The Seattle Times went and wrote a piece on how yes, there are many, many political ads showing up on YouTube -- many of them put out by "amateurs" -- but hardly anyone's watching them. For example, they say, "Last month, a version (of the song "Have You Had Enough?") aimed at U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert, R-Auburn, was posted on YouTube.com by a supporter of his opponent. It is the kind of parody rarely seen in grim network TV ads, with vintage cartoon images and swinging trumpet riffs. Despite the effort, it's been viewed all of 2,081 times."
Well, thank you, Times! Let's see what we can do to fix that!
Well, thank you, Times! Let's see what we can do to fix that!
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Date: 2006-10-20 12:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-10-20 02:50 am (UTC)Bastardo!
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Date: 2006-10-20 02:58 am (UTC)Tone
Date: 2006-10-20 03:51 am (UTC)I'd thought I'd seen it before the Times' article, but thought it was most likely it had been through Goldy promoting Burner on http://www.horsesass.org/ Your Minnesota version is interesting, though, because it has links to all the different versions (and different candidates) YouTube user mmcintee has made, some with view counts in the tens of thousands.