12 Comments

Art Deco
October 28th, 2012 | 3:49 pm

“a message from the children” ???

Marian Wright Edelman managed to turn the phrase “the children” into a punchline-cum-source-of-gag-reflexes for many of us. Guess their not reaching out to us.

Ceaser
October 28th, 2012 | 5:06 pm

Wonderful. Nicely multi-cultural, and they sing with angelic innocence. It’s great stuff. These angels will be repaying our debts, too….

sara
October 29th, 2012 | 7:08 am

I bet there’s a 15:1 chance (the YouTube dislike/like ratio) this will not help the President.

Kate Pitrone
October 29th, 2012 | 9:13 am

Then we have much to thank these little angels for.

Daniel Eason
October 29th, 2012 | 9:20 am

Excellent performance. The lyrics were at times not rhythmic, but still a good message. Thank you for posting it. I wouldn’t have seen it, otherwise.

Germaine
October 29th, 2012 | 9:42 am

One of my students sent me a link to this video, reportedly produced by a group of high school students in San Diego County. I suspect that their parents would be sympatico to the Pomocom point of view. Take a look:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuCaWYvpVZg

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sara
October 29th, 2012 | 10:22 am

Yep, hopefully it will grab the attention of all the independent voters in those key Ohio counties.

Pseudoplotinus
October 29th, 2012 | 10:50 am

Not with a bang,
nor with a whimper,
but with unintended self-parody.

Kate Pitrone
October 29th, 2012 | 12:21 pm

Germaine, that video is a great counter to the one I stumbled on.

Pseudoplotinus, I think Eliot would forgive you.

Brian
October 29th, 2012 | 1:06 pm

Well, this is yet another data point demonstrating without a doubt that Obama supporters think their guy is getting crushed.

Pseudoplotinus
October 29th, 2012 | 1:28 pm

Kate,

Hopefully it will be the only such offense necessitated by the absurdity our times.