Wednesday
27Aug
McCain's Latest Endorsement
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 07:03Hoo, boy, where to start? From the WSJ:
John McCain made it clear who his daddy was Monday morning.
Daddy Yankee, the hip-hop star from Puerto Rico, endorsed the Republican candidate Monday morning. Wearing black aviator shades in the library of Central High School here, Daddy Yankee said, “I believe in his ideals and his proposals to lead this nation…He’s been a fighter for the Hispanic community.”
Note the location, the library of Central High School. Here's problem #1. Arizona Statute 15-511 states, in part:
A. A person acting on behalf of a school district or a person who aids another person acting on behalf of a school district shall not use school district or charter school personnel, equipment, materials, buildings or other resources for the purpose of influencing the outcomes of elections.A quick reading of the statute yields no exceptions applicable to a Presidential campaign. The event was billed as a "press conference," but it seems obvious to me that announcing a celebrity endorsement fits the "purpose of influencing the outcomes of elections." Now, this is Cindy McCain's alma mater, but whoever approved the use of the school for this purpose seems to have violated state law.
Moving on, we learn:
Later, Daddy Yankee took off his sunglasses while the Central High choir sang the Star-Spangled Banner. Daddy Yankee is known for the song “Gasolina,” which falls under the genre “reggaeton,” a blend of hip-hop, dance music and reggae.
Many in the press corps joked about the intersection of the song (with its lyrics, when translated into English, are: “She likes gasoline,” he says. “Give me more gasoline!” a woman responds) and McCain’s energy policy. In fact, Washington Wire is told the phrase has nothing to do with the traditional meaning of gasoline.
Um...that last sentence is exceptionally delicate in its phrasing, which leads us to Problem #2. "Gasolina," in this context, is Puerto Rican slang for male ejaculate--that's sperm, folks--and the song portrays the girl as wanting it "duro", or hard...you can probably fill in the rest. If you have any questions about this, the song's video should make it clear. Just for good measure, here's a sampling of the lyrics:
Get ready, because whats coming is to give it to her, (hard!)Um.....yeah. We aren't talking NASCAR here. Back to the WSJ for Problem #3:
Mamita, I know that you aren't going to take away (hard!)
What I like is that you let yourself get taken away (hard!)
every weekend she goes out to have fun (hard!)
my cat doesn't stop hanging out because
She likes gasoline (give me more gasoline!)
How she loves gasoline (give me more gasoline!)
McCain aide Brooke Buchanan said “Gasolina” was McCain’s “favorite.” When asked what that song was about, the rapper smiled: “Energy independence.”This is really classic stuff. Staging a "press conference" (without taking questions from the press; McCain hasn't done so since August 12th) at a school (in likely violation of state law) to accept an endorsement from a rapper who glorifies promiscuous sex just strikes me as...epic.
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Reader Comments (13)
Well, that does it. I'm voting for Harold Stassen.
Let's impeach John McCain now. I mean Wes has this thing locked down. LOL. Maybe out there John McCain didn't pay his $0.01 fine for turning a book in late in grade school. Get on that Wes and give a hat tip Olbermann. I mean this story might lead the broadcast for the nitwits at MSNBC.
Seriously, what kind of hardcore hip-hop rapper uses sexual innuendo these days? Compared to Obama's hip-hop endorsements, this guy's pretty tame.
Gee, guys, you're right - violating state law is nothing, right? Of course, Daddy Yankee's endorsement is going to go over oh so well with evangelicals...*laugh* When it comes to "values voters," this may be more damaging than your jokes imply.
(Oh, and I didn't even mention his lyrics (in another song) about gangstas "conquering the United States" - those should be a big hit too...)
If nothing else, you have give McCain humor points for citing "Gasolina" as his favorite...I mean, the guy's an ABBA fan!
"Oh, and I didn't even mention his lyrics (in another song) about gangstas "conquering the United States"
You mean the one's spending our money in Washington DC?
I notice the report makes special mention of his sinister black sunglasses. I don't think I can bring myself to vote for somebody who's been endorsed by a sunglasses' wearing hooligan.
Watch it, Mister. I have two pairs of Sinister Black Sunglasses. I'll put the whammy on ya.
Some of us don't need sunglasses to be sinister.
OK Wes, since you are reading Arizona statutes now, who was acting on behalf of the school district to influence the outcome of an election?
Unless Mr. Reggae hiphopper is a school employee no one was "acting on behalf of the school district".
Schools are sometimes used as a meeting space for many types of gatherings. My son (poor deluded boy) went to his Democratic caucus in Iowa in the school building and the leader of the caucus site was a teacher from that school. I do not know what the Iowa statute is nor do I care.
Read through the statutes and consider all the words before you do your breathless postings. Violating state law? I sure hope you are never sitting on a jury in judgement of me.
Oh, and those lyrics would be a good choice for a poetic reading, don't you think?
My most recent favorites are Too Drunk to **** by Buckcherry and Bad, Bad, Girlfriend by Theory of a Deadman. Classic, although somewhat simplistic, lyrics in both.
Um, Duff, as I said in my original post, someone affiliated with the school district had to give permission for McCain to hold this 'press conference' at the school, gave permission for students to attend, et cetera. That person is probably sweating on this one. By all accounts, McCain wasn't invited to speak at the school (which would be permissible under the law, if he spoke to issues on the curriculum, such as 'life as a Senator' or some such topic), but secured it for a 'press conference' that turned out to be a 'Vote for Me!' endorsement. From Newsweek's blog:
Ummm...yeah.It's OKIYAR.
It's always OKIYAR.
"It's OKIYAR.
It's always OKIYAR."
Comments like this always make me YAWN.
How about this?
I got a new one for you Mach...
"It's Okay To Be An Independent As Long As You Always Vote For The Democrats"
or 'IOTBAIALAYAVFTD' for... uh... short?