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Chicago Young Republicans Make "Call Me Maybe" Recruitment Video

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Aug 22, 2012 10:00PM

2012_8_22_cyr.jpg Yes, we're all sick of Carly Rae Jepson's "Call me maybe." Well, the Chicago Young Republicans are burying that tune in your brain again. We could mock their piggybacking on a played-out meme as a recruiting tactic, but what's the point? As they sing, "It's hard to be right in Chicago." Their call for volunteers to make phone calls comes with an offer of pizza and beer, though, so if you're hungry, making calls for R-Money is easier than filing for food stamps.

Sample lyrics, via GapersBlock:

I'd trade my soul for a job, Pennies and dimes all I got I never asked for all this And now he's in my way

Small business folding
Private sector isn't growing
Give me back my country
Because we deserve victory