Racist Newspaper Attack on Obama by Buchanan, VA McCain Chair

[AZBlue]

Bobby May is the McCain campaign chair in Buchanan County, Virginia and correspondence secretary of the Buchanan County Republican Party. Mr. May recently published a newspaper column containing an overtly racist attack against Barack Obama. Appearing in a local paper called The Voice, May's column contained a number of inflammatory charges against Obama, including the following on Obama's plans for America if elected:

"FREEDOM OF RELIGION: Mandatory Black Liberation Theology classes taught in all churches - raise taxes to pay for this mandate. Put Rev. Jeremiah Wright in charge...."

"DRUG CRISIS: Raise taxes to pay for free drugs for Obama’s inner-city political base...."

"2ND AMENDMENT: Under Obama will only apply to gang-bangers, illegal aliens, Islamo-Fascist terrorists, and Senator Jim Webb’s aide...."

"FOREIGN RELATIONS: Appoint Rev. Al Sharpton as Secretary of State, Jesse Jackson as UN Representative, and let Bill Clinton handle all other "foreign relations" ... As long as Hillary doesn't find out...!"

"THE WHITE HOUSE: Hire rapper Ludacris to “paint it black.” Taxes to be increased to buy enough paint for the job plus spray-paint for graffiti...."

"THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES: Raise taxes to send $845 billion, most of it to Africa so the Obama family there can skim off enough for them to free their goats and live the American Dream...."

"NATIONAL ANTHEM: Change to the "Black National Anthem" by James Weldon Johnson...."

"US CURRENCY: Update photos to reflect US diversity; include pictures of "great Americans" such as Oprah Winfrey, Ludacris, Sheila Jackson-Lee, Paris Hilton, and Louisiana Congressman William Jefferson (Obama's new Secretary of the Treasury - 50 Cent refused position after learning
that he would lose his crazy check if he accepted the nomination)...."

"US FLAG: Replace 50 stars with a star and crescent logo; red stripes changed to green to represent Obama’s tree-hugging radical environmentalism and his lack of experience. Flag lapel pins, having
become a substitute for “real patriotism,” will henceforth be banned...."

Complaints and expressions of disgust at Mr. May's comments can and should be directed to the following:

McCain national campaign: [e-mail]

McCain Virginia campaign [e-mail]

Republican National Committee (Mike Duncan, Chair): [e-mail]

Virginia Republican Party: [e-mail]

Buchanan County Republican Party (Jerry M. Lester, Chair): [e-mail] & [e-mail] or phone: [phone] or 276-935-5483

WMJD radio: [e-mail] or phone: [phone] ("County Talk," Fridays 10-11 a.m. EST)

The Voice: [e-mail] or phone: [phone]

Bobby May: [e-mail] or phone: [phone]

http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/2008/10/racist-newspaper-attack-on-oba.php

[silverojo]

1. I'll express my disgust as politely as I can

Fuck this racist, redneck, child-molesting inbred hillbilly bastard right in the eye!

(Yes, that IS as polite as I can be, after reading this crap.)

Kicked, recommended, and done! :mad:

[oldleftguy]

2. This is a surprise because...?

:shrug:

[AZBlue]

8. It's not a surprise but that's no reason to let it slide!

[grannylib]

3. Whew, that took a while, but I've sent e-mail to all of them

Thanks for posting the links!

[AZBlue]

9. You ROCK!

:thumbsup:

[Blue_Tires]

4. it's all they have left...

[AnAnonymousDemocrat]

5. I feel confident in saying that people like this are a dying breed n/t

[FrenchieCat]

6. Let's get this done!

Write and phone too!

[silverojo]

7. OK, here's the e-mail I sent to all of them

I calmed down enough not to use any naughty words. :evilgrin:

I firmly believe in everyone's right to express an opinion, even one which is diametrically opposed to my own. However, Bobby May's idiotic racist rant in "The Voice" is reprehensible beyond belief. It adds nothing whatsoever to our country's very important debate about the pressing issues of this campaign cycle. It's pure hate speech, nothing more, which merely uses Barack Obama as a target for the writer's own irrational racism.

I'd like to know, in the first place, how this Klansman wannabe got hired to be John McCain's campaign chair in Buchanan County, Virginia. More importantly, why is it that he hasn't been immediately relieved of his duties, after this bizarre attack was published?

This also begs the question of why this hate-filled diatribe was published in the first place. I do believe that even Ann Coulter, whose job it is to write outrageous opinion pieces, would have drawn the line at something like this. Criticizing Obama is one thing, but bringing the likes of Oprah Winfrey, 50 Cent, and a variety of other African-Americans (like inner-city dwellers) into this is definitive proof that this author wasn't just expressing political views. It was a pure, unadulterated attack on black people--period.

The only place where one would expect to find this sort of unfiltered hate speech would be on a KKK website. The only thing missing, in fact, was usage of the N-word.

Bobby May has no business being correspondence secretary of the Buchanan County Republican Party, or being associated with John McCain in any way, shape, or form. And no newspaper worth the paper it's printed on should be featuring such utterly reprehensible garbage. I can't believe, with all the important news stories in our country and around the world, that trees were killed to print such an inexcusable racist tirade.

Apologies are very much in order, starting with Bobby May himself, "The Voice", the Buchanan County Republican Party, and even John McCain should publicly denounce this man's rant as having nothing whatsoever to do with McCain's own campaign.

[AZBlue]

10. Very nice e-mail!

Thanks for sending!!

[silverojo]

11. You're very welcome!

I've forwarded the contact info to my African-American friends, as well.

Let's make this bastard's head roll!