You speak out, you get feedback.

You don't like it? STFU.

I can picture this young lady carrying McDog around the campaign circuit in a golf bag, taking him out and filling him up with helium so he can float above her and her group as they sing a few bars of "Fuck You Commies We Ain't Your Mommies" at various whistle stops across the Bible Belt.....loved the closing comment!

I'd have to say it's no contest for Obama.

Silly rabbit, don't you know most people are sick of Government by Temper Tantrum? Keep it up, gal, 'cause this makes your candidate and his followers look really, really ready for defeat.

I guess that settles the "sincere vs. parody" question, even if I still don't quite believe it.

She's not really upset. That ending grin is the giveaway.

The original video was a goof--nobody could be that untalented and offkey and not know it.

Pfft. That woman needs to come and get a taste of life in the Salon letters section if she thinks that people pointing out leaden attempts at humor and poor singing is somehow unreasonable.

"nobody could be that untalented and offkey and not know it."

Plainly you've never had the misfortune of catching an early-in-the-season episode of American Idol.

Ugh. When will the Brittney coverage start?

What is it about McCain that appeals to this woman?

I can just picture Miss 'Tude hangin' with her fellow St. McCain supporters at the upcoming rethug convention. Maybe they could seat her in the fundie section.

Jeebus, can this election get any weirder?

Does anyone know if Tim Grieve is writing for another site? If so please pass along a link.

I'm all for silly videos, but it's not really what I want out of the War Room. I miss Tim's analysis.

The McCain campaign needs a tempered counterpoint to the belicose and easily angered senator. Well done!

Sorry, I ain't buying this whole thing. A black woman leads a campaign song in favor of an endless war supporting Republican who lost the 2000 nomination due to a rumor that he might have an illegitimate black daughter. This woman uses a gay anthem to sing her song for the candidate of a party that would make homosexuality illegal if they could. The singing and dancing seem intentionally bad. And that bit about him serving in Vietnam is like an absurd tangent out of Family Guy. There are just too many "world doesn't work that way" elements for this to be true.

I think this woman is doing a Borat with her latest video, continuing to stick to the ruse. Good on her!

Insane in the McCain

never underestimate the dorky badness of republicans, this has to be for real. i do love the way they won't say "get wet" but they'll rub little mini mccains all over their faces. makes the head spin.

Makes "Hillary 4 U and Me" sound like Rihanna.

John McCain/Some stay dry and others feel the pain

John McCain/A baby born will die before the sin

John McCain/The school books say he can't be here again

John McCain/The prisons make you wonder where he went

John McCain/Build a tent and say the world is dry

John McCain/Zoom the camera out and see the lie

John McCain/Forecast to be falling yesterday

John McCain/Only in the past is what they say

John McCain/Raised your neighborhood insurance rates

John McCain/Makes us happy 'livin in a gate

Let's hope this is all performance art (I agree with some other posters that it all adds up to too bizarre to be earnest). Otherwise, this woman is a walking poster child for Universal (Mental) Health Care.

you don't rant and rave about it

Clearly, she's not been on the internet long, has she? Yeah, she's got a job to do, she's REALLY BUSY OMG. But she's got time to read all the responses to her video, right?

Toughen up, girl. If you put stuff out on the internet, you're gonna get feedback. And the net being what it is, 75% of it is going to be poop-flinging. That's just the way it is. Don't like it, go sing your songs at the corner bar.

She didn't seem that angry to me. Now if that sassy white woman makes a rebuttal vid, look out y'all.

I completely empathize with your comment. I renewed my Salon.com membership just a few days before Tim Grieve announced that he was leaving to write for Politico. Tim's War Room was the reason I had a membership to renew in the first place.

I typically respond well to change (I thought the last redesign of the main page was terrific!), so I was optimistic, even though I hated to see him go. But this column seems to have become the repository of choice for political video clips and long, drawn-out posts that require a "jump" -- a jump! -- to accommodate them.

I desperately miss the seasoned analysis and sly wit that Tim could condense into a few short sentences and post before the information could be found anywhere else on the web.

sassy

The response was foul, and the song was even fouler! Where did this girl come from?

i haffa agree that it's probably a borat style thing, particularly just from the similarities to the infamous "gem sweater" video, which looks more more realistically low-tech in the production.. anyway, funny stuff, i'm surprised at the reaction something so simple and silly can generate!