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"Viva Obama"
If you've had enough of musical campaign pitches, maybe the problem is that you haven't heard them in Spanish yet.
Alex Koppelman [2008-02-20]
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  • Viva Viva

    Su Hopeness

    -- The Notorious W.E.S.
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    Wednesday, February 20, 2008 12:58 PM

  • The Teamsters just endorsed Obama, too

    Would these be the college-kid teamsters, or the latte-sipping teamsters, or the naive retiree teamsters? I'm having trouble with how I'm supposed to dismiss his support.

    --Anonymous
    Wednesday, February 20, 2008 01:04 PM

  • Muy Bueno

    I like both, but particularly the corrido (the first song), which is a traditional way of getting the word out in the Rio Grande Valley.

    -- LeonTheBold
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    Wednesday, February 20, 2008 01:05 PM

  • ¡¡¡ME ENCANTA!!!

    ¡Que RICO! ¡viva obama!

    -- edittv
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    Wednesday, February 20, 2008 01:54 PM

  • Viva Presidente Obama! Viva Libertad, Igualdad y Fraternidad!

    If there's enough money to keep these on the air 24/7 in Texas, Hillary is toast.

    -- Esprit_de_Voltaire
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    Wednesday, February 20, 2008 02:00 PM

  • Awwww

    Being from San Antonio, I am really loving the mariachis. They're good. Love the city shoutouts, too. I'm missing Texas something awful right now with all the Texas stuff in the news.... maybe I'll make some Obamachiladas this weekend.

    -- bethb10
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    Wednesday, February 20, 2008 02:07 PM

  • "Uh, yeah -- you think I didn't know that?"

    Ummm, that doesn't make it any funnier. Nor any more biting/satirical/intelligent/insightful/hip/whatever. Let. It. Go.

    Otherwise, you run the risk of simply being another Notorious W.E.S...

    -- Strangely Enough
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    Wednesday, February 20, 2008 04:48 PM

  • The link to "Rock Around Barack" doesn't work

    Maybe Pearl Jam removed it from their site, out of embarrassment?

    --Anonymous
    Wednesday, February 20, 2008 05:11 PM

  • When was the last time a political campaign was this much fun?

    My 3-year-old is now obsessed with "Viva Obama." She sits on my lap in front of the computer and makes me play it, over, and over, and over.

    -- captainlarab
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    Thursday, February 21, 2008 06:15 AM

  • Gracias!

    It's a great tune, definitely sticks in your head, and hopefully will get wider play. Mariachi bands rule.

    In Wheaton, Illinois, back in 1995, civic leaders brought in a mariachi band to drown out a KKKlan rally in the public square, and it worked -- singing, dancing, fun beating out hatred, anger, and despair. More power to the mariachi bands!

    Viva Obama!

    -- Slackie Onassis
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    Thursday, February 21, 2008 07:03 AM

  • Gotta disagree

    I'm a big mariachi fan -- and I'm leaning heavily towards Obama -- but... I gotta say, the so-called corrida kinda... sucks.... I mean, it doesn't even rhyme! Can anyone point to any corrido in the whole history of Mexican music that doesn't rhyme? The rhythm is all off, too. And that line -- "hasta con plan de salud" -- what the...?!?! Like a committee decided to stick it in there. "It's part of his platform!" "They'll all know that Hillary's got a health plan -- we have to mention that Obama has one, too!" "Latinos will go for it!" Gimme a break.... The reggaeton song, on the other hand, truly rocks. Even though I don't care much for the genre.

    -- DLF
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    Thursday, February 21, 2008 02:56 PM

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