Whoa, the world has changed so much. I remember when it was groundbreaking that Bill Clinton went on MTV and answered the questions of MTV kids. I just watched the tail-end of the YouTube debate on CNN. It was insane watching potential candidates answering the questions of YouTube viewers. It's like Web 2.0 has finally arrived. The Internet is shifting the power of the people. (Although keep in mind certain companies want to fuck all that up - check out the article in the August issue of Playboy or this incomplete article.) Just buy the Playboy, you get to see hot chicks naked and photo-shopped to uber perfection. And the article is complete and very good.
I'm probably being over dramatic, as I have that tendency. However I think back to that MTV thingy with Bill Clinton and I remember thinking how the hell those losers got on the show. Are they all from New York? Rich enough to travel there? And then how did they get chosen for ticket dispersion?
For this debate numerous candidates felt compelled to participate, unlike the 90s with Bill. As if not participating with a YouTube debate would be the demise of a campaign, which I'm sure it would be for any who declined...McCain?. Or did I miss the news story that he finally pulled out. I used to respect that guy as the only Republican that had the balls to occasionally think outside the conservative box. But boy did he disappoint the last year.
Everyone with access to a web-cam or video camera with appropriate hook-ups had the chance to ask an intelligent question. Granted they were filtered through a corporate news network (I'm assuming CNN chose the questions, however according to an article from their site it's more open that that).
Well, now that YouTube has really made a difference, I really need to finish that music video featuring my poofy calico cat and Sepultura's "Territory." All this attention for YouTube will surely bring her all the publicity she needs to launch her career as cutest gd cat EVAR!!!
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Ah, but see, the democratization of the web swings both ways. YouTube will undoubtedly be the venue upon which the first grainy undercover videos of Your Favorite Candidate doing a line of blow off a hooker’s well-tanned, $2500/hour ass will debut, followed by their Tearful Public Apology Video and finally the Elegant Fireside Interview With Understanding Spouse (insert Diane Sawyer/Barbara Walters/Stone Phillips Here). Then the Fat Kid that Dances/Lightsaber Fights/Lip-synchs/Does Anything Else Nerdlinger will moderate a debate between candidates to see who’s got the worst Birthmark Shaped Like Something Easily Identifiable on their scrotums (it will turn out Hillary does, and also has balls 3x the size of any other candidate).
Let the YouTube Political Revolution begin! Huzzah!
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