Using Baraks 2 million view You Tube video to squeze out some popularity numbers.

[DisabledVet]

I wanted to conduct a little experiment in popularity.

I took Barack Obama's most popular You Tube video "I Got a Crush...On Obama" By Obama Girl

VIDEO LINK

It has been viewed as of today 2,231,009 times and commented on 6803 times.

I then took all 6803 comments, copied and pasted them into MS Word and conducted a find search to determine how many times other candidates names appeared in the comments section. (I excluded Barack for obvious reasons)

Heres the break down:

Hillary Clinton: 167 times
John McCain: 21 times
Fred Thompson: 21 times
Tommy Thompson: 18 times
Mitt Romney: 17 times
Rudy Giuliani: 17 times
Duncan hunter: 5 times
Mike Huckabee: 5 times
Sam Brownback: 2 times
Jim Gilmore: 1 time
Tom Tancredo: 0 times

Oh and what about "long shot" Ron Paul? 344 times

Smiling....good!!

[DisabledVet]

Thanks...Ill do it with the next huge You Tube political video that come out.

[PatriotOne]

Speaking of "I got a crush" video. I was surfing the news and Bill O'Smelly had Dick Morris on and they were talking about this video and the Hot for Hilary video.

Dick was talking about how he thought that these were the kind of tools to be used to attract the current generation to the candidates. I was a little taken back that that's all they thought of the younger generation. Forget the issues or what he candidates actually stand for. Just make a hot video to get their votes. Is that what they think of the people now? I hope someone posts it on YouTube. To me, it was really offensive. Pretty sure the younger generation Ron Paul supporters would be offended!

Now I have to go take a shower after actually watching a bit of the O'Smelly show

[monotony]

That was a painful video to sit through. Is this the kind of videos the other candidates have?

[stalcottsmith]

If I were a woman, I would be pissed off at how this represents my political consciousness.

[rpf2008]

Excellent work !

[Broadlighter]

She's hot but I wouldn't trust her politics. Its another wrinkle to the term 'attention whore.'

[herepamwas]

Omg did she actually sing "Once you get your oval office, you'll get your head of state" ?!?!?!? Puking.

[Wyurm]

I can't stand that video. I don't really see what so attractive, unless its just being hyped. She's more than obviously a paid performer. The song is cheesy, and I simply couldnt watch the whole thing. I got that embarrassed for her feeling.

[Dan Klaus]

interesting analysis...well done..

[timosman]

nostalgia bump

[Zippyjuan]

Nine year old thread bump?

[CPUd]

[Rad]

You know, I never got my Rand Paul girl video that I asked for

[timosman]

Nine year old thread bump?

Hey, this forum has been around for some time