[lbo-talk] Pres. candidates upload painfully unfunny campaign vids to YouTube

[B.]

[Really bad attempts by Presidential campaigns to make
funny, wacky videos; most except the last one, a vid
by Hillary Clinton spoofing the Sopranos ending, are
on YouTube. -B]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGhdSX_I2ow   <--John
Edwards campaign vid; a wacky pie sketch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKNpu48A_nU  <-- Tom
Tancredo campaign vid. Wacky ol' Tancredo explains
he's gonna get a cheap haircut. "Hilarious."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rZdAB4V_j8   <-- Mike
Gravel ad, very creepy, not funny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKsoXHYICqU <--
Technically not by Barack Obama's campaign, but made
by a gal w/ too much time on her hands about her Obama
obsession

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvjdeOAUNIg  <-- Mitt
Romney explains why he changed positions on abortion
w/ a fake phone call interview.

Clinton spoofs Sopranos in Web video

By JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press Writer 
58 minutes ago

The scene: A diner and a jukebox. A nostalgic song. A
cut to black. It worked as a finale for "The
Sopranos." It now marks a new beginning for "The
Clintons." Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential
campaign on Tuesday unveiled its new campaign song
with a Web video that spoofs the final scene of the
popular HBO mobster series.

[video is at http://www.hillaryclinton.com/]