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One wrote "gasolina." The other wants to drill for oil. Is there a connection?
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Before Sarah Palin, aged but wily Arizona Senator John McCain had recruited Daddy Yankee to lead his shock attack to inject youthful energy into his presidential campaign.
McCain, who met D-Y when they were honored as two of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People, pulled the R star up on the stage at Phoenix’s Central High for a surprise appearance in August.
The bigger surprise to the student audience was that Daddy Yankee endorsed the AARP poster boy for president.
The kids showed how much they cared about politics by almost knocking down McCain in their rush to the Daddy man.
That El Rey of Reggaeton went Republican red may have embarrassed other Reggaetoneros, because one is firing back at Daddy.
According to the New York Post, Fat Joe took a shot at his fellow Rican’s announcement as an unapologetic McCainiac.
Daddy Yankee, he says, is “disgusting . . . a sellout, ignorant on the issues.”
Joe topped off the criticism by calling for a Reggaeton political summit to shut Daddy up.
“If he debates me about politics, he will never talk another word about a politician for the rest of his life,” Fat Joe threatened.
Daddy Yankee responded that the U.S. is still a free country, even Reggaeton stars have a right to politically back anybody they want, and underscored that his loyalty to McCain was as strong as a driving drum beat.
“McCain is the kind of man whose promises you can actually believe in. I'll support him till the end,” Daddy told the Post. “I don't care who I (annoy). This is about my ideals, not about making friends.”
