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Aging Hipsters for Obama

11:02 AM, Oct 8, 2008 • By BRIAN FAUGHNAN
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The pride of Akron, Ohio, has weighed in on "the most important election in recent history." Devo is playing a benefit concert in support of Barack Obama:

In the final month of this historic presidential race, the band DEVO is making an urgent trip to their native Akron, Ohio to rally for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama...

And at a time when the country is facing an economic crisis of historic proportions and soldiers are returning from service to bleak job prospects, DEVO is converging on Akron to channel their energies with a concert called "Duty Now for the Future." All proceeds will benefit the Summit County Democratic Party in their efforts to create a future filled with hope and responsibility by electing Barack Obama as President of the United States.

The Obama camp often suggests that John McCain is behind the times; it's amusing then to see them supported by a band whose best days came during the Carter presidency. Still, in earning the support of Devo, Barack Obama can now stand proudly alongside Swiffer as a product that earned the endorsement of these aging hipsters.

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