Re: US Presidential Election
I wanted to add something more regarding Daddy Yankee and the McCain mess. I read this blog entry and this person was on point about the whole thing. Very funny stuff but true. The rapper Fat Joe had to put his two sents in and he was on the money.
http://www.sohh.com/2008/08/nyc-blog-fat-jo.html
NYC BLOG: Fat Joe Receives Standing Ovation for Daddy Yankee Dismissal
August 29, 2008
Written By SOHH Reckless
Joey ass Crack got a standing ovation from who? From me. That's right, Reckless. Why? Because Daddy Yankee played himself and Fat Joe actually had something intelligent to say in response to this foolish spectacle Mr. Yankee made of his image.
I believe in [John McCain's] ideals and his proposals to lead this nation," Yankee said during the ridiculous McCain endorsement. "He's been a fighter for the Hispanic community."
I hope Yankee was lying through his teeth when he said this. Needless to say, he was just endorsing McCain for publicity-- we hope. And boy did it work. But it's not necessarily what the reggaeton star is doing-- it's the promotion of ignorance. If Yankee really means what he says, he sure is reiterating the popular stereotype that P.R is full of illiterate hoodlums who run around in the street bare footed. Republicans don't even care about middleclass whites. Why on earth would they give a damn about some [insert their preferred racial slur] in some dirty Caribbean island? Are you serious? Has he not seen what's happened to this country in the past 8 years? Wow.
In response, Fat Joe told MTV:
"I'm talking to little cousins that like [Yankee] and all that, and they're starting to believe that John McCain is [the best candidate]. I can't have that.
"I opened the newspaper and got sick to my stomach. I felt like I wanted to vomit when I seen that. The reason why I called [Yankee] a sellout is because I feel he did that for a [publicity] look, rather than the issues that are affecting his people that look up to him. How could you want John McCain in office when George Bush and the Republicans already have half a million people losing their homes in foreclosure? We're fighting an unjust war. It's the Latinos and black kids up in the frontlines, fighting that war. ... We over here trying to take the troops out of Iraq and bring peace. This guy immediately wants war. If not with Iraq or Afghanistan, he'll start a new one with Iran. I feel real disgusted that Daddy Yankee would do that. Either he did that for a look, or he's just not educated on politics.
"If he believes John McCain is the better candidate for the Latinos, we could sit down. Even if he wants to get into a debate, we can debate anywhere — New York, Puerto Rico.
"Like I said, with me, my whole philosophy on blacks and Latinos is: We're all one. We're in the same ghettos, same inner cities, and we're suffering from the same problems. Every problem the blacks have, the Latinos have. There's two systems of health care: the one for the rich that's really good, then there's the one for the inner city, where they leave ladies in the emergency room unattended for 24 hours until they drop dead. ... People don't even check on her hours after she's dead. This is normal stuff. This is what's happening in the U.S."
Damn. I didn't know Joe could take his head from out of the South's ass long enough to say something worth listening to. I'm very surprised.
Any black or Hispanic who co-signs a Republican is an idiot. If you're middleclass and under and you support the Republican party, you're just stupid. And anyone who thinks Democrats these days are really true "Democrats," then... figure it out.
I wonder what's next in this installment of Political Drama.
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