Posted on 05/27/2007 4:06:17 AM PDT by billorites
Hillary Rodham Clinton wants YouTube viewers to pick her campaign theme song -- and the response, so far, has been music to her ears.
In a clear appeal to young voters, a YouTube video asks viewers to vote for the New York senator's presidential campaign theme song on her Web site. The contest started May 16, and the number of songs was narrowed to 10 on Thursday -- five initially suggested by the campaign and five write-in candidates.
They range from U2's "Beautiful Day" to Smash Mouth's version of "I'm a Believer" to Celine Dion's "You and I."
"I want to know what you're thinking on one of the most important questions of this campaign," Clinton said in a mock-serious tone in the initial video. "It's something we've been struggling with, debating, agonizing over for months. So now I'm turning to you, the American people."
According to the view counter on YouTube, the May 16 video had more than 500,000 views; a more recent post was seen by more than 40,000. Clinton's campaign said it received more than 130,000 votes in the first round. It promises to release the final result "in the coming days."
In both videos, Clinton sports a self-effacing attitude. She mocked her vocal abilities in the first post. The second features clips of people saying "this is ridiculous" and "are you freaking kidding me?" in response to the contest, along with Clinton making fun of some of the videos submitted.
"A little self-effacement in her recipe of self-presentation is probably a good idea," said Robert Thompson, professor of television and popular culture at Syracuse University. "There is a certain sense of over-calculation."
Thompson said the request for help selecting a theme song is not unusual for Clinton, who preceded her 2000 run for the Senate with a "listening tour." This is just taking that concept and putting it online, he added.
"I'd rather have a candidate ask me what I think about major issues," Thompson said. "The way it's being used is: Let's have you guys come and tell me what's the best way to package myself to sell myself to you."
He described the technique as having "a slight ickyness to it."
But Kathleen Hall Jamieson, who directs the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania, said any way candidates can engage potential voters, especially young people, at this stage is good.
"If they don't know who you who you are, they're not going to go out and vote for you," she said.
The five suggested songs that got the most votes:
--"Suddenly I See," KT Tunstall
--"Rock This Country!" Shania Twain
--"Beautiful Day," U2
--"Get Ready," The Temptations
--"I'm a Believer," Smash Mouth
The top write-in suggestions are:
--"Are You Gonna Go My Way," Lenny Kravitz
--"Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now," McFadden & Whitehead
--"Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic," The Police
--"You and I," Celine Dion
--"The Best," Tina Turner
I was going to say that.
How about Witchy Woman?
The Internationale.
Elton John’s The _itch is Back fits her to a T.
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This reads from a ‘he’ POV; but considering we’re talking about HEllary.....it still fits!
King Crimson
“The Great Deceiver”
Hillary is a commie.
How about the national anthem for China.
Right up that commie’s fat alley.
‘Ballcrusher’ by WASP
“Such a wicked vicious woman,
black magic voodoo queen
Les-bo nymphomaniac,
ooh, she’s got a girlfriend that is seventeen
Bye bye bye Ballcrusher
Bye bye bye
Bye bye bye Ballcrusher
Bye bye bye...
...I call her liar
Her eyes burn the flame
Liar, the princess of pain...”
That may be the one.
I read your list of quotes. Robert E. Lee said that indecision, notorious ill-temper, intemperance, and a pessimistic, demoralizing outlook were the qualities he abhorred in a soldier. Apparently he had some of the current “Congressional Democrats” in the Army of Northern Virginia.
My husband suggested Devil with the Blue Dress On.
I said I don’t think she wants any reminders of Monica, but my husband says she be perfectly ok with it if it would get her any sympathy votes.
Sorry to be late. But “I hate everything about you” by Ugly kid Joe seems to fit.
Liar - Henry Rollins Band
You think youre gonna to live your life alone
In darkness
And seclusion
Yeah I know
Youve been out there
Tried to mix with those animals
And it just left you full of humiliated confusion
So you stagger back home
And wait for nothing
But the solitary refinement of your room spits you back out onto the street
And now youre desperate
And in need of human contact
And then
You meet me
And you whole world changes
Because everything I say is everything youve ever wanted to hear
So you drop all your defenses and you drop all your fears
And you trust me completely
Im perfect
In every way
Cause I make you feel so strong and so powerful inside
You feel so lucky
But your ego obscures reality
And you never bother to wonder why
Things are going so well
You wanna know why?
Cause Im a liar
Yeah Im a liar
Ill tear your mind out
Ill burn your soul
Ill turn you into me
Ill turn you into me
Cause Im a liar, a liar
A liar, a liar
Ill hide behind a smile
And understanding eyes
And Ill tell you things that you already know
So you can say
I really identify with you, so much
And all the time that youre needing me
Is just the time that Im bleeding you
Dont you get it yet?
Ill come to you like an affliction
And Ill leave you like an addiction
Youll never forget me
You wanna know why?
Cause Im a liar
Yeah Im a liar
Ill rip your mind out
Ill burn your soul
Ill turn you into me
Ill turn you into me
Cause Im a liar, a liar
Liar, liar, liar, liar
I dont know why I feel the need to lie
And cause you so much pain
Maybe its something inside
Maybe its something I cant explain
Cause all I do
Is mess you up and lie to you
Im a liar
Oh, I am a liar
If youll give me one more chance
I swear that I will never lie to you again
Because now I see the destructive power of a lie
Theyre stronger than truth
I cant believe I ever hurt you
I swear
I will never to you lie again, please
Just give me one more chance
I will never lie to you again
I swear
That I will never tell a lie
I will never tell a lie
No, no
Ha ha ha ha ha hah haa haa haa haaa
Sucker
Sucker!
Oh, sucker
I am a liar
Yeah, I am a liar
Yeah I like it
I feel good
Ohh I am a liar
Yeah
I lie
I lie
I lie
Oh, I lie
Oh I lie
I lie
Yeah
Ohhh Im a liar
I lie
Yeah
I like it
I feel good
Ill lie again
And again
Ill lie again and again
And Ill keep lying
I promise
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