Obama Indirectly Compliments Lil Wayne, Destroying My World

In Springs, Georgia, Barack Obama gave some tough lough to African-American youth today, telling them that they shouldn’t rely on hoop or rap dreams to get them through life.

“I know you think you are [great basketball players], but you’re not. You are over-rated in your own mind. You will not play in the NBA,” he said to the crowd.

While I’m pretty sure that I liked his words, he did say one thing to the crowd that, in my mind, is absolutely unforgivable:

“You are probably not that good a rapper. Maybe you are the next Lil’ Wayne, but probably not, in which case you need to stay in school.”

This is madness. I simply cannot vote for someone who references Lil Wayne as an example of a good rapper. Congratulations Barack, you’ve lost my vote.

It’s Official: Russia’s New President is a ‘Smart Guy’

This is all the endorsement I need to hear. If George Bush thinks someone is a smart guy, then there’s no questioning it.

Clinton supporters move to Obama, and yet…

“It sounds to me like a Middle Eastern type of name and whether or not he’s born here in the United States, he doesn’t seem like, to me, somebody who is trustworthy. You can’t trust anybody these days, so who’s to say he’s not a terrorist and we just don’t realize it yet?”
- Kirstie Hartle (From New York, which will definitely go democratic)

“I refuse to vote for an Arab to be in my White House. That is the only factor. Otherwise, you couldn’t break both my legs and make me vote for a Republican.”
- Dean Johnson (From Alabama, which will definitely go republican)

Both quotes are from this article, which is otherwise about the swing in voters who previously stated they would never vote for Obama.

Hopefully, this type of talk will die down as his biographical ads start to make their rounds.

Obama Tells Black Guys to be Better Dads

Since I’ve only made one post before this, I suppose it’s important for me to be perfectly clear: I’m a huge Barack Obama fan. I’ve been following the election very closely since late 2007, and I strongly believe that Obama will be a great president.

That being said, I have mixed feelings (surprise!) about Obama’s calling of absent black fathers to task.