"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 ['Magic Negro'] song insults the office of the Presidency, the people who voted for him, as well as those who did not... [T]aking a children's song and twisting it in such a 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 Saltsman... would seriously be considered for the top post of the Republican National Committee."
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