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It was inevitable; sooner or later the white supremacists were going to wake up to the possibility of there being a Black president in the U.S. and it appears others have an issue with that too (though they choose to dress up their disquiet with faux humour).

CBS has had to put a temporary block on Obama comments on their website because of the number of racist remarks, reports the Chicago Sun-Times. Meanwhile shockjock DJ Rush Limbaugh has been running a song called “Barack the Magic Negro”, to the tune Puff the Magic Dragon – he, of course, denies the consequent charges of racism (“me, racist – nooooo”).

Colin Powell’s wife famously barred him from running for the White House as she feared he would be assassinated. Obama already has Secret Service protection to prevent him suffering the same fate as other substantial African American political figures of times past.

But is Obama fazed by the negativity of a few foul-mouthed dinosaurs? No. The Obama campaign continues with a campaign visit yesterday to Richmond, Virginia, where he gave a rousing speech to more than 500 people. Obama and his team are obviously not going to be held back by Limbaugh, white supremacists or anyone else!