So You Think You Can Be President

A new hyper-reality television show where candidates compete in front of a live studio audience for American votes!"

The pressure is on as contestants present their positions on a range of social and political issues then face the hard-hitting scrutiny of our panel of judges. The audience at home will delight as contestants are challenged in ways never seen before on the airwaves.

The mainstream media's spectacle of American democracy reaches new heights but this time with a twist. Contestants on our program are in for a surprise: our panel of experts doesn't exactly play by the prescribed rules of television. Unlike the corporate news media of today, which often coddles leading politicians, our judges grill each candidate on their policies with hilarious and unexpected results.

In this week's episode only two weeks before the election, Senator Obama and Senator McCain have their feet held to the fire over shockingly similar positions on both energy and foreign policy.

Who will be this season's champion and take home the grand prize? You'll have to watch and decide that for yourself, then participate by casting your vote* for your favorite performer on November 4th!

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*Some restrictions may apply. In certain areas these include, but are not limited to, faulty electronic voting systems, racist voter laws and/or voter roll purges. See your local polling place for details.

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PRODUCTION INFO:

This video is a satirical transformative work and constitutes a 'fair use' of any copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. It is an example of a Political Remix Video and was created by re-cutting and re-framing fragments of pop culture media to construct a new re-imagined narrative.

Remixed by Jonathan McIntosh
For a wide-screen version see:
www.rebelliouspixels.com

APPROPRIATED SOURCE MATERIAL:
So You Think You Can Dance – Season 3 & 4
2008 US Presidential Debates 1, 2 & 3 – PBS, BBC, PBS
Road to the White House – MSNBC
"The Politics of Dancing" – sung by Re-Flex

UNAFFILIATED LINKS AND RESOURCES:
Rainforest Action Network - ran.org
Power Vote - powervote.org
Iraq Veterans Against the War - ivaw.org
War Resisters League - warresisters.org
Energy Action Coalition - energyactioncoalition.org
Student Environmental Action Coalition - seac.org
Energy Justice Network - energyjustice.net