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Clinton Video Blitz
In the days before Super Tuesday, campaign strategy gets complicated.
Apparently Hillary’s plan, at least in part, is to make a bunch of really weird
videos.
The first is an ad called “Freefall,” the main visual
motif of which is a body hurtling through the sky. If Rudy Giuliani had done
it, people would be accusing him of exploiting 9/11 imagery. That might be a
stretch in Hillary’s case, but it’s still slightly discomfiting, even as a
metaphor for the economy.
The campaign has also posted a VH1 Behind the Music spoof called “Hillary and the Band,”
presumably aimed at college kids. The joke: Hillary was once in a band, but she
quit to run for president. The acting isn't bad, and it could have worked as
a straight-faced parody. But then they go and undermine the premise: “Okay. Maybe
Hillary doesn’t shred. But she will: Make
College Affordable. Fight
Global Warming. End the War.” As usual, it was fun until the message part.
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