Slog - Comments on Obama, Obama... http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama The new wil.i.am video:... Copyright 2008 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:10:08 -0800 Sat, 01 Mar 2008 10:30:25 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by carissa uuuuhhhhhh....

]]> carissa http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c951865 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c951865 2008 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:26:00 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV Ok.

Even I will admit that that's a little Messianic.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c951867 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c951867 2008 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:26:57 -0800 Comment by bma Hot damn... Jessica Alba AND Kerry Washington are supporting Obama? AND John Leguizamo? Wow. Count me in.

And is there a need for any more debates? I mean, Macy Grey's positions on foreign policy are really nuanced, and in terms of trade agreements, I hear that the actor that played the guy that killed Patrick Swayze in Ghost is really knowledgeable.

I mean, who needs Madeleine Albright when you have Theo FUCKING Huxtable?

]]> bma http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c951874 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c951874 2008 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:28:41 -0800 Comment by Christin Truthfully, this is pretty effing heavy-handed compared to the Yes We Can video. The Yes We Can video left me feeling inspired and hopeful. This video left me thinking about the phrase "cult of personality" and feeling generally nervous--I like Barack Obama, but I don't necessarily want these peoples' Kool-Aid.

]]> Christin http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c951881 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c951881 2008 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:31:13 -0800 Comment by SeMe funny seeing george lopez who uses the N word so freely at his LA shows.

" he will not be the president for corporations"

somebody is going to be dissapointed in about 2 years.

i dont know, he is fine, he deserves our support, money and vote, but come on now.

]]> SeMe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c951897 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c951897 2008 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:36:11 -0800 Comment by Sure Thing I won't be on board until I hear Andy Dick's endorsement!

]]> Sure Thing http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c951901 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c951901 2008 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:38:09 -0800 Comment by Fnarf This is terrible, and makes me hate celebrities more than ever. Hearing super-gorge Jessica Alba say "I would like a cleaner Earth" makes me want to dump detergent in Green Lake. I don't think that's the effect they're going for.

And the singing is awful.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c951910 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c951910 2008 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:44:33 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV It shows that Obama is closing the all-important Celebrity Gap.

Let me know when he snag's Martin Sheen's endorsement.

Or Charlie.

Or even Emilio Estevez....

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c951916 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c951916 2008 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:46:55 -0800 Comment by konstantConsumer i'm about as big a supporter of obama as you can get, but that video is pretty over the top. though did i see what's his name from queer as folk on there for a second? you know, the skinny blond one... randy something...

]]> konstantConsumer http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c951917 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c951917 2008 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:47:48 -0800 Comment by SeMe The singing reminded me of the song Ave Satani from the Omen soundtrack.

]]> SeMe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c951919 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c951919 2008 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:49:03 -0800 Comment by Jason B I actually liked this one more than the Yes We Can video.

]]> Jason B http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c951935 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c951935 2008 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:55:30 -0800 Comment by Medina Just as the F**king Matt Damon parodies need to stop, so do the Obama music videos.

Clearly, marketed for the Latino vote. As a hispanic, I feel a bit insulted. Simply chanting Obama's name won't get me to vote for the guy.

Weak.

]]> Medina http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c951958 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c951958 2008 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:08:43 -0800 Comment by Etteloc Love it when one of the actresses (blanking on her name) is saying that she wants the war to end, but it sounds hilariously like she is saying she "basically want[s] the world to end."

]]> Etteloc http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c951967 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c951967 2008 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:12:23 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I'm surprised Madeline Albright is still alive ...

Obama music vids rock my world! I'll be humming this at the Obama event upstairs at Von's (6th and Pike, next to Pacific Place) tonight that's from 5:30 to 8 pm.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952017 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952017 2008 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:38:56 -0800 Comment by Mr Fuzzy I didn't like this one, but I didn't like the first one to begin with. Gimmicks don't make good music, will.
The song shouldn't be good because it's inspirational, it should be inspirational because it's good.

]]> Mr Fuzzy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952023 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952023 2008 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:42:02 -0800 Comment by Andy Niable Even as a strongly committed Obamamerican, this struck me as dangerously close to the "One of Us, One of Us" chant from the classic movie FREAKS.

But I still prefer it to any video released so far by the Hillary camp. (Watch the "Hee-lar-ee for You and Me! Sesame-Street-like video again and prove me wrong.)

]]> Andy Niable http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952033 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952033 2008 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:46:47 -0800 Comment by manic preacha Wil.i.am is a cheesedick. Wil.i.wish.you'd.stop.

]]> manic preacha http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952067 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952067 2008 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:10:31 -0800 Comment by manic preacha ...and i hate how the white people nod their heads during the "OBAMA" chant. like their giving in to the hip hop beat, cuz it's out of their comfort zone to "act black".

]]> manic preacha http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952075 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952075 2008 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:12:55 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Act black? Is this some kind of US thing? Cause I don't remember any of the black people I grew up with in Texas, Michigan, or BC "acting black"?

Or are you referring to being angry at being shat on repeatedly by society? Yeah, that happens - deal with it.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952083 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952083 2008 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:16:44 -0800 Comment by apparently the minority Sorry, but I think it's beautiful.

]]> apparently the minority http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952102 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952102 2008 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:24:20 -0800 Comment by Kraegarth @8
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Let me know when he snag's Martin Sheen's endorsement.

Posted by NapoleonXIV | February 29, 2008 9:46 AM
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You should have said "Let me know when he snag's President Bartlett's endorsement." That way the sheep would have really known who you were talking about! :-D

]]> Kraegarth http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952113 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952113 2008 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:31:45 -0800 Comment by spencer Based on the title, I was hoping it was going to be Shakira's "Hips Don't Lie" rewritten for Obama. Disappointment.

]]> spencer http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952122 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952122 2008 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:35:25 -0800 Comment by alex This video pretty much reassures me that I have made the right decision in supporting Hillary Clinton

]]> alex http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952200 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952200 2008 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:17:16 -0800 Comment by Chris @12

The times are seriously ripe for an "I'm fucking Obama" - "He's fucking Obama" video.

]]> Chris http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952254 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952254 2008 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:38:52 -0800 Comment by Mike in Pioneer Yikes.

]]> Mike in Pioneer http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952303 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952303 2008 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:04:29 -0800 Comment by cbc I am a huge Obama supporter but I found this pretty fucking creepy. The less people who see this video the better.

]]> cbc http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952323 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952323 2008 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:14:04 -0800 Comment by infrequent fan. creepy. but still better than the for you and me one.

]]> infrequent http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952393 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952393 2008 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:06:48 -0800 Comment by Greg @22: SHAKIRA SHAKIRA

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952441 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952441 2008 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:35:44 -0800 Comment by Z squared you people are jaded. i cried over my cabbage salad and toast when i watched that. still sniffly. blort.

]]> Z squared http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952469 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952469 2008 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:47:58 -0800 Comment by slippers That was VERY disturbing...grossness!

]]> slippers http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952592 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952592 2008 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:06:09 -0800 Comment by Barak, save me from your followers FREAKY DEAKY!!!! God complex anyone?

I's getting a buimper sticker that says "Barak, save me from your followers".


Stop it people! I am a flaming liberal, lesbian, environmentalist, transit riding, NPR listening, woo woo Californian and this freaks me out. Middle America is really going to be freaked by this kind of craziness.

]]> Barak, save me from your followers http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952603 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952603 2008 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:13:39 -0800 Comment by anna @ 24: that needs to happen now, while it still makes some sense. call snl asap.

]]> anna http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952608 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952608 2008 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:16:44 -0800 Comment by homage to me Forgettable and harmless.

]]> homage to me http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952723 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952723 2008 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:48:14 -0800 Comment by johnnie God, make these stop.

]]> johnnie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952732 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952732 2008 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:02:07 -0800 Comment by Uncle Vinny I liked the first one a lot, and this one had a few good moments... but yeah, I think it was over the top. And are all those people supposed to be famous? 'cuz if so, I'm really really out of it. I only recognized 4 or 5 of them. Hi, Luiz Guzman!

]]> Uncle Vinny http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952735 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952735 2008 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:09:16 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi I hear that the actor that played the guy that killed Patrick Swayze in Ghost is really knowledgeable.

If you're talking about Luis Guzman, he wasn't in Ghost. Don't worry. I used to make that mistake all the time.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952832 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952832 2008 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:30:32 -0800 Comment by bma @36: Alas, you're right. :( Too bad, too... guess Obama doesn't know as much about trade as I thought he did.

]]> bma http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952836 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952836 2008 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:43:48 -0800 Comment by Julie I had a bunch of people tell me that the last video was so inspirational, and when I watched it, I was like, what? This isn't even anything, just a bunch of people saying Yes We Can.

This video is both better and worse. The Obama chanting is super creepy, but I appreciate that people are actually explaining why they are voting for him.

]]> Julie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952964 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/02/obama_obama#c952964 2008 Sat, 01 Mar 2008 10:30:25 -0800