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  Obama Camp Is Aware of All Internet Traditions

  Posted Tuesday, October 28, 2008 1:33 PM | By Christopher Beam

  Farhad Manjoo has a great piece up about the Obama campaign's text-messaging superiority. But the campaign's technological dominance extends to all corners of the Internet, as evidenced by this new video:

   

  It's a prime example of the Internet gap in 2008. Obama's people understand the Web—what works, what doesn't, and what's funny about it. They realize that  you can take a popular YouTube clip (and a great moment of FAIL), add some silly Photoshopping, and make a better ad than a snoozy Fred Thompson pep talk. Now if only they'd BarackRoll McCain.
  

  Filed under: Barack Obama

About Christopher Beam

• Christopher Beam is a Slate political reporter.

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