Barack Obama Didn’t Want Daddy Yankee’s Endorsement Anyway

Political mastermind Daddy Yankee’s public endorsement of John McCain has, obviously, decided this election for us. But did you know he initially approached Barack Obama’s people about an endorsement? And there were all like, “You ain’t our Papi, Daddy.” Is true!:

A Democratic Party source tells me a representative for Daddy Yankee approached Obama’s Latino outreach staffers earlier this year about possibly endorsing Obama.

But he didn’t pass the vetting, and Obama’s aides said they weren’t interested in his support. So, apparently, he moved over to McCain.

Ay bendito. And what do McCain’s people have to say about all this? Basically that Obama campaigners are lying doody-heads:

McCain spokesman Michael Golfarb emails: “That’s a ‘Ludacris’ suggestion, and given the number of shady characters and organizations that have endorsed Barack Obama, we find it hard to believe the Obama campaign has turned down any endorsements at all. After all, you can’t vet the vetters.

And you can’t lose the losers! Until you decide to stop inviting the involvement of shallow, publicity-hungry, politically apathetic celebrities in politics.

Dem: Obama rebuffed Daddy Yankee [Politico]
Earlier: Daddy Yankee Backs John McCain, Barack Obama Gushes “Thank You!”