White House Declares GBV Rock's Greatest Band

A key member of the Obama White House has made great strides in shoring up the lucrative Guided By Voices vote for November. Last week Jay Carney, the White House Press secretary and James Spader lookalike, used the announcement of a trip to Dayton Ohio by President Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron as an occasion to declare his love for Dayton's finest lo-fi rock squad. After announcing that Obama and Cameron were headed to Dayton for an NCAA tournament game, Carney added, "As you probably know, Dayton is home of the Wright Brothers, the Dayton Peace Accords, and Guided by Voices, the greatest rock 'n' roll band of the modern era, in my humble opinion." F-yeah. No need to be humble, Mr. Carney. That is hands-down the most reasonable thing I've heard a politician say in quite some time.

Carney's love for the band has surfaced in the past, but in this heated election season his endorsement could be more beneficial than ever. I mean, first Obama wins over legions of The Wire fans by declaring the show one of the best of all time, and giving it up for Omar Little in particular, and now Carney has the GBV fans on side. If they can just get Joe Biden to call for Netflix to bring Firefly back, and Michelle Obama to observe a moment of silence for Elliott Smith the next time she's in Portland, then the Democrats should have Obama's reelection wrapped up before the election itself has even begun. At least as far as the hip kids are concerned. But I guess the hip kids are going to go with Obama regardless, given that the GOP are a bunch of morally corrupt racist homophobes. But the fact that the Obama White House has good taste in music and television can only help, right? Anyway, watch Carney's comments below (the GBV remark comes early, in the first minute), and don't forget that we have some new GBV music to look forward to in the months ahead.