Fun with Photoshop: Obama's Other Awards
Obama: Kevin Mazur / Getty; background: Jason Kempin / Getty
MTV Music Video Award
What better celebrity to bring in young viewers for the MTV Music Video
Awards than President Obama? His soaring oratory awed starry-eyed teens
across the nation in 2008, filling stadiums and hearts with hope. As
inspiration for the will.i.am-produced "Yes We Can" music video, Obama was
an easy choice to receive Video of the Year honors, even if Kanye West
didn't agree.
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