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Clinton Campaign Parodies ‘Sopranos’Posted on Jun 19, 2007
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.
Watch it:
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By Virginia in PA, June 20, 2007 at 5:06 am # I agree with EAK. And we can all relate to parking in a crowded world
By Homer Hewitt, June 20, 2007 at 4:47 am # 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”?
By 911 student, June 20, 2007 at 2:31 am # “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’.)
By DennisD, June 19, 2007 at 7:17 pm # The Clinton mafia parodying the Sopranos. Problem is it really isn’t a parody, it’s real life imitating art.
By shawn, June 19, 2007 at 4:50 pm # 1) learn how to use a tripod
By EAK, June 19, 2007 at 3:18 pm # 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. Add Your Comment |
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