It's definitely witty, it's catchy, and it's well-prepared. But here's what I like most about it -- it's truly nonpartisan. The group of students singing is young, urban, and predominately African-American, so it would be easy to give it a once-over and think that it has something to do with Obama or his candidacy. But it doesn't -- at all. Judging from the lyrics (pasted below) or the video itself, it's 100% impossible to determine whether it's McCain or Obama that these kids are supporting -- though they're all nonvoters (yet), as they remind their audience in the chorus, "You can vote however you like."
Here's why that impressed me so much -- adults have a lot to learn from these kids. As anyone who watched Fox News and saw the strikingly obvious pro-McCain/anti-Obama bias, or watched CNN and saw the equally repugnant pro-Obama/anti-McCain bias, our news is miles away from being objective.
Here are the lyrics:
Obama on the left / McCain on the right
We can talk politics all night / And you can vote however you like
You can vote however you like, yeah / Democratic left Republican right
November 4th we decide / And you can vote however you like
You can vote however you like, yeah
(McCain supporters) McCain is the man / Fought for us in Vietnam
You know if anyone can Help our country he can / Taxes droppin low
Dont you know oils gonna flow / Drill it low
I'll show our economy will grow / I want Obama FORGET OBAMA
Stick wit McCain you gone have some drama / MORE WAR IN IRAQ
Iran he will attack / CAN'T BRING OUR TROOPS BACK
We gotta vote!
Obama on the left / McCain on the right
We can talk politics all night / And you can vote however you like
You can vote however you like, yeah Democratic left Republican right
November 4th we decide / And you can vote however you like
You can vote however you like, yeah McCain's the best candidate
With Palin as his running mate / They'll fight for gun rights, pro life, The conservative right Our future is bright / Better economy in site
And all the world will feel our military might
(Obama supporters) But McCain and Bush are real close right
They vote alike and keep it tight Obama's new / he's younger too
The Middle Class he will help you /
He'll bring a change, he's got the brains McCain and Bush are just the same
You are to blame, Iraq's a shame Four more years would be insane
Lower your Taxes - you know Obama Won't
PROTECT THE LOWER CLASS - You know McCain won't!
Have enough experience - you know that they don't
STOP GLOBAL WARMING - you know that you won't
I want Obama FORGET OBAMA Stick with McCain and you're going to have some drama
We need it HE'LL BRING IT He'll be it YOU'LL SEE IT
We'll do it GET TO IT Let's move it DO IT!
Obama on the left McCain on the right We can talk politics all night And you can vote however you like You can vote however you like, yeah
Democratic left Republican right November 4th we decide
And you can vote however you like, I said
You can vote however you like, yeah I'm talking big pipe lines, and low gas prices
Below $2.00 that would be nice But to do it right we gotta start today
Finding renewable ways that are here to stay I want Obama
FORGET OBAMA, Stick wit McCain you gone have some drama
MORE WAR IN IRAQ Iran he will attack CAN'T BRING OUR TROOPS BACK
We gotta vote Barack! Obama on the left McCain on the right
We can talk politics all night And you can vote however you like, I said
You can vote however you like, yeah Democratic left Republican right
November 4th we decide And you can vote however you like,
I said You can vote however you like, yeah
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