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Mother May I?

brooklynkevin — Sun, 11 May 2008 22:10:40 -0400

I did the opposite - while watching I turned the sound off. As I was watching, the pictures of Barack Obama did not strike me as negative. In addition, the questions looked so reasonable, however, it looked as though they could be rhetorical, and that Barack Oboma would obviously have a good answer for each. What really struck me was the passive tone: "can we". Mother may I kept ringing in my ears. Imagine if Hillary Clinton approached the primaries that way. Imagine if John McCain approached the general election that way. This is simply not effective. I give it a week to a month until it is another defunct site.

Slow and boring

Will Johnston — Fri, 09 May 2008 19:03:26 -0400

Hey Colin,

Good write-up, you're right; the video could use some help. My guess would be that you liked the video better while editing because it's fairly slow. The information is presented at a pace that, at least to my young eyes and ears, begs for me to do something else while I'm watching.

Republican Social Media Site Tries to Turn "Yes We Can" Back on Obama

Colin Delany — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:23:23 -0400

An interesting new GOP anti-Obama site, CanWeAsk.com mixes social media techniques and video to try to undermine Obama's credibility. But does the featured video actually backfire?