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“Yes We Can,” Children Sing for Barack Obama
1Oct2008 Filed under: Barack Obama Author: MikeUpdate: Since posting this yesterday, the video in question was curiously removed from YouTube. Why we don’t know yet. But lucky the internet is a place where you can find just about anything if you look hard enough.
Wow! That’s all I can say. Wow. And how does this elevate the political discussion? Oh, that’s right it’s all for “for the children.”
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bob
September 30th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
They start the brain washing young in chicago… that explains Obama.
T.J. Schwab
September 30th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Santa Obama
Padre de todos los ninos
De los tiranizados, de los descamisados
De los trabajadores, de la America
(A little ripoff from Evita there.)
bytheseaside
September 30th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
This is so sad. Excuse me. I’m going to be sick.
Mike
September 30th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Drat! just caught myself humming that stupid song!
Austin Barrow
September 30th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
It does not elevate the discussion, but it is nice to at least see a positive message, unlike that trashy negative Republican video you posted the other day.
Mike
September 30th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
Come on! if it was a video of kids singing about McCain or Bush you’d be flipping out!
Yes, I will give these guys for being positive. ABSOLUTELY. But for people worried about the PROCESS, like me, this has to disturb you a little doesn’t it?
T.J. Schwab
October 1st, 2008 at 6:12 am
They seem to have taken this down…hmm, I wonder why that is?
Abe noxious
October 1st, 2008 at 11:12 am
Why not explain abortion to these kids, advise them that Obama thinks it\’s okay to kill a baby \"Mama doesn\’t want\" and then ask them if they still want to sing about him.
These children are being used.
Maribeth Douglas
October 1st, 2008 at 12:02 pm
Pretty scary video - no wonder they removed it. Another dissapearing act is occuring - certain files for the Chicago Annenberg Challenge stored at UIC, are no longer available to public (ironically just after an editorial ran in the Wall Street Journal on 9/23/08).
Lei Bak Ka
October 1st, 2008 at 3:14 pm
I grew up in Hong Kong during the Cultural Revolution when China was under the throes of Mao Tse Tung. As I child I witnessed many similar scenes of this type…children under the direction of adults singing the praises of a leader they thought would change the world and provide for their every need and prosperity.
We all know what happened with that…I would caution strongly against this sort of indoctrination and adulation of a leader.
Frankly…I found this video and all it stands for to be very alarming.
Lei Bak Ka
Catie
October 2nd, 2008 at 9:01 pm
this makes me sick to my stomach. its the type of thing the nazi youth were doing when hitler was in power. They arent even making a conscientious choice about obama they’re being exploited. it is greatly alarming to me that they’d be singing the praises of a person who is a self-promoting elitist as a selfless leader who will benefit them. Excuse me, i need to throw up…
Catie
October 2nd, 2008 at 9:03 pm
pardon me, in the second to last line i meant to say “as if” instead of “as a”… i was very upset writing it and didnt catch that error.
Donna King
October 3rd, 2008 at 4:58 pm
THIS is absolutely frightening!!!!!!
Donna King
October 3rd, 2008 at 4:59 pm
THIS is absolutely frightening!!!!!!!!!!
Sillie Lizzie
October 3rd, 2008 at 6:29 pm
Hey, thanks for finding another versin. I had it posted on my blog until it was removed from youtube. This is unbelievable. I wonder if these kids will ever find out if they know that Obama thinks their parents were “punished with a baby”.
Jim
October 6th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
Yep, Thats a sign a teacher that should not even be doing this in the first place. VERY DISGUSTING.
Can we say Nut case?
Barb
October 9th, 2008 at 8:14 pm
I think it is great children singing for change and peace how can that be brainwashing much better than the violent video games and violent movies Obama is a canidate supporting respect and responsibility just what chlildren should celebrate
Donna King
October 9th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
Barb…If these children, and let us remember, they ARE children, were self-organized adults, and they were singing for \"peace\", say, during the holiday season..fine and dandy. They are NOT! One can sing about peace and change without mentioning Obama, who does NOT have a copyright on \"respect and responsibility.\" Your analogy to video games is invalid. I\’ll bet those old films of fair-haired teens singing Hiltler\’s praises were also about \"change and peace\". I repeat…THIS is frightening!!!
JH
October 29th, 2008 at 9:02 am
I think you folks are all a wee bit disturbed. Its not like he is forming corps of marching children in neckerchiefs and jack boots.
The tune is catchy and easy to sing.
The message is positive
There is another one you should check out over @ Ben Smith’s blog on politico …..
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1008/Cute_kids_singing.html
Get a life people…