Posted on 06/16/2007 5:30:31 PM PDT by hardback
Our goal is to bring humor and engage the younger generation into politics" Ben Relles, one of the masterminds behind Barely Political (barelypolitical.com) and Obama Girl said on Saturday.
"I'd say between 10 and 20 million people have seen the video of Obama Girl "I got a crush on Obama" Ben Relles told TheOnlinewire.com in a phone interview on Saturday.
"I got a crush on Obama" has had over 1,000,000 views on YouTube alone; the song was featured on over 250 TV stations since it first went live on Wednesday.
Right now Ben Relles is working on the aftermath of Obama Girl's video. "We're doing an auction on EBay of all Obama Girl's clothes seen in the video and we will donate the proceeds to a charity." He said.
Ben told us Obama Girl, actress Amber Lee Ettinger, is already working on the next video on her favorite presidential candidate, Barack Obama.
The Obama campaign spokesperson said its team had nothing to do with the video and refused to further comment.
"We received emails from people claiming to be from the Obama campaign," Ben said. "They said they loved the video however we are unable to verify if these people are really who they claim to be."
Obama Girl will remain focused on Barack Obama; however he will not be the only presidential candidate to be "targeted" with humor by Barely Political. "We haven't decided yet who will be next, it can be anyone...Republican or Democrat." Relles said.
this is like the Clintonistas used MTV a few yrs ago. the MSM just loves to laud themselves as groundbreaking.
Funny, she told ABC news she didn't have a favorite candidate.
I suspect 90% of those million views can be attributed to about 1,000 15 year old males.
I admit to watching it twice.
I watched it, The thought that came to me was why a good looking woman like her would want a tall skinny ,big eared married dork like Obama. Maybe Obama is carrying something we cant see.
I'm sure that is the message the video is trying to get across, but it is safe to say she was just in it for the publicity.
Republicans and conservatives had better get their Shiite together. Or we’re going to have a pacifist/Muslim appeasing Democrat President.
Can you imagine anybody doing a video like this about, say, Hillary, or ANY of the Republican candidates?
The hell with SwiftBoating -- what we need is somebody to out-video the Democrats. RIGHT AWAY! American voters may laugh, but I'll bet these home-produced videos have a serious effect on the next election if it's close.
FreeRepublic has been on the cutting edge of internet political culture for years -- but we risk being left behind if this sort of thing keeps up. And it will.
My favorite Obama video is his Hillary commercial.
Which of the three would be hardest to beat in the general?
I don't think it really has anything to do with Obama - except that everyone knows who he is.
The kids used this so everyone finds out who THEY are!!
Smart kids...they are getting a ton of publicity - thanks to using Obama's name!!
Maybe they could get Barbara Streisands husband to do a video saying he has the hots for Hillary. James Brolin. After all if he can sleep with Babs without puking ,he could probably make a hit on Hillary and survive.
On second thought maybe Rosie or Ellen Degenerate could make the video and say she has the hots for Hillary. Now that really has a big hint of truth in it.
Obama girl, old video.
“I got a crush on the guy who signs the check for my gigs.”
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