Obama mash-up video

A pretty good idea:



(Via Memeorandum.) Politico says it was co-produced by former Laura Ingraham producer Lee Habeeb.

The video clip of Malcolm X is used effectively, but I think it was a mistake to include the photo of the 1968 Mexico City Olympics protest. It was 1968, after all: MLK and JFK had been assassinated, there were riots in major cities, the Vietnam War was reaching a crisis point -- angry radicalism was fairly commonplace in America at that time. So to take Obama's non-salute and compare it to Tommie Smith and John Carlos raising clinched fists in Mexico City gives a bit too much moral significance to Obama's action.

But enjoy the video while you can. It probably won't be online long, because it is seriously infringing some copyrights.