As the Presidential election gets closer, we are seeing musicians backing both Democratic candidate Senator Barack Obama and Republican candidate Senator John McCain.  Rapper Ludaris’ song, ”Politics as Usual,” which is on the Gangsta Grillz: The Preview mixtape with Atlanta spinner DJ Drama, supports Obama while dissing McCain, Senator Hillary Clinton, President George W. Bush, and Reverend Jesse Jackson.  Obama’s campaign has blasted the song for being offensive and misogynistic…so I’m guessing he won’t be playing the song at his possible inauguration ceremony in January.  On the other side of the political fence…John Rich of the country duo Big & Rich has written and recorded a song about McCain.  Its theme is that he spent 5 1/2 years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam and his refusal of an early release.  So far, the McCain camp hasn’t objected to it.  I thought that I would see who would win the chart race between Ludacris and Rich. (more…)