# Yes We Can -- Barak Obama music video **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 30, 2008, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-we-can-barak-obama-music-video/443234 "2008-03-30T01:54:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-we-can-barak-obama-music-video/443234/21 "2008-03-31T22:35:45Z")
[QUOTE=Zebra] Are you sure that is by McCain supporters? [/QUOTE] To be honest, No, but DailyKos is generally convinced, and if it’s a spoof, [they’re staying in character.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHVHslPtZfw) In the interest of fairness, [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPLtotzqH0M)’s a sucky one for Obama (though I’m more inclined to think it’s a spoof). ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2008, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-we-can-barak-obama-music-video/443234/22 "2008-03-31T23:11:37Z")
[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy] The one from [McCain fans](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaP9eiWuX3s&feature=related) isn’t any better… [/QUOTE] That is hilarious. It is the first laugh I have had all day. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-we-can-barak-obama-music-video/443234/23 "2008-04-01T00:37:01Z")
Every time I see that phrase (“Yes we can!”), I’m reminded of the fact that [Bob the Builder](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IWKhYQarJU) beat him to it by a decade. ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-we-can-barak-obama-music-video/443234/24 "2008-04-01T01:23:39Z")
Here’s an even more relevant McCain video: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/3gwqEneBKUs/hqdefault.jpg "john.he.is") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gwqEneBKUs) ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-we-can-barak-obama-music-video/443234/25 "2008-04-01T01:45:36Z")
[QUOTE=HazelNutCoffee] Oh, Good Lord. :: shakes head :: I couldn’t even finish watching that. Ugh. [/QUOTE] I only did because I was waiting for the punchline. My god, that was awful. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-we-can-barak-obama-music-video/443234/26 "2008-04-01T01:53:08Z")
[QUOTE=Renee] I only did because I was waiting for the punchline. My god, that was awful. [/QUOTE] Too bad the title of the page gives it away but: ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/hCn5SwkxbtQ/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/hCn5SwkxbtQ?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque -FrL- ---
**Author:** ![MissGypsy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@MissGypsy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissGypsy)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-we-can-barak-obama-music-video/443234/27 "2008-04-01T02:09:18Z")
Hold on, so Obama is stealing Bob the Builder’s line that my 3-year-old loves to repeat, and Clinton is using the old Mary Tyler Moore show theme music? I admit, perhaps he’s trying to use his youthful, fresh approach, but Bob the Builder fans might not be the right avenue. Most of them can’t vote. And while she’s the figurehead for women everywhere, just as Mary Tyler Moore was a generation ago on a TV show, it just might be a little outdated, with some really crappy vocals. (I’d love to see her throwing her hat up in the air, like Mary did. That would be comedy.) I like both of the candidates, but those videos made me laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Ryle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8dc957/32.png) [@Mark\_Ryle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Ryle)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-we-can-barak-obama-music-video/443234/28 "2008-04-01T04:28:38Z")
I was surprised to learn at 5:55 pm earlier this evening – 5 minutes before scheduled to start – Barack Obama was to speak at Muhlenberg College, where I happened to be. I rushed over to the field house from the library just in time to go through security. His speech was an hour and very casual; he strolled around the lecturnless platform, one hand in pocket most of the time, the other holding the microphone. The field house was full, including all the floor space (basketball court), mostly college students from Muhlenberg, Lehigh, Lafayette, and Cedar Crest College. I stood on the basketball court, within 30 feet. So I have had an unexpected crash course, in the last three days going from knowing nothing about Sen. Obama to my current level of some familiarity. **Windwalker** ’s Post 9 was the key. The music video is inspiring but shallow, as more than one poster has noted, but it led me to the speeches. Had it not been for that, I know I would not have made the trek from library to field house through the rain this evening. Bill Clinton was at the same place about a week ago, and so was I, but I certainly didn’t walk over to see him. Let’s hope Obama wins the primaries so we don’t have another Bill Clinton presidency. That, I think, is his plan, to be president another eight years. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2008, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-we-can-barak-obama-music-video/443234/29 "2008-04-01T05:27:31Z")
[QUOTE=MissGypsy] Hold on, so Obama is stealing Bob the Builder’s line that my 3-year-old loves to repeat, and Clinton is using the old Mary Tyler Moore show theme music? [/QUOTE] Cesar Chavez and Laverne and Shirley. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yes-we-can-barak-obama-music-video/443234.md?page=1)