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NEWS ABOUT: Obama Girl

Obama Girl stories: 7 news summaries
VIral viDEO

 Watch 100 
 YouTube 
 Classics in 
 4 Minutes 

Thanks to a new mash-up, you can catch up on four years of pop culture in a jiffy

Oct 1, 09 3:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Want to catch up on YouTube’s greatest hits but don’t have the time? No problem: Just watch a new 4-minute mash-up that brings 100 of the best (or worst, depending on your viewpoint) together. Clips include such classics as “Keyboard Cat” and “David After Dentist,”... More »

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YouTube • online videos • Obama Girl • viral video • videos • trend

OPINION

 10 Best Viral Election Videos 

Web offers chance to poke fun, change a few minds

Nov 3, 08 5:18 PM CST
(Newser) - Viral election videos offer campy calls for change, seamless special effects, and more than a few celebrity cameos. Laughs aside, “over the past decade they’ve also impacted politics—sometimes changing the course of elections and frequently providing a few laughs in an otherwise wonky world,” Jeffrey Ressner... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • comedy • Obama Girl • viral video • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Will.i.am • Best of 2008

 Mike Gravel Woos Obama Girl 

Quirky Libertarian hits YouTube, but can't win her away from Barack

May 7, 08 6:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - The quirkiest presidential candidate has found a new platform—a drop-dead funny video spot with Web fave Obama Girl, writes AOL blogger Liza Porteus Viana. Libertarian Mike Gravel does the Soulja Boy dance in an attempt to sway the famous Barack booster. “You should drop your crush on Obama,... More »

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Barack Obama • Mike Gravel • Obama Girl • Soulja Boy

 Obama Girl's
 Town Is Hot for Hillary

Hazleton, Pa., doesn't share YouTube star's crush

Apr 2, 08 1:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Turns out that Obama Girl, aka Amber Lee Ettinger, hails from Hazleton, Pa., which is right in the heart of Clinton country. To get a sense of how her candidate’s message is getting through, McClatchy visited Ettinger’s family and neighbors in this former coal town near Scranton, Hillary’... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Hazleton • Obama Girl • Hillary Clinton supporters • Barack Obama supporters • Pennsylvania primary • working-class vote

 Obama Inspires 
 Caribbean Serenade 

Candidate-themed calypso, reggae tunes hit YouTube

Mar 28, 08 5:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama is inspiring tropical love songs, the Miami Herald reports, and the tunes—from Trinidad calypso king the Mighty Sparrow’s Barack the Magnificent to Jamaican reggae fixture Cocoa Tea’s Barak Obahama—are firing up YouTube. The songs are also a signal of the Illinois Democrat's popularity outside... More »

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Barack Obama • Cuba • Haiti • Trinidad • Caribbean • Obama Girl • reggae • calypso • The Mighty Sparrow • Cocoa Tea

Websites Spark 'Baracklash'

Even Obama-lovers put up firewall of online sarcasm

Feb 23, 08 3:37 PM CST
(Newser) - The Internet may love Barack Obama—he leads other presidential hopefuls in online fundraising—but some new Obama sites are a tad sarcastic, the Washington Post reports. Sites like BarackObamaIsYourNewBicycle.com and SenatorObamas.com are poking fun at Obamamania even as they partake in it. “It’s a... More »

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Barack Obama • Internet • YouTube • Obama Girl • Democratic presidential candidates • Barack Obama supporters • Election 2008

Obama Girl's Crush Is Unrequited

Barack says sexy dancer's antics are confusing his daughter

Aug 21, 07 5:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama has no love for sexy fan "Obama Girl." The hot YouTube video featuring the aspiring model crushing on the candidate is confusing his 6-year-old daughter and he says he finds it hard to take. She said, "Daddy, already has a wife," he told the... More »

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Barack Obama • YouTube • Michelle Obama • Obama Girl • Giuliani Girl • Romney Girl • Election 2008

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