The National: Mr. November

Query: if you were making a pro-Obama YouTube video, would this be the song that you would choose? Personally, um, no, absolutely not, but, after the jump, somebody disagrees:

This fascinates me for so many reasons. Ok, I grant that U.S. elections are held in November, but, seriously, what the hell? Either somebody is completely misunderstanding the song (which, I guess, theoretically, could be me) or somebody is operating on a level of irony that is beyond me? Is he or she just focusing on the word “hope” in “I’m the great white hope” without understanding the connotations and history of the phrase? I agree that Obama “will not fuck us over,” but was he not setting the bar substantially higher than that? YouTube commenters are seemingly unanimous in thinking that this is the bee’s knees, but obviously they are not exactly a trustworthy or even sentient source of informed opinion. Still, am I completely wrong that this is a horrible song selection for these purposes? Why do I even care about this? So many questions. Ok, I’m done.