Perkier than ever, Katie Couric visits the YouTube booth at the Democratic Convention.
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John McCain reprises Hillary Clinton’s “It’s 3:00 AM” ad and grafts on Hillary’s sound bite that “I know Senator McCain has a lifetime of experience that he will bring to the White House and Senator Obama has a speech he gave in 2002.” Ouch.
Sound Bite: “Hillary’s Right.”
While the Democrats are doing their thing in Denver, John McCain has entered the Bizarro World. Yesterday the Republican candidate garnered the support of reggaeton megastar Daddy Yankee — the enormously popular Puerto Rican performer likes McCain’s support for Hispanics and his positions on immigration. More here.
John McCain with his “special friend.”
And since Senator McCain never heard of reggaton before yesterday, here’s a clip of Daddy Yankee in action (with Fergie).
MORE: Later in the day, McCain does shtick with jay Leno
She’s a working-class gal. She’s got a great family. She loves her kids. She loves her country. Barack’s a great guy. He’ll be an extraordinary president. She’s for change. Full text here.
Barack Obama supporter John Legend wrote this tune for his man — “If You’re Out There” — and performed it last night at the Democratic Convention. He’s for change.
Here’s the back story:
Here’s the performance. Sounds like a show tune. (Not that there’s anything wrong with that.)
Sound Bite: “The future started yesterday and we’re already late.”
So, how does John Legend stack up to that wacky Chinese pop medley at the Beijing Closing Ceremonies. Or Jimmy Page doing “Whole Lotta Love.”
Jimmy Page rules.
The Olympics had fewer of those up-close-and-personal videos but the conventions haven’t given them up. Here’s Michelle Obama’s official campaign tribute video. Cue the music.
Hillary Clinton makes a low-budget video talking about all her meetings in Denver and how she’s looking forward to the tradition of a roll call and then getting behind (ahem) Barack Obama and (cough) Joe Biden.
Moments after he left the stage, here is Ted Kennedy’s speech before the Democratic Convention: a half-century of Kennedys.
At a Convention-related event today, Hillary Clinton comments on the recent McCain ads that feature critical remarks she made about Barack Obama during the primary campaign.
Sound Bite: “I’m Hillary Clinton and I do not approve that message.”
By the time this week is over, you’ll be convinced that Hillary Clinton IS running for Vice President — on the Republican ticket. This Republican National Committee ad uses a clip of Hillary from the primary to drive home the message that Barack (“he gives a great speech”) Obama is “the most inexperienced presidential candidate of our times.”
Sound Bite: [Hillary Clinton] “Senator McCain will bring a lifetime of experience to the campaign. I will bring a lifetime of experience. And Sentor Obama will bring a speech that he gave in 2002.”
The McCain campaign targets disaffected Clinton supporters with this new 30-second spot featuring the bubbly Debra Bartoshevich, “a proud Hillary Clinton Democrat” who’s now backing McCain.
Sound Bite: “I respect his maverick and independent streak. And now he’s the one with the experience and judgment. A lot of Democrats will vote McCain. It’s OK, really!”
Madonna is touring again — in case you haven’t heard. And one thing the really old, but scarily fit pop star knows how to do is stir it up. During one of the numbers in her kickoff concert in Cardiff on Saturday night, the video screen element of the show displayed images of John McCain along with those of Robert Mugabe, Adolph Hitler and assorted scenes of carnage and destruction. A bit later images of Barack Obama were displayed along with those of Mahatma Gandhi, Al Gore and John Lennon. More here and here.
CitizenTube asked folks to send in clips that answered the question: “Why are you a Democrat?” Here’s a compilation of clips.
YouTube is covering the convention here.
Back during the Iowa primary, Citizen Kate caught up with Joe Biden for a quick interview. Biden dropped out before she could post the clip, but now that he’s back in the game, here it is.
Sound Bite: “You’ve got killer eyes, kid.”
Lifelong Senator Joe Biden (he’s from Scranton) introduces himself to Obama supporters and says “let’s bring about the change this country needs.”
Sound Bite: “We have an opportunity to reach out and share Barack’s message — the message of change — with new people and new places.”
