That is -- ahem -- he just won a Grammy Award in the "Spoken Word" category, beating out former president Bill Clinton:
Obama on Sunday won the spoken word Grammy for the audiobook version of his blockbuster tome "The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream." It marked his second statuette, following a win in 2006 for "Dreams From My Father," an audiobook for a memoir first published in 1995.
Bill Clinton was seeking his third Grammy with "Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World," a call to public service. Another former Democratic president, Jimmy Carter, also was in the running, with "Sunday Morning in Plains: Bringing Peace to a Changing World," a collection of Bible lessons. Carter won the award last year.
From Reuters (thanks to Jennifer Clare at Daily Kos for the heads up).
Out of curiosity, is there some kind of rule that only ex- of future presidents can do spoken word stuff?
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The Grammies are a shameful joke. Most of the voters have absolutely no clue about most of the "minor" categories, but vote anyway if they see a familiar name.
And in the major categories, voting is pretty much by sales, not by talent. I'm a huge music fan, and I haven't bothered watching the Grammies since 1983.
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