The "Obama Girl" Videos Aren't Funny

Posted by Guest Blogger at 6:17 AM on July 17, 2007.

This post, written by Jen Moseley, originally appeared on Feministing

Ladies, your place in politics is...

In a bikini. On YouTube. The breathless coverage of presidential campaign "hot chick" videos continues. I really really tried to ignore the whole Obama Girl craziness, hoping it would just go away. But no, now videos of scantily clad women have somehow become emblematic of new media in this presidential election cycle. Letting anyone submit debate questions via YouTube? Oh, interesting. But damn, hot girls dancing and singing? This is groundbreaking political discourse. Oh, wait. They're just supposed to be "funny." Oh, I get it. Just had to take my humorless feminist hat off.

The latest in this string of videos really takes it to the next level. That's right, folks. What you've all been waiting for, a cat fight. Obama Girl and Giuliani girl get it on. And what a surprise, there's a pillow fight.

The woman from the Obama video says this isn't all frivolous, though:

But the song, says Kauffman, "is less a love song than a debate song. We go into some serious issues, like the war in Iraq and Giuliani comparing himself to Ronald Reagan."

Tagged as: media, sexism, clinton, obama, election08, parody

Jen Moseley is the Politics Editor for Feministing.