JibJab: Meet the Real Enemy

With all the noise this week about offensive political satire, and the dearth thereof, we should not lose sight of the worst satire of all: pointless, middle-of-the-road, lowest-common-denominator, little-something-for-everybody skewering. Fortunately, we have JibJab to remind us of that, as Mark Russell's Internet little siblings have released another song parody that's not quite edgy enough for an NPR pledge drive:

JibJab - Time for Some Campaignin'

The daring message of the video: There's an election going on! Beyond that, well... McCain is old, Obama talks about "Change" a lot—and there's a 1998 surplus Clinton cigar joke thrown in for nostalgia's sake. (Although I will admit that the Obama rainbows-and-unicorns visual is pretty clever.)

These are the stakes in this election. Never forget it!