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Vote Fitty!
2004-02-22, 2:50 PM #1
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Rap superstar 50 Cent has expressed a wish to run for public office</font>

http://www.hiphop-elements.com/article/read/4/5979/1/

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[01:52] <~Nikumubeki> Because it's MBEGGAR BEGS LIKE A BEGONI.
2004-02-22, 2:53 PM #2
Hahaha.

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2004-02-22, 2:58 PM #3
Fantastic.
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2004-02-22, 3:01 PM #4
I should just kill myself now, before the country is run by celebrities and former drug dealers and robots.

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2004-02-22, 3:02 PM #5
Because...you know.... George Bush knows what he's doing...
2004-02-22, 3:03 PM #6
Wow...I can just see his key election promise now. Free cake for all fat kids.

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2004-02-22, 3:05 PM #7
Great, thats just the take we need in politics today, "If Arnold can do it, why cant 50?". Politics is not a joke, and he shouldnt be running for office just because Arnold can get elected, seriously. He probably doesnt have any political background/experience, and probably doesnt have a freaking clue.
2004-02-22, 3:06 PM #8
hehehe

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Pissed Off?
2004-02-22, 3:08 PM #9
It aint all bad, it might stop him from releasing albums...

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2004-02-22, 3:09 PM #10
Woo yay.

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2004-02-22, 3:09 PM #11
Yeah, like his album was soooo bad... [http://forums.massassi.net/html/rolleyes.gif]

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2004-02-22, 3:11 PM #12
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Spork:
It aint all bad, it might stop him from releasing albums...

</font>



Hmmm...
The downfall of a small city -vs- more 50 cent albums

You're right, that is a risk I'm willing to take
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2004-02-22, 3:12 PM #13
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by GeneralRamos:
I should just kill myself now, before the country is run by celebrities and former drug dealers and robots.</font>


Many congressmen have pretty extensive criminal records...

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2004-02-22, 3:12 PM #14
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Em Playa:
Yeah, like his album was soooo bad... [http://forums.massassi.net/html/rolleyes.gif]

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That's a matter of opinion of course....so dear god let's just all agree to disagree on that count and avert that flame war?

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[This message has been edited by Jaiph (edited February 22, 2004).]
2004-02-22, 3:13 PM #15
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Grashopper4232:
Hmmm...
The downfall of a small city -vs- more 50 cent albums

You're right, that is a risk I'm willing to take</font>

lol, me too
2004-02-22, 3:14 PM #16
Well it might be a good thing.
For one, it would get ALOT of people out to vote. The younger kids who think it would be cool if he was mayor, and the adults that would go out and vote against him.

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[01:52] <~Nikumubeki> Because it's MBEGGAR BEGS LIKE A BEGONI.
2004-02-22, 3:17 PM #17
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by MBeggar:
Well it might be a good thing.
For one, it would get ALOT of people out to vote. The younger kids who think it would be cool if he was mayor, and the adults that would go out and vote against him.</font>

Yes... but is that what we want kids to do? Vote for somebody, who doesnt know crap about politics, or make educated decisions based on their beliefs and vote for someone they believe will better this country?
2004-02-22, 3:52 PM #18
The 50cent election speech:

‘sup to all my pimps, playas and ho’s.

[insert 25 minutes of slurred, incomprehensible speech]

word.out.
2004-02-22, 3:53 PM #19
This thread needs this image. I still can't believe one of my firends suckered me into making this.

[http://members.lycos.co.uk/firestarterinc/graphics/Tforpres.jpg]

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2004-02-22, 4:00 PM #20
It's Mr. T! [/incredible observation]

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2004-02-22, 4:03 PM #21
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by finity5:
Yes... but is that what we want kids to do? Vote for somebody, who doesnt know crap about politics, or make educated decisions based on their beliefs and vote for someone they believe will better this country?</font>


And that would be different than the way things are now how?

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2004-02-22, 4:11 PM #22
i'd vote for Mr. T

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2004-02-22, 4:20 PM #23
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by DrkJedi82:
i'd vote for Mr. T

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2004-02-22, 4:25 PM #24
word.

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2004-02-22, 4:26 PM #25
I dont understand why you guys are all bashing on him for wanting to run for office. Just because he is a rap superstar doesn't mean that he doesn't know crap about politics. I'm sure people thought the same thing about Arnold when they first heard he was running.

People are too quick to judge even when they have no information on the person whatsoever.

For all you and I know, he could be brilliant.

I know I'm asking for trouble by saying this, but it's the truth...I'd like to point out that despite the fact that he is a rapper, former drug dealer, or whatever you guys have called him in this thread... He's gone a lot further in life than most of you can ever hope to.
2004-02-22, 4:31 PM #26
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Temperamental:

He's gone a lot further in life than most of you can ever hope to.</font>

If you call being a former drug dealer and being shot in the face 9 times "going far" thats pretty sad.


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[01:52] <~Nikumubeki> Because it's MBEGGAR BEGS LIKE A BEGONI.
2004-02-22, 4:36 PM #27
Just ignore the fact that he came from one of the hardest neighboorhoods in the country and is now a successful recording artist. Oh wait . . .

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2004-02-22, 4:37 PM #28
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Temperamental:
He's gone a lot further in life than most of you can ever hope to.</font>


Just because he's famous doesn't mean he's acheived more in life than us. Being a celebrity doesn't make someone a more worthy individual.

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2004-02-22, 4:38 PM #29
Uh, going from a drug dealer to a famous rap superstar is going farther than you'll ever go...

I don't see why people like 50 Cent get bashed for no reason... its kinda sad [http://forums.massassi.net/html/frown.gif]

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2004-02-22, 4:42 PM #30
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Em Playa:
Uh, going from a drug dealer to a famous rap superstar is going farther than you'll ever go...</font>


...how exactly does him going from acrack dealer to a celebrity rapper put him on a pedestal above the rest of us? He's grown, good for him. We all do. Just because we are not famous doesn't make us any less worthy....and if it does I worry about what you value in people.

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2004-02-22, 4:48 PM #31
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Em Playa:
Uh, going from a drug dealer to a famous rap superstar is going farther than you'll ever go...</font>


You know, drug dealers and rap artists are about equal on the ladder of societal acceptance, so it isn't that much of a step up.... I mean, either way, he's going to be raking in a fortune from people with poor tastes and no future.
2004-02-22, 4:52 PM #32
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Temperamental:
Because...you know.... George Bush knows what he's doing...</font>


Quite frankly yeah, he has a clue. Especially compared to a rap star.

I wonder if he will run as "50 cent" or his real name...

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2004-02-22, 4:52 PM #33
Yup that's me... I like rap so I have no future...

Prejudice at its finest.

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2004-02-22, 4:53 PM #34
No one said he was on a pedastal. It's just that he has come a lot further than any of us have by getting himself out of a crappy situation. None of us here have been down in the gutter as far as he was

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2004-02-22, 4:53 PM #35
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">I wonder if he will run as "50 cent" or his real name...</font>


50 Cent?

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2004-02-22, 4:56 PM #36
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Em Playa:
Yup that's me... I like rap so I have no future...

Prejudice at its finest.
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And yet your saying none of us will ever do anything good. Whoopty freakin doo, he made some money off of an album that isnt that great. He should have stayed underground where he was actually good. But to tell us that we will never be better that someone who has been shot for drug related things and got lucky enough to make a cd, thats just blah.

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[01:52] <~Nikumubeki> Because it's MBEGGAR BEGS LIKE A BEGONI.
2004-02-22, 5:01 PM #37
Especially with so many geeks around here, if someone decides to take their technological interests into the business world...

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2004-02-22, 5:01 PM #38
You'd think after getting shot in the face 9 times, 50 Cent would learn.

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2004-02-22, 5:03 PM #39
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Avenger:
No one said he was on a pedastal. It's just that he has come a lot further than any of us have by getting himself out of a crappy situation. None of us here have been down in the gutter as far as he was

</font>


That doesn't make him anymore worthy for public office, which is the implication which was being made.

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2004-02-22, 5:04 PM #40
That's just sad.

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