There really is nothing to see here. The Soviets are a defeated foe and the Decemberists are kitsch loving pop artists. The fact that they support Obama has little to do with their use of the Soviet Anthem and more to do with the sort of thinking popular in their line of work and their region. I live in Portland, and spent a few hours by the river with the Obamites. Most of the 75,000 folk who spent that Sunday in the park were typical Leftists at varying stages of rabies. Some foamed at the mouth and some only had that slightly sane look in their eyes. All seemed more impressed with the feeling of Obama then in being able to pinpoint a specific ideology. The basic consensus is that he is the opposite of W, he is black, he is from all over the world, and is against the Iraq War. His speech said more of the same. Blame the economy and the war on the incumbent and then paint McCain as the incumbent. Lets just say I was more impressed by the blueness of the sky, the brightness of the sun and view of the river then anything I heard that day. No doubt, most of the folk there figured it was Obama that brought out the sun, cleared the sky and pissed out the river.
