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As you may know, YouTube has seen a number of lousy music videos in support of Barack Obama. I understand that his mix of populism and dreaminess is enough to woo even the most jaded Brits and Canadians, but c'mon, the election isn't until November. Can you musician types pace yourself a little?

The latest entry in the "hey, maybe I can do something for my career with one of these Obama videos" sweepstakes is Taz Arnold of critically acclaimed Kanye faves Sa-Ra Creative Partners, and while I admire his use of a loop from Ice Cube's "It Was A Good Day," it just seems like a bit of personal marketing masked in election-year cheerleading. (And would it have killed him to include the line "looked up and saw the Goodyear blimp/it read 'Barack's a pimp'"?)

So. Now that it seems like Obama's wrapped up the Democratic nomination, can we lay off these videos for a while? Yeah, I get it, people in non-country musical acts are likely to vote Democratic, and this election is a tipping point/opportunity for change/whatever, but if Diddy couldn't get people to vote under the threat of murder, what's the likelihood your YouTube video (with appearances by Travis Barker and Fab 5 Freddy!) is going to make much of a difference right now? Wait until Ted Nugent makes his pro-McCain video sometime in August, then have at it.

Vote Obama by TISA [Youtube]