I confess I'm torn about whether the recent emergence of the political hotpants video represents the final debasement of the electoral debate, or is in fact a re-taking of the initative by the people, for the people. Or at least male people...
It all began with Obama Girl gyrating her way through the steamy I've Got A Crush on Obama only 5 weeks ago. Obama's camp was unsure how to react. The video's authors (barelypolitical.com) quickly evened the political score by pitting Obama Girl against unlikely Giuliani Girl. Now even Hillary has a sultry admirer: Hot4Hillary! Anything is more interesting than Hillary's own choice for campaign song, and the torturous process that got here there.
Where are we going with this? I'm going to 'think positive' and assume that any initiative from below that breaks through general electoral apathy is a good thing, but let's wait and see (and keep watching...).
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