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I look forward to working together in the New Year
RNC candidate sends out controversial song Dec 26, 2008
Paul Shanklin is a long-time friend, and I think that RNC members have the good humor and good sense to recognize that his songs for the Rush Limbaugh show are light-hearted political parodies
RNC candidate sends out controversial song Dec 26, 2008
John "Chip" Saltsman, Jr. (born March 24, 1968, Nashville, Tennessee) is an American politician who has served as chairman of the Tennessee Republican Party from 1999 to 2001, senior political advisor to former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, and manager of Mike Huckabee's 2008 presidential campaign. He has also run controversial campaign to be candidate of the Republican National Committee chairman.
Saltsman was born in Nashville, Tennessee to parents John B. Saltsman, Sr. and Edna Elaine Saltsman. He attended Father Ryan High School, a Catholic high school in Nashville, and then Christian Brothers University in Memphis, at which he earned his bachelor's and master's in business administration degrees. While at Christian Brothers, Saltsman was active in the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, the Knights of Columbus and student government.
Interested in politics from an early age, Saltsman's first substantial campaign involvement was with President George H.W. Bush's re-election effort in 1992.