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By David Burn
Do you want to see one of the funniest leads in modern-day journalism? Here it is, courtesy of Associated Press: Given all that's at stake in the 2008 presidential race, it's a bit terrifying to realize that by one measure, a major role is being played by an aspiring model/actress/fashion designer/former beauty pageant contestant named Amber. Amber Lee is also known as Obama Girl. She's becoming an interweb celeb …
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By David Burn
Dana Milbank attended a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, DC where he got to witness the Sudanese ambassador to Washington, John Ukec Lueth Ukec, make a fool of himself. In a bizarre twist of events, the ambassador threatened to cut off shipments of the emulsifier gum arabic, thereby depriving the world of cola. "I want you to know that the gum arabic which runs all the soft drinks all over …
In the interest of being fair and balanced, here are a couple of spots for former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson: Compare and contrast those with the pointless Romney spot I put up yesterday. If you're going to sell candidates like toilet paper, well, it's easy to see which brand sounds better. We are starting to see some better production values in some of these political spots; perhaps that's because it …
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How many verbal and visual cliches can you fit into a 30-second spot? "This isn't the time to shrink..." "It's a time to stand in strength..." "If we lock our arms together..." You couldn't write an emptier, more vacuous political commercial if you tried. All that's missing are little blond kids waving flags. …
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I've said it before and I'll say it again: The best consumer-generated ads we've seen out there are for political campaigns. And this is just a sample of what we're in for in 2008: As I understand it, this wasn't sanctioned by the Obama campaign. But I love it. …
By David Burn
Former North Carolina Senator, John Edwards, has a virtual Presidential campaign headquarters in Second Life. According to ZDNet, Jerimee Richir, whose avatar is called Jose Rote, paid-for and developed Edwards' virtual headquarters, and, on a voluntary basis, is managing the in-world campaign. Irascible adman, George Parker, doesn't like the development. The news that Senator John Edwards has opened a campaign …
Today, Barack Obama announced his candidacy for President. He also unveiled a very well-designed website. With home page links to Flickr, Facebook, YouTube, a blog, and other things to come, we're getting a good look at brand-building in 2007. And with at least 15 people actively running for President, you won't see better (and possibly worse) examples of the melding of old and new media and marketing than you will …
By David Burn
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