President Bush: Cameras off, YouTube on

Posted by David All
Wed, 2008-07-23 09:56

CQ's Eric Pfeiffer points to a YouTube clip of President George W. Bush speaking at a fundraiser for Republican Congressional candidate Pete Olson.

In the clip, POTUS talks about the housing market, saying "...Wall Street got drunk [points to camera crew noting, 'one reason I asked you to turn off your TV cameras']. It got drunk and now it has a hangover. The question in how long will it sober up..."

The clip isn't particularly newsworthy. It's not a "macaca" moment. But the clip is indicative of the changing times and how even at "high-dollar" fundraisers -- candidates and public officials need to realize that they may be among friends, but they could also be among people with a YouTube channel and a camera on their cell phone.

Bloomberg's Gender Bender

Posted by David All
Tue, 2007-11-06 00:53

A video has surfaced, anonymously, which promotes the candidacy of New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg who is/n't running for President as an Independent candidate. I'm doubtful that the Bloomberg camp had anything to do with the video, but it's worth digging in to for a number of reasons.

As you'll see, the video is edgy, hard-hitting, and could have the potential of going viral as the anti-Hillary Clinton "1984" spot did earlier this year. The message of the video is "Change v. More of the Same" and points to a URL bloombergwhitehouse.org which re-directs to Mike Bloomberg's website. In other words, it is clear the "anonymous" individual at least supports Mike Bloomberg's candidacy.

The video was uploaded by bloombergwhitehouse, is titled "Gender Bender," and for now, lives exclusively on Daily Motion:

Over-the-top? Or is this just another example of modern campaign warfare when the "Bad Boys" have a free video distribution tool at their fingertips?

UPDATE 2:26 PM: Jonathan Rick has ripped the Daily Motion video and posted it to YouTube.