Viral Obama

February 11, 2008 8:30 AM

John.He.Is turns John McCain quotes into a beautiful song. Two suburban women sit around discussing whether or not America is ready for a smart President. Filmmakers get ready to release Barackula: The Musical. Rap musician BigHitBuda drops Elect Obama.

So here's an effort to nip this in the bud - I'm guessing the mods are getting sick of deleting or thinking about deleting so many Obama posts. Here's a place to dump all of your Obama viral/media links. Now, let's be done with this for awhile.

posted by billysumday (35 comments total)

Sorry if that last part came out wrong. I don't want to assume how the mods do things around here, or to get a pass by linking some videos and then shutting the door to future posts. I'm just saying, maybe it'd be a good to post all of the Chuck Norris/Obama, funny skits, music videos, etc. that are popping up on the interwebs all in one post. Feel free to delete away or mock relentlessly if this is ill considered.
posted by billysumday at 8:34 AM on February 11, 2008

Seems ill considered. Do we actually do "dump all your links here" posts? I don't remember ever seeing any.
posted by kittens for breakfast at 8:39 AM on February 11, 2008

at 2:06 in the ready for a smart President you can see that the creators "rented" one of the women's shoulder bags. That's the kind of fiscal responsibility I want to see!
posted by srboisvert at 8:42 AM on February 11, 2008

Pepsi Black?
posted by Big_B at 8:45 AM on February 11, 2008

We already have two active Obama threads. I'm a supporter and I have appreciated your comments in the other threads, bullysumday, but every time I see a new Obama post go up I think, jesus, we're going to make everyone sick of this if they're not already. I could do with a moratorium unless something extraordinary comes up.
posted by The Loch Ness Monster at 8:45 AM on February 11, 2008

Yeah, good points everyone. I think things are getting a little too saturated with Obama, so this was a nip-in-the-bud move, but if it only adds to the saturation then obviously I miscalculated. Apologies y'all.
posted by billysumday at 8:46 AM on February 11, 2008

The John.He.Is. link drove me nuts; I'm sure it is great satire, but the talking-over-each-other was hard to listen to. I enjoyed the "smart president" video, though.
posted by misha at 8:48 AM on February 11, 2008

Rest of the web.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 9:06 AM on February 11, 2008

Don't forget this Hillary Music Video.
posted by delmoi at 9:21 AM on February 11, 2008 [1 favorite]

Don't forget this Hillary Music Video .

Oh, that really backfired. I'm so voting for Obama now just to punish the people who made that video.
posted by miss lynnster at 9:33 AM on February 11, 2008

Can that Hillary video possibly have been made by people who, you know, want her to win? The dancers, especially, make me suspect parody.
posted by hwickline at 9:35 AM on February 11, 2008

I was just leafing through "obama folk" on youtube last night, casually pondering an fpp. But it was all CRAP! I must be old and cynical. Stay gold, billysumday.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 9:41 AM on February 11, 2008

Could someone who dosn't support Obama confirm or deny the quality of those probama videos? I think they're great, and I suspect that my critical reasoning may be unduely influenced by my own support of Barack.
posted by Richard Daly at 10:06 AM on February 11, 2008

The various Obama videos are all pretty damn slick. I wonder if it's because he attracts the youth vote that he gets some of the more media-savvy people too? Or is it the other way around?

But I too am an Obama supporter, so there ya' go....
posted by elwoodwiles at 10:25 AM on February 11, 2008

is ready for a smart President

No. But if this guy ran, I bet he would do really well.
posted by Mr_Zero at 10:28 AM on February 11, 2008

After experiencing the pure, distilled emotions of that simple motivational dirge, "Yes We Can," I didn't think that I could be moved like that again. After all, how many times is a person inspired, truly inspired to non-humps-or-lumps-related action by a Will.i.am song? But I underestimated the rousing power of that particular Black Eyed Pea. He's just a simple man, with a hat and a penchant for rhyming words with themselves, but his words worm their way into your mind, awakening your resolve; his rhymes take root in your heart where they burst into flowers of motivation. After watching Will.i.am's Grammy medley last night, I was inspired to make a change. Basically, if this is considered music, I never want to hear music again--and I will do everything in my power to make it stop.
posted by kittens for breakfast at 10:30 AM on February 11, 2008

Okay, okay. Barack to the Future.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 10:42 AM on February 11, 2008

They just keep coming. No you can't!
posted by billysumday at 11:09 AM on February 11, 2008

Yay! One of my best friends is the mixing/sound engineer for Barackula. I can't believe it's being talked about on the internet...
posted by nonmerci at 11:23 AM on February 11, 2008

Will.i.am on the Grammy's last night just destroyed any of the good will he had earned from the Obama video. If there's nothing that rhymes with Grammy, don't force it, man.
posted by smackfu at 11:59 AM on February 11, 2008

I think they're great, and I suspect that my critical reasoning may be unduely influenced by my own support of Barack.

I do support Barack, but I find the Yes We Can video annoying as hell: either let Barack speak, or let the singers do it; mixing the two together is grating and atonal. The "We Are The World"-ness of it also makes me kind of itchy.

It made the John.He.Is parody possible, though, so that almost justifies it.
posted by ook at 1:06 PM on February 11, 2008

mixing the two together is grating and atonal

I just thought it was unintelligible. Not stirring.
posted by smackfu at 1:14 PM on February 11, 2008

Am I the only person let down that Barackula isn't a version of Heart's "Barracuda," altered to be about Scott Backula?
posted by brundlefly at 2:08 PM on February 11, 2008

Bakula, actually.
posted by brundlefly at 2:08 PM on February 11, 2008

Mista B Obama, Mista Barack H Obama is what I want to hear ...

(a la MistaDobolina by Del tha funky homo sapien)
posted by Araucaria at 4:42 PM on February 11, 2008

Cientos años!
posted by Flunkie at 5:05 PM on February 11, 2008

For the completists, Barack Obama, Nice Nice Baby
posted by jonp72 at 6:28 PM on February 11, 2008

Don't forget this Hillary Music Video .

Whew. That took a lot out of me. Worst. Song. Ever. No, really.

*deep breath* Ok, I think I'm okay. Feeling better.
posted by zardoz at 7:49 PM on February 11, 2008 [1 favorite]

Okay, and then there's Hillary and the Band, wherein La Clinton is lightheartedly portrayed as a vituoso guitarist who unexpectedly destroys the dreams of her hip young bandmates when her ambitions prove too powerful for her to ignore. Produced by the Clinton campaign, which is hardly ever tone deaf, and is universally beloved by young hipstrs.
posted by maryh at 10:09 PM on February 11, 2008 [1 favorite]

If we're dumping obamanations in here, mike_bling's recently posted project, U Rock Obama, intends to document DIY Obama stuff. It's thin, but I have a feeling that the coming months will see mountains of naïve artifacts of the campaign appear there. Send your crappy Obama stuff his way once this thread closes down.
posted by mumkin at 11:30 PM on February 11, 2008

Two suburban women sit around discussing whether or not America is ready for a smart President.

If she's quick on her feet!

Remember: always keep both feet on the ground, make sure that, in terms of reach, you are always one lunge plus one yard away at all times and that there are always two other persons in the room when you see Mr. President.

And never forget that when you date the President, you date every other person the President has ever dated.
posted by y2karl at 5:38 AM on February 12, 2008

Between the Hillary Music Video and "Hillary and the Band," I've now seen the two worst youtube videos in existence. Thanks guys!
posted by naju at 10:50 PM on February 12, 2008

Yes We Can Has.

Finally, a meme put to good use.
posted by Happy Dave at 4:14 AM on February 13, 2008 [1 favorite]

Apparently, that awful Hillary video is real.
posted by Richard Daly at 3:01 PM on February 13, 2008

Hillary in Wisconsin.
posted by billysumday at 12:36 PM on February 14, 2008