September 25, 2008 | Tags: none

What the hell has been going down since the last time I posted something? It’s been a while, and the world has surely not been devoid of action. It finally came to light that Palin was charging young women for rape kits in her area of Alaskan jurisdiction (it took CNN what…a month to run that story? Good job, guys. Can I get a job as a correspondent, because these stories aren’t that hard to find…). We have daily reminders of the shit-state of our economy. Biden and Obama actually voted in favor of funding the “Bridge to Nowhere”, which they seem to enjoy bashing (y’all act like hypocrisy is something new in politics…pshhh). Afrika Bambaataa came through D.C. to the Georgetown Puma store, and I missed it. Goodness!

But the thing that seems to have everyone I run into pretty hype right now is McCain’s announcement that he’ll be ducking out of a debate that he hopes will be postponed, and encourages Obama will do the same, in order to brainstorm some sort of genius idea to save our economy. Say what? You want to deny the deaf, dumb, and blind masses (word to the Nation of Gods and Earths...85%! Can’t say that I disagree - I even feel a little too distant from sufficient knowledge of current events sometimes) an opportunity to really grasp your political platforms and help them make an educated vote in the upcoming election? I want to hear what these guys have to say about things. I don’t want them backing away from the cameras and locking themselves in a room to discuss the economy behind closed doors, or whatever it is that the proposed alternative was. I give props to Obama for rejecting that proposal, but in all honesty I’m not even sure if McCain means what he’s saying.

Let’s assume for a second that he does, though. If we’re such a “capitalist” society like we’re taught to believe since elementary school (it should be more obvious than ever that we’re more of a mixed economy than anything), what exactly does McCain think he can accomplish with his planning? He can’t singlehandedly control the economy or fix things with a couple extra days of tweaking his financial policies. So why is he doing this? Is it because he knows that’s what is on the American public’s brain, that’s what we want to hear about in the debate, and that his policy just doesn’t cut it? Not trying to say that Obama’s does either, but this just strikes me as an attempt to beef up a specific part of his platform in order to avoid looking weak at something.

Not to mention that there is a chilling undertone in this move, that reminds me a lot of something Bush might do. American citizens are obviously stressing the economy – hell, it’s a painful experience to go to the grocery store right now. Many are feeling financially insecure, those who bought into those ARM’s and copped nice cribs are now facing foreclosures, we’re pinching pennies…it’s a stressful time. Dare I say that some of us are even in fear over what might happen if the current state of the economy persists. Obviously the presidential candidates know this – could the move to suspend his campaign be an effort by McCain to claim some hearts and get some emotional vote? Are we supposed to think “wow, he really cares a lot about our financial situation – so much so that he’d put his campaigning on hold when the election is getting so close?!” Talk about rally around the flag syndrome. I suppose that makes McCain extra “patriotic” or something.

Personally, I’m not buying this bullshit, and really think it’s more important to articulate your platform to the public than to start trying to fix the economy before you’ve even attained the office for which you’er campaigning. I’d even bet five bucks that the debate will go on as originally scheduled, with McCain present. But I just spent a good hour or so listening to people argue about this issue – some supported his decision, and some viewed it in the same manner as I did. Interesting to note was that only about three or four people out of the 150 or so that were in the room could name even one candidate for President aside from Obama and McCain, which makes you wonder how well people are researching this election. I’m kind of curious as to how the hip hop heads are viewing this move, though. There are so many different angles to look at this situation from.

Maybe you’re just sick of all this political talk. That’s fine. It’s been overwhelming lately, and I get that. If that’s the case, there’s a couple good events coming up that you can go to in order to get your mind off of all the bipartisan antics. If you’re in the area, you can hit this one up tonight and peep some live performances from people like Wordsmith, Skyzoo, and Mambo Sauce:

There’s also an event coming up that should be rather interesting if you’re into the local scene – The Beatdown. An event similar to this actually just passed a day or two ago. It’s producer season in the DMV or something!

Until next time...

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