valentine's day EAR FARM's Presidential Campaign 2008 Mix

The first big event of the 2008 election season was held last night, the Iowa caucus. Given that I'm a bit of a politics nut, I decided to take a look around at all of the candidates last night to find out more about their taste in music. The search proved a bit fruitless, but then, as the results started to pour in, it struck me - perhaps EAR FARM could pick some songs for each of the candidates, based upon their Iowa caucus results. So that's exactly what we did. Is that stupid? Fine, go away! Does it sound like fun? Then click on through to the mix, brothers and sisters in politique.

EAR FARM's Presidential Campaign 2008 Mix
1. "The Underdog" by Spoon for Mike Huckabee (34%) - the Jared Fogle of candidates did much better than expected. This song would fit very nicely within his campaign, right next to Chuck Norris.
2. "Fake As Fuck" by Del Tha Funkee Homosapien for Mitt Romney (25%) - seems to me, he's kinda fake... seems Iowa Republicans agree.
3. "Act Naturally" by The Beatles for Fred Thompson (13%) - "Fred Thompson?! The actor?!" Sure, I'll buy that for a dollar. And hey, he was pretty great in Die Hard 2.
4. "Tough Guy" by The Beastie Boys for John McCain (13%) - disappointing finish for America's nicest tough guy, or is he just starting to heat up? Either way, I'd hate to make him mad.
5. "Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)" by The Offspring for Ron Paul (13%) - he is pretty fly, isn't he? Nice caucus turnout for this little-known straight shooter.
6. "Mr. Mayor" by Ladybug Mecca for Rudy Giuliani (4%) - unsurprisingly, "America's mayor" didn't play too well in the heartland. This song's for him.
7. "Friend of The Devil" by Grateful Dead for Duncan Hunter (1%) - endorsed by Ann Coulter, 'nuff said.
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8. "Something to Believe In" by Poison for Barack Obama (38%) - why is Barack Obama so popular? Because he offers Americans what they've always wanted in a leader: something to believe in.
9. "Sweet Talkin' Guy" by The Chiffons for John Edwards (30%) - Iowa Democrats couldn't resist his charm? Shoot, I'm actually from North Carolina and I find myself being wooed by this sweet talkin' Southern man's honest down-home approach.
10. "I'm Sick of You" by Iggy & The Stooges for Hillary Clinton (29%) - an extremely disappointing Iowa caucus for Hillary means what? Clinton family saturation point? Or just simply that Iowa Dems wanted to tell her "I'm sick of you"? I'm guessing a little of both...
11. "The Potsmoker Song" by Neil Diamond for Bill Richardson (2%) - voted to legalize marijuana in New Mexico in March, campaign damage be damned. Oops!
12. "Aneuryism" by Nirvana for Joe Biden (1%) - enough Joementum to survive two brain aneuryisms, not enough to survive the Iowa caucuses.
13. "I Wish" by Bell (originally by Skee-Lo) for Dennis Kucinich (0%) - his wife's tall, he's tiny.
14. "Here Comes The Grump" by Adam Ant for Mike Gravel (0%) - I submit, based upon watching him perform in two debates, that this is the grumpiest man in all of America.
15. "Mr. Irrelevant" by Cal Leonard and His Orchestra for Chris Dodd (0%) - who? Oh, he's already withdrawn from the race. Bye bye Dodd!

Download the entire mix as a ZIP HERE.