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No Second Acts? Pshaw …

by Josh Marshall
01.04.11 | 5:08 pm

I was sort of wondering what happened to Chip Saltsman, the guy whose campaign to be RNC chair in 2008 crashed and burned after he was caught distributing the “Barack the Magic Negro” song parody. Now I know. He just signed on as Chief of Staff to Rep. -elect Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN).

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