March 22, 2007

Unveiling the father of politubers - Vote Different video

Well the guy who will no doubt be named the father of "politubers" has been unveiled (term coined by TubeMogul). "Phil" from Blue State Digital created a very cool YouTube video in wich he did a mash-up of a 1984 Apple ad and Hillary Clinton with Obama as the go-to guy.

Hillary 1984 Video


He did this on a Sunday from his home (read "watch out big ad agencies who charge the big bucks for these things). Blue State Digital is responsible for creating the Obama 08 web site I believe. He didn't mean to represent his company but that's a side point (he got fired from there because of this).

What we should all be reading from this is what the Internet has provided for the people. Joe Shmo really can influence now. Probably not for too long, Darwinism has a way of working its way into these things but for now, "Politubing" has exploded. Right now it's uncharted, feisty, frivolous, sometimes ridiculous, usually entertaining, chaotic and fun. Just like the wild west should be. YouTube viewership for Obama official video campaign has registered over 1 million views. Will YouTube be so influential as deciding who the next President will be? Crazy. Rest assured, by the next presidential campaign, politubing will become an art mastered by the few. So for now, let the people decide what the course of this chaos should be.

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