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John Edwards: The Movie (and other goodies)

“If you interfere with Hillary Clinton’s destiny you will tear apart the very fabric of time and space, crushing all life and causing the entire universe to implode upon itself. And that’s something no American wants.”

Three campaign videos caught my eye yesterday, all for different reasons. The first was a faux-trailer for the John Edwards movie, and I’m thinking this is about as goofy as he can get (save his ‘Hair’ campaign style video for the CNN/YouTube debate).

But like a movie theater, first we have previews of a bad movie and a good movie (isn’t that always the case?). We begin with the nerdiest , unofficial ad for Hillary Clinton to date, er, unofficial ad for Barack Obama to date, er, well, you decide.

[flv]http://garlinggauge.com/videos/badclinton.flv[/flv]
I have no idea what to title this

Next we have a great video from the Romney family that plays perfectly into the ’softer side’ image all the candidates are striving for so close to the Iowa caucuses. The video exclaims: ‘See! The plastic robot politician is actually a family man.’

[flv]http://garlinggauge.com/videos/romneysledding.flv[/flv]
Sledding with the Romneys

Finally we have the sleeper film just before the holidays, still in time to catch the coveted Academy Award (and perhaps Iowa’s vote).

[flv]http://garlinggauge.com/videos/edwardsmovie.flv[/flv]
John Edwards: The Movie Trailer

As the days lessen before the first vote on January 3rd, expect softer candidates, sillier ads, and perhaps more Earth explosions. The next time a presidential candidate goes sledding I’ll be sure to let you know.