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So the Murdoch-owned Post is reporting that Obama basically called Hillary (whom he has fundraised for) a bitch through rap despite the lack of evidence that any such thing took place. I call shenanigans.

Posted by eric102 | January 14, 2008 11:21 AM
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So the Murdoch-owned Post is reporting that Obama basically called Hillary (whom he has fundraised for) a bitch through rap despite the lack of evidence that any such thing took place. I call shenanigans.

Posted by eric102 | January 14, 2008 11:22 AM
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So the Murdoch-owned Post is reporting that Obama basically called Hillary (whom he has fundraised for) a bitch through rap despite the lack of evidence that any such thing took place. I call shenanigans.

Posted by eric102 | January 14, 2008 11:22 AM
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saying eminem curses "sometimes" is like saying what we realy need is hope.

Posted by kim | January 14, 2008 11:22 AM
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He didn't enter to that son. Check out one of the recommended diaries at DailyKos. One of the diarists was there and mentions the song Obama and his wife entered to. I think it was a Stevie Wonder tune, but don't hold me to that. The Krazy Klinton Kamp will stop at nothing!

Posted by Michigan Matt | January 14, 2008 11:22 AM
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Sorry for the triple post, I blame Safari.

Posted by eric102 | January 14, 2008 11:23 AM
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And by "son" I mean "song".

Posted by Michigan Matt | January 14, 2008 11:23 AM
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Jay-Z? You want Ice T, dammit.

Posted by The Baron | January 14, 2008 11:26 AM
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There is no "the" in Blue Scholars.

Posted by DOUG. | January 14, 2008 11:30 AM
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@9-but there is a "the" in "The Edge"-U2's axeman. So when addressing him you should say, "How's it going, The Edge?" Oh, by the way, The Edge, you have something in your teeth.", etc.

Posted by yearning | January 14, 2008 11:35 AM
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I just call him Dave.

Posted by DOUG. | January 14, 2008 11:37 AM
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I thought it was "this is our country" by Mellemcamp. . .

Posted by irl500girl | January 14, 2008 11:42 AM
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Bullshit.

Posted by Rotten666 | January 14, 2008 11:43 AM
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. . .butchered his name a bit. . .Mellencamp or Melloncamp . . I dunno.. .

Posted by irl500girl | January 14, 2008 11:44 AM
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"Dont.... stop.... thinking about Obama"

Posted by Karlheinz Arschbomber | January 14, 2008 11:50 AM
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There is no way in hell Obama's camp selected "99 Problems" as a soundtrack. Come on. There is no presidential campaign stupid enough to use a song with "bitch" in it.

Posted by kerri harrop | January 14, 2008 11:51 AM
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Okay, I don't believe that Obama ever went anywhere NEAR "99 Problems," but I think it would be funny if he had. And I say this as a Clinton supporter. Because I have a sense of humor too. Sometimes. :)

Posted by arduous | January 14, 2008 12:04 PM
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if anything, Jay's song is a better fit for the edwards campaign.

"If you grew up with holes in ya zapatos
You'd be celebrating the minute you was havin' dough"

thats some working class lyrics there.

Posted by SeMe | January 14, 2008 12:19 PM
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@16 Once in a while, there's a major screwup. "99 Problems" is clearly a lie, but some fool accidentally played Captain Jack at a campaign event while she was running for Senate.

Posted by Gitai | January 14, 2008 12:22 PM
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Is it just me, or is 99.9% of the supposed "discord" between Obama and Clinton actually being generated by the media? So much for fair and impartial coverage.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty | January 14, 2008 12:25 PM
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"And while I can’t say I would have recognized “99 Problems” if I’d heard it,"



Seriously?

Posted by Abe | January 14, 2008 12:26 PM
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Only a candidate who plays "O.P.P." will get my vote.

Posted by Original Andrew | January 14, 2008 12:37 PM
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maybe obama should use "sexyback"

Posted by kim | January 14, 2008 12:46 PM
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So, in other words, this was all spin by the Clinton camp, trying to make us feel sorry for them?

Sheesh.

Good thing you had that digital audio recording ...

Posted by Will in Seattle | January 14, 2008 1:19 PM
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Actually it was the right wing fucktards at Page 6 who want you to vote for Hil so the repub can ultimately win the election. I doubt the Clinton camp really had anything to do with this one.

Posted by Jersey | January 14, 2008 1:47 PM
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@24 are you kidding me? you think the clinton people even know who jay-z is?

Posted by kim | January 14, 2008 4:58 PM
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Actually, one of the cable news stations, I think MSNBC, brought up the rap song and played a clip from the Obama camp with that song in the background. I am not familiar with the song because I don't listen to rap, but there was some kind of rap song playing. I assumed MSNBC knew which one it was. The have the title as 99 Problems. I doubt that Obama would have known anything about it, but he does now. Hillary has had to fire certain people in her campaign because the media got wind of things said; why doesn't Obama have to do the same? Is there a different set of standards here?

Posted by Diane Boone | January 15, 2008 9:08 AM

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