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"Low Minority Got Obama Phone"

10/1/2012

19 Comments

 
Some conservative folks gave this video a ride recently, which  upset some liberal folks. Yawn. To me, it was reminiscent of Bill Maher's "Mississippi" takedown:
You know how they do: Let's interview some people who will say things on camera to embarrass the other side.

That said: Few may notice that Obamaphone Lady's style of speak and swagger are straight hip-hop. Substitute the name of any rapper or neighborhood for "Obama" and it still fits perfectly. She got remixes online already. Tell me she wouldn't fit into this video right here:

Come to think of it, haven't rap videos been used as political ammunition before, too? Is the Obamaphone Lady all that different?

I first read about the Obamaphone Lady in James Taranto's column. He notes that she is voicing a half-true urban legend Taranto "had previously heard from conservative friends": Obama started the free-phone program. The federal program to subsidize phones for low-income people dates to the 1980s; Obama expanded it to cell phones in 2008. 

I've had lots of conversations with conservative people about poor people who have cell phones (also tattoos, nice sneakers, cigarettes, Haagen Daz, etc). It feels wrong to many of them when people receiving government benefits have such things. This is one reason the Obamaphone Lady got so much play from folks like Drudge and Limbaugh.

Last thought: The way the Lady used the phrase "low minority" made me pause.
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