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DFW

(54,403 posts)
Wed Nov 23, 2016, 06:27 PM Nov 2016

I WAS going to leave this hidden forever. F*** it. Here it is. Spread it far and wide.

I had made this video in anticipation of the result being what every indication said it would be before the election: President-Elect Hillary Rodham Clinton.

I was so depressed, I was going to let it remain unseen except by those who I let see it in the 36 hours between completion and the election. The plan WAS to have it posted on youtube the moment the election was called for Hillary. The best laid plans Of Mice and Men, as the saying goes.

But to hell with it it. Here is the Hillary victory video that SHOULD have been. My TFT friends in Atlanta were having such a good time doing the sound track, you can hear the lead singer laughing at the end. MAN was she good, too! (I dare anyone to tell me differently)

Talk about a Postmortem! How about a Resurrection? Thoroughly examine WI, MI and PA, and maybe make this video into reality instead of "what might have been:"

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I WAS going to leave this hidden forever. F*** it. Here it is. Spread it far and wide. (Original Post) DFW Nov 2016 OP
Kick Hekate Nov 2016 #1
This is AMAZING! Love the singers and great animation! LuckyLib Nov 2016 #2
My partner in Atlanta found the singers DFW Nov 2016 #6
Oh - if only - KT2000 Nov 2016 #3
I put so much effort into it DFW Nov 2016 #7
Hot damn! Love it. MontanaMama Nov 2016 #4
Thanks! DFW Nov 2016 #9
That is too well done, to not share it. braddy Nov 2016 #5
That's what I was thinking DFW Nov 2016 #8
Niiice job! Love it. And thank you for posting it. AgadorSparticus Nov 2016 #10
I've been doing these things on and off for ten years DFW Nov 2016 #11
All I get is "This Video Is Private" ret5hd Nov 2016 #12
Working on a new link! DFW Nov 2016 #14
Please check the new link in post#17 DFW Nov 2016 #19
"Please sign in to view this video." trof Nov 2016 #13
Working on a new link! DFW Nov 2016 #15
Please try the new link DFW Nov 2016 #18
"Thoroughly examine WI, MI and PA"? red dog 1 Nov 2016 #16
Here is a new link DFW Nov 2016 #17
Applause otohara Nov 2016 #20
Thanks! It was a team effort DFW Nov 2016 #21

LuckyLib

(6,819 posts)
2. This is AMAZING! Love the singers and great animation!
Wed Nov 23, 2016, 08:12 PM
Nov 2016

And since Hillary actually did "win" the vote of the people, I love it even more.
Thank you, DFW. Fun!

DFW

(54,403 posts)
6. My partner in Atlanta found the singers
Thu Nov 24, 2016, 01:45 AM
Nov 2016

Last edited Thu Nov 24, 2016, 07:04 AM - Edit history (1)

He is a full-time musician, so he knows practically everybody in the Atlanta area, and there are a LOT of musicians in the Atlanta area. I wrote most of the screenplay, but the guy who actually put the video together had some great input, too, especially Bill Clinton in the apron serving canapés.

The lead singer, "Hillaretha," was apparently laughing so hard, they needed several takes before she could sing it without cracking up, some of which you could hear at the end.

**on edit--by the way, the three women in the corner singing "backup" are the real singers of the sound track.

DFW

(54,403 posts)
8. That's what I was thinking
Thu Nov 24, 2016, 01:48 AM
Nov 2016

It took over a month to put it all together, since we are scattered to the four winds on two continents, and all have day jobs. I just hated the thought that no one would ever see it.

DFW

(54,403 posts)
11. I've been doing these things on and off for ten years
Thu Nov 24, 2016, 04:41 AM
Nov 2016

Just look up any of the The Freedom Toast videos on Youtube.

Here are some:





&t=27s



red dog 1

(27,817 posts)
16. "Thoroughly examine WI, MI and PA"?
Thu Nov 24, 2016, 05:28 PM
Nov 2016

Good idea, but time is running out fast.

The deadline for requesting a recount in Wisconsin is 5 PM tomorrow, (Friday)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512622780

DFW

(54,403 posts)
21. Thanks! It was a team effort
Fri Nov 25, 2016, 04:45 PM
Nov 2016

This is the end result. There was a LOT of email going on between Germany and Atlanta!

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