"Obama or Die!"

This should warm the hearts of non-urban Americans:

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Barack Obama didn't attend the BET Awards, but that didn't stop attendees from talking about him.

"If we all register and vote, we will have the first black president in the history of America," Sean "Diddy" Combs told the crowd Tuesday at the Shrine Auditorium before chanting "Obama or Die" - a declarative remix of his neutral "Vote or Die" motto from the 2004 presidential election, when he attempted to boost the youth vote.

I think I'll just die.

Combs effort in 2004 was a failure and "get-out-the-youth-vote" efforts always are. The youth vote gets all excited...for about 10 minutes, but by election day they're on to other things and usually show up in dismal numbers. I don't expect this year to be any different, even with the Obamessiah.