OBAMA CAMPAIGNS IN OAKLAND - Political video smack-down

San Francisco Chronicle | 3/17/7 | Carla Marinucci

[SmithL]

'Hillary 1984': Unauthorized Internet video for Obama converts Apple Computer's '84 Super Bowl spot into a generational howl against Clinton's presidential bid --

It may be the most stunning and creative attack ad yet for a 2008 presidential candidate -- one experts say could represent a watershed moment in 21st century media and political advertising.

Yet the groundbreaking 74-second pitch for Democratic Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, which remixes the classic "1984" ad that introduced Apple computers to the world, is not on cable or network TV, but on the Internet.

And Obama's campaign says it had absolutely nothing to do with the video that attacks one of his principal Democratic rivals, New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. Indeed, the ad's creator is a mystery, at least for now.

(To see the video, go to: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h3G-lMZxjo)

The compelling "Hillary 1984" video recently introduced on YouTube represents "a new era, a new wave of politics ... because it's not about Obama," said Peter Leyden, director of the New Politics Institute, a San Francisco-based think tank on politics and new media. "It's about the end of the broadcast era."

But some say the ad is just the latest attempt by outside activists to influence political campaigns -- or the newest way for campaigns to anonymously attack their opponents.

The video is a sophisticated new take on director Ridley Scott's controversial Apple ad that caused shock waves with its premiere during the 1984 Super Bowl, and shows the same blond young female athlete running with a sledgehammer toward a widescreen -- where an ominous Big Brother figure drones to a mass of zombielike followers.

...The tagline for the attack: "On Jan. 14, the Democratic primary will begin. And you'll see why 2008 won't be like 1984."

[goldstategop]

Hillary and her minions will not be pleased.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[BenLurkin]

America's most fatherless city -- very fitting for this confused metrosexual from a broken family.

[byteback]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4WtMSYq6FQ

[LiberalBassTurds]

Did someone steal your video and re-edit it?

LBT
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[RWCC]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=B6uwOoDrkQs

[Fiddlstix]

Did someone steal your video and re-edit it?

Sure looks like it to me

[LiberalBassTurds]

LOL, that's funny.

LBT
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[AmishDude]

You know, if it were a GOP candidate, they'd assume the ad was a dirty trick planted by his campaign. Here, they just take the word of the Obama camp.

[LiberalBassTurds]

Howdy Fiddlstixold buddy. Thanks for confirming that. Hope Mia gets some cash from Obama for his plagiarism.

LBT
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[rdb3]

Did someone steal your video and re-edit it?

That's exactly what I was thinking!

[LiberalBassTurds]

Well now we have a quorum. Thanks rdb3.

LBT
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[Fiddlstix]

Howdy Fiddlstixold buddy. Thanks for confirming that. Hope Mia gets some cash from Obama for his plagiarism.

Hey there LBT J
Good to see you J

[LiberalBassTurds]

Good to see you too. Our paths cross too infrequently nowadays.

Well, this old man is off to bed. I'll be back tomorrow to see Mia's response.

'Night,

LBT
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[Fiddlstix]

G'Nite LBT. Same here. I'm gonna hit the sack too.

[Mia T]

No. 'Vote Smart' was a video response to 'Vote Different.'

The point I was trying to make is that to 'vote different' is not enough. We must 'vote smart.'

'Vote Different,' a great idea and wonderfully executed, is a mashup of the brilliant Ridley Scott '1984' Apple commercial that introduced the Mac to the world.

[Mia T]

FYI

[Mia T]

Note what I say on the VOTE SMART YouTube site:

'VOTE SMART takes the Obama-Apple 1984 ad mashup to clinton depths; it is a warning to all women.'

[Mia T]

Also note my original post on FR.
(The video here is a longer version of my YouTube response video.)

VOTE SMART

MY RESPONSE TO
'VOTE DIFFERENT'
(Obama-Apple 1984 Ad Mashup)


by Mia T, 3.10.07

[rdb3]

All good, Mia. Enjoyed it!