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[eirias]

From a schmaltzy fan video to a totally hilarious attack ad. I gotta say, I kinda love what YouTube is doing for politics.

On the use of "like".

ETA (11:34): Another good political link: Chris Dodd's stirring FISA rant. Thanks, trygve, for passing it on. Also, a related rant from Glenn Greenwald.

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[blimix.livejournal.com]

Like, JSTOR JustSTORes the article, but is a JeSTOR and, like, won't serve it to me, 'cuz I'm not, like, a member.

[ex-miang438.livejournal.com]

totally hilarious attack ad

That was AMAZING. And I wholeheartedly agree re: YouTube love.

[marphod.livejournal.com]

Don't have aJSTOR account. Can you summarize?

[corydoras.livejournal.com]

I love those youtube ads. Esp. the attack ad... "like hope, but different." HAHAHA.

Also the FISA rants are fascinating. Interesting that Hillary didn't place a vote on the immunity amendment.

[trygve.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I totally loved both of those videos, I thought they were brilliant.

A friend of mine linked to this scathing article on Clinton (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/opinion/10rich.html?_r=2&%20%3Cbr%20/%3E_r=1&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin). It made some interesting points about how Clinton blew a ton of money on a faux town hall full of softball questions, and lacking in viewers, while Obama got far more publicity for this "Yes We Can" song that his campaign didn't have to spend a dime on.