I don’t post a lot on politics, but this video by someone calling herself “Obama Girl” is fantastic — well done, and hilarious. Apparently put together by Barely Political, there’s some talk about it at TechPresident.com, including an excellent post on the whole phenomenon of “voter-generated video” by Micah Sifry (hat tip to Rob Hyndman for the link).
As Rachel Sklar of Eat The Press points out, the singing in this particular comedic effort comes from Leah Kauffman, who was also involved in another (somewhat adult-themed) popular comedy video last year. Amy Lee Ettinger, an aspiring actress and swimsuit model, plays the role of the woman who is obsessed with Obama. The video has gotten a mention on the New York Times Caucus blog, at ABC News and at the Daily Kos blog.
Is this kind of thing good or bad for the candidate? That can be debated — and is being debated, as I mention in this blog post, including in the Chicago Tribune — but one thing is for sure: it’s pretty funny. Apparently Saturday Night Live and Jon Stewart don’t have a monopoly on political humour any more :-)
Mathew
posted this article under Funny, Video on Thursday, June 14th, 2007 at 11:43 am. .
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I've read your Obama groupie video and saw the video and I wanted to question what exactly made you put such inconsequential piece of news on your blog. Why was the groupie even debated, why was it even brought to our attention. There's practically a new viral video every day on YouTube, why not link to Sarkozy's conference, or what the latest Canadian politician is doing, I don't think anyone in Canada cares about a candidate in an election that's more than a year off.
Just looking forward to your response on this matter, thank you.
I certainly wouldn't imply that the video is newsworthy -- but I did think it was funny, and I also thought it said a lot about the Internet is making things complicated for political candidates of all kinds.
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that's more than a year off.
Just looking forward to your response on this matter, thank you.
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I certainly wouldn't imply that the video is newsworthy -- but I did think it was funny, and I also thought it said a lot about the Internet is making things complicated for political candidates of all kinds.
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