Al Gore Is Black

As some of you may know former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich recently claimed that he was in fact "blacker than Barack Obama." Most political pundits are hailing this outrageous and horribly racist statement as one of the worst political blunders in recent history, well they would be if this guy hadn't already been completely shut out of the political landscape after the scandal involving him trying to sell a senate seat. Despite the backlash against this obviously inept political figure some politicians are picking up on his example and trying to make a claim on their blackness.

Exhibit A, Al Gore; vice-president, environmentalist, hood ass motha f#&$@.

Al Gore, seen here with two members of The Black Eyed Peas is taking strides to make himself appear more 'black'. Commenting on his blackness Gore said, "I didn't always have it easy. I had to go through some pretty rough times before I hit it big with my invention of the Internet and that whole vice-president schizzle."

Gore has become most famous for his work combating global warming, or as he now calls it, "popping caps in the gaseous ass of carbon emissions." Gore also attempted to increase his street cred by punching Perez Hilton in the face, but many thought that this was just a bit too cliched.

Other examples of politicians staking claim to being black are popping up all over. At a recent publicity event for the democratic party Hillary Clinton was being honored for her role in the 2008 election when Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown ran up on stage, stole the microphone from her and yelled, "Ima let you finish Hillary, but Senator Dianne Feinstein had the best campaign of 2008."

Some politicians who have lost the limelight are trying to reinvent themselves as more 'black' and branch out into other areas to stay in the public eye. Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, who was forced to resign after he was caught soliciting prostitution, is launching a new music career. His first rap album, scheduled to drop in March 2010, is entitled "Pimpin Ain't Easy; Straight Outta Brookville, New York." Incidentally Brookville, New York was recently named the richest town in America. Projections for record sales are poor citing the only demographic interested in the album as post-menopausal republican house wives.

Whether these various gambits will pay off politically only time will tell. However, initial poles indicate what all of us already suspected, politicians will associate themselves with any stereotype for one more vote.