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She turned heads and made headlines during the 2008 election with her scantily clad rendition of “Obama Girl” and now she’s back. But this time Amber Lee Ettinger is singing a different tune. Like many Americans, Ettinger seems to be rethinking her earlier choice after three years of President Barack Obama. “Obama Girl?” calls the president’s look-a-like to begin the 2012 release: “Glease,” to which Ettinger replies, “What’s it to you dud?” … Intended to look like a “cheesy” R&B video by Ben Relles who featured Obama Girl on his Barely Political YouTube channel, the initial song has now been...

Partyer in Chief By Joel Stein Monday, Jun. 07, 2010 I don't know much about what the Tea Party stands for, but I do know it's my big chance to gain political power. Moving up in the Democratic or Republican Party would take decades, but the Tea Party is searching for leaders. Getting in on a movement early is how you get to be Sam Adams or Jesse Jackson or Obama Girl.For advice, I called Mark Williams, founder of the Tea Party Express, which raises millions of dollars by traveling in a bus and putting on shows with acts like...

Alfonzo takes on Obama's SOTU speech and Chris Matthews' memory loss. As per usual, he pulls no punches.

President Obama has been running his mouth a lot lately. Last week, he stabbed his lobbyist friends in the back and attacked his allies in Congress as if he were an outsider. Talking smack isn't boosting his low popularity though, even among his own erstwhile supporters. During his State of the Union address, Mr. Obama attacked "lobbyists [who] game the system." When Diane Sawyer of ABC News asked him about shady deals used to try to get government health care passed, he threw the Democrat-run Congress under the bus: "Let's hold on a second, Diane. . . . I didn't...

We know that people are souring on President Barack Obama, and that even some of his fans and allies have started to doubt whether he’s change they can believe in after all. But the latest case of dissent may be one of the most surprising. Speaking to Sean Hannity last night, Amber Lee Ettinger—the star of 2008’s popular “Obama Girl” web videos—said that the magic is gone: I just don’t have that big crush like I used to…yeah, I mean it was two years ago, and if I had this crush on him the same way as I did in...

Did you see this? Why conduct such a stupid interview? It's obvious this "lady" was just playing out the fad for the moment. She had no clue about anything. Does anybody actually believe she has any clue about Huckabee.

'Obama Girl' No Longer Has a Crush on the President By Noel Sheppard Created 01/27/2010 - 11:56 The woman who became famous for her "I Got A Crush...on Obama [1]" video in 2007 has like so many in our nation lost that loving feeling for the President. "In my opinion, I feel like he should be focusing a lot more on jobs and the economy," Amber Lee Ettinger told [2] the New York Post. "He did create some jobs, but most of them were government jobs and that doesn't really help the middle class," she added. Given the media's fascination...

First, Massachusetts turned on the president. Now, the bikini-clad "Obama Girl" -- who fa mously cooed about her "crush" throughout the presidential campaign on YouTube videos -- admits the thrill is gone. Amber Lee Ettinger -- the buxom sensa tion who lip-synched about her love for then-candidate Barack Obama -- said she wishes he spent his first year in office more fo cused on fixing the abysmal economy. Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/obama_girl_now_falling_out_of_love_20IY02jVpUMvC0IQBLXvEI#ixzz0dijLhTCj

Aintree? This river don't go to Aintree, it's goes to Socialism town .... Oh, and I'd bet that isn't her voice either ... Video

The Obama Girl ( Amber Lee Ettinger ) ventured out into the light yesterday.

Clinton is expected to throw her support behind Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign during an event at noon ET Saturday at the National Building Museum in Washington.

Johansson: I'm in love with Obama! By ERIN CARLSON, The Associated Press Fri Jan 25, 7:29 PM ET NEW YORK - Scarlett Johansson returned from the Persian Gulf with a whole lot of soldiers' trinkets and a delusion of her own engagement — to Barack Obama. "I am engaged ... to Barack Obama," Johansson joked in an interview with The Associated Press on Thursday. "My heart belongs to Barack, and that is who I am currently, finally, engaged to. Yes." Johansson, who showed her support for the Democratic presidential candidate at the Iowa caucus earlier this month, was really just...

Priya Venkatesan ‘90, a former Writing 5 lecturer and research associate at Dartmouth Medical School, is threatening to name seven of her former students in a potential civil rights lawsuit against the College, DMS and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Venkatesan announced Friday. Venkatesan also plans to write an autobiographical book that will include details of her experience at Dartmouth and name the seven students in question, all of whom were members of her Winter term Writing 5 class in 2008, she said.

A South Side teenage mother who authorities said no longer wanted a baby because she couldn't go to parties was held on $600,000 bond Wednesday on charges that she drowned her 5-month-old daughter in a bathtub earlier this month. Rozlynn Rodgers, 19, was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder in the April 4 death of her daughter, Makalah, at their home in the 7800 block of South Ingleside Avenue. She later told authorities that she drowned the child because she no longer wanted to be a mother, officials said. Rodgers told police "she didn't want to be a mom anymore because...

Amazing newly uncovered video footage vindicates the truth of Hillary's claims about landing in Bosnia under fire. Click link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHVEDq6RVXc

You gotta give it to Obama Girl. Right now she is coming out with more records than Ja Rule. I hope Pastor Manning doesn't see it.

So, did the “Obama Girl” actually vote for Barack Obama on Tuesday? Actually, no. ...On Tuesday night, City Room ran into Ms. Ettinger at an election-watching party in Greenwich Village and asked how things went at the polls. “I didn’t get a chance to vote today because I’m not registered to vote in New York,” she said. So where is Obama Girl registered to vote? “New Jersey.” Um, but didn’t New Jersey also hold a primary? True. The problem, she explained, was that she was sick in New York City and was unable to get back across the Hudson River...

So, did the “Obama Girl” actually vote for Barack Obama on Tuesday? Actually, no. Last summer, the amateur music video “I Got a Crush on Obama” was a Web hit, splashing a seductive performance by a 26-year-old model named Amber Lee Ettinger across millions of screens and prompting deep thoughts about candidates and sex appeal, the YouTube generation of voters, viral marketing and so forth. On Tuesday night, City Room ran into Ms. Ettinger at an election-watching party in Greenwich Village and asked how things went at the polls. “I didn’t get a chance to vote today because I’m not...

For more than half a century, the USO has entertained the troops by bringing them live performances from the day's biggest stars. But the times are changing: In the age of viral videos, the troops have a new form of entertainment. They're far from home with broadband access. Video Obama Girl's 'I Like a Boy'Now, the YouTube sensation who became known as "Obama Girl," singing for Internet audiences everywhere about her crush on Obama, has a new object of affection. Instead of singing about a man running for office, she's professing her love for men in uniform. "Not many guys...

Obama girl Amber Lee Ettinger got Barack Obama a ton of free press earlier this year by striping down and singing "I got a crush on Obama." But now the Obama girl has switched her allegiance to Obama rival Hillary Clinton. "I have to say I'm very impressed with Hillary Clinton," she tells Steppin' Out magazine's Chaunce Hayden. "I watched the recent debates and I liked a lot of her answers!" Amber will take her actions to Playboy in October.

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...

Model/actress Amber Lee Ettinger, who depicts "Obamagirl" -- a lustful admirer of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, in an increasingly popular music video posted online this week -- says she isn't sure if the presidential candidate will get her vote during the New York primary next year. "We'll see," she says. "Maybe." Not that she has any issues with the lanky Illinoisan. "He's a nice guy," she says of the junior senator, "a genuinely nice guy." The viral music video in which Ettinger stars, "I Got a Crush on Obama," has been seen by tens of thousands of viewers on Abcnews.com,...