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The presidential campaigns have become so dynamic and the candidates and their teams have devised so many tactics that they really deserve to be in politics.

And undoubtedly, songs really do make the campaigns more dramatic and unforgettable.  It turns even the most fiercest audience to tears and suddenly emotional and makes them more connected to the candidate who featured those songs in their campaign.  Picking up songs for a campaign is not an easy task,  the songs have to embody the candidates’ platforms and easy to remember.

So, here are the best presidential campaign songs that candidates have used and should use.

1.  Courtesy of Red, White and Blue by Toby Keith

John McCain has used this in one of his rallies and have to admit,  it speaks for America.  Maybe if McCain wins, he’ll appoint Keith as Secretary of State. All of the new trade agreements will include the “boot up your ass” caveat.

2.  Vote for me by Joe Walsh

This song is an outright expression of pleading for a vote.  Really sounds like a drunk man singing but the lyrics says it all.  This song was actually for a vice-presidential candidate.

3. Happy days are here again by Charles King

Well, this is definitely what the candidates feel.  Another term in office is surely a start of better days coming.

4.  Don’t Stop by Fleetwood Mac

Bill Clinton used this during his presidential campaign in 1992.  And obviously, it did well for him becuase he won.

5. Born in the USA by Bruce Springsteen

Ronald Reagan used without Springsteen’s permission.  This song does not resonate campaigning or about elections whatsoever.  Never in history has there been a greater example of missing the point entirely and being blinded by narrow-minded jingoism.

6. Yes, we can by Barack Obama’s supporters

This was inspired by one his speeches.  It was sung by a number of Obama’s Hollywood supporters.

A song can make or break a campaign in certain ways, but at the end of the day in a rally, what matters is that the candidate who’ll use the song will stick to what he or she plans and that these plans are realistic and have good, long-term effects.  Songs have the power to  influence political views. But nevertheless, a campaign would never be complete without a song.

As I have featured McCain’s celeb ad that was questioning Obama’s ability to lead, I know someday someone rather than Obama (for a change) will fight back. And not, I am not surprised that Paris has responded. Frankly, I was a bit amazed at how articulate she appeared. But then again, she memorized a script. Now, I am saying kudos to the writer of her monologue. Did such a good job.

Paris does have the guts to do this, I bet that if it was another celebrity, they would just issue a statement. But she agreed to actually make a video herself (not that she hasn’t appeared in a video before). And come to think of it, her energy plan does make sense versus the Obama’s and McCain’s. Again, hats off to the writer. And it’s nice to see that she has the usual body flaws like her flabby arms and legs, she seemed proud to flaunt those. So, without further ado, here’s her video.

Ok, I know, the Academy awards is not yet till the next year but just can’t help but to share these info below on Oscar’s firsts. The feeling of making it to the first spot of whatever category, either in a good or in a bad way, unfortunately, gives one a feeling of importance.

1. The acting talent who has received the most number of Oscar nominations is the late great Katherine Hepburn. All in all, the legendary actress had 12 nominations under her belt and bagged 4 wins. She was nominated and won for Morning Glory, Alice Adams, The Philadelphia Story, Woman of the Year, The African Queen, Summertime, The Rainmaker, Suddenly, Last Summer, Long Day’s Journey into Night, Guess who’s coming to dinner, The Lion in the Winter, and on Golden Pond.

2. The first Oscar Best Actor winner was Emil Jannings for The Last Command and The Way of All Flesh while the first Best Actress winner was Janet Gaynor for Seventh Heaven , Street Angel, and Sunrise. The two won in 1928.

3. The first Africa-American to win as Oscar was Hattie McDaniel, who received the Best Supporting Actress award in 1939 for her role in Gone with the wind.

4. The first person to receive consecutive Oscars was Luise Rainer, Best Actress for The Great Ziegfield in 1936 and The Good Earth in 1937. The first back-to-back Best Actor award was Spencer Tracy, who pulled off the record-setting feat for Captain’s Courageous in 1937 and Boys Town in 1938.

5. The first deaf person to grab an Oscar was Marlee Martin. She was the 1986 Best Actress honoree for Children of a Lesser God.

6. The first full-blooded Asian to be nominated for an Oscar acting award was Japanese actress Miyoshi Umeki. She subsequently won the Best actress award for the movie Sayonara in 1957.

7. The first Oscar-rated movie to have received an Oscar Best Picture nomination was Midnight Cowboy. The X-rating that was given,however, didn’t necessarily imply pornographic because the rating system back then was still in its stage of infancy. The official rating of the Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman-starrer was later reduced to R.

There, this actors and actresses and this film were the firsts to be on the firsts list of the Academy awards.