Magic Negro” Limbaugh has become the focus of the attention/heat for the labeling as if he coined it. Where is our outrage that the L.A. Times is saying Obama isn’t “black enough” and and all the “whites” who support him are doing it because we’re “racist”? The whole point of Limbaugh’s treatment of this op-ed piece and the larger implication of it, seems accurate, Ehrenstein and the
L. A. “Slimes” gets a free pass for being racist toward both Obama and his caucasian supporters and Limbaugh becomes demonized for discussing it in public! While I’m not a big fan of Rush, he seems to have this one figured out. Damn, I hate when that happens!
#26, obviously you have absolutely no black friends, if you do, go ahead and try to introduce them to someone you know as your “negro” friend and see what happens. If you have any ass left let me know. As for me, I have black friends and this really isn’t an issue. We tend to introduce each other by our first names. The other thing is I don’t care about this stupidity. It’s about as funny as a pie to the face. What was personal about a publicly known drug addicted talk show host. Fool.
Rush is always target for consistent echo of someone else’s Gab, like the LA Times………but then if anyone never listened to show except by the way of You tube ……..what can anyone expect ………It’s funny hahahhahahaha
can i say NAACP—ok to say “colored people”????
“Negro” is bad?? HUH?? It was the LA (liberal assoc.) Times that ran the headline and the “N” term is used repeatedly everywhere in the black community but that’s ok???
GROW UP, LAUGH AT HIM AND YOURSELF, AND RELAX….THIS IS NOT THE END OF THE WORLD NOR WAS IMUS.
“YOU PEOPLE” ARE NUTS !!!
Is this the blog of the same John Dvorak of the famed PC Mag days!
lol…didn’t realize what a liberal weenie he is…..what a bloke.
It is a parody of Al Sharpton and there is nothing racist about it.
While many of you don’t get it Barack Obama did and did not think it racist… but hey what would he know.
Discriminatory bashing of Obama as a phony black candidate and as a “Magic Negro” = LA Times
Song pointing out the racism of the LA Times combined with bashing of Al Sharpton = Rush Limbaugh
Despicable racist imagery, KKK robes, the words “screw Obama” = added by liberal blogger trying to falsely pass it off as something Rush Limbaugh put together, even though no video of any kind ever appeared on Rush’s or Paul Shankland’s website combined with the song.
Under these terms it must be essential to censor Martin Luther King, Jr. – the “I Have a Dream” speech is just filled with the “N” word certain people in today’s society must now equate with hate speech.
The first thing to realise that Rush’s primary target is the liberal MEDIA – not Obama.
The statements made in the parody song are all quotations or paraphrases of statements made by liberal democrats.
Other than the facts that Obama is an inexperienced liberal Democrat, I don’t think you can find any specific comments made BY RUSH denigrating Obama. Sharpton and Jackson are far more racist than Rush will ever be, and have made many more inflammatory comments against Obama
If Rush is a racist, why does he often permit Dr. Walter E. Williams (who is black) to host his program when he is away? Dr. Williams is one of the more popular hosts! What does that say about Rush’s listeners?
The issue of racism is now much less one of skin color than of culture. Much of today’s ‘black’ culture is self destructive. If everyone suddenly became the same color, how do you think that would affect attitudes and behavior? Or if all non-black people vanished, would there be any change in the culture?
1) Dvorak is a reactionist moron.
2) So are most liberals.
3) Robco has the only logical and realistic comments here. Everyone else is just flaming. (Worse than I just did.)
4) Does the word ‘Parody’ mean nothing to you?
At least he did’nt say NIGGER!!!