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Israeli Election Hopefuls Campaign Obama Style (VIDEO)
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JERUSALEM — The star of Israel's election campaign seems to be Barack Obama.
A religious party has translated "yes we can" into Hebrew. Front-runner Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu's Web page looks a lot like Obama's, and a candidate for Parliament has his own version of an "Obama-girl" Internet ad.
As for Labor Party leader Ehud Barak, vying with Netanyahu for the premiership in the Feb. 10 election, his surname prompts party colleague Amir Peretz to joke that he's "halfway there."
Whether they like or dislike Obama's politics hardly seems to matter. Nor can they claim ...
Israeli Election Hopefuls Campaign Obama Style (VIDEO)
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JERUSALEM — The star of Israel's election campaign seems to be Barack Obama.
A religious party has translated "yes we can" into Hebrew. Front-runner Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu's Web page looks a lot like Obama's, and a candidate for Parliament has his own version of an "Obama-girl" Internet ad.
As for Labor Party leader Ehud Barak, vying with Netanyahu for the premiership in the Feb. 10 election, his surname prompts party colleague Amir Peretz to joke that he's "halfway there."
Whether they like or dislike Obama's politics hardly seems to matter. Nor can they claim ...
Livni boy!
Ben Smith's Blog —
Bibi Netanyahu isn't the only one knocking off elements of Barack Obama's presidential campaign in the hard-fought Israeli election.
With apologies to Obama Girl, here's Livni Boy, delivering his own soulful, semi-nude ode to the other leading candidate for prime minister, Tzipi Livni.
Sample lyrics, from a friend's translation:
In my dream you're at the podium to the chanting of the anthem
At the end of the day we'll drink together at Michal Coffee
If the recession is over then we'll also eat
I would walk far and make the journey for you
In the end you will conquer the premiership
Oh Oh ...
Let's Get Livni Boy and Obama Girl Together. . .
The Washington Note —
Ben Smith at Politico and a friend at AIPAC sent me this cool video clip of "LIVNI BOY."
Remember Obama Girl? Maybe we can get them to do a scene together. . .
-- Steve Clemons
Obama Girl's Israeli Cousin
The Stump —
I was hoping to avoid it, but apparently my New Republic contract requires me to post Israeli knockoffs of American political videos that go viral. So here goes:
(Via Ben Smith, where you can find a translation.)
--Noam Scheiber
Livni boy!
Israel Matzav —
Livni boy! Those of you in the US undoubtedly remember the Obama Girl tapes from a few months ago. In honor of the Israeli election, here is a new version of Livni Boy, starring a familiar face. Let's go to the videotape. (I will provide a translation of some of the Hebrew at the end, but it's worth watching the tape first, even if you don't understand a word of it). That's actually not the original. It's a parody of the original. Here's the original. Let's go to the videotape. What's going on here, you ask? Israeli politics ...
