March 1, 2008 6:41PM 

# Are They the Ones We Have Been Waiting For? 

By [David Boaz](https://www.cato.org/people/david-boaz) 

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Barack Obama’s soaring campaign continues to roll, this time with [the release of a bilingual music video](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/29/AR2008022903816_pf.html) by musician will.i.am. In it, celebrities such as Jessica Alba, George Lopez, Ryan Phillippe, Malcolm Jamal Warner, and Macy Gray sing the praises of Obama and repeate his line “We are the ones we have been waiting for.”

Certainly I know that I have been waiting for Jessica Alba and Ryan Phillippe to lead our nation at last.

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