“Magic Negro” Creator Weighs In On Saltsman Contro

By Kleinheider Posted on December 29, 2008 at 1:22 pm

Paul Shanklin, the creative mind behind the song RNC chairman candidate has been chastised for distributing, comes to the defense of his friend and former business partner:

“They are trying to paint Chip as some kind of racist — which he’s not,” Shanklin said Sunday afternoon.

“Whether he should have sent it out, I’ll let history decide. Is it provocative? Well, most political satire is. What I do for a living is major league provocative….”

…Saltsman is a former partner in Shanklin’s record venture. In talking with The Hill newspaper, Saltsman was quoted as calling it a “light-hearted” gift that would be received in “good humor.”

Current RNC Chairman Robert M. “Mike” Duncan, said in a statement carried by the Associated Press: “I am shocked and appalled that anyone would think this is appropriate as it clearly does not move us in the right direction.” Duncan is seeking a second two-year term as GOP national chairman against Saltsman and four others.

“Apparently, Chairman Duncan doesn’t listen to Rush Limbaugh or conservative Republicans out here in the hinterlands,” Shanklin said as he listed Duncan’s recent accomplishments: “Let’s see, he’s lost the presidency, the House and the Senate. I’m kinda shocked and appalled he’s still there.”

Shanklin credited Saltsman with laying the framework for how far the GOP has come in Tennessee. Saltsman, he said, “set a tone of leadership that got us” the state House and the state Senate. Under Saltsman as state GOP chairman, Shanklin said the Nashvillian made sure Republicans were running for state House and state Senate seats.

“Chip makes things happen regardless of what people think of my parody work,” Shanklin said.

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