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Video: The obligatory “Raisin’ McCain” clip
Hot Air » Top Picks — Video: The obligatory “Raisin’ McCain” clip posted at 6:55 pm on August 20, 2008 by Allahpundit Send to a Friend | printer-friendly After half a dozen e-mail requests, I finally relent. I’m opposed to songs celebrating politicians on principle and country’s not my musical cup of tea, but it is at least upbeat and possesses the grand virtue of not doubling as a creepy hymn featuring celebrity slackjaws chanting the words of their leader. Exit question: Are we close enough to the election now that we’re sort of obliged to enjoy stuff like this if only because it serves our partisan interests (see, e.g., “The Daily Show” and Zucker’s ...

McCain Decides To Compete In The Celebrity Arena-- Gets The Nod From Daddy Yankee And Half of Big & Rich (The Gay Bashing Half, Of Course)
DownWithTyranny! — "Can you sing 'Dancing Queen?'" Today John McCain, apparently thinking he was about to get another $1,394,033 check from Big Oil and Gas, accepted the endorsement from "Gasolina" singer Ramon Ayala (p.k.a.- Daddy Yankee). McCain, an Abba fan, has also been endorsed by half of country duo, Big & Rich, John Rich, whose ...

The Rally
Right Wing Nation — Make mental note: It is not a good idea to drive through Pittsburgh on a football game day. I figured out how to get the pics on the computer, so here we go. Click the pic to get the big one. First, it was hot, and the sun was brutal until about 5 o’clock. Hotter than we’ve grown accustomed to here, certainly, where it’s always at least breezy. But we got there well ahead of time. It was poorly organized, in several different ways. The first glitch we ran into was the tickets. There were a number of places around the state to pick up tickets, but none near us, so as instructed, I emailed the Pennsylvania ...

Music Alert
Hit & Run — Fair warning: I was in the Xcel center earlier today while John Rich did his soundcheck for "We're all raisin' McCain." And I gotta tell ya, if you have any way to deafen yourself permanently before the live show starts, do it now! ...

Getting Sued by Musicians: A McCain-Palin Tradition
Hit & Run — Sen. John McCain and the Republican Party have apologized to (and presumably paid) Jackson Browne for their use of his 1977 song "Running on Empty" during the 2008 presidential campaign without obtaining the singer's permission. According to the Guardian: The apology and pledge [to obtain usage rights to music in the future] were released today along with an announcement of a settlement with Browne over a federal copyright infringement lawsuit filed last year in Los Angeles. Browne sued McCain and the national and Ohio Republican parties for using part of his song Running on Empty to mock ...