I wrote back at techPresident, the technology and politics "web think tank" for which I write for from time to time, and declared it to be the first viral video of the 2008 Presidential Elections.
Why do I think this is the first video of the presidential elections? Well, it was published on June 10th (my birthday, by the way), right exactly one week after Obama's victory speech as the presidential nominee for the Democratic Party. Also :
1. It clearly defines the candidate to beat (in this case the whole Republican Party)
2. It clearly states the reasons to vote against the candidate.
3. It uses the cognitive power of satire to deliver the "bad news" in a positive way.
4. It has burned through the "first-adopter-sphere" like wild fire.
It's June 20th and the video has well surpassed the 1 million view mark at Youtube --which are, btw, measured not by page view but by actual completion of a viewing a video.
I love, love, love this video. It's perfect due to my political biases but most importantly because it does not have to resort to mudslinging and dirty politics. All it does is speak the truth about the Republican Party's actions and policies as the "party in power" of the last 8 years.
Watch it!
"I Am Voting Republican"



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Truth? Really?
I'm not a Republican, but I have 'voted Republican' in the past and this does not speak any truth to my beliefs nor why I voted Republican. In a position such as yours, you should be careful stating something is 'truth' without providing the empirical data to back it up.
You may be surprised to know that I love the video as well. My opinion differs from yours in that I believe it's a great satirical exaggeration of being an ultra-conservative, religious-right, member of the Republican party.
The political irony here is that we've had many, many years of Democratic control in this country and you might as well assume that they support these things as well... the proof being that they've accomplished nothing to change it.
Respectfully,
Doug