Original sentence: Although the parody was inspired by an article in the Los Angeles Times by a columnist sympathetic to Barack Obama, and primarily poked fun at Al Sharpton and not Obama, composer Peter Yarrow condemned the act as "shocking and saddening in the extreme," stating that "taking a children's song and twisting it in such vulgar, mean-spirited way, is a slur to our entire country and our common agreement to move beyond racism
Edited sentence: Although the parody was inspired by an article in the Los Angeles Times by a white liberal columnist sympathetic to Barack Obama, and primarily poked fun at Al Sharpton and not Obama, composer Peter Yarrow, in a typical liberal overreaction whenever there's a chance to make Republicans appear racist, condemned the act as "shocking and saddening in the extreme," stating that "taking a children's song and twisting it in such vulgar, mean-spirited way, is a slur to our entire country and our common agreement to move beyond racism