Obama meets Jay-Z in YouTube mashup slamming Clinton's debate performances

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Run time: 01:19 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yel8IjOAdSc   Posted on YouTube: April 18, 2008 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: April 18, 2008 By DU Member: babylonsister Views on DU: 1377

 
OBAMA MEETS JAY-Z IN YOUTUBE MASHUP SLAMMING CLINTON & DEBATE...

Barack Obama is clearly taking that abysmal ABC News debate in stride. He told his supporters not to fret about all the "textbook Washington" drama on Thursday, recounting the superficial moderators and Hillary Clinton's attempts to "twist the knife" on trivial issues. Then Obama made pop cultural history, miming the rapper Jay-Z's iconic hand signal to "brush the dirt" off his shoulders.

That popular youth gesture grew out of "Dirt Off Your Shoulder," a hit song in 2003. As Wikipedia explains, it refers to "getting enemies off your chest by brushing your shoulders off." Blogger Spencer Ackerman, who regularly mixes political analysis with hip hop references, immediately heralded the move as "perhaps the coolest subliminal cultural reference in the history of American politics." A YouTube clip of the cultural moment, uploaded by the Obama Campaign, swiftly drew over 100,000 views on Thursday. And then the mashups started.

On Thursday night, YouTuber Bill3948 uploaded a one-minute mash-up of Jay-Z songs, Clinton attacks and Obama's inspired response. The sequence opens with clips of Clinton's cheap shots, accompanied by the Jay-Z ballad "Moment of Clarity," pivots to lowlights from the ABC debate, and then scores Obama's response with the original "Dirt Off Your Shoulder" track. While Obama brushes, graphics of Hillary, Bill and Charlie Gibson fly off his shoulders. Then he shakes off a kitchen sink -- a nod to Clinton's desperate strategy -- as Jay raps about hanging out "in the kitchen with soda." It's a fun, sharp extension of Obama's call to brush off some of the ridiculous attacks: (More after the clip.)

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[LaurenG]

1. He needed to brush something off his shoulders

in fact after what I saw he needs a bath. Especially since (Ins)Hannity was able to get a question in there. Man politics can be brutal.

[Zachstar]

2. LOL!! Great video!!! Brush it right off!!

[The Wielding Truth]

3. What a guy! He is a great example of how we all should be.

I can see that the world sure would benefit from a leader who can roll with the punches and respond with a good natured action.

He has been able to show the importance of letting gossip and snarkiness roll off your shoulders so that he can rise to the more important tasks of governing.

He has a quality that is rarely seen in leaders these days. I believe that he will do his best for this country and our people and he will represent us with a clear and respectfully passionate intelligence to the the world.

Mr. Barack Obama, I will support you as my President.

[Voice for Peace]

4. I love this guy. He keeps growing on me.

[ScarletSniper]

5. Mos Def! Brush it off!!! Get that dirt off ya shoulder! Love it!!!

[indimuse]

6. Pure F*cking arrogance!

What a d.....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V8w7kViQfY&feature=related

Obama's got some splainin to do...

[KeepItReal]

7. Don't you really mean "confidence" or "charisma"?

"Arrogance" led us into a jacked up war in Iraq.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

8. Obama handled the situation well

the fact that videos like this have been made in tribute to his gestures at the speech shows how he struck a chord with many.

[DemsUnited]

9. love this video! thanks for posting.

[IntertubeGuy]

13. I love mashups.

Yummmmmmmmmm... mashup potatos....

[AtomicKitten]

10. Go get 'em, Barack.

[OhioChick]

11. Love it! n/t

[democracy1st]

12. LOL

Great :kick: