Maybe this is why republicans are losing elections?

I personally don't find it acceptable at all, but I also don't think it's necessarily indicative of Republicans in general. A tool is a tool regardless of political affiliation. I'd like to believe that those who make their racist views publicly known would be voted out of office - but that will only happen when enough people find those views racist enough to use their votes that way.

Well if he sent it out to friends and family one can only assume that they felt the same way he did. So the question then becomes how did this become known to the public? I always have to ask this question, how do these things become known? Do I find racism acceptable? No, of course not. It shows a distinct lack of intelligence. It shows a distinct lack of intellectual growth. It shows a distinct lack of social awareness. Should a racist serve in public office? No, of course not if their views are well known they should not be serving in public office. One would hope they would not be voted into public office. The problem you have is they are voted into public office because despite their well known views on race, religion, gender, and other social issues they represent the majority of their constituents. This means their constituents are likely also racists. How do you address this issue? Do you bar any part of the country from electing their choosen officials because they do not represent "politically / socially correct" points of view? Much as I might like to do this it is not Constitutionally allowed. So no, it is not socially acceptable. He is clearly a neanderthall. But unfortunately I will place odds that 9 out of 10 of the recievers of his socially backwards gift thought it was perfectly acceptable.

I do NOT find it acceptable personally and if a "friend" sent me a CD like this I'd send it back with some choice words letting them know that. The articles I found about this stated he'd sent it to committee members, I assume it mean RNC members, so it wasn't just sent to his personal friends and family members. I also saw the Obama song was originally played by Rush Limbaugh. What a surprise that was...lol! I think your first sentence summed it up - this is a find example of why Republicans keep on losing elections. Let's hope it continues! (The losing, not the racism!) Annie

there are equaly grands idiots in the democratic party too, so this isn't why they are losing elections, has nothing to do with silly stuff like this. Besides, I have no idea what cd you are talking about so I can't say if it was racist or not. The republicans are losing elections because they forgot what a conservative truly is. There are very few true conservatives in the republican party and the biggest unconservative conservative of them all, George Bush, dragged the party to the depths of obsurity with this problem.

I had to look it up to see what you were talking about. Sounds like parody to me. I heard a black comedian say it was his sworn duty to make fun of Barack Obama and he didn't care what color he was.

Absolutely not! I despise racism and bigotry. I may not be able to control the way people think, but I sure don't want them in charge of anything related to government or policy. Then there's the fact that so many of those with an "R" behind their names declare themselves to be Christians when this kind of behavior is the antithesis of everything Jesus stood for combined with the fact that many want to legislate Christian idealogy into national policy even as they themselves behave in opposition to it - it's just mind boggling and maddening.

The song was clearly a parody, a joke. If the same sort of thing had been released by a liberal politician about "Whitey", they'd be hailed a hero by the liberal media. The media has been airing stories non-stop about the guy who threw shoes at President Bush in Iraq, showing that many in Iraq are haling the man as a hero, and airing people's opinions who say it is his fault someone made such a "commentary." Where are those outraged that this happened to the President in Iraq? I finally saw a news clip of the First Lady this morning condemning the incident for what it was, an assault on the President, and that it should be treated as such. There have been other parodies spoofing the views of many conservatives about Obama, but because they were made by liberal supporters, they were laughed off for what they were, spoofs. Liberals shouldn't be so hasty to express outrage for the joke. They should laugh it off the way President Bush laughed off the shoe incident.