Pitbull Talks About The Election, Leaves Lipstick At Home

Our hometown boy, Armando Christian Perez — otherwise known as Pitbull — gives his take on the upcoming election, the candidates and fellow musician and Daddy Yankee. When he’s not busy picking how many carats his next pair of diamond stud earrings should be or getting hit on head with glass bottles, he’s driving drunkenly in the 305. And when he’s not doing that he’s planning to vote. Says Pitbull, doggedly:

When I said, “I’m definitely voting for Barack Obama” was when the first debate occurred. McCain would not even look at him. The streets are instinctive on body language. You got to know about it when you’re in the streets, doing what you’re doing. They’re like, “Can you believe this old mother fucker didn’t even look at Obama?” They know. This is about who’s going to run the most powerful country in the world. We may lose that power if we keep fucking around with the wrong president. One thing that was taught to me as a kid was to give a firm handshake, [when] you speak and to look at someone in the eyes. This is how you show respect.

Can you imagine how frightening it would be to have sex with Pitbull? He probably makes you stare him in the eyes the entire time and shake his hand when it’s all over. Then he calls you an “old motherfucker” and doles out a donkey punch. Ahem. Pitbull’s endorsement of Barack Obama does not come without some trepidation. He fears those who are against Obama will blame future economic problems and other issues on having a Black president:

My biggest fear is for [McCain supporters] to say, “Okay you wanted a black president? Okay, here you go,” and give it to us in the worst economical state that we can be in, when our country is on the floor. They’ll say, “I told you a black guy wasn’t going to do nothing.” That’s what I see as part of a plan. I’m hoping I am wrong.

We, too, sometimes wonder whether McCain’s deciding to appoint Sarah Palin as his running mate was not part of some elaborate scheme to make us vote for Barack Obama. WELL, TOUGH. Our heart still belongs to Ron Paul. On Daddy Yankee’s endorsement of McCain, Pitbull says:

That was a fucked up move from his part. Especially Daddy Yankee being Latino, knowing how it feels to struggle. I do think that it was a publicity stunt. Yankee is not a bad guy, but you tell me who you hang out with and I’ll tell you who you are. I feel like it was people around him that thought he should do it to get his name out there. I don’t know what it was, but it felt so unnatural, not genuine…fake, “I support A Senator McCain” (impersonating Daddy Yankee, in broken English). You’re not even an immigrant, you’re from Puerto Rico, its part of the United States of America, and you don’t need a passport.

Ay, que mean! Pitbull also emphasizes the need for young people to get out and vote:

All you have to do is pay attention; all I want people to do is to have an educational opinion. Watch, listen, and don’t just hear. Watch body language, look at the way they express themselves, embrace them. Even 15 year olds are listening, they can’t even vote, but in the next go-around they’re voting. That’s huge.

That’s right. Get an educational opinion, people. Can’t we just put Pitbull, Fat Joe and Daddy Yankee together on a deserted island and have them duke it out until they decide none of them know anything about politics beyond speaking in vague generalities and media-friendly buzzwords and just make a really nice medley of ABBA cover songs?

Pitbull Barks and Bites at the 2008 Election [Vibe]