‘Obama That I Used to Know’: 2008 Supporters Release Hilariously Scathing Anti-Obama Parody

The Blaze ^ | August 7, 2012 | Jonathon M. Seidl

[Twotone]

If you listen to pop radio at all — or even if you pay attention to the music that plays in the grocery store — you know that the group Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know” is one of the hottest songs in the country right now. The catchy tune and eccentric music video are burning up the airwaves and the Internet. And now some 2008 Obama supporters have capitalized off of it with a scathing, yet hilarious, parody of the song that blasts the president.

[Twotone]

Pretty good video, although I don't have any sympathy with folks who think closing Gitmo was a good idea...

[Kenton]

Yeah, the Obama that they used to know is just as empty and false as his birth certificate and his accomplishments at Columbia and Harvard.

Sorry, "hopey-changys", you got taken in by a phony. Grow up, college is over and the bill is due.

[donna]

This video starts out so ugly that I bet some people don’t watch it, LOL.

It’s a good one.

[pops88]

Excellent parody. I’ve watched “Somebody That I Used to Know” many times. Thanks for sharing this.

[RummyChick]

My favorite cover is this one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9NF2edxy-M

where they all play one guitar.

Love the guy on the right

[pops88]

I’ve seen that one, too. Pretty cool.

[RummyChick]

have you seen this parody of that cover

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=fvwp&v=NQTisKNnV7U

it’s funny

[Mrs. Don-o]

I have a hearing disability. Although I tried several times to make out the message of this video , I can't hear the words.

Can somebody just post they lyrics?

Thanks!

[RummyChick]

here is a breakdown from CNN
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/07/this-cycles-viral-video-gotye-parody-hits-obama/

[workerbee]

“Sometimes I think that peace prize winners shouldn’t have a kill list.”

LOL!

[Mrs. Don-o]

Thanks. Got a new tagline.

[pops88]

Now and then I think of that election day, November
When you won I felt so happy I could die
Chugged a fifth, paraded in the street
And I thanked God that Palin wasn’t Veep
It felt like change and it’s a hope I still remember

You can get addicted to a certain kind of message
Like this is change we can believe in, yes we can
But college ended, had to pay my rent
At least you’re the first gay president
But the change I got was that I moved in with my mother

Because you won and then you cut me off
Now your speeches never soar as high as unemployment
You took Obamacare so far
But you left me like a dog strapped on Romney’s car
Even the shirt that was on my back
Is owned by China or being arbitraged by Goldman Sachs
Just send in a Predator Drone
‘Cause now you’re not Obama that I used to know

Now you’re not Obama that I used to know
Now I need Obama that I used to know

Sometimes I think that Peace Prize winners shouldn’t have a kill list
But you dumped Bin Laden in the sea so maybe it’s all good
Said you’d rouse my economy
Your big package didn’t stimulate me
Still my American Idol, though
When you sang, “I’m so in love with you”...Obama that I used to know

But you won and then you cut me off
Made out like you’d close Guantanamo and we got nothing
Relocation shouldn’t be that hard
Just strap the prisoners in on top of Romney’s car
No, I don’t need you to legalize
Just keep the feds away from folks like you when you were younger
There’s nothing that you didn’t toke
But now that’s just Obama that I used to know

Obama
That I used to know
Obama
That I used to know
Obama
That I used to know

[Mrs. Don-o]

Thanks, pops88.

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Let's hope it depresses the youth vote. It sure depresses me.

[x]

It’s clever and true. I guess it’s heart-felt as well. Not all that funny though, but you can’t have everything.

[Shimmer1]

haha, you’ve got to see this