Obamania in Oregon

Much was made of the huge crowd that gathered for one of Obamania's events in Oregon.

Apparently, that's only part of the story.

Hugh Hewitt just told me that right before Obama addressed that huge crowd in Portland, the indie rock band the Decemberists played a free 45-minute concert. Now, I'm sure Obama would draw a big crowd either way, but wasn't that worth mentioning in the coverage?

From Wikipedia: "Named both in reference to the Russian Decembrist Revolt (which may explain its use of the National Anthem of the Soviet Union as an introduction at many concerts)..." Lovely.

I wonder if they played, "Sixteen Military Wives." The video depicts a bully named "Henry Stowecroft" (Kissinger and Brent?) representing the United States in a grade school model United Nations who declares war on Luxembourg. I kid you not when I tell you the video begins with the bully putting on a flag pin.

So once again we've got the media not fully disclosing that Obamania was only part of the draw for this event. In addition, Obamania is preceded by an indie rock group who opens their show with the Soviet National Anthem.

Here's a video of the group's National Anthem prelude. In fact, the video is titled

The Decemberists at Messiah - Soviet Intro (3/31/07)

That's probably a good title for any Obamania event.