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Leave Barack Alone! (video)
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Leave Barack Alone!

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The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan:  Leave Barack Alone!

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Leave Barack Alone!
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — by Chris Bodenner (H/T Chris Beam)

Leave Barack Alone! (VIDEO)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — What if Britney Spears' most notoriously emotional defender was a fan of Barack Obama too? Thanks to Slate (with voiceover by Christopher Beam), now we know. Leave Barack aloooonnnee!!!

Leave Barack Alone!
Real Clear Politics - TIME.com — You just knew John McCain's ad would lead to some fabulous satire, and it didn't take long for the folks at Slate TV to produce a classic. Warning: there's some explicit language at the beginning of... ...

Leave Barrack Alone!
Mudville Gazette — Recently, John McCain put out an ad attacking Barack Obama for his celebrity, comparing him to Britney Spears. Slate V imagines what online video backlash would look like… How would an Obama fan as devoted as the “Leave Britney Alone” guy react to attacks against Obama? Thanks Jennifer

Leave Barack Alone!
The New Editor — From SlateV.com (via Real Clear Politics): (Language warning, but you've gotta watch it anyway)

Christopher Beam Presents: This Was Inevitable
The Atlantic Politics Channel — Well played.

Your morning smile
Megan McArdle —

Video: Leave Obama alone!
Hot Air » Top Picks — Video: Leave Obama alone! posted at 1:15 pm on July 31, 2008 by Allahpundit Send to a Friend | printer-friendly If Joe Klein had his own YouTube page. Content warning. Update: Here’s the DNC’s version of the same video, basically.

Leave Barack Alone! You’re Lucky He Even Campaigns Against You…
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —

Required Reading
Weekly Standard Blog — 1) From SlateV.com, “Leave Obama Alone” by Christopher Beam. This is a first in Required Reading history – Required Viewing! Before diligently completing your assignment, be forewarned: Those whiny Obama supporters can be a salty bunch. There is obscenity in the clip below. If that kind of thing won’t fly in your workplace, you’ll have to wait until you get home to watch it. As funny and over-the-top as the video is, it crystallizes several important things about the Obama candidacy. It’s not just that people have finally found a way to laugh at Barack Obama. As regular readers ...

McCain Ad Repercussions
Moonbattery — Once the McCain campaign compared Obama to other puerile, morally vacuous celebrity media creations like Paris Hilton and Britney Spears in this ad… …this became inevitable: HuffPo reveals that the McCain ad is even meaner ...

Leave Barack ALONE!
AMERICAN DIGEST — Presenter: Christopher Beam, National Spokesperson of "Hot Twinks for Obama." Script by Michelle Obama, Ph. D., J.D., Mom

Leave Barak Alone
Classical Values — [image] previous entry | main August 08, 2008 Leave Barak Alone posted by Simon on 08.08.08 at 07:52 AM TrackBack TrackBack URL for this entry: http://classicalvalues.com/cgi-bin/pings.cgi/7011 Comments Post a comment You may use basic HTML for formatting. Name: Email Address: URL: Remember Me? Yes No Comments: (you may use HTML tags for style)

Leave Barack alone!
Maggie's Farm — h/t, Classical Values. Good grief.

Leave Barack alone!
QandO — Either a terrific acting job or very disturbing (and indicative of my point below) - you decide: You bastards. (HT: Maggie’s Farm)

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