This is just hilarious. Did Edwards compose the song himself? How can Hillary steal 'his song'?

Whining....

no matter what candidate you support.

using "ready to change" with a recycled song from another candidate is funny...

It is great music.  But, seriously, who cares?

I personally think the consultants just got the themes from a music library of potential campaign themes. It is not really that big of a world in the consultant class and they tend to think on similar lines.

Sorry Tarheel, hate to disagree with you here,  but no issue for me here. "stealing" is overstating it.

it's rather nondescript music sold commercially.  I doubt the Clinton campaign noticed.  Someone should take it up with the person selling the rights.

As far as trying to make this an issue, I suppose if you have nothing else....

Is it actually the same?  I really couldn't tell.

Oh my God.

The irony of recycling someone else's musical selection while claiming to be an agent of change is positively stunning and absolutely hilarious!  

Classic!  Thanks for the laugh, HilCorp.

HAHAHAHAHAHA

Edwards leads yet again, and the other candidates follow - this time with adopting Edwards stance on music! haha, she got punked.

Where's the ORIGINALITY in choosing your own music. Edwards Ad ISN"T THAT OLD! And it was memorable in it's uplifting approach.... Jeez.... you'd almost think that Hillary & Co believe the people are too stupid to notice anyway.

Youtube is FOREVER people! Get a clue!

David Mizner's endorsement of Edwards:
http://www.mydd.com/hotlist/add/2007/9/4 /9755/69777/displaystory
Why Edwards? Because he rejects neoliberalism. Because he preaches enlightened populism. Because he's running to the left. Because he would fight the amorality of the Market with the morality of progressivism. Because he opposes the Global War on Terror. Because he's getting better and bolder. Because he's capable of outrage. Because he's proud to be a progressive. Because he would win.

But one reason rises above all others: the stated and demonstrated rationale of his campaign is to fight inequality. The monstrous power held by the few at the expense of the many causes unnecessary hardship and agony. It hurts, it maims, it kills. It threatens what Thomas Frank calls the Middle Class Republic. It threatens our democracy and our freedom. And because power corrupts, because economic insecurity breeds fear and fear breeds militarism, because corporations have a vested interest in war and place profits above all else, the disproportionate power of the few threatens humankind.

Call it what you will--our class war, our bleeding wound, our dirty open secret--it's the problem of our time, and John Edwards has chosen to spend his political life addressing it.

And if everyone from Hillary Clinton to Mike Huckabee now talks about our class divisions, it's in part because Edwards began to do so at the national level in 2003, when it was a deeply unfashionable thing to do. It was on the advice of no consultant, at the suggestion of no poll that Edwards took it on himself in 2003 to speak out against inequality. His policy prescriptions have evolved in the last four years but the wound targeted by those prescriptions has stayed the same.

John Edwards is this century's most prominent progressive populist, the candidate most likely to give more power to more people. This alone makes him worthy of the presidency.

Wow , Ive never seen a rival campaign 'completly' lift off an ad from an opponent and use it as their own...Im sure they've seen the Edwards ad before.

Music and everything is the same...they didnt even try to hide it a bit...Both ads looks and sound the same to me.

Both these ads are so safe...they will be lost.  Edwards' is a bit better, but nethier are really that good - C'mon charriots of fire style music is so 1990s campaign ad.  Get something new in there.  How bout some Ben Harper or an apple vs. pc style ad.

This is quite funny, i doubt it will be an issue though

whats Edwards going to do "she used the same music as me" Waahh.

when Clinton recently spoke about New Orleans and took Edwards's long held response virtually word for word.

the experience mantra, not embracing the change mantra.  Because it is laughable.  She is not the change candidate.

I wish we had a poll in this diary.

I'd like to see the number of people who think Hillary's campaign intentionally used the same music Edwards had already used, versus the number of people who think it's just one of those semi-embarrassing things that happen.

I think it would be revealing.  I mean, in a rational universe, it's difficult to see how anyone would put themselves in the first category, but apparently it's a common belief.

Isn't it nothing more than an embarrassing incident, kind of like two dignitaries showing up at an event wearing exactly the same color dress?

I think that people are going just a little overboard when see this incident as anything more than a little faux pas.

As the media picked up on that yet?..

has

What pol has claimed the rights to U2's 'A Beautiful Day' for instance.  Seems like you hear that one a ton at various campaign rallies.

In the end it ain't about the music.

but you can steal it I guess.

Lets see if voters buy it.

I heard that Edwards sneezed today. Hillary is older than Edwards and is likely to have sneezed first. Edwards is such a copycat.

OMG, it's the end of the world, Clinton uses the same song as Edwards! Seriously, what's the problem?

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