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I’ve got my hands on a bit of Barack Obama’s speech tonight. I must say this is going to be an amazing part of history we are about to witness. Check it out below.

“America, we are better than these last eight years. We are a better country than this.”
“The Republican nominee, John McCain, has worn the uniform of our country with bravery and distinction, and for that we owe him our gratitude and respect.”

“I will cut taxes – cut taxes – for 95% of all working families. Because in an economy like this, the last thing we should do is raise taxes on the middle-class.”

“And for the sake of our economy, our security, and the future of our planet, I will set a clear goal as President: in ten years, we will finally end our dependence on oil from the Middle East.”
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Attention America, people “cuss” Bernie Mac is under fire after the Obama campaign condemned the use some foul language when he was introducing Obama at a fund raiser in Chicago.

Mac, speaking to about 600 donors at a Chicago hotel, joked that he did not understand why Obama would want to run for president.

“I’m proud of him because politics is dirty, especially with Republicans,” he said. “People like rumors. They are going to say things like, you know, ‘You was in the club with Lil’ Kim and you and Kanye West got in a fist fight.’ ” adding “Being a president is tough ’cause you’re not just running the country. You got to run your family too,” Mac said. “Having a black first lady is different. You’re still going to have to do the dishes and the laundry and all that … ‘You got to pick up the kids. You didn’t pick up the kids?’

At one point a heckler [yea they have hecklers at political events] asked demanded that Mac get off the stage after a particularly crude joke. It was at that time that Barack both rejected and denounced Mac… Just kidding. Obama told Mac that he does not condone the statements and believes what was said was inappropriate.

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It’s been no secret that Obama likes Jay-Z, he recently told Rolling Stone that Jay-Z is his Ipod. I just can picture Obama on Air Force One singing Jay-Z line, “And if Al Sharpton is speaking to me somebody give him the word that we don’t approve”. Obama spoke on hip hop as well saying:

The Illinois senator has praised the pair as “great talents and great businessmen”, insisting he’s happy to have the support of the duo in the upcoming November (08) election.
But Obama admits he still has reservations about the current state of music in the U.S., and hopes the industry will begin to take its cues from the business-minded music duo.
He says of his concerns of hip-hop culture: “I am troubled sometimes by the misogyny and materialism of a lot of rap lyrics, but I think the genius of the art form has shifted the culture and helped to desegregate music.
“It would be nice if I could have my daughters listen to their music without me worrying that they were getting bad images of themselves.” Source

So for the Intellectuals with swagger out there remain cool.