{"id":124,"date":"2008-02-02T16:36:55","date_gmt":"2008-02-02T23:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fwdlabs.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/02\/viral-political-commercials\/"},"modified":"2016-05-16T19:04:18","modified_gmt":"2016-05-17T02:04:18","slug":"viral-political-commercials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fwdlabs.com\/blog\/viral-political-commercials\/","title":{"rendered":"User-Generated Spots for Super Tuesday, not Super Bowl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" class=\"imageframe imgalignleft\" alt=\"viral-political_dipdive.jpg\" id=\"image125\" src=\"https:\/\/fwdlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/viral-political_dipdive.jpg\" \/>Political ads, made independently by supporters and detractors alike, are abundant in the run-up to inform and engage before the upcoming Super Tuesday. Such user-generated content (UGC) is popular this year, unlike tomorrow&#8217;s Super Bowl commercials, where UGC is passe after an abundance in 2007. Also, many feature original songs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fwdlabs.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/02\/viral-political-commercials\/#more-124\">Below<\/a> you&#8217;ll find at most two videos for each candidate still in the primary race, with &#8220;pro&#8221; videos where available.<\/p>\n<p>(Please comment on the use of user-generated campaign videos, not on personal political opinions. Updated 2\/16.)<\/p>\n<h2>Democrats<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Obama<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BHEO_fG3mm4<\/p>\n<p>Pro: &#8220;Mr. Dippy &#8211; Yes We Can&#8221; (official site, dir. Jesse Dylan, prod. Will.I.Am, feat. Scarlett Johansson, John Legend, Herbie Hancock, Kate Walsh, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Adam Rodriquez, Kelly Hu, Adam Rodriquez, Amber Valetta and Nick Cannon)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Crush On Obama\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wKsoXHYICqU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Pro: &#8220;Obama Girl&#8221; (dir. Ben Relles, feat. Amber Lee Ettinger)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Clinton<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HGxTk6XEWf0<\/p>\n<p>Pro: &#8220;Hot4Hill&#8221; (dir. David Garrett and Matt Oates, feat. Taryn Southern)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Vote Different\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6h3G-lMZxjo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Anti: &#8220;Vote Different.&#8221; (dir. <span style=\"color: #000000\">Philip de Vellis &#8212; a <\/span>mash-up of &#8220;1984,&#8221; dir. Ridley Scott)<br \/>\n<strong>Gravel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Word:  Mike Gravel\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8XRIByY4rRY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Pro: &#8220;The Word: Mike Gravel&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Republicans<\/h2>\n<p><strong>McCain<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;McCain Mama&quot;\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4IYrI-3ksyk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Parody: &#8220;McCain Mama&#8221; (dir. CNN&#8217;s Headline News with Glenn Beck)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Romney<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Mitt&#039;s Our Man!&quot; by THE MITT GIRLS!\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dN96eZu9v2A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Pro: &#8220;Mitt&#8217;s Our Man!&#8221; (dir.\/feat. Melissa JoAnn Spiegel and Ashton Brittney Schmidt)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Huckabee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DksofcROmXs<\/p>\n<p>Parody: &#8220;Huck Really Matters&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Paul<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Ron Paul Is&quot; Ron Paul Ad\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h8mMTa79Uzc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Pro: &#8220;Ron Paul Is&#8221; (dir. Adam Franklin)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ron Paul Brickfilm\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/as3AYVzWmOI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Pro: &#8220;Ron Paul Brickfilm&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n<p>Related links: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cartoonbrew.com\/ideas-commentary\/the-animated-presidential-campaign\">Cartoon Brew blog post &#8220;The Animated Political Campaign&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/fwdlabs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/viral-political_dipdive.jpg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-film","category-web"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fwdlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fwdlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fwdlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fwdlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fwdlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fwdlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6305,"href":"https:\/\/fwdlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124\/revisions\/6305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fwdlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fwdlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fwdlabs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}