<![CDATA[Idolator: political song for john rich to sing]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA[Idolator: political song for john rich to sing]]> http://idolator.com/tag/political song for john rich to sing http://idolator.com/tag/political song for john rich to sing <![CDATA[John Rich Wants You To Vote For McCain Without Even Looking At Him]]>
John Rich has released the video for his pro-John McCain country boilerplate "Raising McCain," and it's a curious clip for one reason: There isn't a single shot of the Republican Presidential candidate anywhere in it. In what I'm assuming is a way to prove to the Obama-infatuated kids out there that yes, young people actually are going to vote Republican come November, the clip is instead populated by a bunch of Rock Of Love casting-call rejects who are waving around "McCain" signs. (There is one—but only one!—older woman in the audience, who I guess has been placed in the clip because of concerns over "authenticity.") I understand that getting McCain to the video set was probably tough because he's in full-on "learn about the Internet before that CNN debate" mode, but were the video's producers so scared of turning away the youth they wouldn't even sneak in a still shot of McCain looking even semi-Presidential?



Anyway, now that this clip is out, it is time to engage in a campaign-song showdown between Rich's track and the pro-Obama song helmed by will.i.am:

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Raising McCain [YouTube]
Yes We Can [YouTube]

]]> http://idolator.com/400462/john-rich-wants-you-to-vote-for-mccain-without-even-looking-at-him http://idolator.com/400462/john-rich-wants-you-to-vote-for-mccain-without-even-looking-at-him Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:30:00 EDT Maura Johnston http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=400462&view=rss&microfeed=true