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Viral Video: "Hell No, You Can't" (Except He Did)

in News on March 28, 2010 at 2:30 pm PT

It’s hard to explain this riveting mashup video, so you should just watch it. In a nutshell: A mashup of Will.i.am’s “Yes We Can” online video from the primaries, and Republican Rep. John Boehner screaming on the floor of the House, referring to the Obama administration’s health-care bill, “Hell no, you can’t!” As it turned out: Yes, he did.

Yes We Can (Um, Can't We?)

in News on January 5, 2009 at 12:32 am PT

President-Elect Barack Obama arrived in Washington, D.C., over the weekend, which was the first step in what is likely to be one of the most historic inaugural events in American history. The Obamas arrived Saturday and took up residence at the Hay-Adams Hotel, right across Lafayette Park from the White House, which was caught better than any news footage I saw by a tourist with a video camera and posted quickly online. So begins the YouTube Presidency.