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In 2004 Howard Dean tapped into the largely ignored resources of the internet to move his campaign forward in the presidential primary season. He went from being a relative unknown Governor from Vermont to being a Democrat sensation. Since then, more candidates and certainly more potential voters have made use of the internet to air their views and support their candidates.
In the latest leap forward, individual voters are now making their own campaign ads in support of their candidate of choice. A YouTube user, known only as ParkRidge 47, has posted an ad supporting Senator Barack Obama (D-Illinois Voting Record) in his bid for the Democratic Presidential Nomination. The Ad depicts Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-New York Voting Record) in a spoof of an Apple Computer Commercial spoofing the movie 1984. (Just watch the ad.) This ad has turned into the YouTube heard round the world, gaining coverage from every major media outlet in the United States it has raised awareness of the power the Grass Roots internet users have.
All I can say is keep doing what you do people, make your voices heard, make your votes count. It doesn't matter who you support, keep the issues that matter to you out there, campaign hard for the candidate you support. The internet is a great tool to for the common man to help shape the changing political climate.
In 2004 Howard Dean tapped into the largely ignored resources of the internet to move his campaign forward in the presidential primary season. He went from being a relative unknown Governor from Vermont to being a Democrat sensation. Since then, more candidates and certainly more potential voters have made use of the internet to air their views and support their candidates.
In the latest leap forward, individual voters are now making their own campaign ads in support of their candidate of choice. A YouTube user, known only as ParkRidge 47, has posted an ad supporting Senator Barack Obama (D-Illinois Voting Record) in his bid for the Democratic Presidential Nomination. The Ad depicts Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-New York Voting Record) in a spoof of an Apple Computer Commercial spoofing the movie 1984. (Just watch the ad.) This ad has turned into the YouTube heard round the world, gaining coverage from every major media outlet in the United States it has raised awareness of the power the Grass Roots internet users have.
All I can say is keep doing what you do people, make your voices heard, make your votes count. It doesn't matter who you support, keep the issues that matter to you out there, campaign hard for the candidate you support. The internet is a great tool to for the common man to help shape the changing political climate.
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