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Clinton Campaign Parodies ‘Sopranos’

To announce her new campaign song (a Celine Dion tear-jerker), Hillary Clinton spoofed the now infamous “Sopranos” series finale, complete with a disappointed Bill, who has to make do with carrots instead of onion rings, Chelsea struggling to parallel park, and a surprise cameo.

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By rowdy, June 20, 2007 at 9:17 pm #
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EAK
not to be picayune,but the girl with daisy was used by LBJ. no doubt jack would have used it too if he had been around.

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By Yelwrose, June 20, 2007 at 12:08 pm #
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Has Hillary been punked? The song is so bad that it makes me wonder if a rival group has mounted a voting campaign to stick her with a horrible, grating and completely unsympathetic song. It was monumentally stupid to paint herself into a corner with an internet vote. This is what happens when the uncool try desperately to be hip.

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By Spinoza, June 20, 2007 at 8:05 am #
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Don’t waste time voting or watching TV. Get out in the streets and fight barbarism. Who the pluck cares what song the idiot politician plays.

In a democracy the educated citizenry does thoughtful discussions of the issues of the day and applying reason, logic and knowledge makes decisions to govern wisely.

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By Laurie Mann, June 20, 2007 at 6:53 am #
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I generally agree with EAK. I’d classify it more as very entertaining than brilliant, but I’m glad she did it.

OTOH, I don’t like the Celine Dion song. *groan*

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By Virginia in PA, June 20, 2007 at 5:06 am #
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I agree with EAK. And we can all relate to parking in a crowded world

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By Homer Hewitt, June 20, 2007 at 4:47 am #
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I thought that the Clinton/Soprano video was a clever bit of fun. By going to black, it even spared viewers the news of the selection of that Celine Dion song.

Why not Ashcroft’s “Let the Eagle Soar”?

homer http://www.altara.blogspot.com

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By 911 student, June 20, 2007 at 2:31 am #
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“spoofed”??? Try Colluded/Fooled/Bamboozled:

The only thing more revealing than the content of Bush’s voluntary repeated incriminating 9/11 witness statements is the way all elected Democratics simply pretend like Bush never made them!

(Pulled punches, and those which are never thrown but should be, are the surest sign of fake/phony/staged ‘opposition’.)

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By DennisD, June 19, 2007 at 7:17 pm #
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The Clinton mafia parodying the Sopranos. Problem is it really isn’t a parody, it’s real life imitating art.

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By Yelwrose, June 19, 2007 at 7:09 pm #
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Tony B: >>It’s a shame.<<

Me: It’s lame.

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By Tony B., June 19, 2007 at 7:07 pm #
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This is almost as short sighted as her campaign. I have nothing against her personally but I think the folks around her are seriously struggling to devise a workable platform to get her message across. She’s coming off even more wooden than Gore in 2000. Even worse, I think this ad will come back to bite her when the campaign gets rough. If something questionable comes up, you better believe the opposition will abuse the “Sopranos” angle. It’s a shame.

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By shawn, June 19, 2007 at 4:50 pm #
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1) learn how to use a tripod
2) token black guys

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By Yelwrose, June 19, 2007 at 3:29 pm #
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Pathetic. Not funny. Not clever. Celin Dion? NOW I HAVE TO LISTEN TO OVER A YEAR OF CELINE DION ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL? Mrs. Clinton just shot herself in the foot. If she plays Celine Dion at rallies there may be a spontaneous lynching.

I mean, she is dissin’ my man, Tony! I know Tony Soprano and she ain’t no Tony Soprano. And can you say p****whipped? Carrots? Bill, Bill, Bill. Next time, just say no.

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By EAK, June 19, 2007 at 3:18 pm #
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I rarely watch TV, and have never seen the Sopranos. I’m leaning toward Obama, and particularly don’t like the fact that Hillary has not renounced her vote for the Iraq war.

However, I think this video is brilliant. And even though I know I’m being manipulated by slick campaign ad-men (and they are men), I’m still impressed at the simplicity and humanity of the message—it really does succeed in humanizing a woman who is by now a caricature in the public mind because of all the attention that’s been focused on her for over 15 years.

Since I did not get the knowing reference to the Johnny Sack character from the Sopranos, I figured the menacing guy was just a clever way of alluding to all the nastiness that’s directed at Hillary—followed by her and Bill shrugging it off as a little weird, but not worth worrying about.

It’s a superb piece of political advertising—one of the best spots ever—and I’m old enough to remember the “girl with the daisy” ad from the Kennedy campaign in ‘60.

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