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Friday, August 22nd, 2008

An American Prayer

While the McCain camp tries to brandish the term “celebrity” against Barack Obama as a pejorative, true celebrities are showing their commitment to the cause.

The video above is just the latest supporter-produced video to go viral. Co-written by British songwriter Dave Stewart and U2’s Bono, the video features celebrities Forest Whitaker, Jason Alexander, Whoopi Goldberg, Cyndi Lauper, Barry Manilow, Joan Baez, Macy Gray and Joss Stone alongside regular Americans.

This part of Stewart’s written introduction to the song is particularly powerful:

This video isn’t so much an endorsement of Barack Obama as much as it is a celebration of all those who have picked up a sign, who have registered to vote and are working to make the world a better place. So as Senator Barack Obama ascends to the mountain top, let us not forget all of the others who for the past 40 years have sung anthems of change to make this moment possible.

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