Video: The obligatory “Daddy Yankee endorses McCain” clip
posted at 3:40 pm on August 25, 2008 by Allahpundit
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A treat for the kids at Cindy McCain’s alma mater. I won’t pretend to know who DY is, but I will let you in on a secret: A certain member of the Hot Air staff is an avowed reggaeton fan. Not-so-blind blind item of the day!
While Maverick trots out his celebrity pals, the biggest celebrity in the world plots to surprise the Denver faithful with a celebrity almost as big as he is. Can the Boss work the same magic for Obama that he worked for John Kerry in 2004? Conservative America trembles, my friends. Exit question: How long before social cons start complaining to McCain about the lyrics to “Gasolina”?
Update: The boss is not impressed.
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Amnesty.
Mr_Magoo on August 25, 2008 at 3:19 PM
Who?
MadisonConservative on August 25, 2008 at 3:41 PM
What’s “reggaeton?”
Slublog on August 25, 2008 at 3:44 PM
OMG, wait ’til I tell my BFF Jill! This is the best school day evah!
Mr_Magoo on August 25, 2008 at 3:44 PM
McCain – such a hip DUDE !!!
Hmmm.
What’s on your IPOD Mac?
Oh – an IPOD is a device that hold music John… ask your daughter?
jake-the-goose on August 25, 2008 at 3:45 PM
I concur, who?
ThackerAgency on August 25, 2008 at 3:46 PM
Feelin old….
itsspideyman on August 25, 2008 at 3:48 PM
Since when did Puerto Ricans needed amnesty? It would behoove you to learn which islands fall under U.S. territory.
terryannonline on August 25, 2008 at 3:48 PM
I read the lyrics, pretty damn clean compared to some of what passes for music today.
Terrye on August 25, 2008 at 3:49 PM
What? How? This guy just got blacklisted, his career ain’t going nowhere now… and I don’t see how this helps McCain
El_Terrible on August 25, 2008 at 3:51 PM
McCain laughs like Kermit the Frog. (head bob)
fossten on August 25, 2008 at 3:51 PM
My goodness do the people here in HA not know that Puerto Rico
is a U.S. territory.
terryannonline on August 25, 2008 at 3:52 PM
Ha.
3, 2…
Michelle on August 25, 2008 at 3:52 PM
Wrinkly old white guy misses chance to get in line and grope nubile latinos…
Mr_Magoo on August 25, 2008 at 3:53 PM
El Cartel Records? LOL! Yeah, that fits. Viva Medellin! Viva Escobar! Viva McCain!
Gasolina? Drill ANWR, baby!
Fletch54 on August 25, 2008 at 3:56 PM
Oh, this is too good!
WisCon on August 25, 2008 at 3:56 PM
Hey, you must be new here. Welcome!
carbon_footprint on August 25, 2008 at 3:57 PM
Dame mas gasolina! Well I don’t know how to feel about this, Reggeaton has the same base beat in every song. And it killed me having to listen to that when living in Central America.
TDBURN on August 25, 2008 at 3:57 PM
Totally, she hardly ever posts here anymore. It’s like she’s too good for us now. Don’t forget about us during your rise to fame MM.
ThackerAgency on August 25, 2008 at 3:59 PM
They don’t (need amnesty) but McCain
needswants to appear to be a friend of those who do, which will get him votes from registered latinos. I think the “you” means anyone who needs it (amnesty).Mr_Magoo on August 25, 2008 at 4:00 PM
very cool
trailortrash on August 25, 2008 at 4:01 PM
Sorry. I’m still waiting to see who Neil Sedaka endorses.
GreenBlade on August 25, 2008 at 4:01 PM
Aye Chihuahua!
badpenguin on August 25, 2008 at 4:03 PM
So he brings in a Latino artist to a campaign event so that means it’s sign to the attendees he wants amnesty. Wow, how did I fail to see that beautiful logic?
terryannonline on August 25, 2008 at 4:03 PM
That dude was a baseball player with some promise to make the bigs, but is a nice endorsement.
JVelez on August 25, 2008 at 4:04 PM
He’s also known as being victim to one of the greatest Punkd episodes in recent memory.
JVelez on August 25, 2008 at 4:06 PM
I, for one, welcome “the enemy of the people.”
My collie says:
Well maybe then, Anisa will realize just how many “enemies of the people” are thriving here at HotAir.
CyberCipher on August 25, 2008 at 4:06 PM
Mr_Magoo:
Oh please, so does that mean that every Republican politician who ever tried to win over the Cubans in Florida is all about amnesty?
Startling as it might be for some people to understand this, there are hispanics and latinos who are not illegal aliens.
Linda Chavez said once that she told some guy who said she should get her ass back to Mexico that she had never been to Mexico. In fact her family had lived in the American Southwest for centuries. And Puerto Rico also has its own heritage and history.
Terrye on August 25, 2008 at 4:07 PM
It’s Ed, right? :-)
polarbear1876 on August 25, 2008 at 4:07 PM
I think I know where that school is.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on August 25, 2008 at 4:10 PM
Big deal, Baracky has Madonna and according to her McCain is the modern age Hitler, so that means I will definitely be voting for Obama. As Madonna goes, so goes everyone with a brain.
Bishop on August 25, 2008 at 4:10 PM
Fletch54 on August 25, 2008 at 3:56 PM
Don’t knock reggaeton or Medellin! First time I ever heard reggaeton was actually in a disco called Mango’s in Medellin. Most beautiful women on the planet were on stage hypnotically grooving to it.
Golden Boy on August 25, 2008 at 4:11 PM
McCain thought bubble as girls swoon…
“Geeze, you’d think he was one of the Beatles or something.”
Diogenes of Sinope on August 25, 2008 at 4:11 PM
Was that before or after the line of coke kicked in?
Fletch54 on August 25, 2008 at 4:13 PM
We don’t. We’re U.S. citizens by birth!
newton on August 25, 2008 at 4:15 PM
I don’t know who I love more, your collie or Allah.
Probably the collie.
carbon_footprint on August 25, 2008 at 4:16 PM
Asked what his song “Gasolina” is about, Ayala said with a grin: “Energy independence.”
Funny…..
JVelez on August 25, 2008 at 4:16 PM
Haha, oh god.
DanStark on August 25, 2008 at 4:16 PM
The Boss is completely disgusting me…I saw him perform in the Meadowlands last month…always a great show…but he is so freakin’ out of touch with his audience it is amazing…I think the only people there that will vote for Obama were on stage…guess it doesn’t matter as long as we keep buying tickets…if he’s there Thursday night I have to sadly say I’ve seen him for the last time in concert…
DCJeff on August 25, 2008 at 4:17 PM
It doesn’t matter to some of them. Any appeal to latino voters is automatically trying to say “Invite all of your illegal friends to come straight to the USA!!”, apparently. I really need my “Everything is Amnesty” decoder ring.
jimmy the notable on August 25, 2008 at 4:17 PM
Apparently, that fact was lost on some :)
terryannonline on August 25, 2008 at 4:18 PM
A reggaeton artist? That’s Caribbean.
If a narcocorridas artist were to endorse McCain… that would be a different story.
newton on August 25, 2008 at 4:19 PM
Grrrr…
newton on August 25, 2008 at 4:19 PM
Despite the fact that no one “knows him”. This is a huge endorsement in the latino community! Look at radio ratings in urban markets and the highest rated and fastest growing stations, outside of talk radio, are the latin radio stations that live off of reggaeton. Daddy Yankee is arguably the king of reggaeton and he just threw a monkey wrench into the leftist effort to monopolize the narrative about Obama.
Thank you to Daddy Yankee for having the huevos to stand up to the filthy leftists.
Dame la gasolina!
Viva McCAIN! Muerte a Comunistas y Marxistas!
elduende on August 25, 2008 at 4:20 PM
As far as I know, DY is boricua. Therefore, he’s a citizen. He can endorse whomever the heck he wants.
newton on August 25, 2008 at 4:21 PM
Call me back when Brother Nugent formally endorses him and busts out a the Wango Tango on amps turned up to 11.
SuperCool on August 25, 2008 at 4:27 PM
I don’t think this is a pander. It is no more a pander than any other kind of endorsement politicians routinely try to get from all sorts of people.
Terrye on August 25, 2008 at 4:28 PM
Shizzle McNizzle!!!!
badome-a-dome on August 25, 2008 at 4:33 PM
I don’t agree with his reasoning, but I think its cool.
As an avid reggaeton fan, I lol’d.
And lemme guess who the HA staff fan is. Ed?
mythicknight on August 25, 2008 at 4:37 PM
I know I’m shocked.
**eye roll**
It's Vintage, Duh on August 25, 2008 at 4:39 PM
Is Bruce Springstein going to sing, “Born in the indone-SIA?”
Elizabetty on August 25, 2008 at 4:41 PM
You give the Democrats ammunition to play the race card in immigration when you start saying that Puerto Ricans want amnesty. Being born in Puerto Rico isn’t much different from being born in any US state. You’re still a full legal citizen, you just can’t vote. But Puerto Ricans can travel freely (just like flying from Hawaii to California) into the US and if they decide to move here, they have full voting rights along with the citizenship they already enjoy.
malan89 on August 25, 2008 at 4:44 PM
It makes me wanna puke!
Why do you want a celebrity endorsement?
Seek the indorsement of the individual mind, appeal to it for what is right not what is hip.
TheSitRep on August 25, 2008 at 4:45 PM
Being an L.A. resident, I am more than familiar with reggaeton as I’m forced to listen to it blast from the speakers of nearly every rice burner that pulls up along side of me.
That’s when I shove Immigrant Song into my CD player.
Assimilation baby.
The Ugly American on August 25, 2008 at 4:50 PM
Assimilation? This is music we are talking about here. I grew up in the American southwest, listening to what we used to call cowboy music. There was more than a little Latin in that.
Terrye on August 25, 2008 at 4:54 PM
Question: Who does “The Boss” want as the Republican VP nominee?
(Not Springsteen, the beautiful one)
carbon_footprint on August 25, 2008 at 4:54 PM
I used to go on long vacations with my parents all over the west. I can remember listening to songs like this on the radio. That was a long long time ago.
Terrye on August 25, 2008 at 4:58 PM
Terrye and Terryannonline,
Respectively… I was simply saying the sven10077’s comment was not necessarily directed to Puerto Rico. However, if this appearance wasn’t about amnesty, why did Daddy Yankee specifically say he was endorsing McCain because of his work with immigration. Who else would he be speaking to with comments like that? It’s a free country and both McCain and DY can say whatever the want. IMHO, I think in THIS CASE, IN THIS APPEARANCE, the underlying plea was directed toward registered voters who may be thinking McCain is flip-flopping because after getting shot down with the amnesty bill he said he heard the voice of the public and was wrong. I think he is trying to reassure them that he will still fight for them. THAT was the amnesty angle I was trying to point out.
I do know that “there are hispanics and latinos who are not illegal aliens”. I’m a McCain backer – he’s my guy for this election – but as a US citizen, I’m deeply concerned about illegal immigration and the protection of our borders.
Mr_Magoo on August 25, 2008 at 5:01 PM
LMAO, I thought it was a joke when I saw this on Fox earlier..I mean, really WTF McCain?
j0 on August 25, 2008 at 5:05 PM
Soca is way better.
- The Cat
MirCat on August 25, 2008 at 5:09 PM
Mr Magoo:
So, it is wrong to be nice to latinos? And it is wrong for latinos to even talk about immigration? Are all these things code for the ever constant amnesty charge that goes along with any discussion that is any way associated with immigration and or hispanic people or culture or music?
Maybe the guy just appreciates the respect with which McCain has treated the hispanic community during the contentious debate on amnesty. After all, it seems that being on good terms with them is somehow verboten.
Terrye on August 25, 2008 at 5:19 PM
And I am not an amnesty shill or an open border fanatic or anything of the kind myself. But some of the tenor of that debate was a little rough. And I think that a lot of hispanics got the impression that they are not welcome in the Republican party. I do not doubt that most people who are tough on this subject are good people who want to do the right thing, but it does not hurt to try and reach out to people when possible.
Terrye on August 25, 2008 at 5:23 PM
Does anybody think that McCain will offer-up his wife for Daddy Yankee’s next music video?
This is comedy gold.
sandman on August 25, 2008 at 5:30 PM
Daddy Yankee is a pretty nice guy. He has donated a lot of money to charities and is now sponsoring St. Jude’s Hospital.
I am Cuban American and always was and am a republican as many Cubans are. Daddy Yankee is the biggest singer and one of the biggest celebrities in the Latino community. Personally, I hate reggeaton, but I do like Daddy Yankee’s music. I am telling you that his endorsement will ring loudly in the Latino world.
jencab on August 25, 2008 at 5:33 PM
Terrye on August 25, 2008 at 5:19 PM
Terrye on August 25, 2008 at 5:23 PM
Completely agree. It is not wrong to be nice to latinos or talk with them about immigration. I reach out to people in my own community of Phoenix whenever possible. Nothing beats the joy of doing so. I guess I’m too cynical about any politician’s motives in any public appearance and my analysis (be it ever so flawed) shows that cynicism. I should probably listen to the whole speech McCain gave before judging the circumstances.
Mr_Magoo on August 25, 2008 at 5:38 PM
I agree with the Boss for sure – McCain is getting back to his political pandering dance – Albeit, rather out of step and sync !!
defendfaithandfamily on August 25, 2008 at 5:39 PM
I like McCain reaching out to the Latino community.
I am Cuban American and I agree with enforcing the borders all over the USA. But why should we ignore talking to the Latino community? Not all of us are for illegal immigration. I live in a community in Northeastern New Jersey where we Latinos of Cuba, Colombia, and Dominican Republic are worried about the gangs coming here from Central America illegally.
We do have concerns. I am greatful that McCain is reaching out. But not with the Kennedy Bill. But I am sure we will come up with a better bill.
jencab on August 25, 2008 at 5:43 PM
I agree with your sentiments 100%. The Latino community is part of America, and while we can and should criticize McCain for his poor policy proposals, we should be glad that he is reaching out.
WisCon on August 25, 2008 at 5:47 PM
McCain is having the time of his life and he’s not even trying as hard as Obama is. Awesome.
GreatGatsby on August 25, 2008 at 5:47 PM
It’s not about being old, it’s about culture. Geez – anyone that’s been to a quinceanera before knows who Daddy Yankee is. Yeah, he’s pandering – so what?
jtorres138 on August 25, 2008 at 5:49 PM
Crips and bloods are so 90s. It’s all about 18th Street and MS. Black gangs in LA are about as active as Log Cabin Republicans in Iowa.
The Race Card on August 25, 2008 at 5:55 PM
Daddy Yankee is also reaching out to the youth. He is a very famous guy and at least we got somebody more famous than John Rich.
Daddy Yankee is known internationally.
jencab on August 25, 2008 at 5:55 PM
Folks sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, McCain is not promising anyone anything here. He is just accepting the endorsement of someone who is young and hip actually wants to support a Republican. Don’t make it about immigration.
Terrye on August 25, 2008 at 5:56 PM
Mr. Magoo:
I know what you mean. Politics makes cynics of us all I think.
Terrye on August 25, 2008 at 5:57 PM
Daddy Yankee is actually a victim of gang violence. He had a promising career in baseball that he was signed by the Seattle Mariners. But someone shot him in the back in Puerto Rico and he thought he would be paralyzed. He recooperated after a year of rehabilitation and became a reggeaton artist. He thanks God he is alive and thought God pointed him in the direction of music and with his fame and money, he is helping children out of poverty and away from gangs.
jencab on August 25, 2008 at 5:59 PM
Me too, but I wish he would also reach out to the families of those suffering from having loved ones murdered by illegals who were repeat offenders and were not deported. They deserve a voice, too.
Mr_Magoo on August 25, 2008 at 5:59 PM
Here in NC the hispanic teenagers can often be spotted wearing Obama shirts that swallow them whole. And they chant, “Si Si Puedo” or Yes We Can. DY’s a big deal to that community though, but McCain will need more than saddleback to reach the catholic arm of the hispanic voting bloc…he’ll need univision!
Mark Young on August 25, 2008 at 6:02 PM
Lest we forget, Puerto Ricans are American Citizens, unlike Mexicans and Cubans. They have a right to say and do whatever is legal just like the rest of us. Being endorsed by an hispanic American Citizen is not Shanmesty or pandering. Most of youse guys understand this, but there some die-hard MDSers that apparently are lacking in citizenship education.
Old Country Boy on August 25, 2008 at 6:06 PM
Your analysis sucks. You bunch all Latinos together based on nothing more than their language. Does Keith Urban get the same english-speaking crowd as Eminem?
Sorry dude, but reggaeton is not a defining cultural movement. And it is certainly not a movement that will make ANY impact on this election.
Ponga lo en su pipe y lo fuma.
Reggaeton is not that popular dude. You sound like you’re making this up just to be cool and let everyone know that you came up with the witty Led Zeppelin retort.
George Carlin would be proud.
The Race Card on August 25, 2008 at 6:06 PM
Michelle, I love ya…
But your McCain-derangement is out of control.
JetBoy on August 25, 2008 at 6:08 PM
OK, you guys are officially old farts, just like me now.
I heard the news guy on the radio announce this, and those were my first two questions. Then I thought “great, a rapper. Probably foul language involved.”
Maybe that’s why I’m going to vote for McCain. Because I’m just another old fart?
LOL
funky chicken on August 25, 2008 at 6:13 PM
Ruh Roh. The Race Card’s mask just slipped a bit on this thread.
funky chicken on August 25, 2008 at 6:16 PM
And I’m Michelle Obama. BUT–clever.
funky chicken on August 25, 2008 at 6:18 PM
Fox News is calling this a celebrity endorsement. Don’t you have to be famous to be a celebrity?
progressoverpeace on August 25, 2008 at 6:22 PM
Um, does he sing in English or Spanish? The lyrics don’t seem to rhyme in English. Or does he rap?
I sometimes listen to a spanish lang radio station and was amused a few days ago when they bleeped a couple of words in a song. Like I would have recognized them as bad anyway :-)
funky chicken on August 25, 2008 at 6:26 PM
If you want to hang your hopes on Daddy Yankee, feel gratis.
What we are seeing though is the prelude to another SHAMNESTY GATE getting reamed up our collective arses.
McCain spent 2 weeks clowning Obama’s celebrity then he turns around and basks in the most pandering display by a Republican in a year.
funky chicken = salmonella
The Race Card on August 25, 2008 at 6:26 PM
Next McCain endorsement…Chingo Bling.
The Race Card on August 25, 2008 at 6:29 PM
I still think “McCain sings Streisand” on SNL was better.
Fortunata on August 25, 2008 at 6:32 PM
That was hysterically funny. I showed my husband and kids and we all cracked up.
funky chicken on August 25, 2008 at 6:43 PM
Graduated from that school and worked there for a while.
Definitely not the intelligent students, they are across the canal at Brophy.
Central is not the school that Cindy graduated from. I was there during the forced bussing (slickly called: Magnet Program) and then the migrant wave just took out any of the last bit of education that was going on there.
Tim Burton on August 25, 2008 at 6:50 PM
So DY has been married for 15 years, but has he been faithful? Edwards wants to know…
Tim Burton on August 25, 2008 at 6:55 PM
“It ain’t Fiona Apple, and if it ain’t Fiona Apple then I don’t give a rats ass” Officer Barbrady
uptight on August 25, 2008 at 7:12 PM
“first you get the money, then you get the power, then you get the woman”
uptight on August 25, 2008 at 7:16 PM
Yankee Who??? You’re Puerto Rican, fool, you’re here legally…you ain’t breaking the law, dog!
McCain can’t help who endorses him, but this dimwit would have never endorsed him if Juan wasn’t so hellbent on ramming amnesty into our pocketbooks. I wish someone would tell him it’s time to stand up for the American citizen…not illegal aliens. Turn up your hearing aid, JOHN!
HornetSting on August 25, 2008 at 7:27 PM
Did Obama round his nigga from puerto rico? cuz that what Akon said he did in his song with Daddy Yankee, here is the chorus lyrics from the song Bring It On:
I got my heat; I got my block
And enough Heart to break all y’alls jaws.
But I rather round my nigga from Puerto Rico
jjcarrillo on August 25, 2008 at 7:39 PM
Crap, first I got the woman, so I lost the power – and then, you guessed it, no money. Where was Tony when I needed him?
Mr_Magoo on August 25, 2008 at 7:51 PM
Lost McCain endorsement: Jello Biafra (currently singing American Prayer for Barry.
Mr_Magoo on August 25, 2008 at 7:53 PM
Honestly, I am floored by the stupidity about a dang endorsement. And conservatives wonder why most minorities are reluctant to join the Republican Party and why they automatically brand conservatives racists and bigots.
So by reading some of the responses on here not happy with DY’s backing of Sen. McCain, the only celeberty endorsements he is allowed to have is by rockNroll stars or country singers?! Man get over it and just be happy he is being endorsed by someone that appeals to the next generation of voters.
deathNtaxes on August 25, 2008 at 8:37 PM
Pandering to the juvenile 15 year old vote/college kid/stoner vote.
Smart and classy move, John.
philnewkirk on August 25, 2008 at 8:40 PM
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