And this is what he said. This is what Barry Obama said.

Via Alex Ross and countless others, this one’s designed to make Obamamania dissenters’ heads blow right up: The lanky state legislator from Illinois reading Aaron Copland’s Lincoln Portrait:

Conductor Bill Eddins’ butt will be familiar to Edmontonians. Readers unfamiliar with Copland’s Lincoln ode, as ludicrous and stirring as a visit to the Hall of Presidents at Disney World, can hear the whole thing here, featuring that lanky lawyer Atticus Finch. Many of us prefer PDQ Bach’s version.