The ‘Du Boys Give Their Political Support

Alright, I really don’t want to get too into politics on a soccer blog, but it’s been slow on the US MNT news front (meanwhile, things are bustling over at DirtyTackle.net), so screw it…

According to Goal.com, both Freddy Adu and Maurice Edu have supported a certain presidential candidate in recent interviews (hint: it’s not the old white guy).

“I’ve been following the presidential race as much as I can,” said U.S. national team midfielder Maurice Edu in a recent interview with the Daily Record in Scotland. “I haven’t taken a postal vote, but would have voted for Obama.”

Lovely. I’m sure Obama will appreciate his nonexistent vote. Freddy, meanwhile, insists he’s not voting for Obama just to help a brotha out (god, that sounds incredibly white coming from me even in text form):

“I want to vote for him and the ideas he is proposing, not simply because he is black,” Adu said before cracking a wide smile and adding, “At the same time, that makes an important difference.”

So there you have it. Obama has the all-powerful -du voting block in his pocket.

(note: if the comment section of this post turns into a political flame war I will ban all of you…even though I don’t have the power to do that.)