Comments on: Hillary Clinton, 1984, Barack Obama, 1984

By: August West

August West — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 06:41:45 +0000

You want politics, policies and content?

Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Woody Harrelson and Barack Obama have it all going on here:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=vLcBHzEEicE

By: vwcat

vwcat — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:11:39 +0000

Huffington Post has the scoop on who and why. Phillip de villis is his name and he blogged about on Huffington.

By: Alan

Alan — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:36:07 +0000

The ad ends with the warning, â€œThe Bears Lost So Will Obama.â€?

But does Obama have a radically inconsistent quarterback?

By: DLS

DLS — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:33:08 +0000

The video is as hyped now as lightweight Obama. The childish as well as often-stupidly-naive-liberal NUT-roots really need to grow up (many “bloggers,” too). Neither Weblogs nor videos nor stem cell research nor Obama’s young, fresh minority face constitute a miracle or redefinition of politics in this country.

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:22:03 +0000

This Hillary 1984 video is getting way overhyped. There are important issues out there more important than clever little internet ad campaigns with no real message, especially one that isnâ€™t even original.

By: Mikef

Mikef — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:19:01 +0000

It’s quite likely that these videos and others like them were created by individual people not related to the campaigns. YouTube provides the same sort of grass roots voice that blogs do.

You should know from reading comments that the discussion can get pretty aggressive, I didn’t think these were even close to what I read in these posts everyday.

Like it or not, this is the electorate getting involved in the discussion.

By: mikkel

mikkel — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:53:20 +0000

…That was the best anti-Obama ad someone could come up with? He was flashing a million dollar grin at the end for chrissakes. It’s hard to be against these ads when it actually prompted a response from Hillary that sounded genuinely funny and self-deprecating; good thing I was sitting since I almost felt faint.

Personally I’m not against all emotional negative ads as long as they address actual governance. The biggest criticisms against Hillary are that she’s cold, calculating and parses her words to try to convince everyone she’s on their side. You can argue whether these are true, but I personally think they would affect her governing and capturing this through a reference to one of the greatest ads ever created (itself an allusion to one of the greatest novels of the 20th century that’s becoming more and more apropos) should be applauded. I look forward to Kafkaesque ads against Romney (who’s supported Bush’s “interrogation methods”). For a lot of people Obama is like the preacher from the show “Carnivale,” not a historical work of art perhaps but that character was one of the more interesting ones I’ve seen.

In general it’ll also be easier for creative positive messages to go out…it’ll be interesting to see if these catch on closer to the election.

By: egrubs

egrubs — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:26:49 +0000

I thought the video kind of clever. I left it remembering just how wonky hot a busty hammer-thrower could be in a dull setting.

The video itself was fun to watch. I didn’t go into it expecting an attack, and I left it admiring the creativity of the piece.

It’s worth seeing, but if this is the worst attack out there this two-year presidential campaign (it won’t be), we’re in for a happy road.