Apr
12th
2007
Barack Obama and Ludacris
Obama is all upset at what Imus said.
“I understand MSNBC has suspended Mr. Imus,” Obama told ABC News, “but I would also say that there’s nobody on my staff who would still be working for me if they made a comment like that about anybody of any ethnic group. And I would hope that NBC ends up having that same attitude.”
Right…whatever you say Barack. I’m sure this is why you would never hang with Chris Bridges (aka Ludacris), whose debut album featured both a skit and song entitled “Ho”.
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what imus said is not what ludacris says! it doesnt give anyone a right to call any women a ho of any race, including luda…but i am a huge fan of chris and if anything he embraces them. he NEVER talks down about women. what imus said was racist!
ah, well there you go Doug. All this fuss over what people should and shouldn’t say. Turns out Imus was being MEAN when he said it and Ludacris isn’t. I mean geez Doug, you really should’ve thought of that before. I’ve just decided to vote for Mr. Obama.
THIS is really funny. I think it is always funny when Obama tries to be a racial activist because of where he comes from and his upbringing.
See story: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0703250359mar25,1,605874.story?ctrack=2&cset=true
You’re stretching again, Doug. Since when was Ludacris on Obama’s staff? Or does Obama’s view that Imus should be fired require that Obama never even talk to anyone who has used the term “Ho”?
unbelievable, doug. you are so wrong and john is, as usual, shooting for the stars with his analysis. he asks:
exactly! obama’s remarks mean he cannot hire ludacris, but he is completely free to get photo-ops with him, team up with him on an informal basis, or whatever he wants. but unless he pays ludacris’ salary, we cannot ask obama to condemn ludacris like obama condemns don imus.
the main reason obama can’t condemn ludacris’ behavior is, primarily, because it would take weeks to catalog every harmful lyric and the press conference would be mostly bleeped out. here are the lyrics to one song, conveniently titled, “ho” (explicit language)
get that man a grammy! i think we can all see the artistic merit here, where none existed for don imus. so, shame on you, doug, for criticizing obama for embracing ludacris. ludacris is (as john notes) not on obama’s staff.
obama doesn’t mind when ludacris calls his daughters hos. he minds when imus calls his daughters hos (or cute, depending on whether his daughters dress more like the girls from rutgers or tennessee). don’t you get it?
ludacris’ entire discography is available by searching google for “ludacris discography” (without quotes). there, you will find that about 1/3 of the song titles directly discuss vulgar sexual behavior or innuendo. the other 2/3 just mention the subjugation of women within the songs themselves, not the titles. here are a few of my favorite titles:
and of course,
i haven’t explored them to see which ones are most offensive. i’ll leave that to the FCC, which now seems to be concerned with this sort of language. you can check out all of the lyrics here
here’s where it gets exciting. i believe the photo you posted, doug, is from last november, when obama and ludacris met “to talk about young people.” i’ll quote the sun-times:
wow.
six months later, when don imus used some of the same (albeit milder) language that ludacris regularly uses when he performs in front of impressionable young girls and boys in sweaty stadiums, obama had this to say:
indeed. let’s join obama in only condemning imus, not ludacris or any other hip hop artists or labels. to quote michelle malkin:
thanks, john, for setting us all straight. i, for one, am thankful obama is teaming up with ludacris to empower america’s youth. who’s next for obama and his youth-strengthening tour? may i suggest r kelly?
[imus] didn’t just cross the line. [imus] fed into some of the worst stereotypes that my two young daughters are having to deal with today in America. The notions that as young African-American women — who I hope will be athletes — that that somehow makes them less “beautiful or less important. It was a degrading comment. It’s one that I’m not interested in supporting….What we’ve been seeing around this country is this constant ratcheting up of a coarsening of the culture that all of have to think about….Insults, humor that degrades women, humor that is based in racism and racial stereotypes isn’t fun….And the notion that somehow it’s cute or amusing, or a useful diversion, I think, is something that all of us have to recognize is just not the case….as a culture, we really have to do some soul-searching to think about what kind of toxic information are we feeding our kids.
This blurb from Obama Is not just about Imus its about Entertainments as well. he is not singling out Imus but as well as hip-hop artist. Do you really believe Obama listens to Ludicris or would let his children listen him I think not. I am certain Ludicris reached out to Obama for the meeting between them. Obama saw it as an oppurtunity to reach out and give an open ear.
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