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Posted on Nov 17, 2009

The president’s political organization held a health reform video challenge that brought in more than 1,000 entries. The winner is pretty effective, but it’s also pretty familiar.  —PZS

Organizing for America:

Compare that to this 1999 Monster ad:

And this parody from the Ralph Nader campaign:

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