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Politics

Politics + Music = Pain

Matt Welch | 1.31.2012 11:20 AM

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We knew he wouldn't shut the hell up about "America the Beautiful," but now Mitt Romney is actively warbling in public:

What's worse–that slice of canned ham, or President Obama's choreographed leg-tingler to his fans?

Well, let's not leave out the Rick Santorum Fight Song! Do it for the children!

Me, I prefer Newt Gingrich's version of "Like a Virgin":

And of course, the terrific new Autotune the News number, "Cash Money," starring Newt (and featuring John Stossel and Ron Paul).

Speaking of the doctor-congressman, did you know that there is something called "The Ron Paul Song"? And that one time, probably in the late 1990s, his grandchildren sang it, to him, with the cameras rolling?

In case you need a quick memory scrub after that, please allow me to introduce May Palmer, "The Queen of Ivory Soul":

Yay democracy!

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Matt Welch is an editor at large at Reason.

PoliticsMusicCultureRon PaulMitt RomneyNewt GingrichElection 2012Rick Santorum
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  1. T   13 years ago

    I'm guessing this is one of those times I should be glad YouTube is blocked at work.

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  2. Fist of Etiquette   13 years ago

    Newt singing "Like a Virgin" will occupy my nightmares tonight. Freaky on so many levels. And was that Tommy Solomon?

  3. rather   13 years ago

    There is something so Manchurian about this video collection -I'm afraid to play them

  4. rts   13 years ago

    I'm so glad I use Flashblock.

  5. Special Sauce   13 years ago

    My ears! They are bleeding! And my eyeballs fell out of my head!

  6. Troy   13 years ago

    My eyes, they burn.. My ears, the bleed.

    1. Troy   13 years ago

      OK. So I was almost 10 minutes late with the joke.

  7. Citizen Nothing   13 years ago

    An oldie but goodie.

  8. cthorm   13 years ago

    God damn Matt, you got the order on the last two videos wrong. I need to soak my eyes, ears, and cortex in Lye.

  9. @AgoristDon   13 years ago

    On the other hand, there are some really good ones out there. For the country fans, there's http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfFTgW5cp4Y and for fans of a more modern tone, there's Aimee Allen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiKh9Ko3mw4

  10. Abdul   13 years ago

    I've heard about the obama al green cover for a while, but hadn't heard it until now. It's not a bad impression. Maybe next year he can go on the road with Al Green full time.

    1. Jeff   13 years ago

      Inshallah.

  11. Lepus   13 years ago

    Glad to see Richard Simmons is doing well...

    1. Jeff   13 years ago

      Yet another celebrity endorsement for our man Ron.

  12. Dustman Towell   13 years ago

    Kinda makes you wanna shout Whos your Daddy!

    http://www.puter-privacy.tk

  13. Sam Grove   13 years ago

    The Pause button, what a great invention.

  14. alexdroog   13 years ago

    Groucho Marx offers some ear and mind bleach:

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