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It wasn’t that long ago that Barack Obama was criticizing Rap for the images the medium conjures up. In fact, he directly blamed the Don Imus incident on Rap, which created a bit of a stir in the Rap community.
At a fund raiser in South Carolina with the SC Legislative Black Caucus, Sen. Barack Obama stated, “We’ve got to admit to ourselves, that it was not the first time that we heard the word ‘ho’. Turn on the radio station. There are a whole lot of songs that use the same language & we’ve been permitting it in our homes, and in our schools and on iPods,” in light of the Don Imus incident.
“If it’s not good for Don Imus, I don’t know why it’s good for us. If we don’t like other people to degrade us, why are we degrading ourselves?”
Ironically, this is probably one of the most truthful things Obama has ever said. Too bad it didn’t last very long. Alas, in typical Obama fashion, he has changed his mind. Of course, he’s been currently featured in Rolling Stone, so our special candidate Barack “Changeling” Obama is adjusting himself accordingly.
“I am troubled sometimes by the misogyny and materialism of a lot of rap lyrics,” he said, “but I think the genius of the art form has shifted the culture and helped to desegregate music.”
Barack Obama troubled by misogyny? You could have fooled me! He’s the Poster Boy for misogyny.
He said hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons and rappers Jay-Z and Ludacris were “great talents and great businessmen.”
“It would be nice if I could have my daughters listen to their music without me worrying that they were getting bad images of themselves,” he added.
That’s interesting isn’t it? I wonder what kind of images his daughters had of themselves while he and his surrogates were trashing Hillary as a woman, not to mention his treatment of women on the campaign trail. I wonder what images his daughters had of themselves when he was discussing his vibrating cell phone.
Now let’s see.
Obama has already introduced us to Jay-Z’s work. In a highly professional and “presidential-like” performance that ranked right up there with slapping Michelle on the ass on National TV, Obama mimed Jay-Z during one of his stump speeches: the one where he gave Hillary the finger and brushed “whatever” from his shoulders.
Now how about the “great talent” Ludacris whom Obama admires so much? How about that guy’s inspiring lyrics? I kind of had a hard time choosing which lyrics to post here. After much labor and nausea, I decided to select that profound selection called “Ho,” although “Pimp Council,” ran a close second. Here you go:
Ho
(Chorus)
Hooooooooo (Ho) Youza Hoooooo (Ho) Youza Hoooooo (Ho) I said that youza hooooo (Ho) (Repeat 1x)
(Ludacris)
You doin ho activities With ho tendencies
Hos are your friends, hoes are your enemies
ho energy to do whacha do Blew whacha blew Screw whacha screw
Yall professional like DJ Clue, pullin on my coat tail an why do you think you take a ho to a hotel?
Hotel everybody, even the mayor
Reach up in tha sky for tha hozone laya
Come on playa once a ho always And hos never close they open like hallways
An heres a ho cake for you whole ho crew an everybody wants some cuz hoes gotta eat too(chorus x2)
(Ludacris)
Cant turn a ho into a housewife
Hos dont act right
Theres hos on a mission, an hoes on a crackpipe
Hey ho how ya doin, where ya been?
Prolly doin ho stuff cuz there you ho again Its a ho wide world, that we livin in feline, feminine, fantastical, women
Not all, just some You ho who you are
Theres hoes in tha room, theres hoes in tha car theres hoes on stage, theres hoes by tha bar hos by near, an hos by far Ho! (But can i getta ride?!)
NO! (Cmon, nigga why?!) Cuz youza(chorus 2x)
(Ludacris)
You gotta run in your pantyhos Even your daddy knows that you suckin down chocolate like daddy-o’s You hos are horrible, horrendous
On taxes ya’ll writin off hos as dependents
I see tha ho risin it aint surprisin its just a hoasis with ugly chicks faces but hos dont feel so sad and blue cuz most of us niggaz is hos too(chorus x2) (Ho)
Muthafuckas im so tiired of yall niggaz always talkin bout hos this, hos that, you tha muthafuckin ho nigga I wasnt no ho last night(Pimp)
Ho, bring yo ass!
(Ho) Ok, hold on
Whoa! That’s profound stuff, isn’t it? I mean we are talking inspiration here! We’re talking serious respect for self and women, hey? I mean I can’t wait to get to the parts where we beat the crap out of them and make them bleed, can you? You can get encouragement for that in Rap too! Something for every man! What message does a presidential candidate send to young men and women when he announces that a genre that promotes a filthy mouth, prostitution and violence against women is borne of “Genius” and “Talent”? Does any normal person you know who has kids really want them buying into this crap?
Obama actually approves of his daughters listening to this shit? What’s that all about? Preparation for their lives???
If Obama’s daughters aren’t inspired by “Hos,” Ludicris’ works include other amazingly upbeat, informative, inspiring and female-loving examples, including:
“Girls Gone Wild,”
“Move Bitch,”
“Pimpin’ All Over The World”.
And guess what, folks? As Rappers go, Ludacris is one of the more gentle ones!
Ok let’s recap Duplicitous Panderer, Barack Obama’s opinion(s) of Rap:
1. Rap is bad. Unless you are featured in Rolling Stone. Then rap is good.
2. Rap is degrading, but not really.
3. Rap is bad for his daughters’ self-image, but still, the people who produce this crap are “talented”.
4. The misogyny in Rap is bad. But not so bad. Really. But not really. Kind of. Sort of.
5. The word “Ho” is bad if that pig Don Imus uses it. But “Ho” is good if a “talented” Rapper raps it.
6. Rap is bad, but it’s good. Well not really good, but not bad. Besides, it’s only an insult to women, so who cares?
7. Besides, the violence and disrespect in Rap is aimed at women anyways, so who cares? I’m in Rolling Stone, man! So to hell with those Ho’s!
I’m glad Obama has cleared this all up, aren’t you?
I myself am very impressed, aren’t you? I mean, everybody wants a President who thinks this kind of violent, hateful and misogyinic shit is worth applauding, right? Epecially people with two daughters like Comrade Obama has. I guess in some small way, we can find some comfort that this man doesn’t have any sons to teach woman-hating to.
I am sure that all of this makes you feel as confident, warm and fuzzy as i do about the thought that, if ever elected, Comrade Obama, his iPOD chuck full of “talented” Rap, and his bundlers from Pakistan would be in charge of women’s lives, well-being and future advancement.
And to think his vibrating cell phone caper was the worst we thought we could get out of this unPresidential Presidential candidate.
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Of course everything with OSlime-a is about what is convenient for him and to whom he is massaging. Timing is everything. Make chummy with criticisms of Don Imus, but saddle up and down with “the great talents” and “great businessmen” of rap. Hey, they taught him the motions and maneuvers for his speeches and shows. So the entertanees can have their dog and pony show. No brains required.
We need Lloyd Bentsen to come down from the heavens, and deliver his eloquent yet searing analysis in front of a national captivated audience: “Senator, you’re no Jack Kennedy!”
Must acknowledge you have a strong constitution, uppity. Have never listened to rap and couldn’t make it through your whole recap of one song? it was so revulsive.
Someone needs to create a video for the Evangelicals of bozo and include the lines to this song, along with the obama-endorsing Black Panthers platform (release minorities from jail,etc. etc.) and toss in a video-clip of bozo on one of the days he does say he supports gay marriage.
Add a touch of Larry Sinclair
Throw in the new democratic party hot sex ad for young singles
And wrap it all up with a few minutes of one of mobama’s tirades on how change is going to be hard but we need to make sacrifices. . . .
Finally, could you find that “it’s only my cell phone” clip to wrap it all up?
Yeah, that should do it. Think they’ll get the picture – or should we include a minute of Wright and another of Pfleger – anymore than a minute is tooooo much anymore.
My current ROLLING STONE subscription expires in Dec. 2009. I may just let it lapse next time.
I took my grandson to a birthday party in the park on Monday. The party was for a classmate of his and there were about 30 kids ages 7 or 8. A few minutes after we got there, a group of teenagers showed up with a boom box, that was turned up full volume, and playing a rather nasty Rap song. A couple of the mothers went over and asked them to turn it down, but they refused. One of the the women took out her cell phone and called the cops, since they were violating the noise ordinance. They left before she completed the call, but not before calling us a bunch of very nasty names.
As we sat there talking and watching over the kids, we couldn’t help but overhear them talking. This group of kids were a mix of Black, White, Asian & Hispanic. I was shocked at the number of times that I heard the “N” word come out of the mouth of some of these little kids. All of the Black kids were addressing each other with that word.
The Mom siting next to me was just as shocked as I was. We didn’t know what to do. With all the racist crap flying around lately, we didn’t want to address the issue with the other Mom’s for fear of setting off something that could turn nasty. I guess we took the cowards way out by doing nothing, but what do you do in that kind of situation?
I talked with my Grandson on the way home about what happened and he told me that the kids use that word along with Ho on the school playground all the time. It seems these kids are doing Rap imitations on the school playground every day.
I once again explained to my grandson that those words were offensive and demeaning and that I never wanted to hear them come out of his mouth. He asked me why Black people can use those words when talking to each other, but people of other races get into trouble if they say those words to a Black person. I couldn’t answer him on that one, since I don’t understand it either.
My son told me today that 2 local radio stations have both fired a DJ this past week. One was Black and the other was White. Both are anti-Obama and callers bombarded the stations with complaints that they were being racist toward Obama. All these guys did was state true facts about Obama, but the O-bots can’t take it. I fear it’s going to get worse out there.
Shorter el Bambi:
“I’m against this… Thing, stuff, person or persons, whatever. Unless I’m not, because… He, she, them or it’s what’s thought this week ‘MIGHT’, get me elected. For in truth, I have no opinion of my own, and have since childhood needed to be told what it is I think on matters of importance.”
IMHO rap (small r on prpose) is another example of the dumbing down of America. Can’t speak proper English? rap instead. Can’t write music? That’s ok- just scratch up recordings of somebody else’s work instead. Angry? Go ahead and rap.
Come to think of it- it fits Bambi perfectly. Can’t speak without a teleprompter, uses other people’s work, and is one hell of an angry soul. (but what the hell he has to be angry about is beyond me- he has been given everything in life- private schools, free pass by the press, the first Affirmative Action candidate for president. Oh that’s right- his Daddy left him, so be angry at the whole world, especially us working class stiffs. )
OT- I have a final post up on my Blogger page- special for YOU! Moving to wordpress.
http://commonsensegram.wordpress.com
What bugged me about the Jay-Z shoulder brushing nonsense is–I am 64, white, with a kid in the house still, and I guarantee I hear more rap in a day than he has in his whole life. Pander, pander–this guy thinks he’s too cool for school and he’s SO not. He comes off as the gawky HS debater with the Uh’s added in.
I have never liked rap. To me it is in general a dumbing down of the art of music. As for Obama claiming that it desegregated music I have no comment other than to say that I thought that is what Motown did, so long ago.
I have begun to suspect that Senator Obama feels that he is “not black enough”, and so he has appropriated the trash-talking misogyny of rap in a quest for “street cred”.
Great post as usual Uppity!
Wow Pagan! Motowrn! You are sooooooooo on-target! I still do Motown I confess!
Uppity, you’ve got to sell some T-shirts! Could they be pink with “I’m a Uppity Woman” on them?
Motown is everything you would think Obama would aspire to — glam, slick, succinct, and sultry.
I bet he really listens to Motown anyway; no way is he a rap listenin’ dude. But he can’t alienate those young kidds, can he?
And what about “the blues”? To me the greatest music genre ever. But, since the whites stole it from them I suppose it doesn’t count.
“Flippity Floppity, the election’s on its way” (sing to “Here comes Nobamatail”
Obama has no soul…
I can barely even keep up on all of Obama’s lies and flip flops and hazy talk.
Now Obama changes his mind in Christian Magazine interview. TOPIC: late term abortion qualifications…”mental health” not legit.
http://news.aol.com/elections/story/_a/obama-mental-distress-cant-justify-late/n20080703185809990012?cid=435
“David N. O’Steen, the executive director of National Right to Life, said Obama’s remarks to the magazine “are either quite disingenuous or they reflect that Obama does not know what he is talking about.”
“You cannot believe that abortion should not be allowed for mental health reasons and support Roe v Wade,” O’Steen said.”
NARAL should be ashamed of themselves.
—kat in your hat
Off-topic: DON’T OPEN ANY E-MAIL LABELLED “MAIL SERVER REPORT”–IT’S A VIRUS!
Open Message to President Clinton:
RESIST! Please Resist! You asked me a personal question in Upper Dublin PA when I brought my grandson Austin to meet you and profess his little (big) love for the World’s Greatest Daughter, Chelsea Clinton. You spent a great deal of time with him, an only child, 8 years old with profound knowledge of all United States Presidents.
*Q. Ma’am, do you believe Hillary “should” be our President?
*A. Yes, Sir. We need her more now than ever. Our world-at-large needs her.
She has earned this position. She has indeed proven herself over the course of many, many years. Hillary not only represents a Change we can believe in but she is someone we can believe.
We will come to the aid of our Party when it is clear that we have a leader. President Clinton, please do not give in. Your silence is speaking volumes and we hear you loud and clear.
We are not so naive that we don’t know in our hearts that Politics is a game. It is, however, it clearly is not and should not be a Shell Game.
As a mother of 4 lovely daughters and having a Mom who lives in our home, I am begging you: Please Resist.
~ ~ ~
I am doing my part in donating $100. of every paycheck to get this monkey off her back. Pay off the Debt Now.
Mark your Calendars for the summer evening when Hillary comes to the podium in Denver to speak and to say: I accept the nomination of my Party and will be honored to lead you back to a path of peace and prosperity.
Encore! 21st Century!
God Bless our America the Beautiful and Happy Independence Day!
How ironic, DNC? Get out today, folks, a little SUNSHINE may be beneficial to all of you sitting in the back rooms plotting your next” refinement” a.k.a. “distraction”. Remember CREEP? I do. Smells the same only different.
Translation: “Damn darkie rap music. Darkie. Darkie. Obama. Darkie.”
Its not music at all. It’s all about using filthy words nobody wants to hear and beating the shit of and hating women ,you have the nerve to pull the race card you flying asshole.
damn sexist damn misogynist. Obama misogynist is more like it.
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