Happy November, everyone! It’s our big Election Eve podcast, previewing tomorrow’s midterms and looking ahead to what the Tea Party might do afterward. Also discussed: my crappy birthday, Halloween in Stapleton (yes, that’s our pumpkin at right), and our babysitting co-op, among other topics.
But really, all you need to know is that this podcast features the world premiere of “Obama Dreamed a Dream,” my latest election-related Les Miserables parody (following on the heels of 2008’s “One Day More” about the Obama-McCain race, and 2009’s “Do You Hear The People Sing” about the Tea Parties). The lyrics are after the jump — but really, you should listen to the podcast first, to hear me get my Susan Boyle on. That’s right, I sing it. The auditory carnage starts around the 43-minute mark.
Several times, the podcast references the Living Room Times 2010 Midterm Election Prediction Contest. Here’s the link to enter! The deadline is 6:00 PM Mountain Time TODAY!!!
Regarding the substance of our discussion, I do have to fact-check Becky on one point (which I googled after-the-fact). FWIW, Ken Buck is on record as saying that he “does not favor doing away with common forms of birth control, like the pill.” It’s accurate, however, that he opposes abortion in all cases except where it is necessary to save the mother’s life, with no exceptions for rape or incest.
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Previous episodes, if you missed ’em: Episode 1, Episode 2 and Episode 3, and Episode 4.
As promised, “Obama Dreamed a Dream” lyrics after the jump.
There was a time when voters were kind
When their voices were soft
And their chants inviting
There was a time their love was blind
“Yes We Can” was a song
And the song was exciting
There was a time
Then it all went wrong
I dreamed a dream in times gone by
When hope was high, and change was changey
I dreamed my mandate would not die
For the GOP was old and strange-y
Then I was young and unafraid
Of Beltway habits I’d lambasted
There was no blame yet to be laid
No shattered hopes, no losses tasted
But the teabags come at night
My agenda for to sunder
As they tear my hope apart
As the country they inflame
They bash my health-care bill with pride
They call my budgets reckless plunder
They call me “socialist,” say “You lied!”
They’re mad as hell, and I’m to blame
And still I dream they’ll vote for me
Harry, Nancy and I will stay together
But there are dreams that cannot be
And there are waves we cannot weather
I had a dream my term would be
So different from this hell I’m living
So different now from what it seemed
Teabags have killed the dream I dreamed.