The political phrase of the week is "Star Power". Barack set the tone when he broke out with Oprah. The results? Barack's poll numbers sky rocketed! Everyone else was quick to follow suit.
John Edwards came with his line up of B-listers. John McCain hit the streets with "hundreds of retired admirals and generals". McCain even went as far as to put on a "throwback" jersey- by showing up on the red carpet with Joe Lieberman. Speaking of jerseys, Hillary proudly sported her #32, boasting the endorsement of Ervin "Magic" Johnson. I guess the Clinton campaign thought this was a sure "slam dunk". I must say nice try... That is, the Clinton camp's thought process probably went something like this: 'hey Barack, you stole my women votes- I will still your male votes! I will even get the endorsement of a basketball player! Now I have rappers, ballers, basically, all the B-boys!...Take that!"
Hence, one may argue that Clinton came out with some "Blue Magic". But HELLO!!!! Did anyone bother to show the Clinton camp anything other than Magic's basketball highlight films? In particular, did anyone bother to show them some of the film from Magic's talk show days? All I will say is this, Magic is unable to electrify a crowed. He is unable to fill stadiums in the political arena. You give him a basketball, he's your man...You give him a microphone.....hmmmmm
An Oprah endorsement as compared to a Magic endorsement is like comparing Nas to Soulja Boi, Michael Jackson to Tito, or Beyonce' to those girls who got kicked out of Destiny's Child- there is simply no comparison. Thumbs up to Magic for being one of the few professional athletes to manage his money right....so what if someone advised him to get a financial planner. His endorsement means nothing to me. At most, its a slap in the face, that attempts to influence me (and all other black men) to vote for Hillary because Magic Johnson supports her. Now convincing me to eat a certain cereal, or to sport a certain pair of kicks is one thing, but don't put an athlete on T.V. in an attempt to earn my vote! Shame on you Hillary!
Clinton camp, heed to these words from the mouth of Tyrone Biggims: "You already have star power! You have Bill Clinton! Your job is to distinguish yourself by somehow letting the American people know that a vote for you, doesn't necessarily imply a vote for Bill. Find some way to do that, and you are good to go."
I guess Michael Jordan is somewhere betting on who will win the nomination. If Jordan is as good a gambler as they tell me, his bet is on Obama.
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The Clinton camp is nervous. Poll numbers, if you have faith in them, continue to show Obama gaining and gaining big. Oprah was huge and the timing of it was great. I think Obama's campaign is making a huge impact in middle america. You can tell the Clinton's are nervous when they start the personal attacks on Obama's faith, religion, and race and then distance themselves. Hilary has no choice but to go on a negative campaign. Another thing, Obama has my vote, but in my opinion you don't court the black vote until very late. Even last minute to get the turnout. That's when you bring the Blue Magic boys out Denzel and Jay-Z. LOL!!
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