Last night I sent the link to Keith Olberman’s Special Comment around to friends and family. I got the following response from my daughter, a 25-year old who, 2 years ago, was such a fervent Obama supporter, she called sobbing with joy on election night.
My brilliant idea? Create a viral video campaign from Dems to Obama saying, “no, you can’t.”
Get all the people from his “yes, we can” videos to say:
No, you can’t reneg on your campaign promises.No, you can’t cave to republican threats and still seem like a strong leader.No, you can’t get by on charm alone.No, you can’t alienate your base and get away with it.No, you can’t get reelected without us.



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Excellent idea. Thanks for that. Who can make the vid? I will send it around!!
Will welcome any help/publicity.
I know my daughter will be thrilled if this catches fire.
It is a great idea. Why dont you send this to Adam Green of the PCCC or BoldProgressives.com and see what we need to do to make it happen.
Thanks, robbep. I’ll follow up.
Find a link on funnyordie.com for script ideas and have your daughter send her idea to Will Ferrell & Co. They were awesome during the health ins. reform fight, even though we lost they stayed with us the whole way slamming health insurance companies.
Maybe also consider Lee Camp (e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaZMPfAWKkM ) and Andy Cobb (e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6LgYDyU2ag ).
Late comment, I know.
Here is a link to the full cast and crew of the Yes We Can video.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1198099/fullcredits
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Link to full cast and crew for Yes We Can video
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I was going to send you to my buddy’s t shirt shop, but it just went outta business :(
Afterall, he told us yesterday in the news presser: “I can’t”
I told Cenk, he just gave the republicans the keys to the car back along with some cash to party on!
We do need a challenger to Obama
How about Byron Dorgan / Kennedy Jr.
I am putting it on Twitter. I am going to write it as a comment of the WH blog.
rec’d
Bernie Sanders/Howard Dean?
Sign me up.
I don’t know how to make a viral video, but it sounds like a good idea. Anyway, there needs to be some way of communicating in a way that people who don’t want to spend a lot of time reading blogs will pay attention to.
Thank you, thank you everyone. The suggestions are great, and I’ve shared them with my daughter.
Yes, WE can, even if Obama can’t.
You have an intelligent daughter, Mauimom.