Seriously? Snoop Dogg

The rapper comments on the effect of Barack Obama's candidacy on the African-American community

By U.S. News Staff

September 30, 2008 RSS Feed Print

"People that I know that have never cared about politics are registering to vote this time: gang members, ex-cons, you name it. I hate to see a lot of that hope go down the drain, and if he loses, it will."

—Rapper Snoop Dogg in Newsweek talking about the African-American community getting involved in the election because of Barack Obama's candidacy

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Maribel of TX 3:03PM October 26, 2011

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best weightloss of 5:57PM March 25, 2010

Mitch Perry, they are citizens and they have the RIGHT like us "non exconvicts and lily-pure never made a mistake in our lifers" get the right to exercise it.

Look at what AMERICA got for the past 8 years with the "SELECTION!" You think because they served time, never registered before and simply not agree with their lifestyle that they should not have a voice in the political process?

BTWO I am an African-American Female and I AM a PROUD Republican but that does not mean much of anything, I vote for the candidate whose views are more inline with mine...I say vote on convicts vote on, perhaps this is the thing that will ALLOW them the opportunity to further turn their life around instead of staying down as so many of them have had to do because THEY were NOT afforded a second chance!

POWER TO THE PEOPLE

The Truth Machine of GA 4:28PM September 30, 2008

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