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.
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