Idolator

After Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama finished his (terrific) speech last night, the twangy chords of Brooks & Dunn's "Only In America" flooded Invesco Field, as well as the speakers of all those people watching at home. With its lyrics about big American dreams and how they sometimes fail, it was a natural fit with the "let's make America great again" thrust of Obama's speech. (Curiously, the track was also used by George W. Bush's campaigns in 2004, although I'm going to chalk that up to another case of "campaign song choice that's the result of only listening to the title being sung.") But how did the song choice play out there? Let's go to what is, for better or worse, a representative sampling of our citizenry: The comments section of the video's official home on YouTube. More »