
"A man does not sell out when he backs his ideals," the Latin Grammy-winning reggaetón artist told a NY newspaper from his home in Puerto Rico. "I don't care who I piss off...This is about my ideals, not about making friends. Senator McCain is the kind of man whose promises you can actually believe in."

Joe then challenged Yankee to a debate and Yankee had this to say about that. "Look, I'm not a politician. I am a man with ideals, and I think that el Senador McCain is the best candidate. I asked el senador point-blank about whether or not he will seriously help Puerto Rico and our veterans here, and he said, 'Yes. You endorse me, and I will do it.' I believe he will back up his word."
He concluded by saying, "I like his stance on immigration reform, that he works across party lines to help immigrants, that he agreed to take a look and help the dire situation of aid to the veterans of Puerto Rico," Yankee said. "It's not fair that Boricua soldiers die and fight in wars and don't get the same benefits as those on the mainland. I like that el senador agreed to take a serious look and help those kinds of issues affecting us on the island."
When asked if he had ever even thought about supporting Democratic presidential candidate Barrack Obama, Yankee said, "never — not for a minute."
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i know most of us hate joe well for once you gotta show some love to him he talkin real shit right thurr
wow are you fuckin serious "Senator McCain is the kind of man whose promises you can actually believe in." all mccain does is contridict himself. that doesnt make me believe.
^co-sign...i been hatin on joe from a musical standpoint...but u gotta back this nigga on this one. Obama 08 mannn...
^^very true..but that's just politics man...u think if bush woulda been like, "imma fuck everything up, people gonna be outta jobs, we gonna be sending troops overseas for no reason, people gonna be losin jobs, gas gonna get fuckin rediculous" u think people would voted for this fuckin idiot twice??? idk man...fuck bush thats all im sayin! obama 08!
Read this article on the NYPOST, and thought to myself how 1. Daddy Yankee can be easily deceived by the word "YES" and how ignorant of him to jump on a political view without consulting the party that clearly is for the well being of those middle class families/poor 2. Even though Fat Joe makes no sense in his rap lyrics, he's bright enough to back up his ideals with a concrete base of arguments
I wonder if rappers would be going so hard for Obama if he were white ::shrugs:: (even tho im going for obama cuz mcain is a distaster waiting to happen)
Did you not see how rappers were going hard for Kerry in '04
with the whole 'Vote or Die' thing? Its not a "black/white". Its a "get these mofos who are messing up our country out of office" thing.
I'm not going to read any comments yet...
Not until I state my WIZdom.
DaddyYankee is a fuckin' fag! Point blank period!
I don't give a fuck how many records he sold...or what he symbolizes or how much cash he has....he's a fuckin' fag...PERIOD!
Anytime... you sell yourself, your people, your culture, and your country out for a little "fame"... to me...you're scum...PERIOD!
This dickhead apparently has no idea who Mccain was...and more importantly...who he is NOW!
It's ok to not wanna be on Obama's dick or whateva yall are calling it. But to side with someone who could honestly not give 2 shits about u whatsoever... it's just pathetic!
But then again...Mccain sold his country out (with the help of his father) too!
There's no excuse for anyone to be "ignorant" now a days.
Especially with all of this technology and more importantly...Google!
~Be Eazy!
Who cares of what he says, thats his opinion, and why is this a news? does every non white person have to vote for Obama? Bullshit, this ain't news don't get the Hiphop mixed with politics for useless reasons.
ummm...first of all who the fuck who sum random ass nigga named daddy yankee is votin for...wat he have like one stupid ass song in like 2004 "Gassolina"....woooow....
But i digress...his points on John Mcain were severly mistaken...John Mcain has indeed made promises...but thats all he's made...even tho Barrack Obama made promises he at least backed them up with policies and stragtegies he wud use to perform what he says he'll do...John Mcain is riding on Sarah Palin's popularity and once the candidates start talking about the issues...both Sarah Palin and John Mcain will be exposed as another carbon copy of the Bush administration...
As Sarah Palin proved in her ABC interview last nite...she's like a 3rd grader when it comes to foriegn policy...she didn't even know what the Bush doctrine was...and she had the audacity to question Obama's expierence...all of these "promises" John Mcain is shouting out and all of the "change" he's promoting, can anyone plz tell me wat policy he has stated will support his promises....none....which is why voting for John Mcain is EXCACTLY like voting for George Bush...which sum ignorant still say they would do....
Sometimes im baffled by people's stupidity....
and now to be ignorant....OBAMA 08 NIGGA!!!!! VOTE 4 OBAMA OR UZ A FUCKIN LAME!!!!!!!!!! ~1~
"I made more important decisions in Iraq than she has her entire time as governor"-- my sister's man about Sarah Palin. He's in the army and for the last year or two is stationed and living in Alaska. She is a joke. Jokesta has more foreign policy experience than her.
yeah joe right on this one and daddy yankee is a damn fool. why would you vote for a man that voted with lil george 90% of the time. he must have forgotten that we have the worst president in our history and the fact that john mccain agrees with him so much leads one to believe he will be just as bad or worse than bush. this all the more reason to vote for obama. yall get yall ass out there and vote in this election.
fuck daddy yankeee, kick this dude up outta hiphop
even though fat joe is right he still is more of a sellout than daddy yankee
Hell naw nigga, Mccain gets in ofice there will be another attack on america,this shyt was in the bible man,the times are changin,were gonna have a blk president,daddy yankee u just fucked urself man,stay in puerto rico,obama bein black is more then what ppl think,its a sighn of change within the time and the world,if we vote mccain were fucked,we will get did just like we did with bush if not worse,i caint vote but that was stupid of him to voice his opinion about some shit like that,u think mccain understands what its like to live in the hood, in poverty?please man,this nigga will get us attacked again,u know what...FUCK YANKEE,I DUNNO EVEN KNOW WTF THAT MEAN YANKEE DADY YANKEE STFU.A guy from his own race is checkin him for what he said so cmon man,u know u outta line,u know after us yall come inn,if we caint open doors how can we ever move on.
for real man...
"I asked el senador point-blank about whether or not he will seriously help Puerto Rico and our veterans here, and he said, 'Yes. You endorse me, and I will do it.' I believe he will back up his word.""
you must be out of your mind.. you think because he told you that shit, he will actually back it up? come on yankee
fuck a daddy yankee...
Though i agree with Joe that this is a publicity stunt on the part of DY, Joe might be pullin a publicity stunt himself by coming after DY...I mean i didn't even hear that DY supported Mccain until I heard Joe criticizing him for it...and by doing that this whole thing blew up and caused DY to respond...essentially bringing this issue even further into the spotlight...something Joe would not have wanted to do if he felt that DY was doing this only for publicity
VOTE OBAMA IN 08
haha, foreclosures started going up in 2007
6 yrs after bush became prez, and are still rising...
in 2006 democrats took control of congress...
the housing market wasnt that bad when the republicans ran congress
evrything Bush said before he came president McCain said the exact same thing, its like both em dicks have the same brain
FUCK FAT HOE......who is that nigga 2 say that some1 cant vote 4 who they want? jus cause he dont want obama in office hes gonna open his fat fuckin mouth.is every black person soposed 2 vote 4 obama?i kno yankee isint black but im jus sayin.....let him support who he wants 2 fuckin support.
i hope obama does get elected so when the country stays in the tubes i can laugh in every dumbasses face that believed in his "change"
JOHN MCCAIN IS NOTED FOR MAKIN RACIST, SEXIST, AND HOMOPHOBIC STATEMENTS. HE WONT RELEASE HIS MILITARY RECORDS BCUZ IT WILL EXPOSE THESE FACTS... HOPE NONE OF YOU VOTIN FOR HIM IS A MINORITY, A WOMEN, OR GAY.. OH, AND SARAH PALIN IS A PAWN IN A VICIOUS GAME; SACRIFICIAL LAMB...
I asked el senador point-blank about whether or not he will seriously help Puerto Rico and our veterans here, and he said, 'Yes. You endorse me, and I will do it.' I believe he will back up his word."
daddy yankee has to be either an idiot or someone who is mentally chalanged....mc.cain can give two fucks about you, candidates lie to win votes and win elections
Daddy Yankee says he like McCains view on Immigration and that he feels he will help his people, but Puerto Ricans AREN'T IMMIGRANTS!!!!!!!!! Since when is Immigration an issue on "the island"?? Why doesn't he mention that if you live on the island, you cant vote for President... Address that issue
this dude said it was white people who freed your ancesters. it was also white people who forcefully took them from there country to work for the white man
challenged*...............and at the same time that's like me asking r-kelly, can you watch my daughter for a few hours??? and me believing him after saying "he will take good care of her and will have fun watching franklin or little bear".....he pisses on girls titties
lmao....watch my little girl for a minute....its like havin michael jackson babysit...lol....
About time something good comes outta Fat Joe's mouth. But if Daddy Yankee wants to committ suicide why should we stop em. I dont know em!
hey props to daddy yankee for not just saying obama because its the cool thing. mccain as a man personally is a great human being. the problem is his administration will be run the same as bush by the same fuckers, and if he dies then we have sara palin who has no experience. obama and joe biden are on point and will be the best for this country.
I agree that Yankee deserves some credit for not going the way everyone else "thinks" it should be. People are crediting Fat Joe with way too much respect for what he said. "It’s the Latinos and black kids up in the frontlines, fighting that war".
Thats not true. I know people in Iraq right now, Latino and black, that will tell you that straight up. Aint no race on the battlefield....you either American or you getting ya head popped.
And to keep it real, at least Yankee is doing it on the belief he's gonna be helping out his people......when's the last time you seen Fat Joe do something for our Hispanic community?
^^^Reign - our troops UK and US are in Iraq and Afghanistan for what reason? Oil? Revenge from '91? Heroin (Afghanistan has the largest ammount in the world) which is worth millions if given to the streets by corrupted goverment? thers a video of McCain sayin BOMB BOMB IRAN? that mans only out for war, and im from UK i wanna see a diffrent power in the US the country thats so powerfull are abusing it with the likes of Bush/McCain!
reign every war we have been involved in since ww2 there has been a disproportinate amount of blacks and laatino's on the front line. you will not see the children of the priviledged on the front line. no they think their children are to good for that, but at the same time they enjoy the most freedom. this isn't racsism im spewing it is the truth. not to mention oil isn't the only reason they are over there. the destruction of islam is on the agenda too. just think about it, north korea told the whole world they have nukes and american just wanted to talk. on the other hand where are the wmd that iraq had. the haven't found them yet. if n. korea was a muslim nation there would be troops on the ground right now. thanx for the article though reign finally and intelectual topic to discuss on ds, much props for that.
second son you wrong. Imma Marine done spent over a year of my ife in Iraq and its more white guys "on front lines" then black and hispanics. so dont juss assume you know what the fuck you talkin bout.
But yeah Obama 08 but at least DY had a damn good reason for him backin MCCAIN. Yall realize how many Ricans is in this shit, and i is bullshit they dont get the same veterans benifits
kelty im not wrong you need to learn to comprehend what you are readin before you make statements like that. what i said was a disproportionate number of blacks and latinos, meanin the % of blacks and latinos are higher on the frontline than the % that make up the population as a whole in the nation. i hope that cleared things up. remember you cant read unless you comprehend what you are reading.
the poor & minorities go off to Iraq, the rich kids go to West Point or a millitary academy. I live 30 mins from West Point & there's about 4 black/latinos there while the rest are a bunch of rich white yuppies. I'm a white dude myself but these are the kind of kids that think their shit don't stink b/c they parents got that $. Truth be told...
Everyone should go cop that 'Audacity of Hope' by Barack Obama. He outlines everything he wants to do PLUS the reasons behind it. It's 330 pages but I only put it down once & I do NOT read anything.
FucK Daddy Yankee For that stunt he aint gonna be able to sell now
your just as racist/ignorant as any body saying their NOT voting for Obama cause he is black
look at dis nigga picture of course he ignorant...he listen to boosie....LAAAAAAAAAAAME....
i don care wha yall say the main reason young black people are even votin at all is becuz obama is black whether u like it or not...if he was white half these people wouldnt even vote peroid
Yankee is right we all vote for different reasons.....I never even looked at what each canidate does for PR and if I lived their I guess I would vote for who can help us......
fuck fat joe.. you all are crazy.. I dont give a fuck about daddy yankee either but respect the mans opinion and right to choose.. fat joe sayin all the blacks and latinos is fightin the war.. thats some bullshit too.. i know plenty of white poeple who are in iraq right now fightin.. and not for white or black.. for America.. fat joes tryin to make it an issue of race.. keep sayin obama 08.. till we get bombed again..
America got bombed? lol I must have missed that one! Yes Daddy Yankee has the "right to choose", lol but like opinions, your choices can be wrong!! And even though Puerto Rico is a United States territory they have there own separate government! Basically if there is a national disaster, U.S. helps, but aid for veterans?? Nope that's a Puerto Rican government issue. Daddy Yankee is mis-informed.
Obama 08..like i said you have the right to choose, but your choices can be wrong.
I dont think you're seeing the point Marquis. Yankee is asking for the veterans from PR to be entitled to the same benefits when returning home as the military on American soil do.
I don't like McCain and will definitely NOT be voting for him but it's funny how people have no idea about the actual issues, and just say "I'm voting for Obama cuz he's black" or "McCain is just like Bush" when they dont even do any research on either.... The politics game is ALWAYS gonna be shady and full of lies.....that's just the way it is but damn, people should really do some research.....
how can someones opinion be wrong?
No I see the point..It's a Puerto Rican government issue..Obviously in the U.S. and Puerto Rican agreement, Puerto Rican soldiers are seen as "Foreign Help"..That's something they have to work out..But the U.S. will most likely say what I've been saying..."it's your problem"....And I also think Obama being black is a qualification.
"Opinions can be proven wrong if it is a topic or statement that involves truth., ie My opinion that Steve Davis was world snooker champion in 1980 can be proven wrong as Cliff Thorburn was world snooker champion in 1980, however if I had said that I think Steve Davis was the best snooker player in the world in 1980 then I can't be proven wrong as this is an opinion and not a fact."
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that's the whole point..lol why would you base your opinions on something not factual?? That's flawed logic and makes you an idiot..So your opinion can very much be wrong.
"And I also think Obama being black is a qualification."
I rest my case.
being white was a qualification give or take, 240 years, so 1 term where being black is a qualification, people have their panties in a bunch...Lol we're so conditioned and accustomed to white racism, we are hesitant to fight it. Since blacks have only been human for 45 years, black racism is suddenly threatening today?? Why?? lol I'll tell you why..Because this is the 1st time in history where black racism will affect peoples quality of life! But since 1609, white racism has always plague black and brown people's quality of life.
I'd argue if that made any kind of sense or had anything to do with why you think being black is a "qualification" to be president. So you're basically saying, if you had a chance to elect Al Sharpton to be the president, you'd do so because he met your "qualifications". Not that McCain would be a much better choice, but just sayin.....
I would vote for nappiest Mississippian, jerry curl drippin with white platform shoes. His policy could be free Newports and relaxers for the ladies, if he had a realistic chance at winning..That's the point. Obama and his family has to be the huxtibles..Mccain and his pill poppin wife(look it up) could be the worst people on earth and it'd still be 50/50 cause we are not seen as equals.
(in my church voice)
Barack's presidency is for Emmit Till, the 3 freedom riders who were murdered, Brother's Malcom and Martin, Sister Rosa Parks, those 4 little girls who died in the church bombing, all those unfairly tried, convicted and lynched, for every hard-working American black family that had a cross burning in their front yard.
This is a country who has written Malcom X out of text-books, because of the lack of knowledge of his policies and his alleged, i repeat alleged "racist" views, but we elevate George Washington, Thomas Jefferson into the realms of immortality..ALL NOTABLE SLAVE OWNERS..Hell, we even throw Abraham Lincoln's name in that realm when he had no intentions, i repeat, no intentions of freeing slaves. It was all by chance.
Barack's presidency is important to the world..We could be further along in this so called "War on Terrorism", which is running parallel with the "war on drugs" meaning we have no chance of stopping it. No one wants to work with us. We aren't working well with the United Nations, a body of governments that can easily get terrorist harboring states to listen.
I hope you're not majoring in political science cuz if you are, Florida needs a few more hurricanes....
While I hope that if Barack is elected it will mean a lot of good change for us, the bottom line is, I doubt it will make much difference. The president is just a spokeman for the country. His team (DOD, CIA, FBI) is who really calls the shots. Not the President or the vice president. Its their cabinet administration that is going to be pulling the strings, not him individually.
He will just nod his head yes or no.....on the advice of his "co-workers"
I am poli sci...good guess. Obama will need a strong cabinet..I would love to see him pick Colin Powell and really stick it to republicans..
McCain won't even vote for the GI Bill for AMERICAN Vets. Fuck you think he's going to help Puerto Rican vets for?
Colin Powell is a republican... dumb fuck
@kelty
lol Colin Powell is Republican??? He's pro-choice on abortion and favors reasonable gun-control..Mr. Powell supports Affirmative Action(Republicans don't) and was instrumental in getting the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy implemented into the army.
lol because all these things I mentioned are real Republican views..Next time you call someone a "dumb fuck" you better have facts supporting your argument. And even facts took a dump on your face you wouldn't know how to use them.
Colin Powell is easily the best candidate for Secretary of State. He spent 2 1/2 hours trying to convince George Bush not invade Iraq...Lol that worked well, but damn he knew something we didn't know! Judgment my friends!
Damn Fat Joe kicking knowledge? It was a close race between "Worst of all time"..Birdman won out. I guess Baby cures cancer next?! Daddy Yankee, who is he? If he thinks that John Mccain is think about a dude named "Daddy Yankee" while he is sitting in the presidential suite he is sorrily mistaken..
Daddy Yankee has his own opinions but he's in idiot if he even thinks McCain is going to help the puerto ricans he don't give a damn about minoritites of course MCCain is going to say yes to daddy yankee he wants the latino vote McCain ain't going to help them the republicans have been lying all throughout their campaign and once again they lied
Daddy Yankee has his own opinions. I don't care if he votes for McCain, that's his choice, but if he really thinks that McCain will keep his word he is mistaken. McCain runs a dirty campaign and he's not any different than Bush. Fat Joe kinda overreacted honestly. Yeah, I'm for Obama and I feel like Daddy Yankee is getting the wrong message, but let him to do what he wants.
THAT I GOTTA SAY IS READ THIS ON WHAT THIS IDIOT SAID
I asked el senador point-blank about whether or not he will seriously help Puerto Rico and our veterans here, and he said, 'Yes. You endorse me, and I will do it.' I believe he will back up his word."
Get off his case!! He has his own opinion!!
I respect anyone's opinion on who they are going to vote for BASED ON THEIR VIEWS!! NOT RACE.
90% of you guys are ignorant/racist with this Obama shit.
If you going to vote for him, make sure its because agree with his views.
dats so wrong my dude learn wat the words mean b4 u just start throwing them around ignorant means stupid n racist means someone who thinks there race is superior 2 everyone else's so voting 4 obama juss cuz of his race is far from ignorant do you relize how much a black president with uplift the black community no longer will it b a lie when a black father tells his son that u can b anything u wanna b a black president will bring unity 2 the black community that we haven't seen since the civil rights days trying 2 uplift your comunity is neither racist or stupid come on b
im from UK so i cant vote and most of us want Obama wether we be Black/White or Aliens
yall killin me wit dis reverse racism shit...niggas get hosed down and bit up by german sheperd 30 minutes from where i stay n u talkin bout we bein racist cuz we want a black president??? naw homie fuck dat our ancestors suffered TOO fuckin long fa niggas to be like, "oh man u bein racist cuz u jus votin 4 obama cuz he black"....naw scratch dat call wat u want, but im votin 4 obama bcuz i believe he'll bring change to the white house, provide better paying jobs, and effectively end the war in iraq, AND BCUZ HE BLACK!!!....its funny dat ppl jus act like black folks jus woke up one day and automatically had equality..
@youngunobaby there is no such thing as a racsist black person in american. before you dismiss this statement examine exactly what rascism is. in order for one to be racsist you have to control the financially institutions, the government and the courts. who controls all that, white folks for the most part. when someone dislikes someone one the basis of the ethnic background its called prejudice. predudice is different from racsism, take a lil time and think about that.
i respect daddy yankee choice because the vote did say everyone has a choice on the election but WTF YANKEE MCCAIN MCCAIN HE SEE BUSH ROLES WITH HIM AND HE STILL WANNA VOTE FOR WTF I SAID ECSPECIALLY KNOWING THAT BLACK/MEXICAN/LATINO WILL ALL GET TREATED WROST OR WROSTER IF MCCAIN GETS IN AND HE SAYS U CAN TRUST MCCAIN LMAO THAT'S STUPID LIKE JOE SAID DUDES A SELL OUT CAUSE HE KNOWS MCCAIN NOT GONNA HELP US R THE MEXICANS SO ITS POINT LESS DUDE STUPID ON POLITICS ( YANKEE) REMEMBER TO VOTE 08
man this nigga daddy yankee want whoever the president gone be to basically look out for a country that he not the president of! respect him for speakin what he feel but i dnt feel it OBAMA FOR 08!
1st of all if anybody in that HOUSTON area ima keeping yall in my prayers..and get outta there!
secondly i really cant bash daddy yankee on supporting mcain its his choice..everybody has thier own views..thats why u gotta get up and vote to get yo voice hear!!