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Obama is winning. People are endlessly inspired by this man, and cranking out hit after hit on the ViralVideoChart. Some of the movies attack opponents (Vote Different), some are just plain silly (Obama Girl, Super Obama Girl) and some are heart-felt inspirations (Yes We Can). Can you remember the last viral video inspired by John McCain (other than him singing, “Bomb bomb Iran“)? I can. It was a remix featured on Heavy.com starring then Governor George W. Bush and John McCain from various debates and interviews in 1999. McCain kept referring to himself as a Jedi Knight in an attempt to win over young voters.Who inspires you? Hillary because she’s a woman? Huckabee because he’s an evangelical? McCain because he’s a veteran and a patriot? Romney because he’s… (can’t think of anything), Obama because he can speak like a man with the power and the will to change the world?Will.i.am from the Black Eyed Peas put this together after watching Obama speak in New Hampshire. This is what he had to say from the site Dipdive:

And i was captivated…Inspired…I reflected on my life…and the blessings I have…and the people who fought for me to have these rights and blessings…and I’m not talking about a “black thing” I’m talking about a “human thing” me as a “person”an American… That speech made me think of Martin Luther King… Kennedy… and Lincoln… and all the others that have fought for what we have today… what America is “supposed” to be… freedom… equality… and truth… and thats not what we have today… we think we are free… but in reality terror and fear controls our decisions… this is not the America that our pioneers and leaders fought and died for… and then there was New Hampshire. It was that speech… like many great speeches… that one moved me… because words and ideas are powerful… It made me think… and realize that today we have “very few” leaders… maybe none… but that speech… it inspired me… it inspired me to look inside myself and outwards towards the world… it inspired me to want to change myself to better the world… and take a “leap” towards change… and hope that others become inspired to do the same… change themselves… change their greed… change their fears… and if we “change that”"then hey”… we got something right…???…   

Whether you like it or not, whether you agree with him or not, Obama is doing something that no other candidate is doing (as well): inspiring people to create and share ideas. And that means he is winning. 

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