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Barack Obama continues to set campaign donation records by raising another $52 million dollars in June. The most interesting aspect of the money that he raised is that the average donation is only $68. So that is a lot of people that are giving to his campaign.

Obama now has $72 million of cash on hand that he can spend on his General Election. That is a lot of TV commercials and direct mail coming your way. Obama even did his part last month to help Hillary pay her debt.

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This year’s Democratic National Convention should be more entertaining than most as Obama has grabbed a few hip-hop entertainers for the show. Kanye West, Pharrell Williams, and Wyclef Jean will be performing at this years event.

Obama has been heavily supported by Hollywood and is using some of the star power for entertainment. I almost feel compelled to throw in one of those jokes about changes at the White House when there is a black President, but I will refrain.

Jay-Z recently sat down with Time Out Magazine and had some pretty interesting tidbits that he discussed. Some of the more interesting comments and answers are listed below

So what else do you get up to when you’re in town?

‘I’m a pretty big, almost a professional, gambler. I’m not gonna say any names because that’ll mess it all up, but there’re these little private clubs you can go to in the West End where you can hang out and gamble, and it’s pretty cool. And you know, I’m a foodie, so I’m always in search of the next good meal. There are plenty of great restaurants out there.’

You own a share of [basketball team] the New Jersey Nets. What’s this we hear about you potentially investing in Arsenal?
‘I had invested in the Nets, and they [Arsenal] asked me if I was interested in investing. But I get that from time to time. Someone told me yesterday that someone else had a piece of the New York Yankees – “We wanna talk to you, yadda yadda yadda.” I mean, I love the Yankees so I’m in the middle of following that through, but sometimes it comes to be something and sometimes it comes to be nothing. That was one of the times it came to nothing.’

You’ve just released a split single with the other famous rap Carter, Lil Wayne. Did you hear about what happened when he played at Stratford Rex a few months ago?
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Barack Obama has taken his charity further than simply asking his supporters to donate to Hillary’s debt, he has chipped in the maximum amount allowed from his own pocket, $2,300. That has to be an insult. Kicking a dog when it’s down.

I wonder if Barack called Hillary and said, “I can’t pay it off, but I can put something on it.”

Hillary has started campaigning with Barack and they have a number of events scheduled together over the next several days. That should help his already strong lead in the polls.

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I thought when I received my daily e-mails from Barack Obama, I thought he was just sending them to me. Not really, but that is what Scarlett Johansson thought.

Barack Obama has downplayed his email communications with Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson stating she doesn’t even have his personal email address. Johansson is a huge supporter of the democratic White House hopeful, and told reporters last month how she regularly offers the politician advice via e-mail.
And the actress admitted she was left stunned when Obama began a computerised correspondence with her.

She was noted as saying:

“Someone like the senator (Obama), who is constantly travelling and constantly ‘on’, how can he return these personal e-mails?”

However, in a meeting with journalists on Wednesday, Obama insisted he had only sent one email to Johansson, and that was after her original message was forwarded to him by his assistant Reggie Love.
Obama explained:

“She sent one email to Reggie, who forwarded it to me. I (wrote) saying, ‘Thank you Scarlett for doing what you do’, and suddenly we have this email relationship.”

What advice does she think she can offer? That is crazy that she thinks he is waiting on her e-mails for advice on how to become President of the United States. She got added to the list like everyone else that donated. I almost feel like I need to insert a blonde joke.

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Things have changed from a few months ago between Russell Simmons and Barack Obama from when Simmons called Obama a Mouse. Obama has praised the pair as “great talents and great businessmen”, insisting he’s happy to have the support of the duo in the upcoming November election.
But Obama admits he still has reservations about the current state of music in the U.S., and hopes the industry will begin to take its cues from the business-minded music duo.
He says of his concerns of hip-hop culture:

“I am troubled sometimes by the misogyny and materialism of a lot of rap lyrics, but I think the genius of the art form has shifted the culture and helped to desegregate music. It would be nice if I could have my daughters listen to their music without me worrying that they were getting bad images of themselves.”

I know Obama is all about change, but our country has a lot bigger fish to fry than rap music. Plus I am sure this is causing Russell to use some not so nice words right now.