One of the best things about living in the day of digital archiving is that everything is on record. You can’t expect to say one thing today, contradict it tomorrow, and then claim it never happened. Well, I guess if you’re John McCain and the Republicans, you can and do. Self-ethering at its finest.
Murs’ press conference for Murs For President is about 9870983120322x better than this crap the Republicans are trying to push on us through their convention speeches. I just heard McCain was a war hero…did y’all know that? Why do they keep these things so underwraps?
They’re breaking world records for jingoism in Bolt/Phelps-esque fashion. This is why the world hates us.
Swiped from DopeBoyz.
(I know what you’re sayin’)
AllHipHop caught up with Bun at the Convention to get his take on hip-hop’s role in the political process. That’s interesting that he’s planning on going to the Republican National Convention next week in Minnesota too. I understand where he’s coming from, but you couldn’t pay me to be surrounded by that much ignorance. As Bill said last night, “thanks, but no thanks.”
To hear more of Bun talking politics, peep the interview I did with him for Sound Session back in April right here. Video swiped from Eskay.
You’re riding in a car and your friend drives it off the road into a tree. When everything’s settled and you get back in the car, he doesn’t get to drive anymore, regardless of whose fault the accident was. Right?
The republicans drove us off the road and crashed horribly (…again). Now that we’re getting back in the car, whether or not we can actually fix the problems, a democrat will drive.
I’ve been having friendly debates with people recently about this upcoming monumental election, and the better ones have evolved into discussions about why you believe what you believe. I’ve found that a disappointingly large number of people will blindly support a candidate, either due to image or party affiliation. I’ve always fallen squarely on the ‘Democrat’ side of things, but that’s because the general beliefs of their party line up with mine most of the time. If you believe in the same things I do, and see the world the same way, chances are I’ll vote for you…regardless what party you schlep around in.
So with this election coming up, the most fundamental thing you can do is educate yourself. Find out what the candidates believe in, what their policies are, and what they want to do with this country. Then make your choice accordingly. Granted, you may believe that you’re choosing between “the lesser of two evils,” but that’s still an incredibly important decision…especially this time around.
?uestlove put up this little PSA to talk about a few of the reasons why he is voting for Barack Obama, and I encourage y’all to check it out. The topics he mentions are almost never discussed on any of the ‘talking heads’ news programs, but they’re all very important.
Decide what issues are most important to you in this election and then find out where the candidates stand on them. Hopefully, we’re all progressive people here and supporting Obama, but if not, it’s all good. We just disagree. But make sure we’re really disagreeing on issues and policies, not because your parents have always voted Republican…
