Offended Yet?: Pro-Obama Ad With Children Singing, America Where ‘Sick People Just Die’ & 'Mom and Dad... We’re blaming you!'
- Post 27 October 2012
Image source: The Future Children Project
Imagine an America
Where strip mines are fun and free
Where gays can be fixed
And sick people just die
And oil fills the seaWe don’t have to pay for freeways!
Our schools are good enough
Give us endless wars
On foreign shores
And lots of Chinese stuffWe’re the children of the future
American through and through
But something happened to our country
And we’re kinda blaming youWe haven’t killed all the polar bears
But it’s not for lack of trying
The Earth is cracked
Big Bird is sacked
And the atmosphere is fryingCongress went home early
They did their best we know
You can’t cut spending
With elections pending
Unless it’s welfare doughWe’re the children of the future
American through and through
But something happened to our country
And we’re kinda blaming youFind a park that is still open
And take a breath of poison air
They foreclosed your place
To build a weapon in space
But you can write off your au pairIt’s a little awkward to tell you
But you left us holding the bag
When we look around
The place is all dumbed down
And the long term’s kind of a dragWe’re the children of the future
American through and through
But something happened to our country
And yeah, we’re blaming youYou did your best
You failed the testMom and Dad
We’re blaming you!
The ad is the brainchild of Jeff Goodby and Rich Silverstein, of the San Francisco-based Goodby Silverstein & Partners, for their Future Children Project. The Future Children Project states on its website, “Re-electing President Obama is a momentous decision that will require every single voter. What would the children of the future say if we let them down this November?” ... continues...
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