By Debbie Schlussel
I’ve always been against these stupid “Choose or Lose”, “Rock the Vote”, “Declare Yourself,” and other celeb efforts to get young people to register to vote and get out and vote (liberal Democratic) on election day. It’s all about–and solely about–putting the big “D” (and this year, the big “BHO”) back in the crib at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
In 2000, when I was on ABC’s “Politically Incorrect” with the Goo Goo Dolls’ Johnny Rzeznik and Metallica’s Lars Ulrich, both of whom were then involved in this effort. When I asked them, both admitted (thankfully) that neither was registered to vote (Ulrich said he wasn’t even an American citizen then). Conveniently, of course, that part was edited out of the show–can’t make these celebs feel bad or embarrass them when they try to do “good” (like getting more young dummies into the polling booth to mess up America).

CNN’s “Elect Obama” Effort Should Have Middle Finger Up
Now, the latest party getting involved is CNN, with its “League of First Time Voters.” Get it?–It’s a riff off of “League of Women Voters”. Haha, funny (where’s Joe Pesci when I need him?). Not exactly the best imagery–using the name of a group of crotchety, dinosaurish, lesbian wrinkliettes, to get younger people to vote. And another question? Isn’t CNN supposed to be reporting the news, NOT making it and getting people registered to vote?
Sadly, CNN has enlisted the only successful “American Idol” contestant I like, Chris Daughtry, in its “Get Out the (Obama) Vote” effort, with a cover of a great song, Foreigner’s “Feels Like the First Time” (it’s part of my workout music–luv Foreigner!). Daughtry’s got a great, powerful, modern-rocker singing voice, and I like his cover of the song a lot. Though it doesn’t compare to the original, it’s as good as a cover will get.
Compare (and tune out the CNN Obama-heavy voter drive BS parts in part of the Daughtry video):
DAUGHTRY . . .

Original FOREIGNER . . .

Hard to believe that the Foreigner original version is now THIRTY years old. Yup, from 1978. Make you feel old?
It’s annoying enough that CNN is involved in trying to get people to vote. They’re supposed to be telling us the news, NOT manufacturing an election result. Even more annoying that they’re using an ’80s song ostensibly about sex to try to get people to do it. Actually, that makes it very cheesy.
I like the Daughtry cover, but his getting involved in this CNN voter stuff makes him as cheesy as Ulrich and Rzeznik were in 2000. Street cred lowered, Chris.
If you can’t decide to register to vote and go to the polls on your own, you shouldn’t be voting. Doubly so, if you need CNN and Chris Daughtry to tell you to do it.