VA: McCain Spokesman Writes Racist Column

By: RandySF
Published On: 10/5/2008 5:20:34 AM

What is it with Virginia Republicans and their mouths? The Los Angeles Times is reporting that a local Virginia Republican and Member of the McCain Leadership Team in Virginia penned a nasty and racist newspaper column regarding Barack Obama.
A local newspaper columnist, in a spoof of Obama's platform, wrote in one recent piece that the Democrat would hire the rapper Ludacris to paint the White House black (a reference to a pro-Obama song by Ludacris), and divert more foreign aid to Africa so "the Obama family there can skim enough to allow them to free their goats and live the American Dream." He joked that Obama would replace the 50 stars on the U.S. flag "with a star and crescent logo," an Islamic symbol, and that his policy on drugs would be to "raise taxes to pay for Obama's inner-city political base."

The columnist, Bobby May, is also treasurer of the Buchanan County Republican Party and was listed in a July news release as the county's representative on McCain's Virginia leadership team, though he said his column reflected his views alone, and he denied it was racist.

A pdf of the actual column is here.

No that's not racist at all. I would like to see if either McCain or Sarah Palin would like to publicly renounce this person. It's bad enough the Virginia had to deal with George Allen.  I will be waiting for the campiagn's response.


Comments



Read the L.A Times article (jsrutstein - 10/5/2008 8:22:35 AM)
I wish the racist McCain supporter were the only problem in that part of VA.  The L. A. Times article depicts too many Dems, including party officials, as anti-Obama.  I only hope between the efforts of the United Mine Workers and the fact that Wilder was able to succeed there in the past that current polls are understating Obama's support and that the L. A. Times reporter painted things as worse than they are to grab eyeballs.


My first thought... (Josh - 10/5/2008 8:28:41 AM)
George Allen can write?


It's odd that GOPers . . . (JPTERP - 10/5/2008 8:38:40 AM)
are still criticizing Obama as "The One" or "The Messiah".

Looking at the GOP reception of Palin -- it's like some Christians have rediscovered the Golden Calf all over again -- yet another false idol to worship.

I can at least justify my support of Obama and Biden based on records, resumes, and policies.  



Macaca Man (Great Blue - 10/5/2008 8:48:43 AM)
George Allen was on tv this morning supporting McCain.  I know, Northern Virginians, you thought we had already won that battle.  We need to call the Republicans on this each and every time.  We will make them famous, you will know their names.


JIM WEBB IS THE MAN (Irenejackson - 10/5/2008 11:34:51 AM)
Jim Webb is the man who could convince Southwest Virginia voters that Barack Obama will fight for them....that Obama is not against Clean Coal (a lie now being spread by the McCain campaign down there)....that they MUST support Obama or else face more hardship and "top down" economic policy...

I hope like heck that the Obama campaign is able to get Jim Webb to go down to SW Virginia and campaign.   The word that i am getting is that people down there still aren't sold.



"Oh My god! (thegools - 10/5/2008 11:47:55 AM)
Obama is Black!!!...and you know what that means"

That is the response they are eluding to with this.  The use of race (as if race matters) and the imagery of poor africans and city folks deliberately panders to the racist inclinations of some in the electorate.

  It is much the same as when you hear someone say something like "These four black guys were walking down the street....."  Using black is not needed in the phrase, by it is there for a real purpose.



Washington Post Identifies Bobby Lee May as part of McCain's Leadership Team (Irenejackson - 10/5/2008 11:58:03 AM)
http://voices.washingtonpost.c...

nice, really nice.