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Veepstakes: A Rickroll of the Dice
Why not? Okay, there is that small issue of his being British, but he’s also The. Biggest. Intertubes. Star. Ever. And as John McCain keeps insisting, it’s all about celebrity, right?
In front of a cheering crowd as well as in a text message to over three million anxious supporters, U.S. Senator and prospective Democratic Party presidential nominee Barack Obama declared to the world that he had selected 1980’s pop musician Rick Astley to be his vice-presidential running mate.
“And now, America, what you’ve all been waiting to hear!” shouted the Junior Senator from the state of Illinois, as an American-flag-decorated curtain dropped behind Mr. Obama, immediately followed by the familiar opening drum beats and funk synthesizer chords of Astley’s 1987 hit single, “Never Gonna Give You Up.”
Pumping his fists downward in a striking motion as he spoke, Mr. Obama continued, “you just got Rickrolled, America!”
Heh.
Hat tip: Atrios
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