Peter Yarrow and "Barack the Magic Negro"

Peter Yarrow offers his reaction to the parody, "Barack the Magic Negro."

From the Huffington Post:

The sending of a Christmas greeting by Chip Saltsman to the members of the Republican National Committee that includes a recording of the so-called parody, "Barack the Magic Negro" is not only offensive, it is shocking and saddening in the extreme. It flies in the face of America's deeply held hope for a new era in which common ground and mutual respect characterize the exchanges between our national leaders.

I and my co-writer of "Puff," Lenny Lipton, have been eagerly awaiting an end to the mean-spiritedness, outright disrespect and bigotry that was commonplace prior to this last presidential election. What might have been wearily accepted as "the way it was" in the campaign, is now unacceptable. Obama is not a candidate. He is the President-Elect, and this song insults the office of the Presidency, the people who voted for him, as well as those who did not -- and taking a children's song and twisting it in such vulgar, mean-spirited way, is a slur to our entire country and our common agreement to move beyond racism.

It is almost unimaginable to me that Chip Saltzman who sent the CD, would seriously be considered for the top post of the Republican National Committee. Puff, himself, if asked, would certainly agree.

Chip Saltsman aside, I don't think Yarrow understands the meaning of the parody at all.

He doesn't seem to know that it lampoons an op-ed piece written by David Ehrenstein, published in the Los Angeles Times, March 19, 2007.

Yarrow really should read the source of the parody and become informed.

Clueless.

Yarrow yaps about "mean-spiritedness" and "outright disrespect." He preaches that it's wrong to show disrespect for the holder of the office of the presidency, that such behavior insults all Americans.

Really?

I don't recall Yarrow speaking out against the Left's "mean-spiritedness" and "outright disrespect" shown to President Bush for the past eight years. He wasn't complaining about that vulgarity.

Hypocritical Leftist.