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08.02.2008
Obama Girl

Didn't even vote. (She lives in New York.) Classic.

--Michael Crowley 

Posted: Friday, February 08, 2008 11:49 AM with 13 comment(s)

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LISAH said:

Are we surprised?

After all, football -- and everything else --  is more important than who's gonna run the country, right?

February 8, 2008 12:17 PM

CharlesFosterKane said:

Wasn't she just an actress they hired to play the part? I think at the time she was undecided & then later she said she'd decided to support him. Anyways, she couldn't make it to polls on Super Tuesday. She was (ahem) occupied, with yours truly. I wish...

February 8, 2008 12:20 PM

boneill said:

Yeah, and Rezco!  

February 8, 2008 12:26 PM

bcbaird said:

Isn't this the real issue with having young supporters?  Unregistered (or incorrectly registered), lazy, drunk, stoned...

February 8, 2008 12:39 PM

LISAH said:

Such a long trip to Jersey City from NY....

February 8, 2008 12:42 PM

jesserj said:

That's weird.  It's almost like this model/actress made and posted this video to draw attention to herself, and not as an act of serious political commitment.

February 8, 2008 12:51 PM

CharlesFosterKane said:

People, people...not a knock on them, but most models aren't all that skilled at shooting, editing, writing, directing, and the like...she was hired! To act! In someone else's video! To put it bluntly, Obama Girl is not real!

She is really hot, though.

February 8, 2008 1:06 PM

lymon1 said:

The woman who wrote/sung the song (Leah Kauffman) is pretty talented.  I think both it and "Guiliani Girl" are catchy as heck.

Personally, I don't see the big deal in not voting -- if you don't feel you've followed the issues closely enough and/or are generally content with things and/or don't think there's a big difference between the canidates, why vote?  It seems the countries with the most dysfunction have higher turnouts (I'm excluding false high turnouts, like in Iraq under Saddam...)

February 8, 2008 1:16 PM

mollysimon said:

Lymon!  Admit it--it's her pretty face.

February 8, 2008 2:43 PM

lymon1 said:

Though "Beauty's Only Skin Deep" is a favorite oldie, there's no denying the hotness of Obama Girl, face included!

February 8, 2008 2:59 PM

bcbaird said:

...actresses...

February 8, 2008 3:42 PM

stgla said:

I feel bad for Leah Kauffman, the real talent behind Obamagirl.  I bet she voted, or will vote when Pennsylvania gets its turn.  

February 8, 2008 4:21 PM

guyminuslife said:

Bah, buried it somewhere else, but "Obama Girl" was never particularly political.

February 8, 2008 5:53 PM