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Saturday, March 10, 2007
 
THE GLOVES ARE COMING OFF IN THE DEMOCRATIC RACE....4GW STYLE

People send me many things. Too much in fact, for me to ever post them all unless blogging becomes a paying gig but I do look at and read everything you send to me. This was just em,ailed and it's hilarious - as well as an indicator of where 2008 is going and possibly a harbinger of the role Web 2.0 apps may play in the presidential race. ( Hat Tip: to Fabius Maximus).



This was posted by "Parkridge47" as if it was by a contemporary of Hillary from her High School days at Maine South. Perhaps it is. Some folks have long memories for slights or insults. But if I was to hazard a guess, I'd say the subtle stiletto of David Axelrod (Senator Barack Obama's "political brain") was behind this 4GW move to hit Hillary with some negative advertising in the youth demographic that leaves no forwarding address.

I'd take pride in saying that Republicans were behind this but I can't see the Bush administration pulling off something quite this smart. Or even being aware of Youtube.

And if you think this was something, wait until they engage the social networking platforms.

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Per the comments on the web about this, it is apparently a modified version of a modified version of Ridley Scott’s 1984 Super Bowl advertisement introducing the Macintosh computer.

Note the gal has an ipod. Also the original ad is famous exlemplar of the "hate your customers" school of advertising. The faceless male drones represent Apple's prospects, the targets of the ad.

No surprise, corporate IT managers bot few Macs.

What does this ad suggest about American politics, and the 2008 campaign?
 
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