White Supremacists Everywhere Rejoice Upon Reading “Dead” and “Obama” in Same Headline

Barack Obama’s been on the campaign trail preaching Unity as much as Change. His stump speech rhetoric reeks of togetherness, of building a coalition of races to award this country a future of hope. It’s a tough sell to your everyday cynic, but his actions are already speaking louder than words.

The Daily Kos today reported the near-confirmed rumor that Obama will host a massive rally in the epicenter of American liberalism the day before Super Tuesday next week, and the house band will mark the long-overdue reunion (quasi-reconciliation?) of Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir and bassist Phil Lesh:

That’s right. Barack Obama is going to hold a huge rally in San Francisco with the surving members of the Grateful Dead (sans Billy Kreutzmann). It’s a get out the vote rally, and it’s set to occur Monday night. The tickets will sell-out immediately for sure.

Obama has already played with Macy Gray and Wilco. Now the Grateful Dead. He certainly does have the rock and roll business on his side. Does that mean he’s hip?

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi played the part of Bill Graham a little more than a year ago to celebrate her ascension to the third-highest government gig in the land, and now it’s Obama’s turn to hire members of the Dead to play an event. But this one brings together Mickey Hart with Bobby and Phil, and that’s reason to rejoice. Let’s hope he drops the phrase “phatty healthcare” in the speech.

As our friend Laxplayer says, “If he can get Phish back together, he’s got my vote.”