Can Obama Come Off As Any More Full of Himself?

Yes, he can.

 On his list of ten favorite songs of is, “Yes, We Can” by will.I.am. What’s wrong with that song? Nothing other than the song is people singing along to one of Obama’s speeches.

Obama has painted a picture for me of him working out humming along, “Yes, we can, yes we can…”

You can watch the song for yourself:

Also as that ditty is somewhat hypnotic, I reccomend deprogramming yourself with this:

And the latter video is just as substantive as the former one.

UPDATE:

Tara Rowe provides her own analysis of both candidates top ten list, something that I can’t really speak to as someone who only listens to a range of music. Of the “Yes We Can” choice, Tara writes:

And they wonder why people think he has an ego problem… A song literally made from your very own words with a guy singing your praises and a music video full of your biggest fans. Great song, yeah, okay, but you probably wouldn’t want to broadcast to the world that of all the fabulous music written in your lifetime your favorite is a song about you.