A McCain Le Gusta La Gasolina
So yesterday marked a hilarious (for me at least) point in the campaign. Amid the Obama lovefest and Hillary-supporters-are-pissed news, a somewhat obscure, but ultimately awesome political news event occurred. John McCain garnered the endorsement of Puerto Rican reggaeton star Daddy Yankee. This is huge. Ok, seriously, the man is a music god on the island and I can only assume that McCain will, by virtue of the endorsement, get a lot of attention. The only problem is that well Puerto Ricans can’t vote for president. In fact, no one living in Puerto Rico except military personnel can vote for any national office. Actually, I don’t even think Daddy Yankee can vote for John McCain.
Now I understand where the endorsement comes from. McCain has been a fierce advocate of immigration reform that isn’t mouth-foaming or unworkable. I don’t love it, but I can see where people would respect it. In fact, that was the primary reason for the endorsement. While I read a few articles about it, I couldn’t help but wonder if anyone told him what the guy’s songs are actually about. From casual sex in “Lo que paso paso” to thinly veiled references to muscle cars and sex in “Gasolina,” I think it’s a rather odd fit. McCain is (other than that little divorce remairrage soon after thing) a pretty straight-laced guy partnered with a guy advocating some rather un-family values.
When I think about the contrast combined with the fact that the endorser probably can’t even vote (no, I couldn’t find his official address, so I’m not 100% sure), it seems about a good as an endorsement from Gary Glitter. :-D. Hey, maybe “Gasolina” is about energy independence…Anyway, McCain apparently likes Daddy Yankee’s gasolina…just don’t tell him what that means (chances are McCain’s staff has no idea either).
Comment by JayBandit on 26 August 2008 at 3:32 pm:
Gasolina is an excellent song. A guy for the Pirates used to have that as his intro song at the ballpark.
As for your sort of “whine” about Puerto Ricans not being able to vote…boo hoo. Puerto Ricans also don’t have to pay US taxes (most notably, INCOME TAX); however, they get more support than the entire state of California! No wonder they don’t want to become the 51st state!
Comment by Brandon Ruiz on 26 August 2008 at 4:09 pm:
Actually, I know all about Puerto Rico and its politics. I think it’s terrible that they get no vote. If you moved there tomorrow Jay, you could no longer vote unless you maintained a permanent address in another place. You could live in Luxemborg and still vote. Hell you can live in Kyrgystan and still vote. I don’t think they should get the vote and pay no taxes though. That’s just silly. I’m not even sure it should be part of the U.S.
Comment by Brandon Ruiz on 26 August 2008 at 6:39 pm:
Oh and I’m not sure that noting that neither the endorser nor anyone who lives in Puerto Rico is even a “sort of ‘whine’” so much as it is a statement of fact. I never decried it or anything, just said it to be true.
Comment by JayBandit on 27 August 2008 at 9:05 pm:
saying that you think it’s terrible they get no vote is a whine. This is because they don’t have the right due to the fact that they aren’t doing everything else to earn that right.
It isn’t a dig against them, I’m just saying that I don’t feel they’re being screwed over here. This was a conscious decision, and now they’re dealing with it.
Comment by Brandon Ruiz on 28 August 2008 at 3:05 pm:
See, that was after you said I was whining, so your initial comment was out of the blue.
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