Pound It

Here's a new one for the history books. A presidential candidate, now with the ever-coveted yet most-illusive title known to 21st century politik: street cred.

Gone are the Bush Sr. 'Read My Lips' or the peace sign akimbo from the Nixon era. We now have a brand new presidential mantra... the pound-it.

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An excerpt from 'The First HipHop President?' in The Stranger, July 12 2008.

'His wife came up, right? And they gave each other the pound, but when she walked away, he gave her that tap on the behind. I don't know if anybody caught that, but it gave me a lot of respect for him because what it said was: Look, this is who I am. I know how to talk to you and how to make you understand where I'm coming from, but really, this is my nature. If my wife walks out of the house, I give her a hug and when she turns around to walk away, I give her that pat on her behind to say: I'll see you when you get back. That solidified him for me.'

Commentary by Jace ECAJ, Seattle hip-hop musician from the Silent Lambs Project