Reply #30: Wake up: it IS the Hillary ad

[anigbrowl]

same footage, same music until about 10 seconds in. The Hillary campaign had a high-resolution copy on their website, so Obama's video team just downloaded it and used the first few seconds to respond to her ad in the most direct manner possible. Think of it as a remix - whether you prefer it to the original or not depends on who you support. It's a clever tactic, because a lot of folks who liked the original ad will start watching it again, only to be surprised by the different direction it goes in after the fist few seconds.

Obama's team saved a bunch of $$$ money though, by not shooting any new footage :-)

So I don't think it's hypocritical because it's a direct response to her ad rather than another in the same style. I might be plagiarism (if that sort of thing really mattered in political campaigns), but legally speaking it's acceptable to 'quote' someone else as the video editors have done here.