Finally: The Obama reggae anthem
posted at 9:50 pm on October 27, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Fair warning before you click: It’s catchy. You might awake tomorrow morning with the words “All the Christians in America…” echoing in your ears.
And that echo might never leave.
How many utopian Messiah tribute songs framed implicitly or explicitly as prayers are there? The allusions to the Lord’s Prayer makes this the third I’m aware of, but there must be more.
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Off topic but equally touching, Barry calls his typical white person “Toot”, I wonder if grandad is “Choomba”?
Alden Pyle on October 27, 2008 at 9:53 PM
Anyone have some coke or weed?
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on October 27, 2008 at 9:55 PM
I find this a little bit sacrilegious. Why is it that everybody in other countries want this guy as our president? Don’t they realize what is bad for america is bad for the world?
Tommy_G on October 27, 2008 at 9:57 PM
I keep hoping somewhere, somehow, a normal person will come out and give me a good reason to vote for Obama. Why is it that everyone who comes out for Obama is a freak?
Guardian on October 27, 2008 at 9:59 PM
Do not want.
lorien1973 on October 27, 2008 at 9:59 PM
Everyone in my kitchen are still trying to figure out if this real or parody.
Anyone? Money is on the line.
Editor on October 27, 2008 at 10:00 PM
Must be his ability to unify people.
Tommy_G on October 27, 2008 at 10:01 PM
So when will His Holiness be starring in his next video playing the role of Shabba Ranks in “Mr. Loverman“?
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on October 27, 2008 at 10:02 PM
No cannabis plants were harmed in the making of this video.
malan89 on October 27, 2008 at 10:02 PM
What do you have against hope? While I doubt this guy knows jack squat about Obama’s Global Poverty Initiative, he knows who is going to be handing over other people’s money.
trubble on October 27, 2008 at 10:02 PM
Do you mean the video or the whole election?
The answer is yes either way.
neuquenguy on October 27, 2008 at 10:03 PM
Yeah I know what you mean. I say that American conservatives should start making country music videos concerning the presidential election in France next go round. We could vote in polls how cool it would be for the candidate we pick to be elected for meaningless reasons. Etc., etc., etc…
Consequences be damned because it’s not our country anyway.
darclon on October 27, 2008 at 10:03 PM
Sorry, OT.
WTF: two blogs are reporting that Obama’s 2001 tape also accused the U.S. of being like Nazi Germany.
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/31718_Obama_Compared_America_to_Nazi_Germany
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/10/figures-obama-compares-us-to-nazi.html
Wake up, Middle America.
BuckeyeSam on October 27, 2008 at 10:03 PM
Yes…the intellectually and emotionally retarded.
ManlyRash on October 27, 2008 at 10:03 PM
Me tinks he been smokin’ da ganja, mon.
TheSitRep on October 27, 2008 at 10:03 PM
You do, trust me. This video is epic.
malan89 on October 27, 2008 at 10:04 PM
It’s real, ja bloodcloth.
(No clue)
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on October 27, 2008 at 10:04 PM
If that were true then there would be the occasional normal person.
Guardian on October 27, 2008 at 10:04 PM
O/T
Drudge has Zogby saying the race is down to 4 points on Tuesday…49-45.
These pollsters may have been messing with us before, but you know that they want to be as accurate as possible…they want/need bragging rights-it means more business…this race will tighten to within the MOE by the end of the week.
joepub on October 27, 2008 at 10:05 PM
The award for most accent accurate comment goes to….
malan89 on October 27, 2008 at 10:06 PM
Heh. Ya got that right.
malan89 on October 27, 2008 at 10:07 PM
Obama is the great unifier.
The Leninists and Stalinists and Trotskyites and Maoists are all one.
Ofreaka unite!
(With apologies to Bob Marley.)
profitsbeard on October 27, 2008 at 10:07 PM
Do your acid reflux a favor and ignore the polls. McCain wins handily. That’s it.
ManlyRash on October 27, 2008 at 10:07 PM
I know this’ll sound crazy but it’s true. The media outside of the U.S.A. is worse. My step-family in Brazil regularly parrots the craziest conspiracy theories about conservatives.
shick on October 27, 2008 at 10:07 PM
If they pull out a voodoo doll of Mac and start stabbing it with pins, I’m calling the DNC to complain.
Bishop on October 27, 2008 at 10:08 PM
Needs to go viral. Every righty blog.
Does His Holiness or Plugs have events tomorrow or are they going into cocoon mode? He needs to be asked about his comments.
Mark Levin had chilling analysis tonight.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on October 27, 2008 at 10:08 PM
“Barack Obama be thy name”
I woke up early as my radio alarm malfunctioned and caught the last part of some overnight talk show being broadcast at 4 am – couple of moderate political types locally here who want Obama to win just because he is set to crash and burn so spectacularly. No, he can’t walk on water, and they want him to sink BIG in front of his worshipers. Funny, the bluest parts of America are both coasts, and fearing a terrorist attack I’m glad I live in neither region.
Marcus on October 27, 2008 at 10:08 PM
Goes the world has gone crazy.
shick on October 27, 2008 at 10:09 PM
Thanks for the concern…but I am enjoying watching the polls tighten…its like watching the Giants on their last drive in the Super Bowl…I knew it would end in a TD, but I had to watch…this is history being made!
joepub on October 27, 2008 at 10:11 PM
“You canna no see de eyes of da demon….until him come callin”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3zprF9atuQ
Bishop on October 27, 2008 at 10:12 PM
It there is anything I hope filters out to the undecideds, it’s the cult creepiness and thuggery of this campaign. Very 1930-ish.
Feedie on October 27, 2008 at 10:12 PM
Tighter the better!
Good for polls! And for dates!
lorien1973 on October 27, 2008 at 10:15 PM
terrible voice. I only lasted 45 seconds .. shrill
redrock on October 27, 2008 at 10:15 PM
What the hell was that?
gumble on October 27, 2008 at 10:15 PM
I thought Obama was an anti-American, empty suit, tax and spend socialist liberal but this changes everything. I’m going to catch a flight to Jamaica so I can cast a vote for “The One.”
imshocked on October 27, 2008 at 10:16 PM
Nope. It won’t stick in my brain. I never had much care for Reggae and this is just plain dull.
shick on October 27, 2008 at 10:19 PM
A little repetitive.
baldilocks on October 27, 2008 at 10:19 PM
What do the bananas symbolize?
John Doe on October 27, 2008 at 10:21 PM
Outlaw baggies…NOW! ;-)
kahall on October 27, 2008 at 10:21 PM
Do we have to have it memorized by next week?
I am still working in the one the school kids have to do.
neuquenguy on October 27, 2008 at 10:22 PM
I hate foreigners telling me who to vote for…I really do. Every American should feel that way…If the UN really wants someone, vote the opposite way.
joepub on October 27, 2008 at 10:23 PM
The tax man.
neuquenguy on October 27, 2008 at 10:23 PM
Christian prayer, Mahometan keffiyeh.
Tzetzes on October 27, 2008 at 10:24 PM
Ironic that they say “I have a dream” (without completing King’s quotation), as the point of that was that people should not be judged on the basis of their color, but “the content of their character”.
Tzetzes on October 27, 2008 at 10:26 PM
“All the JOOZ in America…” (Even from the Oregon.)
Tzetzes on October 27, 2008 at 10:27 PM
Do not question OFraud, Lord High King of Duplicitousness. He is The Messiah, the One who shall Defraud God himself.
BKennedy on October 27, 2008 at 10:29 PM
But won’t it be nice for Hugo Chavez to be able to come to NY and not smell sulfur?
neuquenguy on October 27, 2008 at 10:30 PM
Do we have to have it memorized by next week?
I am still working in the one the school kids have to do.
neuquenguy on October 27, 2008 at 10:22 PM
Don’t worry about it. You will be assimilated. Your biological and technological distinctiveness will be added to the Oborg collective. You will learn.
Bishop on October 27, 2008 at 10:32 PM
Mon, dey be puffin’ de herb down dere, dem Rasta-men, and dey be dreamin’ de Biiiiig ganja-dreams about St Barack.
Will they be playing at the Inaugural Ball?
MrScribbler on October 27, 2008 at 10:51 PM
Ugh. I lasted a minute and a half, but only because I was just listening.
Andrew D on October 27, 2008 at 10:57 PM
54-56 Was My Number
aengus on October 27, 2008 at 11:04 PM
Sacreggaeligious.
CanadianGuy on October 27, 2008 at 11:05 PM
I think I counted all 57 states in that song!
badpenguin on October 27, 2008 at 11:10 PM
More lemmings.
hillbillyjim on October 27, 2008 at 11:13 PM
My sister in Italy assures me that EVERYONE is SO EXCITED about Obama. Meanwhile, they can’t keep a government together for a year at a time, and the Muslim immigration onslaught continues.
More lemmings.
hillbillyjim on October 27, 2008 at 11:16 PM
This guy must work for ACORN; he’s getting everyone in the world to vote for Obama.
And his song is preaching to Obama’s choir…try again, mon!
Grafted on October 27, 2008 at 11:17 PM
What part of Italy does she live in? The Freedom Party-AN-NL coalition is stable. All the Greens and Communists were voted out in the last election so the factions in the Parliament are more evenly distributed.
aengus on October 27, 2008 at 11:21 PM
She’s in Tuscany.
Yeah, I exaggerated a little about the state of affairs there, but not by much. I’m sure you know how many governments (or lack thereof) they’ve had over the last couple of hundred years.
It just amazes me how the populations in Europe and elsewhere seem more concerned with our election than their own messes.
hillbillyjim on October 27, 2008 at 11:25 PM
Forgettable when compared to this one…which took about 48hrs to filter out.
The Ugly American on October 27, 2008 at 11:34 PM
anybody spot BO’s poverty stricken brother in that vid? The One has had plenty of wealth to redistribute around in his own family
kellyjane on October 27, 2008 at 11:38 PM
I figured she was living somewhere in Central Italy. Barack Obama would not get any support in Padania or Il Mezzigiorno. The people who in live in the countryside, in Italy and every Western country, have no voice. I’ll bet they don’t get phone calls when the BBC run their polls.
I wouldn’t call it an exaggeration (since WWII anyway) but things seem to be settling down now that far-left in Italy have run out of steam. I was in Rome shortly after the election and the Communist Party had more posters up than anyone else. They won zero seats.
I think that is overplayed by the media. Everyone cares foremost about what happens in their own country. I myself am only abler to Continental domestic politics because some blogs I read translate important articles into English.
aengus on October 27, 2008 at 11:39 PM
That video makes me sick. I am agnostic. But, I was raised in a very religious home. Remember Revelations? Almost every thing that is said. Seems to be coming true. That is what is creeping me out. I still have morals, values. I believe differently. Cannot forget the Bible. BO is no god to me. He is far from it. More like the Devil.
sheebe on October 27, 2008 at 11:50 PM
TommyGand darclon are asking why other countries want Obama as your president,and we don’t realise what is bad for America is bad for the world.
Are you honestly telling me that Bush has been good for us in other countries?
Your domestic politic’s does not concern us,health etc.It’s your foreign policy.We all don’t love Obama,it is not a left/right ideology.
We can’t believe that a previous great nation voted for George Bush twice.The lack of awareness of this is troubling.
Joepub,
You hate foreigners telling you who to vote for,you really do.Hopefully it may make you see how other countries feel with U.S interference from overthrowing democratic leaders,acting like regime change of other nation’s is your right.Willing to kill million’s to have control of the oil fields.
It’s not very mature to call for Americans to vote opposite to the U.N if they really want something just because.
Please get the U.S out of the U.N and get the U.N out of the U.S.There would be a huge coalition of the very willing to make this happen.
A divided country,isolated from the world.Sad.
mags on October 27, 2008 at 11:54 PM
ACORN will not be pleased that “Expired American”, “Mickey Mouse American”, and etc. were disenfranchised in this video.
Not to mention, I only saw the people in the video voting once, and as we all know “That’s RAAAACISSSST!”
DeathB4Tyranny on October 28, 2008 at 12:02 AM
Ha!
Tzetzes on October 28, 2008 at 12:10 AM
Lets all relive the 60’s. Legalize marjuana while your at it and we can all ooo and ahhh at the shiny Chinese Space Weapons in the sky that pass overhead every 90 minutes as we walk around with our pants hanging off our asses. ahh its gonna just be lovely.
johnnyU on October 28, 2008 at 12:16 AM
That works: everyone chant, sine=g, and dance. Just don’t bother thinking.
irishspy on October 28, 2008 at 12:24 AM
…re…”sing.”
irishspy on October 28, 2008 at 12:25 AM
Maybe when Europe stops being waterboys for Armageddonjod, Mugabe, Chavez, Putin, and every other unsavory monster that they roll over for, we’ll start caring what the blue helmets think. The UN can’t even get a Regime Change in their own Human Rights Commission stuffed with dictators.
BKennedy on October 28, 2008 at 12:26 AM
You know, I don’t know why you keep complaining. If McCain could muster up the strength inspire people (as every successful leader has done since the begining of time – not successful doesn’t mean good or bad), then you wouldn’t be complaining that people sung in his name.
PresidenToor on October 28, 2008 at 1:47 AM
Dude does not sound Jamaican. African reggae is alright, but it’s not as irie as dem originawwl island riddims.
The Race Card on October 28, 2008 at 2:09 AM
holy sht…that was awful.
lobosan5 on October 28, 2008 at 2:33 AM
BKennedy,
The U.N is only as good as it’s member states.If U.S leaders constantly call it powerless and ineffective,why should any ‘dictator’ abide by it.
Selecting which breach of ‘international law’ the U.S decides it wants and then demand action.
While ignoring U.N resolution’s against Israel,the double standards and hypocrisy is appalling.
So just Europe has rolled over for monsters,the U.S didn’t even declare war on Germany.How many corrupt leaders have you bankrolled.Overthrew a democratic government in Iran,installed the Shah-trained their brutal police a violent regime.
Funded S.Hussein against Iran,gave weapons including chemical weapons used on iranian civilians.
Gave S.Hussein the weapons to gas the kurds.Torture ,Abu Graib,rendition,gitmo.Have you no problem with Saudi Arabia’s monster’s.
The U.S has no moral standing to judge others,this has made you the laughing stock of the world.
mags on October 28, 2008 at 3:01 AM
I think this video finally broke me.
I feel like, “you know what… let them have it.” Let’s give them 2 years and let them take the entirety of the blame. I’ve been scrounging-poor for 2 years before, I can do it again. Take your hope and change, and match it against reality. I hope you choke on it.
And, when you’re done with your bull-S Commie philosophy, come back to the real world and let daddy clean up your mess and get everything running again.
Let’s make sure we’ve got our S straight when the counter-counter culture comes back our way.
askheaves on October 28, 2008 at 3:28 AM
That’s what I want…a crappy van with a b/w image of me plastered on it…and a song sung buy a man who flashes between a T-shirt with my name on it and topless and covered in chains.
Black Adam on October 28, 2008 at 3:49 AM
Huhhh…I didn’t know Che Guevara was still alive and working as a music composer.
Glenn Jericho on October 28, 2008 at 4:05 AM
This video is comforting because it proves the US is not alone in the descent into madness.
lizzee on October 28, 2008 at 6:42 AM
1 week to go folks. The polls are tightening and so is my chest, but dammit I’m going down swiging if I go down at all.
johnnyU on October 28, 2008 at 8:04 AM
Ack! I was warned but I thought you were being snarky.
Now I have to listen to Eek A Mouse to get that out of my head.
- The Cat
MirCat on October 28, 2008 at 8:41 AM
Obama is de one mon….;)
kanda on October 28, 2008 at 11:16 AM
Obama: the final retreat into tribalism.
So long, Founding Principles! Nice while it lasted.
PattyJ on October 28, 2008 at 12:29 PM
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