Obama wins YouTube vote, hands down
Cory Bergman February 14th, 2008
Ok, you’ve probably seen the Obama music clip on YouTube. Smart, stylish and very popular. And now Hillary supporters have posted, um, this thing. “(It’s) an embarrassment to politics, music and modern dance,” quips blogger Lerone Wilson, who points out the Hillary clip has a one-star rating. “The problem is, of course, that the patently bad music, coupled with a dance routine better suited for a high school football game halftime show, did nothing to prove her case. Instead, she came off as the 50 year old guy who inexplicably spends most evenings trying to schmooze with twentysomethings at the club.”
Maybe this will morph into an aerobics routine, or something.
Update: As many have suspected, it appears Clinton’s YouTube clip was produced by a random supporter, not the campaign. (Thanks, Curtis!)
11 Comments Add your own
1. discreet_chaos | February 14th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
Yeah, but the blonde’s kind of cute.
2. Bill Gorman | February 14th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
I do note that comments on the Hillary video have been disabled. That is the Clinton way, it seems.
3. discreet_chaos | February 14th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
I don’t know the history of this clip, but bloggers and commenters everywhere have been trying to lay it on the doorstep of the campaign, but it bears no officila markings. It doesn’t have the “paid for” message at the end; It’s from what appears to be an unaffiliated YouTube account which has only uploaded this video (four months ago)
LR is always going-on about user-generated content and how mainstream media should open themselves up. Perhaps with this video, we can see one of the pitfalls of unpoliced content. After all, a video was uploaded to YouTube and mainstream blogs have generally seemed careful to say “Hillary supporters”, but apparently many of those commenting don’t know the difference.
4. cory | February 14th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Good point, discreet. The Clinton campaign may have had no control over this clip. I’m sure we’ll hear more about this in the next day or two.
5. Olsen | February 14th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
Any thought that some Obama staffers put this one together? Just asking.
6. Curtis | February 14th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
The backstory to this video can be found in the article attached to this comment.
The creator is a dedicated fan named Gene Wang, no official capacity with the campaign beyond volunteering around the election.
[excerpt from the article] ” In his jacket pocket was further evidence of his dedication: a DVD of the YouTube video he created last year, “Hillary4U&Me.”
7. discreet_chaos | February 14th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Thanks Curtis. I’ve seen this clip linked around and it almost always comes back to something similar to the linked blogpost; “she came off as the 50 year old guy who inexplicably spends most evenings trying to schmooze with twentysomethings at the club”.
Which now, thanks to your link, perhaps we know why.
8. Every Internet Game - Online Games | February 15th, 2008 at 3:42 am
in general. hillary is better for the democrats
she has more experience, and that is what america needs now.
9. El Dangeroso | February 15th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
Yeah. I take all my political advice from a guy named “Every Internet Game - Online Games” who doesn’t use his shift key.
10. Safran | February 16th, 2008 at 10:24 am
I believe this is part of an elaborate right wing conspiracy to extort money from the Hillary campaign. “Give us $5 million, or will make something even worse!”
11. oakling | February 16th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
Yeah - are they SURE the person who produced it was a SUPPORTER?
I love the description of it because that is exactly how I think of her and I didn’t even realize it. 50 year old schmoozing guy cluelessly hitting on the 20 year olds. Holy crap, she’s my dad!
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