Answering Old Questions With New Foolishness

An anonymous reader asked me the following question following this post:

"Do you think videos like Tisa's "Vote Obama" video ft. Chris Brown, Kanye WEst, and Jay-Z, are a help or a hindrance for Obama?"

Here's the video:



The obvious answer is, this is a hinderance, it does not help; not because of the celebrity endorsement but because the song and video is just plain wack. Unlike the somewhat elegent Will. I. Am video (Did I just use Will. I . Am. and the word 'elegant' in the same sentance?) the TI$A joint looks like something Boy George dreamed up in the 80s while tripping on 'Shrooms, and the song has the verbal skills of a PSA done by Vanilla Ice. "Be cool, be votin?" Really?

But as bad as that is, this is even worse:

Believe it or not this came with an endorsement by Willamette Week. Who's that? Not sure, but they must really, really, REALLY like Obama. Wasn't this the cover of a Rick James album in the 70s? Earth, Wind, and Fire just got a fourth.