But the fact of the matter is, that if you listen to Ludacris - and this is coming from, you know, stodgy, politically incorrect me - if you listen to Ludacris, he is a hip-hop artist. A lot of this stuff is actually more fun than you might think. Some of it really does stick with you.
--John McWhorter, author of 'All About the Beat: Why Hip-Hop Can't Save Black America' (Gotham, June, 2008), talking on 'The O'Reilly Factor' about Ludacris's Obama song "Politics," which was denounced by the Obama camp.
1. I don't care who endorses the candidates I decide for myself who I think is the best candidate. I really liked Obama's speech at the Democratic Convention 4 years ago and said he would go far in politics. But I didn't expect him to run for President so soon.
You need someone far more experienced than he is, he said after the convention in 2004 that he wouldn't be on the 2008 ticket because he didn't have enough experience. He was right, the way he is raising and spending money is scary. The country is in serious financial trouble and yet he's raising all this money.
If he doesn't spend it all who gets it?
He has never been properly vetted and the news media
helps cover any gaffes he makes. Like George Stephanopolis when he referred to his muslim faith in an interview. He was immediately stopped and told by Stehanopolis that he had said my nmuslim faith so he could correct it right away.
Why did hid thesis disappear and why wasn't his wife's available right away. There's too many dark spots for us older non-degeed voters not to question. Not that we're getting any answers.
Ellie at 2:22PM on Oct 19th 2008