Obama Catches Heat Over Ludacris Song

Source : EURWEB.com

 

The Obama campaign had to release a statement yesterday denouncing lyrics from Ludacris that call his former Democratic presidential rival Hillary Clinton the b-word and also disparages John McCain, President Bush and the Rev. Jesse Jackson. The track, titled "Politics: Obama is Here," includes the line: "Hillary hated on you, so that b***h is irrelevant." Clinton backers on the Web erupted with calls for Democratic nominee Barack Obama to criticize the rapper. "I hope Senator Obama has the presence of mind to denounce and distance himself from Ludacris," wrote Yashar Hedayat, Sen. Clinton's former national finance co-chair, in an email to the Huffington Post. "In May, when Father Pfleger made those horrible remarks about Senator Clinton at Trinity United, Senator Obama didn't do much to defend her and John McCain was the first to rush to her defense." Meanwhile, Obama's camp put out the following statement addressing the song: "As Barack Obama has said many, many times in the past, rap lyrics today too often perpetuate misogyny, materialism, and degrading images that he doesn't want his daughters or any children exposed to. This song is not only outrageously offensive to Senator Clinton, Reverend Jackson, Senator McCain, and President Bush, it is offensive to all of us who are trying to raise our children with the values we hold dear. While Ludacris is a talented individual he should be ashamed of these lyrics."