NPR: Parody of Obama "Yes We Can" Video Tweaks McCain

Parody of Obama "Yes We Can" Video Tweaks McCain

Oh, it's going to be an interesting new media election.

Once upon a time, if you disagreed with a candidate's policies or positions, you wrote a letter to the editor or phoned your local call in show. But that was before the Internet, YouTube and social networking.

These days, you make a parody video of a popular song and stick it up on all the video-sharing sites for the world to see.

Take for instance, this parody of the enormously popular video by Will.i.am that riffs off the Barack Obama campaign theme of "Yes We Can." In this case it's "John.he.is." The parody video, which at first seems like a pro-McCain video, takes phrases from several of his speeches (such as the one about staying in Iraq for "100 years, 1000 years, 10,000 years, as long as it takes" or "bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran") and has actors mouth the words (as in the Obama video) but they then make faces and walk away from the camera in disgust.

In a theoretical match-up between Obama and McCain, an Associated Press-Ipsos poll indicated Monday that Obama has a narrow lead, 48 percent to 42 percent. The same poll showed that Sen. Hillary Clinton would lead McCain by a single point, 46 to 45 - statistically a tie.

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Thank you NPR for putting these video links on your site.POWERFUL!Sorry Hillary,OBAMA hereI come!

Sent by Paul | 12:03 PM ET | 02-12-2008

The tri-media is so friendly with Barrack. It's a hot story that they can make billions of dollars worth of business - from their ratings and
captive of segment among african-american viewers. They are afraid to
attack or scrutinize him from his drug used, if not drug dealings, his birth, his parents, his family, or even his
birth certificate. Common, huys,
speak.

Sent by Frank Magno | 12:34 PM ET | 02-12-2008

It's interesting that Obama'a lead over McCain of six points is a narrow lead. President Bush saw a similar lead as a mandate.

Sent by RobertR | 12:51 PM ET | 02-12-2008

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