50 Cent, no longer down with politics, drops Clinton for Obama

50 Cent -- he's a rapper, for you political junkies who never turn on anything but talk radio -- tells MTV that he's getting bored with the whole presidential campaign. Last fall he was backing Hillary Clinton but after the race speech he says he's now backing Barack Obama.

But 50 Cent said the whole thing had gone on too long and now he might not even vote.

"To be honest, I haven't been following that anymore. I lost my interest," the rapper told MTV (the clip is below). "I listened to some of the debate and things that they were saying, and I just got lost in everything that was going on. ... Don't look for my vote, for me to determine nothing on that. Just say, '50 Cent, he don't know, so don't ask Fiddy.'"

There's your political bumper sticker of the day: "Don't ask Fiddy." For some reason that reminds us of Alice Cooper's 1988 slogan when the shock-rocker "ran" for governor of Arizona: "A troubled man for troubled times" -- which has been resurrected here for the current presidential cycle.

And when we figure out which poll "Fiddy's" endorsement switch might influence, we'll let you know.

-- Scott Martelle

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Comments

[Fiddy Fizz]

The man is right, when you get bored,confused and all
that you tend to fall in the Obamatrap.

[blacknews]

50 cents should give advice about how to sell millions of records or how to get shot nine times and live but never should he be a credible source for political advice.
http://www.blacknews4us.com/

[Keith]

Why is 50 Cent any less qualified than anyone else? And if you read the article, he's saying don't ask him, but he's voting for Obama. There's some news for ya, read it next time.

[lopi]

And why is 50 cent any news? just another example of support based soley on SKIN COLOR! WAKE UP AMERICA!!!!!

[lopi]

NON-BLACK VOTERS ARE SICK OF EVERY BLACK POLITICAN/SO-CALLED PREACHERS DEFENDING THE RACIST OBAMA AND WRIGHT. THE MEDIA CAN TOUT ALL THE BOGUS LIES THEY WANT...ITS VOTERS WHO MAKE THE DECISION AND WE ARE MORE EDUCATED THAN YOU GIVE CREDIT! OBAMA IS NOT WRIGHT TO LEAD OUR COUNTRY AND WE WILL NOT VOTE FOR HIM!!!!

Democrats NEED Clinton to stay in the race. OBAMA IS UNELECTABLE IN GENERAL ELECTION. Obamas campaign pastor is not going away anytime soon Rev Wright says you don't have to wait for the afterlife for the mansion on the hilltop, hes right! to shut him up Trinity United Church of Christ is building Rev. Wright a $1 mil house on a lot that was purchased for $345,000. According to his federal income tax return Obama gave the Trinity United church $22,500 in contributions. CBS Chicago has strangely not released video they have of Obama at Trinity United Church of Christ Service with Pastor Wright. According to a Chicago Tribune article, at the Service Obama spoke to the cheering congregation and the choir sang, “Hallelujah Barack”.

[TheCookie]

Thing is -- he's saying a lot without saying it at all -- and that is hard to do ... but LISTEN!

http://lifeisacookie.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/fiddy-is-fickle-%e2%80%93-just-like-us/

[Gerald Shields]

Interesting considering that he thought Obama would get assassinated. Welcome to the movement Curtis.

[wolf]

I think, the only logical thing to do is to unite the party behind the person, who is obviously the leader (in terms of number of states, popular votes, and delegates). Vote Obama.

To vote for the runner-up at this point is just going to keep this internecine war going.

[avraamjack]

-----CLINTON SLEEZE FATIGUE WILL INVIGORATE GOP, DISPIRIT DEMOCRATS AND SINK DEMOCRATIC TICKET-----

-----OBAMA/EDWARDS TO WIN-----

It is possible that Senator Clinton is the best candidate. However, even though many may like the policies that Senator Clinton proposes, they should also consider her record, just as Senator Clinton insists.
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The last Clinton Administration, when faced with the fact that protection rackets where assaulting, torturing and murdering people with poison and radiation, chose to avoid its responsibilities to incarcerate the criminals and to protect the citizenry.
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Instead, they made a deal with the criminal gang stalker protection rackets to leave them alone and to consequently abandon the citizenry.
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Do we want a President who sells out the citizenry for votes?
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Do we want a President who sends a "crime does pay" message to society?
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Would you vote for a President who signed nonaggression deals with the KKKlan or the Nazi party? Gangs that torture with poison and radiation are much like the KKKlan and Nazi Party.
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We do not need a sellout President. We need a principled leader President.
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If you are one of the few who do not know what the above refers to, do a web search for “gang stalking” to see the tip of the dirtberg. Please do it before you decide to reply to my post. Here let me make it easy for you: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22gang+stalking%22.
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[keith]

"And why is 50 cent any news? just another example of support based soley on SKIN COLOR! WAKE UP AMERICA!!!!!

Posted by: lopi | April 01, 2008 at 05:06 AM"

So why shouldn't black people support Obama because he's black? It's perfectly reasonable. This is the black community's first real shot at the brass ring! Now I know Bill Clinton advertised himself as America's "first black President", which is not only ludicrous but insulting as well. Support him because he's black and be proud of it!