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Great, let them destroy each other.

Apple attorneys start your engines!

It actually the remake of that commercial from 2004.

"ron: Great, let them destroy each other."

I guess that means we'll have to vote for "none of the above", since the other side has destroyed it's credibility as well. Special interests and corporations run the US, not the silent majority unfortunately.

Still love the advert. It was too ahead of its time. I would run it again only with Steve Ballmer's face on it. Now that would be scary!

they're going to think he's gay with the multi colored logo!

Courtesy of FFMPEGX and Democracy I now have copy of the file.

(one minute later)

Courtesy of OSX's trash can I have now deleted the file. Still, it's an interesting look at where technology is taking us.

The logo is all wrong. Apple no longer uses the multicolor theme.

MW: Straight, as in, the opposite of gay, as in, the colors of the gay pride flag. Funny.

Flames in 3... 2... 1...

Barack is no better than Clinton. How does a freshman Senator think he is going to be President? Psh! Think Not!

Give me Rudy any day.

I believe that as of this writing former Veep Al Gore is still a Director on Apple, Inc.'s Board. Hmmm. Don't really know what connection there is, if any at all. Still, Bubba's probably not too pleased!

Surely an arab did this remake. They are on his side and they are very good at editing.

And now, for another exciting episode of DEMOCRATS EATING THEIR OWN!

Hillary is our next President

somewhere in Texas, a village is missing its idiot


MW: "nations" as in, "One nations under God, invisible, with Liberties and Justice forgone..."

She's wearin the 'Pod!

Power corrupts. Bushs mafia clan and his crumbling credibility are a proof that democracy needs change. It now is the democrats turn, four more years of republicans would be VERY bad for the US.

Apple is having that lame ad pulled right now. If you listen closely you can actually hear the mouse clicks over at YouTube as they drag the file to the trash.

Hillary is not a bad egg. She is an opportunist, though, as is Bill. I'd prefer someone who genuinely cares about people - the real people, salt of the Earth, and all that (i.e. not Bush's 'Haves & Have Mores').

MW=behind, as in 'Perhaps Al Gore is behind this commercial?'

Disappointing. I have no opinion of the candidates or the parties. That's for another time and place. But what I am appalled at is that one group representing a candidate would so blatantly rip off a brilliant commerical like Apple's 1984 ad that is not in the public domain. It cheapens the original ad by orders of magnitude. And the doctoring of the original was totally lame. If they were going to rip off the original 1984 commercial, they could have at least done it justice.

There was little imagination. If you want to market your candidate as someone with new ideas, this is NOT the way to do it.

If I were Obama, I'd be PO'd. That some group, whether they were affiliated with his campaign officially or not, would feel the way to represent their candiate was by ripping off private property is pretty lame.

Go Hillary! Make those Bush-whackin' bunker monkeys buy more guns.

--F*cking chicken hawks...


MW "expected" as in: I expected a less obvious ploy from those chumps.

I guess I'd wish to make a very public disclaimer and apology if I were Obama.

Ripping off other others' campaigns and ideas is *not unusual* where politicians are concerned, but being tainted by association must be a p.o. for anyone.

Cute though!

"Your Boys' Blood; My Buddies' Billions..."--Dick Cheney, King of the Bunker Monkeys


MW "quality" as in: The quality of this administration is unsurpassed.

I jus wanna know, does this mean we can get rid of Obama and Hillary?

That is really shameless, that isn't creative, they've just taken something great and turned it into pathetic election propaganda. Apple's attorney's should SUE!!! Although I would like to see a commercial where he shouts "OBAMA BITCH!"

Well, believe it or not, there is this guy, born in Hope, Arkansas, who grew up around there and then became Governor, who is now running for President....

This is blatant plagiarism. Apple should sue the snot out of the idiot who thought this up. Wait, someone like this acutally had a thought?

If this was my work being butchered, I would be calling my own lawyers for multi-million dollar suits. Not only for plagiarism but for libel against the reputation that the original ad stood for.

At least Global PC referenced the commercial, not stole it outright.

It is now tarnished and will forever be.

Well, lets just chime in on this one.

First, lets face it, this is not creative, nor innovative. I would expect better from Microsoft!

Second, to let them (the politicians) use such work to defame each other is also wrong. Lawyers have started to land outside the Obama headquarters as we speak!

Third, I would like to give hope to this up and coming election. America is not lost, nor was she ever! She is not controlled by big money or over see interests. America is OUR country and we should fight for her! We should but aside the pity little difference that we have and do what is best not for you and me, but for the future of this country. Lets take this up and coming election and make a turning point in OUR country's history. Lets not let the naw-sayers; the want'abe's and those fat cats in Washington have their way! We, the America people, have just started to take back this country from the over zealot republican’s who have used everything from terrorism to God himself to try to control, manipulate and to just give us FUD over OUR future of America!

Lastly, I just received confirmation that the lawyers have made contact. Hostiles are in site and DTA on squashing all hostile activity is almost here!

whoa... Obama will be lucky if Hillary doesn't have him killed a la Vinced Foster for this blasphemy. This thing showed up on Drudge last night (the Clinton's favorite website) so the whole world could have a chuckle at her expense.

Barak is fixin' to go out... Tarantino-style.

Well, if he does go out, you want your next president to be the one who took him out?

I love my Mac and Apply Computer. I hate politics.

That is just a lame commercial rip-off - regardless of who is being "smashed". Boring.

Well, yeah, Dick- YouTube is all about rip-offs.

Hillary. Obama. Hillary and Obama as running mates. It doesn't matter. Who ever wins will have to pick up the pieces from eight years of having a complete idiot in the White House. I'm afraid that the damage might already be too great to be undone.

You want change? - You want to see things get done?- Do you want to finally vote for a president because you like the guy instead of hating the other guy more?

Rudy.

That should be Bill Gates' picture on the big screen.

"macs are taken over everyday"

"Vista is selling remarkably well"

"Zune is a metaphor for going #2, I mean it's number 2 in HD based DAP sales"

"everything I say is true"

"It may be the most stunning and creative attack ad yet..."

As a conservative/libertarian, I truly have do dog in this race, but I think the above commentary is idiotic. A recycled Apple commercial with Hillary's face pasted in rather sloppily is a "stunning and creative attack"?

What am I missing?

The remake obviously was done on a peecee - notice the lack of smart quotes. Classic peecee blunder. Unless it was some goof using a Mac.

MDN word: your, as in the classic peecee user's lame comment “your a bunch of loser Mac fanboys” (when we Mac fanboys know it should be “you’re.”

Sorry. Forgot to close the parenthesis.

Whoever did this is an idiot or a covert GOP operative. By trashing HC in such an uncreative manner Obama's side looks sleazy and the demos seem even more fratricidal than they really are.

F-

meh.

unimpressive. who cares. move along.

Justin-
I don't think you intended to opine that if it wasn't a Republican then they were an idiot, did you? Maybe I read it sideways...

anyone know who the running girl in the video is and if she has a website?
...yes i know its over 20 years on...but still...theres something about her...

where is the apple legal attack?
is steve jobs an obama fanboy????

Hey, eddie, of course.
Al GORE is on the Apple board. Anything to derail Hillary is okay by Apple.
(Hint: Al is thinking of running again.)

Follow the Rocky Road!

I am upset that the Obama camp is associating themselves with the Apple one. PLEASE leave the two separate. I know that Apple users and fans come from all *intelligent* walks of life but I just can't stand that we would be associated with One candidate for president. ASEIORNG. It just pisses me off. In my opinion you simply cannot associate something as terrible and hideous as a political campaign with the sheer beauty and perfection that is Apple. (ok I know that my RDF is really big)

Oh my!

"anyone know who the running girl in the video is and if she has a website?"

No website- her name is Anya Major, and she was a real athlete.

The ad was posted anonymously. As it does damage to both Obama and Clinton camps, I'd say it was created by neither.

Also, I doubt Apple would allow their advert to be used in that way. I doubt even extravagant sums fo $$$'s would coerc them, as that ad practically CREATED the company.

So, someone violated copywrite law and posted a video damaging to the democratic front runners, and tainting all democratic candidates, anonymously.

Who on earth would be motivated to do such a thing, I wonder?

The creator of this vid should be tracked down, his/her motives exposed, and then prosecuted to the fullest extent possible.

AA
Why bother looking for facts? Just indict Rove and the far left will be happy!!!

the tracking of the logo on her tshirt is so horrible, you can tell it has been done with Final Cut Pro. It still is one of the 3 or 4 thing Avid does better. Hopefully this will change after NAB...

We might never know if this was a Democrat or Republican-inspired tactic, but I doubt if the ad will have any effect on Clinton's campaign. From the author's perspective, she appears to be looming as a freight train on the horizon with the potential to crush his or her favorite candidate.

From the Republican side, Giuliani has his own "attack" to bear in the form of a book. Freakanomics claims Giuliani wasn't responsible for the drop in crime in New York. The drop was nationwide, and contributing factors were an increase in police (in New York's case by the outgoing Gov) and a crash in the crack market, but the biggest factor by far was Roe versus Wade - the increase in abortions by women who decided they would've made unfit parents.

The crime rate started dropping when the aborted kids would've reached their late teens - presumably the start of their crime-committing age. Giuliani in fact fired his chief of police some years after crime started to drop when the newspapers hailed him as the architect of the drop [sic]. Presumably, this one-time effect is now over, and crime has either stabilized or is on the increase.

As you know, nothing is ever as simple as what's largely believed. To wit, the belief in God, Windows fans, and the election of Bush.