MTV, eat your heart out. Our generation is witnessing an unprecedented tactic in political campaigning: music videos that attempt to appeal to (…I’m not quite sure who, actually…critical cynics who enjoy making fun of people?) But poor Hillary…Obama got to all of the trendier back-up singers first, like Wyclif, Scarlett Johanson, a deaf girl, Kate Walsh and even the lead singer from The Pussy Cat Dolls…plus, like, ten more who I’m too lazy to mention. And you’ve got to admit, that’s just good PR. Who can compete with that? You don’t see Senator McCain channeling the talents of Katharine McPhee or Justin Timberlake to get his policies across. I wonder what McCain’s got up his sleeves. Skywriting? Hillary, however, was left with a couple kooky looking go-go dancers and an over-enthused saxophone player. It’s pretty sad. “Hillary4U&Me is like the “The Mickey Mouse Club” meets the White House…and there’s a singing kid on the stage. As if the kid really has a grasp on Hillary’s policies. Or is able to vote. My favorite theory floating around is the rumor that Obama got together with his brain team and said, “Hey guys, lets create a music video that makes Hillary look dumb, and then post it on the internet so bloggers everywhere have something new to chew over.” This, however was not the case. Silicon Valley success story and floutist Gene Wang is the master-mind behind this delightfully (insert your adjective of choice) work. Wang really likes Hillary. He thinks she’s a super candidate. So he made her a music video. I mean, you’d really have like Hillary to make her a music video. Mr. Wang hasn’t quit his day job just yet.
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