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bigtree

(86,005 posts)
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 11:15 AM Oct 2016

New Clinton Camp Video: 'Donald Trump -The Final Meltdown'

‘The Final Meltdown’: Clinton camp taunts Trump with parody music video



Hillary Clinton’s campaign released a web video on Wednesday that mocked Donald Trump and accused him of being in the middle of a meltdown.

The video is set to the tune of “The Final Countdown,” the 1986 hit by the Swedish rock band Europe. But Clinton’s team replaced “countdown” in the song’s chorus with “meltdown.”

As the Clinton parody video notes, Trump has been fiercely lashing out at both the Democratic nominee and Republican critics since last Friday, when the Washington Post published a 2005 video of him bragging that his celebrity status allows him to kiss and grope women.

The Clinton team used a recent string of provocative Trump comments to make its “meltdown” argument. The video quoted Trump saying he’s “ashamed of this country” while promising to appoint a special prosecutor to go after Clinton, agreeing with his supporters about locking Clinton up, calling Clinton “the devil” in Sunday’s debate and refusing to believe that he’s behind among women voters.

It also noted the Trump campaign ad, released Tuesday, which attacked Clinton over her health...

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New Clinton Camp Video: 'Donald Trump -The Final Meltdown' (Original Post) bigtree Oct 2016 OP
Good job & thumbs up to the Clinton Team Sunlei Oct 2016 #1
Hope they made sure they had the rights to the song... haele Oct 2016 #2
Great ad Gothmog Oct 2016 #3
Wow, Bill O'Reilly is trying to reason with Trump Delmette Oct 2016 #4

haele

(12,679 posts)
2. Hope they made sure they had the rights to the song...
Wed Oct 12, 2016, 12:26 PM
Oct 2016

Even a parody can be infringement if it's been produced to make a profit.

The Geico commercial used the actual band members to get a better royalties deal than they would have gotten in a contract with the label who co-owned the rights to that song. Probably saved them close to a million dollars overall.

Haele

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