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Friday, February 5, 2010

Demonsheep Update

From the San Jose Mercury News:

If all press is good press, Carly Fiorina's bizarre campaign video depicting her opponent as a red-eyed demon sheep is a blockbuster hit.

If widespread mockery matters, the joke may be on Fiorina.

Whatever the case, the former Hewlett-Packard CEO's 31/2-minute Web video attacking Tom Campbell in the Republican Senate primary has gone viral, drawing more than 191,949 views on YouTube, rising to the top of Twitter topics and spurring commentary on dozens of political news sites

The Demonsheep ad has inspired yet another YouTube remix of Der Untergang:


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