Hillary can do the music-video thing too Is Hillary Clinton's response to Barack Obama’s "Yes, We Can" video meant to be taken as a campaign ad or the proposed theme for her new sitcom? It could go either way, and only the lady herself knows for sure. (In a less inclusive spirit, adding comments has been disabled from the YouTube video, so we’re deprived of any reaction from the unwashed masses.) As it is, Hillary deserves credit for stealing only half the melody from the Jackson Five and maybe a third of the soul from Up With People; a lesser person would have Pat Booned everything not nailed down from both groups. And if they do make a sitcom out of this fascinating glimpse into everything that’s wrong with white people, I for one demand that they cast Orrin Hatch as the the wacky neighbor. —Posted by David Kiefaber

February 15, 2008 in Kiefaber | Permalink

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Ugh. I could only watch 17 seconds. Hillary, don't even try to compete on the YouTube front...this is horrendous.

Posted by: Adwriter | Feb 15, 2008 9:49:33 AM

I really enjoy the Obama's video.

hehehe

Posted by: Bruno Delfino | Feb 15, 2008 10:03:18 AM

OMG, you can't make this stuff up.

Posted by: MyEyesAreBleeding | Feb 15, 2008 11:43:01 AM

No way that is real. I hope it is and she continues self destructing.

Posted by: yikes | Feb 15, 2008 12:46:01 PM

Wow. I'm stunned. She better hope the super delegates are deaf.

Posted by: Ted Zahn | Feb 15, 2008 12:58:52 PM

The kicker is that the video was actually done by CPB. If you play it backwards, "Hillary for you and me" becomes "Whopper with cheese..."

Posted by: TDub | Feb 15, 2008 2:37:31 PM

Like OMG!! I'm leaving the country. New Zealand is not far enough away from the U.S. at this point.

Posted by: Leavinonjetplane | Feb 15, 2008 4:11:42 PM

"this fascinating glimpse into everything that’s wrong with white people" - OUTSTANDING.

Posted by: Mr. Wisdumb | Feb 15, 2008 5:14:16 PM

Hillary – The Candidate for the Douchey Masses

Posted by: thatguy | Feb 15, 2008 8:27:06 PM

so does that mean Bill played sax on this track?

HORRENDOUS.

Posted by: BigMarty | Feb 16, 2008 10:15:16 AM

I liked it, it had a fantastic beat

Posted by: Luke Rowe | Feb 16, 2008 8:44:14 PM

it's a real toe-tapper, "Up With People" has got nothing on these peeps. It has got to be an Obama backer with a good sense of humor.

I'm still clapping along....

Posted by: Jeff | Feb 18, 2008 12:26:25 PM

I made it 34 seconds. This has to be a joke. I'm not saying Hillary is Yves Saint Lauren or anything, but she's got better taste than this. I mean, my black Labrador has better taste than this. That said, this video would have been outstanding in 1991 (No I'm not being sarcastic, but yes, that is a really sad truth about 1991).

Also, yeah, the Barack video is better, obviously (this is more of that dumb PC/Mac thing), but at the same time, do we really want our presidents in music videos? I mean, we've been huge proponents of presidents being "men (possibly women) of the people," but I'm a little uncomfortable with McG giving the pres direction, any direction.

Posted by: John | Feb 20, 2008 1:27:50 AM

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