Wondered how long it would take the bigwigs to pick up on this:
Yesterday, Obama's campaign spokesman, Tommy Vietor, would say only this: "He has some Jay-Z on his iPod."
The rest are as souless as they are clueless:
The move illustrated both a generational and a cultural gap: On MSNBC host Joe Scarborough's show yesterday, The Washington Post's Richard Cohen said the shoulder shaking was "contemptuous and aloof" and "not smart." Scarborough on Obama's move: "We looked at each other and said, 'What's he doing ?' "
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2008/04/obama-speaks-on-jay-z/5264/
