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Friday, October 17, 2008
By Nicole Grieco

Most upbeat campaign ad of 2008

It's getting pretty close to November, which means there aren't many real "undecided voters" left, and most of them fall into the larger category of "people who would rather jump out a window than hear anything else about the election." But that's the president we're talking about. What about those other, less interesting things on the ballot? Have you made up your mind about your local Propositions 1 through 85? Have you even looked at them? Do you need Leonardo Dicaprio to read them aloud to you or what?

If you still need some encouragement for those OTHER November 4th choices, and you live in California, there's a voter video you should probably see. Look, it's not my state, I know nothing about this law, but I support it. And you know why? Because I would do ANYTHING THIS CRAZY SINGING PIG TELLS ME TO DO.

I know what you're thinking (once your brain is able to form words). Yes, that is a cover of Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" with new and exciting lyrics. And yes, that is an unnervingly cheerful pig who wants to set his animal brothers and sisters free. Except not "free" exactly, just... you know, in a slightly bigger cage before they get slaughtered for our food. Oh, animal rights activists. Do you ever cry at night because your position has gone from "don't eat meat" to "could you maybe let them stretch their legs a little first"?

In the interest of providing balance, I searched YouTube for "No on Prop 2" to see if anybody was bastardizing Stevie Wonder on that side on the divide. The only video I found on behalf of tiny-cage farmers was totally boring and non-animated. However, one sentence from the massive YouTube description was surprising and awesome:

"Working with poultry for the majority of my senior year (last year), not only did I grow to hate them but I also learned how oblivious they are to their surroundings."

HA! You know what? I'm not gonna argue with a girl who spent a year with chickens if she says they suck. But leave the happy cartoon pigs alone, okay?