Leaving John McCain as Timbaland

Well said. Indeed, indeed. As much as many of Obama's supporters would want to see him play KRS One to Clinton's Nelly, guiding the campaign's response in light of the Jay-Z / Cam'ron analogy is the truer path to advantage here.

Heh - nice one :-)

I understand Adam's point when he says that rappers often borrow each other's lines.  But...man he took a lot of Biggie's lines!

hmmmm....seems Cam might be a bit of a hypocrite:

www.youtube.com/watch

lymon1,

John McCain wouldn't be Timbaland, he would be Immortal Technique - a man who seems to pose as someone who is outraged by cruelty and human rights violations (if they are done by the United States of course) but then writes some of the most obscene (albeit amazingly crafted) lyrics about rape, murder, homophobia, etc.

In other words, a person who gives lip-service to good causes, but in the end doesn't know that much about them, or do much to support them.

I think everyone's missing the point:  A candidate who prides himself on the originality of his rhetoric is using unoriginal rhetoric.

Obama, like Jay-Z, is just damn good at what he does.

Hillary, like Cam....not so much. But damn, do they have swagger.

scottlooper, I've listened to a lot of what Senator Obama has said in various formats and I've never heard him express pride in his rhetoric. I think he's primarily concerned with getting his message across, and the rhetoric he uses are a means to that end. So if someone else has effective rhetoric that can help make his point, why not use it?

So I think it's you who's missing the point.

Actually Scott I missed Obama's "pride" on the originality of his rhetoric. Strangely that's something that he has not said at all. Quite frankly this isn't a story.

Haven't we gone through 7+ years of a Prez who won't borrow from anyone?  I think that is definitely something we want to end.