Wired: McCain Campaign Yanks 'Obama Love' Web Video

[highplainsdem]

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/07/mccain-campai-1.html

John McCain's 'Obama Love' fund-raising video was a hit on the web this week, so it's a surprise to find that it's been zapped from the campaign's YouTube channel.

According to Unruly Media's viral video tracking service, the McCain campaign's 'Obama Love' video was the hottest presidential candidate viral video on the web this week.

Nevertheless, the video has been removed from YouTube. The fund-raising videos also appear to have also been removed from the campaign's web site.

Unruly Media reports that the video has been viewed almost 260,000 times since its release Tuesday.

It's not clear why the video was deleted, but there's a good chance that the campaign's use of Frankie Valli's hit tune Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You had something to do with it. Licensing such hits is expensive, and the tune is frequently used in television commercials.

There were two versions of the video, and both appear to have been taken down. Viewers voting for their preferences for the two videos generally preferred the one accompanied by the Valli tune.

The McCain campaign did not return a call or an e-mail for an explanation.

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[NYC_SKP]

1. I noticed that it was gone.

Someone must have it saved somewhere, somehow.

Did you have a chance to see it?

[Olney Blue]

2. I saw it, and loved it.

[Labors of Hercules]

4. That's why they yanked it...

It was backfiring.

[NYC_SKP]

5. "Do you feel that thrill running up your leg yet?"

The last line of the one still running, "can't get you out of my mind".

:rofl:

[CitizenLeft]

8. I did too... duh!

Why in the world would you run an ad showing how much people like the opponent, whether it's media or not, whether it's fair or not? Imbeciles.

[NYC_SKP]

3. Here is another, is it similar to the pulled one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNnauNITwGk

[movonne]

6. What was the difference???

[NYC_SKP]

7. Two different songs were used.

I don't know if the video parts were different, but I imagine the titles reflected the two different songs.

The campaign is currently featuring both videos on its website and asking users to vote to see which one makes it to air. Watch them both below (the only discernible difference is song choice, with the "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You" version currently leading the "My Eyes Adored You" version by a considerable margin).

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/22/new-john-mccain-ads-show_n_114277.html

[AllentownJake]

9. GOP has huge problems with music

Most musicians are democrats and don't appreciate their music being used by GOP candidates. It leaves them with some country to play and Ted Nugent.