At Obama Victory Event, Campaign Played Jay-Z's "99 Problems (But A Bitch Ain't One)"

New York Post:

PRESIDENTIAL hopeful Barack Obama claims to run a clean campaign, but someone in his camp took a swipe at Hillary Clinton through the candidate's theme song.

As Obama and his wife, Michelle, strolled triumphantly into his victory party in Des Moines, Iowa, on Jan. 3, Jay-Z's "99 Problems" was blaring. In it, Jay raps, "I got 99 problems, but a bitch ain't one."

Some listeners took it as a not-so-sly reference to Hillary.

"We didn't know he used that," a shocked Clinton spokesperson said.

Read the whole story: New York Post

Comments

[ClaeDulls]

05:41 PM on 01/15/2008

yeah this is pure trash. so expect fox news to report it.

[blackstar22]

07:50 PM on 01/14/2008

this story has been roundly debunked by full video of the campaign event in question on the date in question. Huffington Post needs to fire whoever screens for stories to put on the site.

pretty hilarious how they decry the corrosive influence of "the MSM", while posting every absurd, factually vacuous story any retard with access to a keyboard and a blog can write without checking the background. some "news" site this is.

[wildhorse]

07:08 PM on 01/14/2008

HILLARY WALKS OUT TO GIVE HER VICTORY SPEECH IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

BLARING IN THE BACKGROUND IS THE SONG,

I SHOT THE SHERIFF!

MEDIA RESPONSE?

[wildhorse]

05:56 PM on 01/14/2008

OBAMA'S MINIONS

CALL

HILLARY A BITCH!


JOIN THE MOVEMENT,

THE BOWEL MOVEMENT!

[jcar]

02:34 PM on 01/14/2008

Over at KOS there is a video to prove that this is a complete lie... do you have any kind of proof that this song was played EVER at an Obama event?

[awb]

01:27 PM on 01/14/2008

Huffington Post -- you're kidding right?

Must be a s-l-o-w news day

[ednadumpling]

01:15 PM on 01/14/2008

I'm sure if they are challenged ..it will be just a joke and everyone should get a sense of humor. What a bunch of stupid gits

[BadonkaDankeSchoen]

01:14 PM on 01/14/2008

Take anything the NY Post says with a grain of salt. I can't find any reports anywhere else of Obama using that song.

[wolfhound]

11:59 AM on 01/14/2008

Umm...I don't know the song in question but isn't it horribly inappropriate for a presidential candidate to use a song that demeans women in this way? I mean, the one line is enough to tell me how anti-woman this Jay-Z character must be. I guess Obama doesn't want women to vote for him? Or only wants "bitches" to vote for him? What is this? I'm no prude, I listen to a lot of rap & other profanity-filled music, but I certainly don't think this sort of nonsense belongs in a campaign that's trying to come across as inclusive!