so the boyfriend asked me who i planned to vote for
and i really have no idea
kucinich was my man and he bailed (come back, boo!)
NONE of the republicans are speaking my language. Shit, the closest one to speaking my language was Guiliani and I’d want nothing more than to fling elephant dung on him.
Edwards, well he’s gone and he wasn’t my choice on 04 and he definitely hadn’t done anything to make me view him in another light.
So that leaves Ron Paul (ha! Libertarian???? NO), HRC, and Obama.
HRC…well…I dunno. Compared to Bush #1, Clinton was a great prez but people need to stop with the ‘black people were living large when Bill was president!’ and that bullshit ‘he’s the first BLACK president’ . Stop. I like Clinton, and I definitely think he had fucked conditions to deal with, but come on now.
Now HRC, I can respect her hustle-moving to NY, getting her senator on, etc. She had this plan for a LONG TIME and put in her work as first lady and whatnot. However, I can’t say her views fall 100% with mine and she’s definitely queen of rhetoric. All queens must have a king.

So let’s talk about Obama.
Pretty much him and HRC have very similar view on the issues. So what’s the real difference? Experience? History? I think it boils down to hope and potential. Here you have a multiracial, multicultural candidate who appears beholden to none of the typical ‘old boys club’ stuff we’ve seen for decades and we think ‘wow, things might be different with him around’ and they really might.
But, what if that doesn’t happen?
Do you realize that Obama could be the NAS of AMERICAN POLITICS for our generation??????
Come on guys! You know Nas! You bought Illmatic and bumped it and marveled at his tecnique. You thought he was bad when he said on “Live at the BBQ” that at age 12 he went to hell for snuffin Jesus and you were like ‘’WOW” because your moms was still making you go to church and shit.
You were anxiously awaiting “It Was Written” and you were a tad disappointed but its ok! He’s still young! Sophomore jinx a little bit, there’s still gems on there! “Street Dreams"? “If I Ruled the World"?
Then all that The Firm bullshit came out and you were getting nervous. Then “Nas Is Like” dropped in the streets and you were like “YES! I KNEW IT! HE’S GONNA KILL IT THIS TIME!!!” and I Am is aiiight but ugh…come on man. What’s going on?
Then he drops that turd-assed album Nastradamus and ugh. At that point I just gave up and had to endure that Braveheart Oochie Wally fiasco.
Stillmatic was decent, but you were still hurt. Still not believing that he might come and stay dope. Though deep down, you really hope he’d prove you wrong. God’s Son…you still weren’t believing but the hope was growing a little bit.
You get what I’m saying. In the end, you’re more disappointed when you look @ what he’s done than not and you just don’t think you can give him another shot.
Now, Obama’s Illmatic was that DNC speech in 04′. He’s doing alright but he’s definitely not showing himself to be too different yet. Could be because he doesn’t want to scare folks off. Could be because he really isn’t different. He’s got lobbyist dealings and political tanglings just like everyone else. Can he wade through all that muck and come out to be the change he proclaims himself to be? Who knows? I hope for his sake and the sake of his supporters he does, but I don’t know if I can vote for him. If he wins, I’ll definitely be checking for him in the second term if he comes through. If he doesn’t win, I definitely hope he stays on the straight and narrow and gets a little more seasoned for another campaign try. I wouldn’t want him to end up like Nas.
Shit, do we even CARE he has a new album dropping???? SHEESH!