Tuesday, October 23, 2012

2008 Election's Obamagirl vs 2012 Election's Obamaphone Lady: A perfect illustration of hype versus reality, and of Obama winning vs Obama losing

Obama Girl - [25 million views in the last five years] - I Got A Crush on Obama lyrics
You seem to float onto the floor
Democratic Convention 2004
I never wanted anybody more
Than I want you
So I put down my Kerry sign
Knew I had to make you mine
So black and sexy, you're so fine
‘Cause I've got a crush on Obama

I cannot wait, 'til 2008
Baby you're the best candidate
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  Obamaphone Lady -- 5 million views in the last month - Transcription
[Reporter]  You got an Obama phone?

[Obamaphone Lady]  (screaming loud) Yes! Everybody in Cleveland, low minorities, got Obama phone. Keep Obama in president, you know? He gave us a phone!

[Reporter]  He gave you a phone?

[Obamaphone Lady]  He gonna do more!

[Reporter] How did he give you a phone?

[Obamaphone Lady]  You sign up. If you’re… If you on food stamps, you on Social Security, you got low income, you disability…

[Reporter]  Okay, what’s wrong with Romney, again?

[Obamaphone Lady] Romney, he sucks! Bad!
From Obamagirl's Wikipedia page:
As the 2012 election approached, news organizations mentioned and interviewed Ettinger as a barometer of whether Obama would be re-elected. More than a year before the 2012 election, CNN Newsroom's Brooke Baldwin had remarked, jokingly, that "obviously, the Obama girl is the litmus test for who will win in 2012." In 2012, Ettinger declined to state who she was supporting for President.[18] Sean Hannity interviewed Ettinger on Fox News Channel's Hannity about her level of support for Obama; Ettinger explained that her 2007 Crush on Obama video "encompassed what a lot of Americans were feeling the excitement for hope and change" and that now (June 2012) she hadn't given up on Obama, but added that her options (for voting in November 2012) were open. In a Fox News Channel opinion piece, J.D. Gordon used Ettinger's indecision in 2012 as a specific example of Obama's waning support.

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