Young Republicans Parody "Call Me Maybe," Still Aren't Hip

August 22, 2012 12:00 AM
Young Republicans Parody

" OK. Let me start by saying this Chicago Young Republicans’ parody of “Call Me Maybe” isn’t nearly as bad or embarrassing as I expected it to be. The singing and the production values are pretty high quality, which you’d expect from Republicans, because they have a lot of money. But parodying “Call Me Maybe” is already a stale Internet meme, which you’d also expect from Republicans, because conservatism is not a philosophy that celebrates creativity or imagination.

The lyrics are fairly clever. Here’s the CYR’s version of the refrain:

    Hey, if you’re like me, and going crazy     The CYR, we’re calling baby     It’s hard to be right in Chicago     But we’re all here, for a better tomorrow. "

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