Campaign Vigilantes Go Viral
Someone apparently unrelatedrelated to the Barack Obama campaign created a parody of Ridley Scott's classic "1984" Apple commercial, with Hillary Clinton in the role of Big Brother. In true Youtube fashion, it was quickly followed by a video response with Obama as the bad guy. Update: Original video creator's identity exposed!Someone apparently unrelated to the Barack Obama campaign created a parody of Ridley Scott’s classic “1984” Apple commercial, with Hillary Clinton in the role of Big Brother. In true Youtube fashion, it was quickly followed with a video response with Obama as the bad guy.
Update: Original video creator’s identity exposed!
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