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The Maverick Mixes It Up, Calls Obama Out on Financial Crisis
Another nugget of fallout from the financial crisis isn't just the prices on Lehman Brothers swag on eBay — it could be Obama's seemingly gleeful reaction to it, according McCain strategists. Steve Schmidt told reporters today that Obama is "cheerleading the crisis," and using it to his own political advantage, while McCain seeks a bipartisan solution to the money woes.
While Obama is "cheerleading" the financial crisis, Sarah Palin did some McCain cheerleading of her own at a joint town hall in Michigan last night.
Listen Up: Raisin' McCain by John Rich
I've been waiting to hear this! After we checked out the candidates' favorite songs last week, some of you commented on Obama putting a song written for him on his top 10 — and McCain has a tribute song of his own!
Country singer John Rich of the Big & Rich Country band and Nashville Star, debuted "Raisin' McCain" live at an event earlier this month.
Kid Rock's Amen. Are You Voting the Rock?
Flipping channels after Meet the Press Sunday, I stumbled across Kid Rock's new video for his song, "Amen." I have to say it's a little jarring (and refreshing?) to see a video where the shocking and subversive images aren't girls in tiny bikinis or guys covered with bling, but scenes from the news, from reality. Though I don't know what that says about the world we're living in, I'm glad Kid Rock isn't shying away from showing the truth, even if it is gritty.
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Grab Bag: Sci-Fi Guys To Boldly Go With
- Check out some do-able sci-fi guys. — Lemondrop
- Carl's Jr. looking for hot chicks eating burgers. Natch.
Week in Weird News: Indian Party Buys Slumdog Song
- Political Party in India Buys Rights to Slumdog Song — India's ruling party in congress has bought the rights to the Oscar-winning song "Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire.
- Happy 108th (or 111th) Birthday to Woman in Michigan! — Centenarian Mattie Caldweel celebrated her birthday last week, but she can't remember what year she was born, and there are no legal records since she was born at home!
- Iowa's Department of the Elderly Ditches "DOA" Renaming — Lawmakers didn't realize that renaming the Deportment of Elder Affairs to the Department on Aging would give it the same acronym as "dead on arrival."
- Boobs Not Bombs — About 100 women in Paraguay protested nukes by going nude this week.
- Man Charged After Sitting Through Six Green Lights — A chorus of honking horns led police to a man asleep at the wheel in the middle of an intersection. The driver was later charged with a DUI.
Scotty Iseri and the Big Rock Show Runs For President
If you think the 2008 campaign has stretched on too long already, get a load of this — Scotty Iseri's already gearing up for a run in 2020. That is, if you consider the front man of the world's smallest stadium rock show a contender. I sat down with this political-pop comedian who defines his style, "like NPR seriousness with my imagining of the Daily Show's house band."
Exclusive! Will.i.am on the Possibility of First Black President
It's no secret that Black Eyed Peas member Will.i.am and Barack Obama are fans of each other. Will.i.am, and his famous friends, covered an Obama speech in his powerful video "Yes We Can," and Barack added the song to his top 10 favorites of all time. Last night I ran into Will.i.am and got to hear what he thinks about the possibility of the first black president.
Feel Good to Be Bad? You Need Obama on Your Shoulder!
Though will.i.am's video just picked up an Emmy, I venture there's something to be said for a little folk-music (and whistling!) in your political parody.
Mary Katharine Ham, recently of Townhall, made this deftly edited, quirkily catchy video about the choices you might make if you had your own, private Obama on your shoulder, devil/angel style.
With the little tiny voice saying "Obama!"
Flashback: Charles in Charge
Before Scott Baio was 45 . . and Single, he was "Charles," a college student who lived in a basement and babysat the kids of the house to earn his keep.
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