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Les Mis-Barack
Oct. 8th, 2008 02:38 pmThanks to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rivka, "One Day More" from the musical Les Miserables -- set in Obama's campaign HQ on the eve of the 2008 US presidential election, with "John McCain" as Inspector Javert and "Sarah Palin" as Madame Thenardier:
( YouTube cut for the sake of low-bandwidth viewers )
I have to confess, though, that I prefer the filking of "One Day More" thatfaxpaladin posted back in 2000 on alt.callahans:
rivka, "One Day More" from the musical Les Miserables -- set in Obama's campaign HQ on the eve of the 2008 US presidential election, with "John McCain" as Inspector Javert and "Sarah Palin" as Madame Thenardier:( YouTube cut for the sake of low-bandwidth viewers )
I have to confess, though, that I prefer the filking of "One Day More" that
faxpaladin posted back in 2000 on alt.callahans:CANDIDATE: One day more! Election Day decides my destiny: A footnote or a book of history This summit that I've come to climb Will not be there a second time One day more... VOTER: I still can't pick a side today Don't even know if I'll be voting CAND: One day more VOTERS: Tomorrow seemed so far away And both campaigns just seemed so doting... MINOR CAND: One more day all on my own VOTER: Maybe I'll just flip a coin MINOR: One more day with them not caring VOTER: Which one has the better 'do? MINOR: If the media had shown... VOTER: New ideas, or tried-and-true? MINOR: But they never gave me air! ANCHOR: One more day 'til we inform VOTER: Do I listen to his plan? ANCHOR: Who's the winner, who the loser VOTER: Is it just a waste of air? ANCHOR: When our polls tell us the norm VOTER: Does it work, and do I care? ANCHOR: Will you tune your dial to me? CHORUS: The time... is now... the day... is here... CAND: One day more! PUNDITS: One more day to resolution 'Til they zip or are a dud 'Til they cheer and sip their bubbly Or they drown themselves in Bud DIRTY Flinging all the muck! TRICKSTERS: Dishing all the sleaze! Trashing reputations with the greatest ease! He's been driving drunk, She can't help but lie, And he's been taking payments From a Chinese spy! TRUE One day to a new beginning BELIEVERS: Raise the flag of reform high Every wall will be surpassed Special interests' days are past There's a new world for the winning There's a new voice to be heard! They will hear our voice at last VOTER: My place... is here... I vote... with you... CAND: One day more! WAITERS: We will put out all the hors d'oeuvres We will watch them laugh or sigh We will sweep up the confetti We will look and roll our eyes CAND: One day more! (And everybody simultaneously singing their various verses, which I'm not bothering to retype) CAND: Tomorrow is the judgement day ALL: Tomorrow is the judgement day Tomorrow we'll discover What all the voters have in store... One more dawn... One more day... One day more!
