Cledus T. Judd Counts the Days “Waitin’ on Obama”

Posted: January 8th, 2009 at 12:32 pm | By: Alison Bonaguro

“Son, ever since George W., I’ve been waitin’ on Obama.” Sound familiar? Like it might be that Brad Paisley song? Well it isn’t, but it’s close. It’s country music’s funnyman Cledus T. Judd, doing his take on “Waitin’ on a Woman,” only his version is less about a girl and more about checking off the days (12) until president-elect Barack Obama becomes official on Jan. 20. Judd, ever the master of relevant song parodies, sings “When McCain picked her as his running mate/I thought for sure that they’d be great/‘til she spent 100,000 just on clothing.” He goes on to sing, “The last eight years have been so long/seems like everything’s gone wrong/but as far as Republicans go she’s sure a hottie/Have we lost our minds?/We’ll know in time.” So it goes, with lyrics about getting troops out of Afghanistan, lowering taxes and no more stickin’ it to the man. As parodies go, I’ve heard worse. And whether or not you hear the humor in the lyrics, you have to admit the guitar and fiddle sound just like the real thing.

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Katie says:

Posted: January 8th, 2009 at 2:26 pm

um, ew?
Ham says:

Posted: January 8th, 2009 at 3:58 pm

Has he lost a gigantic amount of weight or is that the wrong photo?
Craig Shelburne says:

Posted: January 8th, 2009 at 4:47 pm

That was indeed the right photo, but we found this patriotic shot to use instead. He also looks more like himself on the “album” art, which you can see at Amazon.
countryiscool says:

Posted: January 8th, 2009 at 5:11 pm

I love Cledus, and yes, he HAS lost a lot of weight. In one article, he attributed the loss to his new baby, for whom he wanted to be around to enjoy for many years. I love his parodies.
Chris N. says:

Posted: January 8th, 2009 at 6:00 pm

This from the guy who did not one but two songs bashing the Dixie Chicks. Any way the wind blows, I guess.
Leeann says:

Posted: January 8th, 2009 at 8:43 pm

He’s no Wierd Al.
countryiscool says:

Posted: January 8th, 2009 at 8:52 pm

Which is a GOOD thing Leeann, not that fond of ole Al, although he IS weird, I’ll give ya that.
Leeann says:

Posted: January 8th, 2009 at 9:17 pm

I like Al much better…and he can sing.
Leeann says:

Posted: January 8th, 2009 at 9:18 pm

You’re calling Al wierd when we’re talking about Cletus?:)
countryiscool says:

Posted: January 8th, 2009 at 9:48 pm

Cletus is funny though, not Al so much. And part of the charm
of Cletus parodies IS his singing (or lack thereof).
countryiscool says:

Posted: January 8th, 2009 at 11:43 pm

Well I beg to differ that Cledus voice ruins it, but then I happen to like him over Al, so my preference is clear. To each his own, and yes hm, I tend to agree I wouldn’t want to hear ANY of them over & over, just periodically.
Leeann says:

Posted: January 9th, 2009 at 7:34 am

Fair enough. I just don’t find Cletus funny or charming in any way though. It’s not like I’m a huge fan of Al either. It’s just if I had to choose, which, fortunately I don’t…
countryiscool says:

Posted: January 9th, 2009 at 10:54 am

Wow Leeann, you realize we agreed to disagree without getting nasty about it? I think we’re on to something.
lol Have a good day!
Leanne says:

Posted: January 11th, 2009 at 2:27 pm

Well, he WAS a novelty. But the jingle should have been:
‘Waitin for NoBama!’
Big Al says:

Posted: January 11th, 2009 at 7:45 pm

What ever you think he sings the truth.
Leeann says:

Posted: January 12th, 2009 at 5:43 pm

Note the different spelling of the other Leeann (Leanne); we’re not the same person.:)

Yeah Countryiscool, what a novelty.
countryiscool says:

Posted: January 12th, 2009 at 6:46 pm

Thanks Leeann for pointing out the name spell, I wasn’t paying close attention. I knew it was YOU I was responding to though (re: agreeing to disagree).
Cody says:

Posted: January 15th, 2009 at 12:31 pm

i love Cledus T. Judd he has been my favorite country artist since i first heard him 8 or 9 years ago and i love this new song!! hopefully he comes out with a new cd soon with some more parodies
David Nisbet, Scotland says:

Posted: January 16th, 2009 at 7:10 pm

This song is GOLD.

PS Roll on Tuesday :-)
Jill says:

Posted: January 17th, 2009 at 10:18 am

Well said milsurf. I can only say, I’m disgusted.
Lynd says:

Posted: January 23rd, 2009 at 10:35 am

My opinion…. it sucks! I didn’t realize that Cletus had such a skewed view. Please do not get between me and the radio dial the next time that it comes on, you might be injured as I rush to change the channel!
Alison says:

Posted: February 11th, 2009 at 11:32 pm

Back on the weight loss comment earlier in the thread, from what I can tell of the video for this song, it looks like he’s gained a lot of weight back. Check out pictures from his Celebrity Fit Club days. He was down to 180 lbs and looked like Mark Miller’s (Sawyer Brown) brother. It made me happy to see him in such great shape, but I suppose if he’s happy where he is, that is most important. The guy has a big heart, so I can only hope he’s doing well.
nick says:

Posted: March 25th, 2009 at 12:08 pm

i think that its good. i love his songs and i think he bashed the chicks 4 times on his ep the origonal chick hick. he had a weite loss article in country weeklly a while ago. i have only heard weird al ounce with who let the cows in but he sounded funny and good. and everybody who called him cletus need to learn that his name is cledus or u can call him by his real name. i forgot what it is but its at wikipedia.org