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The Black Congressional Caucus hosted the Democratic contender debates tonight. Included was the question, "What's Your Favorite Song?"

Mosley-Braun: "'You Gotta Be.'"
Sharpton: "My favorite song is James Brown's song on the Republican Party, 'Talkin Loud, Sayin Nothing.'"
Edwards: "I gotta follow that? All right--John Cougar Mellencamp, 'Small Town.'"
Kerry: "Bruce Springsteen, 'No Surrender.'"
Dean: "One you've never heard of--Wyclef Jean, 'Jaspora.'"
Lieberman: "Like a good politician, I'm gonna take two--'Don't Stop Thinkin' About Tomorrow'--remember that one?--and the classic Frank Sinatra, 'My Way'--we're gonna do it our way in 2004."
Kucinich: "John Lennon 'Imagine'--as in imagine a new America."
Gephardt: "Bruce Springsteen 'Born in the U.S.A.'"
Graham: "Jimmy Buffett 'Changes in Attitudes, Changes in Latitudes'--we're gonna change some attitudes and latitudes!"

― teeny (teeny), Wednesday, 10 September 2003 00:42 (twenty-two years ago)

obv Dean wins

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 10 September 2003 00:47 (twenty-two years ago)

I mean at least he didn't have a damn slogan to follow it

― yeah, Wednesday, 10 September 2003 00:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Is Gephardt pulling a Reagan '84?

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Wednesday, 10 September 2003 00:49 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah Dean got lots of applause for the Wyclef mention. he *does* have a 17-year-old kid but calling out an album track is pretty good. CMB, Edwards, Kerry, and Kucinich (I think) picked their campaign songs. My campaign song choice for Edwards has a title that's very similar to a slogan oft-used by another candidate.

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 10 September 2003 00:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Why no love for Pras :(

― Ally (mlescaut), Wednesday, 10 September 2003 00:56 (twenty-two years ago)

wtf dean picked a hiphop album track!!! this is unprecedented realness in politicking!!! 'mr clinton, what song would you say represents your 96 campaign?' 'well im from down south so i'll say juvenile and big tymers - something got 2 shake'

― trife (simon_tr), Wednesday, 10 September 2003 01:01 (twenty-two years ago)

ally maybe hes going to be deans running mate!!

― trife (simon_tr), Wednesday, 10 September 2003 01:01 (twenty-two years ago)

VICE PRASIDENT

― trife (simon_tr), Wednesday, 10 September 2003 01:02 (twenty-two years ago)

I cannot post because I'm too busy PISSING MY PANTS at the thread question!

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 10 September 2003 01:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Dean should've answered 'What Deaner Was Talking About' by Ween !

― calstars (calstars), Wednesday, 10 September 2003 01:12 (twenty-two years ago)

i dont even know the clef song he named, he shouldve said fu-gee-la

― trife (simon_tr), Wednesday, 10 September 2003 01:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Kucinich should be put out of our collective misery.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Wednesday, 10 September 2003 01:19 (twenty-two years ago)

because check it when dean is president all yall gon be like ooh la la la la!!!!!

― trife (simon_tr), Wednesday, 10 September 2003 01:19 (twenty-two years ago)

the song is in Haitian!

― jonas lefrel (jonas lefrel), Wednesday, 10 September 2003 01:23 (twenty-two years ago)

omg dean is so real hes like one step away from that governor who declared the tupac holiday

― trife (simon_tr), Wednesday, 10 September 2003 01:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Dean is lookin like he robbed Liberace, fuck.

― Ally (mlescaut), Wednesday, 10 September 2003 01:32 (twenty-two years ago)

still d.e.a.n.!!!

― trife (simon_tr), Wednesday, 10 September 2003 01:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Dean's so ghetto the prissy candidates don't wanna fuck wit him.

― Ally (mlescaut), Wednesday, 10 September 2003 01:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Lieberman's answer sucks so hard, and he even stole the first half of it from Clinton!

― s1utsky (slutsky), Wednesday, 10 September 2003 01:45 (twenty-two years ago)

must find Ween song.. where did I put that album.. hahaha.

― daria g (daria g), Wednesday, 10 September 2003 01:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Lieberman: "Like a good politician, I'm gonna take two--'Don't Stop Thinkin' About Tomorrow'--remember that one?--and the classic Ween, 'Poop Ship Destroyet'--we're gonna destroy those Republican poops in 2004."

― s1utsky (slutsky), Wednesday, 10 September 2003 01:48 (twenty-two years ago)

(that's "destroyer")

― s1utsky (slutsky), Wednesday, 10 September 2003 01:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Someone send Sharpton a copy of "Bush Killa" - he's got nothing to lose.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Wednesday, 10 September 2003 01:52 (twenty-two years ago)

sharpton shouldve said david banner!!! cause this elections for MISSISSIPPI... and all the places yall TREAT like mississippi!!!

― trife (simon_tr), Wednesday, 10 September 2003 01:55 (twenty-two years ago)

and seriously clinton was a cool president and all but what was up with that that wack lite jazz shit

― trife (simon_tr), Wednesday, 10 September 2003 01:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Dude I wanna see Clinton entering rooms to the tune of "Girls Girls Girls" by Jay-Z in the future, fuck Fleetwood Mac.

― Ally (mlescaut), Wednesday, 10 September 2003 01:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Maybe he does..
http://www.ag-internet.com/bullet_iln_two_one/images/clinton.jpg
President Bill Clinton while he was in Chicago on Sept. 4, 2002 meeting with local Democratic leaders.

― daria g (daria g), Wednesday, 10 September 2003 02:06 (twenty-two years ago)

all the players came, from far and wide...

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 10 September 2003 02:09 (twenty-two years ago)

...cause im a motherfuckin p.i.m.p.!!

― trife (simon_tr), Wednesday, 10 September 2003 02:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Bill, that's not your bitch. YOU SHARE THAT GIRL!

― Ally (mlescaut), Wednesday, 10 September 2003 02:13 (twenty-two years ago)

i dont love em i fuck em!!!

― trife (simon_tr), Wednesday, 10 September 2003 02:14 (twenty-two years ago)

i demand that the next administration somehow make itself 'featuring twista'

― trife (simon_tr), Wednesday, 10 September 2003 02:15 (twenty-two years ago)

(she's just any girl)

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 10 September 2003 02:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Clinton's more Kid Rock than Jay-Z.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Wednesday, 10 September 2003 02:21 (twenty-two years ago)

'course it's possible that 'clef went to Dean rather than vice versa

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 10 September 2003 02:27 (twenty-two years ago)

today's NY Daily News gossip- ;)

Howard Dean out-hipped his Democratic rivals last week when he announced at their Baltimore debate that his favorite song was Wyclef Jean's "Jaspora." Informed of Dean's choice, the former Fugee told us, "Yo, yo, I'm gonna vote for Howard Dean!"

― daria g (daria g), Friday, 19 September 2003 17:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Does anyone have translated lyrics for the song?

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 19 September 2003 17:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Right here (it should be noted "Jaspora" is not in English and has a bad-ass bouncy as fuck Carribean beat):

Men sa le monde antye tap tann
Wyclef ki sot nan Fugee.

Jeremi! Ayiti! Potoprins! Flatbush!
Sou'w fyè desko'w se ayisyen mache

Dyaspora n'pa respekte dyaspora (4 fwa)

Depwi mwen piti mwen te kite Ayiti
Gen sa ki al Brooklyn gen sa ki al Miami
Poukisa Jamariken toujou di se Jamariken?
Men ayisyen pè di li se ayisyen
Poukisa ou pè di non'w se Samyèl?
Poukisa ou pé di'w ave'k Izrayèl?
Poukisa chak swa wap domi ak Jezabèl?
Ou pè di fanm ayisyen ke yo bèl?
Pa'm nan bèl

Mwen respekte non'w tankou mwen
respekte zanj Gabriyèl
Men nèg dyaspora vle Mennen nou nan otèl
Tonben pale anglè vire "playboy channel"
Yo pa respekte Izrayèl

Dyaspora n'pa respekte dyaspora

Si se dyaspora li ye mape voye' l bay reken

Dyaspora n'pa respekte dyaspora

Si se dyaspora li ye aswè a nap dezame'l

Dyaspora ha ha o le men
Mape pran li jete'l nan prizon
Map fè'l konnen kiyès ki Tousen
Map fè'l konnen kiyès ki Desalin
Aprè sa nou mèt lage'l voye'l back Brooklyn
Pou la'l jwenn manman'n kap fe manje nan kwizin
Mannan'n gade li di gason ou chanje
Li di mwen chanje paske se ayisyen mwen ye
Yo te ban mwen yon leson, yo te mete'm nan prison
Mwen wè dyaspora fi, dyaspora gason
Gen sa ki pap tounen yape domi a pwason
Yo pedi konesans kankou yo fèt san relijyon
Dyaspora n'pa respekte dyaspora
Si se dyaspora ou ye mape voye'w bay reken
Dyaspora n'pa respekte dyaspora
Si se dyaspora ou ye aswè a nap dezame'w

Nèg Potoprins pa respekte dyspora Ankò
Nèg Flatbush pa respekte dyspora
Nèg Canada pa respekte dyspora
Nèg Miami pa respekte dyaspora

Depwi mwen piti mwen te kite ayiti
Gen sa ki al Brooklyn gen sa ki al Miami
Poukisa jamariken toujou di se jamariken?
Men ayisyen pè di li se ayisyen
Poukisa ou pè di non'w se Samyèl?
Poukisa ou pè di'w ave'k Israyèl?
Poukisa chak swa wap domi ak Jezabèl?
Ou pè di fanm ayisyen ke yo bèl?
Pa'm nan bèl

Mwen respekete nou tankou mwen
respekte zanj gabriyèl
Men nèg dyaspora vle Mennen noun nan otèl
Tonben pale angle vire "playboy channel"
Yo pa respekte Izrayèl

Dyaspora n'pa respekte dyaspora

Si se dyaspora ou ye mape voyo'w bay reken

Dyaspora n'pa respekte dyaspora

Si se dyaspora ou ye aswè a nap dezame'w
Pa Kayos pa respekte dyaspora
Papa Djoume pa respekte dyaspora
Refugees pa respekte dyaspora
Nèg Florida pa respekte dyaspora
Malfini bagay yo pral fini mal,
sou'w derespekte natif natal
Malfini bagay yo pral fini mal
Derespekte ayisyen ou pral kout fistibal
Dyaspora n'pa respekte dyaspora
Si se dyaspora ou ye mape voyo'w bay reken
Dyaspora n'pa respekte dyaspora
Si se dyaspora ou ye aswè a nap dezame'

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 19 September 2003 17:46 (twenty-two years ago)

I think the chorus translates to this:

Fick die Polizei, ich komm direkt aus dem Underground
Ein junger Nigga hat's schlecht, weil ich 'n Schwarzer bin
Und kein Weißer, also denkt die Polizei
Sie hat das Recht, eine Minderheit zu töten
Alles Scheiße, weil ich nicht derjenige bin
Der sich von so 'nem Punk mit Abzeichen und Pistole
Verprügeln und ins Gefängnis stecken lässt
Wir könnten dicht an dicht in die Zelle wandern
Legen sich mit mir an, weil ich ein Jugendlicher bin
Mit etwas goldenem Schmuck und 'nem Pager
Gucken in mein Auto auf der Suche nach Hasch

― teeny (teeny), Friday, 19 September 2003 17:49 (twenty-two years ago)

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 19 September 2003 17:56 (twenty-two years ago)

sounds meaningful from the stuff I can figure out, and from Xgau

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 19 September 2003 18:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Someone weighs in on the Washington Post op-ed pages.

"It took a question about music -- "What's your favorite song?" -- to produce the only authentic moments at the recent Democratic debate in Baltimore and to show just how unsatisfying these campaign events have become."

― daria g (daria g), Sunday, 21 September 2003 05:44 (twenty-two years ago)

I actually liked Sharpton's answer best, but only because he picked the best song.

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Sunday, 21 September 2003 05:57 (twenty-two years ago)

what if edwards had said something by ludacris?

― Little Big Macher (llamasfur), Sunday, 21 September 2003 06:03 (twenty-two years ago)

He could have said anything, really, and it would have been an improvement. His campaign theme song? Unimaginative AND soulless.

What would Wesley Clark have said?

― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Sunday, 21 September 2003 06:05 (twenty-two years ago)

if Graham had to pick a Jimmy Buffett song, why couldn't it have been "My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink, and I Don't Love Jesus"?

― Little Big Macher (llamasfur), Sunday, 21 September 2003 06:37 (twenty-two years ago)

I think this actually sums up why I like Dean so much more than the others; it's like he didn't come up with this big (attempted) meaningful song/slogan-for-his-campaign, he just told 'em a song he really liked.
Maybe, maybe not. One of the criticisms has been that Vermont is lily-white, how will Dean connect with minority voters, etc. - "Why, my favorite song is a hip-hop tune. My black friend..."

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Sunday, 21 September 2003 06:48 (twenty-two years ago)

if he was trying to reach out to black voters he wouldn't have picked a wyclef song

― cinniblount (James Blount), Sunday, 21 September 2003 07:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Not reach out to black voters, just deflect some "damn, you're white" criticism.

Really, I don't think that was the point at all, just saying that assuming Dean's intentions were pure is a bit naive.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Sunday, 21 September 2003 07:10 (twenty-two years ago)

OTOH, if Dean was quick enough to analyze the situation, figure out a way his answer wouldn't look like pandering while giving him some political capital - nice.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Sunday, 21 September 2003 07:19 (twenty-two years ago)

still can't believe lieberman lamed out with "don't stop"!

― s1utsky (slutsky), Sunday, 21 September 2003 13:54 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah, wyclef is not cool, I just figured he picked a song he liked. is it actually not a crappy song? I kinda figured almost any song named by a politician had to suck.

Wu-Tang Clan "C.R.E.A.M."

― daria g (daria g), Sunday, 21 September 2003 16:35 (twenty-two years ago)

two months pass...

Dean wins the Jeanne Fury vote?

This article also tells us that his NY campaign director's name is "Ethan Geto".

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 22:48 (twenty-one years ago)

and seriously clinton was a cool president and all but what was up with that that wack lite jazz shit

haha i was working in a dc music store in december 1999 right after grover washington, jr died--clinton came in christmas shopping, and coming across the empty grover section (everyone's records sell out when they die) actually summoned up a tear and said something about grover being a great friend of his. that guy is/was masterful.

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 23:20 (twenty-one years ago)

he also told some magazine that Peter Brotzmann was one of his favorite sax players?!?!?!?

― hstencil, Wednesday, 26 November 2003 23:21 (twenty-one years ago)

he's a sax maniac

― cinniblount (James Blount), Wednesday, 26 November 2003 23:59 (twenty-one years ago)

three months pass...

Bush held his first campaign rally today in Orlando, FL. The closing music was Van Hagar's "Right Now."

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Saturday, 20 March 2004 18:08 (twenty-one years ago)

trife was great on this thread, I totally need to hear fu-gee-la now.

― teeny (teeny), Saturday, 20 March 2004 21:55 (twenty-one years ago)

WE ALL HAVE TO POO! STOOPID GAYHEADS

― @@@, Saturday, 20 March 2004 22:28 (twenty-one years ago)

fifteen years pass...

i demand that the next administration somehow make itself 'featuring twista'
― trife (simon_tr), Tuesday, September 9, 2003 9:15 PM (fifteen years ago) bookmarkflaglink

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