Snoop Dogg Scuttles Presidential Hopes, Pals Around with Farrakhan

President Barack Obama can attest to the radioactivity of even a wisp of a pseudo-connection to Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. In that light, it looks like Snoop Dogg can kiss goodbye any national political aspirations.

The Washington Post is reporting that Snoop, along with Doug E. Fresh, appeared with the minister at a Saviours Day celebration.

Snoop, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, gave a $1,000 donation to the Nation and said he will always seek the minister out.

The rapper called himself the "leader of the hip-hop community" and said it was his first Saviours Day event. He told followers that he would share the information he gathered with other musicians.

The campaign flyer writes itself.

It always bugs me when newspapers feel the need toalways publish a rapper's "real name." They don't do that with other celebrities (unless you include writers from "Trivial Pursuit," but they've closed most of their bureaus anyway).

While I was looking this story up, I saw an account of Minister Farrakhan's "vision experience" in Mexico. I have to say, his description sounded plenty plausible to me, but I'd hate to think that a powerful leader's worldview was entirely formed from something that happened at a Parliament show.

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