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Hollywood Types Return Yet Again to Torture You Into Voting

The "don't vote" joke wasn't funny the first time they told it for five minutes, so they're back again with another five minutes of embarrassingly bad self-referential civic humor. Remember, these people are paid millions upon millions to entertain. At least when Obama presents a prime-time snooze-fest, he has the excuse of being a politician:

This and John Mayer's cloying Obama endorsement, "Hope is not a buzz word," taken together should have you welcoming the robo-calls that come into your home around dinnertime this weekend. Just a taste:

To those who question whether hope is a tangible product worth building a campaign around, I'd say take a look at despair and how powerful that has been in reshaping how people think and live. I believe the definition of the "hope" that Barack Obama enthuses operates on the unspoken thesis that there has to be a polar opposite to the despair of 9/11. Because if we accept that there's not, the will to live becomes forever altered. To adults who will vote for him, Barack Obama represents a return to prosperity. To the youth, he represents an introduction to it.

Yes, Rudy Giuliani, I would love to hear more about how Barack Obama is soft on crime. What was it you were saying?

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