I just wanted to make a small point that focuses on the videos. I thought the first Will.I.Am video was brilliant and politically well timed. I remember surfing the comments sections of some conservative blogs and the prevailing attitude at the time was, "How are we supposed to beat THIS?!"

Artistically it was well done, and if your were predisposed towards supporting Obama it was poignant and powerful. Politically it sent a different message, one that ultimately conveyed a truth about the Obama campaign; there's an awful lot of us out here, and we are REALLY passionate about our candidate.

So the first one I think on an artistic and substantive level, but also on a politically strategic level. All the rest of the videos in the same vain, however, have been... well... creepy. And what is worse is that they feed into the myth of cultism among the Obama supporters.

This is part of the reason why no one likes it when Hollywood gets involved, or at least why I don't like it when Hollywood gets involved. I don't give a crap about the whole "it's not fair that their voice gets so much attention because they're rich and famous" argument that I've heard time and time again. Conservatives have no right to talk about unfairly shaping public opinion based on fame as long as Rush Limbaugh is still flop sweating over a studio mic.

No, I despise Hollywood action because Hollywood activists are frankly pretty stupid when it comes to politics. They may be right on the issues from time to time, but they have no political instinct and mistake whatever artistic instincts they may or may not have for political instinct.

And, my new friends in this joint venture, I'm sure you will eventually learn that nothing aggravates me more than people who play politics without a lick of political understanding.

(also... ahem... I think I started this conversation, yes?)