Via Hooped Up, Jay-Z and LeBron will join forces to host an Obama rally next Wednesday at Quicken Loans Arena, the home of the Cavs. Considering Jay-Z is a minority owner of the Nets (financial, not racial…or, I guess, both really) and the perception is that he has been wooing The Chosen One to come play for NJ/Brooklyn once he becomes a free agent in 2010, Cleveland fans can’t be particularly happy about the two teaming up together.
For Barry O supporters, however, this should prove to be a great get-out-the-vote event for the base in battleground Ohio, as there might not be three men in America more capable of prompting young black males to make it to the polls on November 4.
I’m not sure what LeBron will be doing at the event, but Hov is planning to give a performance. I believe it’s fair to say that none of “Politics as Usual,” “Never Change,” “Dead Presidents,” “Nigga Please” or “Ignorant Shit” will be on the set list. Jay really should open with “The Takeover” though and definitely needs to kick “Coming of Age,” “A Dream,” “Moment of Clarity” and “What More Can I Say?”
Obama will also be on hand to orate like only he can, and since this is a hoops site, I was trying to think of the basketball player he most resembles. Visually, we’ve already established the Reggie/Barack connection.
Philosophically, however, I think it has to be Sidney Deane. Because the way Barack has maintained the high road despite all the mudslinging and low-brow political attacks coming out of the McCain campaign, it has become clear that Obama would rather look good and lose than look bad and win.
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