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With the presidential elections coming close on the heels we have a splurge of negative twist going around in a presidential campaign air filled with worst accusations of race-baiting and gutter politics

Here we have John McCain’s campaign accusing Barack Obama of playing racial politics. The twist in the campaign for the November 4 election was prompted by a McCain television advertisement that called Obama a celebrity akin to star-crossed U.S. personalities Britney Spears and Paris Hilton.

“Barack Obama has played the race card, and he played it from the bottom of the deck. It’s divisive, negative, shameful and wrong,” McCain campaign manager Rick Davis said in a written statement.

Obama responded firmly and said McCain was trying to scare voters away from him by pointing out he has “a funny name, and he doesn’t look like all the presidents on the dollar bills and the five dollar bills.”

Looking at the current scenario, last thing Obama would have wished for is to stay away from the firm support of black rappers in his favor. Obama must be cursing himself for acknowledging Ludacris as his favorite rapper. And look what Luda comes up with, a profanity laced song “Politics (Obama is Here)” that also takes pokes at George W. Bush, Hillary Clinton and John McCain.

Obama camp isn’t exactly embracing the Song. In past interviews, Obama has stated that he likes Luda’s music.

In the song, Ludacris raps of himself:

“You never should have doubted with a slot in the prez’s iPod/I’m one of his favorite rappers.”

Later, he adds: “You can’t stop what’s about to happen/The first black president/We going to paint the White House black/The world is ready for change because Obama is here.”

Luda “Chris Bridges”, calls the current president “the worst,” refers to Clinton using a less than genteel definition of a female canine and mocks McCain’s age and suggests he needs a wheelchair.

On The Politico.com, political blogger Ben Smith reports that the Obama camp is condemning the song. The site posted the following quote from Obama spokesperson Bill Burton: “As Barack Obama has said many, many times in the past, rap lyrics today too often perpetuate misogyny, materialism, and degrading images that he doesn’t want his daughters or any children exposed to. This song is not only outrageously offensive to Senator Clinton, Reverend Jackson, Senator McCain, and President Bush, it is offensive to all of us who are trying to raise our children with the values we hold dear. While Ludacris is a talented individual he should be ashamed of these lyrics.”

Be it a race card or a funny name, or no resemblance to all the presidents on the dollar bills it doesn’t change my opinion on who I’m going to vote for!