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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNew Clinton Camp Video: 'Donald Trump -The Final Meltdown'
The Final Meltdown: Clinton camp taunts Trump with parody music videoHillary Clintons campaign released a web video on Wednesday that mocked Donald Trump and accused him of being in the middle of a meltdown.
The video is set to the tune of The Final Countdown, the 1986 hit by the Swedish rock band Europe. But Clintons team replaced countdown in the songs chorus with meltdown.
As the Clinton parody video notes, Trump has been fiercely lashing out at both the Democratic nominee and Republican critics since last Friday, when the Washington Post published a 2005 video of him bragging that his celebrity status allows him to kiss and grope women.
The Clinton team used a recent string of provocative Trump comments to make its meltdown argument. The video quoted Trump saying hes ashamed of this country while promising to appoint a special prosecutor to go after Clinton, agreeing with his supporters about locking Clinton up, calling Clinton the devil in Sundays debate and refusing to believe that hes behind among women voters.
It also noted the Trump campaign ad, released Tuesday, which attacked Clinton over her health...
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New Clinton Camp Video: 'Donald Trump -The Final Meltdown' (Original Post)
bigtree
Oct 2016
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Sunlei
(22,651 posts)1. Good job & thumbs up to the Clinton Team
haele
(12,581 posts)2. Hope they made sure they had the rights to the song...
Even a parody can be infringement if it's been produced to make a profit.
The Geico commercial used the actual band members to get a better royalties deal than they would have gotten in a contract with the label who co-owned the rights to that song. Probably saved them close to a million dollars overall.
Haele
Gothmog
(144,005 posts)3. Great ad
Delmette
(522 posts)4. Wow, Bill O'Reilly is trying to reason with Trump
And it's not working!