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Blog for Iowa stumbled upon an interesting video Monday that features, among others, Republican strategist and Johnson County Supervisor candidate Lori Cardella donning a Catholic school girl outfit and singing a song bashing President Barack Obama.
Lori Cardella
In September, a video clip of school children singing a song praising President Obama became public, and conservatives became outraged. Apparently, a school teacher had some kids sing a song praising the country’s first black president for Black History Month, something many conservatives decried as “socialist indoctrination.”
The new clip, which was uploaded in November by the conservative blog Coralville Courier, features five women singing a parody of the school children’s song from last year, with lyrics that include “his teleprompter tells us lies,” “he wants one-world unity,” and “some wonder where he was born, long before he knew ACORN.”
Cardella, who also serves as the Johnson County chair for Republican Christopher Reed‘s 2nd District Congressional campaign, is front row second from right in the video.
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