This election season has proven to be an interesting one. Most Americans were surprised with the GOP pick for vice president and the extended and confusing Democratic primary season, but there’s a new video circulating the Internet that’s caused some debate over how young is too young in politics. And it couldn’t be of worse taste.

The video, released about two weeks ago, is from a grassroots movement in California and is titled “Sing For Change.” It features 22 children between the ages of five and 12, singing praises for Obama. It starts with the solitary voice of a young girl, who is eventually joined by the remaining children. Note that the Obama campaign had no involvement in this video.

Here’s a look at some of the lyrics:

“We’re gonna spread happiness

We’re gonna spread freedom

Obama’s gonna change it

Obama’s gonna lead ‘em”

We don’t have an issue with children singing what their parents or adults teach them — it happens all the time at school and church — but there’s an issue with children singing a song about issues they don’t understand. Hell, most adult Americans don’t understand everything happening in this election. It begs the question of whether it is right to use children to gain awareness for a campaign.

To us, the answer is clear. It is not.

This is not an issue of partisanship or beliefs, this is being a human being and standing against the exploitation of children, however meaningless a simple song may seem. It’s a shame to see this happen, but it’s more of a shame at the end of the video, when the parents get up and cheer the performance. Some of the kids look surprised and others happy. They leave the stage and are embraced. It’s a happy day in Venice, Calif., but we couldn’t be more upset.

So leave kids out of the campaigns, no matter how great their voices are. It hurts more than it helps, and we’re not talking about politics.