Lika Starr

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post on viral videos that spotlighted the current most viral video of the week. I mixed it up a little by including a nice little gem from the past. I really liked that post a lot and have decided to do it again this week. I am still considering whether or not to include this a weekly spot on my blog. I’ll just have to see how it goes…

For this edition of Viral Video Gems, Schmuckabee (I mean Huckabee) gets the top spot in this post. What Really Matters is a commercial for the Huckabee presidential campaign. It was uploaded on YouTube on December 17th, 2007. In just two days it already has 700K views and is fast becoming a “must see” making it this week’s #1 viral video.

The popularity of the video is not because all the viewers are in love with Huckabee’s message. No, that’s not it. The video only has a two star rating (haha). Huckabee, being the schmuck he is, decided to schmooze his fan followers by taking a commercial break from politics and sending a Christmas wish instead.

Not that there’s really anything wrong with wishing America a merry Christmas, but when a presidential hopeful includes a shelving unit as a backdrop that strongly resembles a glowing religious cross things tend to get a little controversial. In this Huckabee commercial video his spoken message is warm but his subliminal one is white hot.

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When searching for a Viral Video Gem of the past I thought it would be appropriate that this little gem by George Michael and Wham! accompany Huckabee on this page. The video is Last Christmas and was originally uploaded to YouTube in December of 2006 but it is re-emerging its viral status again tis season. Since the song’s release in 1984 it has become a Christmas classic. It seems the video is also catching up and is on its way to become a timeless classic for the Holiday Season.

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Lika Starr