Hillary Clinton getting "Truth-Boated"

Posted by David All

Wed, 2007-10-24 14:47

Sarah Lai Stirland of Wired reports on a viral video quickly making the rounds, titled, "The Shocking Video Hillary Does NOT Want You To See!"

Watch it:

Here's an excerpt from Stirland's piece:

Hillary Rodham Clinton is the latest to feel the sting from a small but growing demographic that could have an outsized impact on the presidential race: people who've had bad experiences with a candidate, and who know how to use YouTube.

At issue is a 13-minute preview video co-produced by Peter Paul, a convicted felon and one-time donor to Clinton's 2000 Senate campaign, who's now turned against Clinton in her presidential run.

Titled The Shocking Video Hillary Does NOT Want You To See!, the video has been viewed on YouTube almost 177,000 times. On Google Video, where it first appeared, it's scored nearly 863,000 hits since it went online mid-July. On Thursday, it was the most viewed clip on the site, boasting 73,000 views, as well as the most e-mailed. The video was one of the most popular items on the news-recommendation site Digg last week, generating more than 4,000 "diggs," and putting it just behind the news that Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert plans to run for president, sort of.

Paul calls all this the "truth-boating" of Clinton's campaign, alluding to the notorious 2004 advertising campaign against Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry by the self-named Swift Boat Veterans for Truth "soft money" committee.

"It's a viral example of a story hidden by the media since I started whistle-blowing in 2001," says Paul in an interview. "It's up to the people on the internet to break the media embargo ... on the evidence that the people are entitled to have."

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'The Ghost of Hillary Past'

Submitted by Bob (not verified) on Wed, 2007-10-24 17:49.

For another example of how Hillary's being "tech'd" with humor, check this out:

The Ghost of Hillary Past is a must-see film for every American who will be old enough to vote in 2008. It has just been released by the same folks who brought you TRYPHORGETINâ„¢.The Ghost of Hillary Past takes you to the intersection where past and future meet, to a place where secret things in Hillary Clinton's past -- things long forgotten by the mainstream media -- come to light. A film the Democrat National Committee doesn't want you to see, The Ghost of Hillary Past is rated "R" for the rotten, foul smell of it.

Watch The Ghost of Hillary Past and, if you enjoy it, pass it along to every person you know who is -- or will be -- old enough to vote in next year's elections. With a little luck, it will be viewed nearly 700,000 times and spawn a merchandise line just like the TRYPHORGETINâ„¢ video did after it was featured on Rush Limbaugh's radio program and web site. More importantly, I hope it will prompt people to think twice before casting a vote for Hillary Clinton.