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July 12, 2008

Obama: 'I love Wilco'

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“Sen. Obama told Bernie Mac that he doesn’t condone these statements and believes what was said was inappropriate,” spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a statement after the event.

Mac, a Chicago native, said he’s a longtime Obama supporter and called the presumptive Democratic nominee a “man’s man” while offering him advice for the duration of the campaign trail.

“People like rumors. They’re going to say things like you was at the club with Lil’ Kim, and you and Kanye West got into a fist fight,” he said. “You can’t get upset. You’ve got to keep hope alive.”

Mac’s appearance was Obama’s first celebrity event of the evening. Later at a Lincoln Park nightclub, Obama spoke to a raucous crowd of music fans, who paid up to $500 per person to see a performance by Wilco lead singer Jeff Tweedy, and two other band members.

“Before these guys go, I want them to know that I had heard a rumor that they had suggested that I had nothing by them on my iPod,” Obama said. “That is not true. I love Wilco.”


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#1 enrique says:

its more headline worthy for me that he has an ipod

#2 CN says:

Man the media needs to stop printing this junk.

#3 kerem says:

but dude, its wilco.

#4 frank says:

if this doesn't make him white enough nothing will

#5 sonder says:

This guy rocks!!!11

#6 Jay Farrar says:

Obama's got good taste!!

#7 Dennis Hopper says:

This is helpful information. I was considering McCain because he can keep us safer, after all, he did get shot down in Vietnam...plus I heard Obama is a Muslim. I do like Wilco, but Obama could just be saying that he loves them because they are both from Chicago. I agree with Rev Wright..."America's Chickens, are coming home to roast."

#8 djd says:

cluck cluck

#9 Audacious Aardvark says:

I like Wilco too, but that doesn't mean I would vote for the Hollowman


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