YouTube says what? An election wrapup
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Obama Girl. Oprah’s endorsement. “Saturday Night Live.” Katie Couric’s “gotcha” comeback.
They’re all moments that helped define the 2008 presidential election.
Here, now, a wrapup, courtesy of our friends at The Associated Press.
(Kudos to my colleague Erica for getting all those videos embedded.)
Ah, the 2008 presidential election — it seems like only yesterday. And what a ride it was. People were excited about politics — and “Saturday Night Live” — for the first time in a long time.
Let us take a look back at some of the more memorable satirical moments from the campaign, just for old times’ sake.
Now, as I said before, bring on the kitten videos.
In case you missed John McCain (and Cindy!) on “Saturday Night Live” last week, here it is.
Don’t forget: All undergarments are nonrefundable.
If you vote today, Starbucks will give you a free tall cup of brewed coffee.
And they’re not the only company rewarding us for being good Americans. Check Karen Deer’s Steals & Deals blog for a list of more free stuff you can get today.
Though this video violates one of my pet peeves (or possibly phobias) — children singing en masse — it’s definitely worth a look.
The kids from the Ron Clark Academy perform a very special election version of TI’s “Whatever You Like” on CNN.
The original “Whatever You Like”:
The first few seconds of this might seem like an ad for a low-budget horror movie. But it’s secretly a political ad for some guy running for office.
I had to listen to the last bit about six times before I figured out that “anti tax assessor collector” was not the actual name of the office he aspires to. Rather, he must be anti-taxes and running for assessor-collector.
Legal jargon is hard.
Let her tell you about her policies to stop the player-hatin’ on the USA:
We must say, this is the best campaign ad we’ve seen this whole election season — there’s no mud slinging, Paris clearly outlines her policies, there’s plenty of eye candy and it’s set to music.
With special guests Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, Bill Ayers and Bill Clinton.