Hillary: Easy as 1-2-3

Posted:
02/14/08
Political junkies looking for clear signs of Sen. Hillary Clinton's demise in the 2008 Democratic primaries may be in luck. However, they may also be staring ahead bug-eyed with coffee all over their trousers.

Gene Wang--a former Silicon Valley CEO who recently sold Bitfone, a maker of software for portable gadgets, to Hewlett Packard--is now dabbling in campaign songwriting and viral videography, recently pulverizing the political landscape with a song called "Hillary4U&Me." The song--a jaunty, amiable and mind-boggling cover of The Jackson 5's "ABC"--was first hinted at back in August by The New York Times, who reported that Wang had asked friends and acquaintances to gather at a "secret location" to film this tribute to Sen. Clinton.

No one knows what these people were told, what they ate or drank, or who forced them to wear brown T-shirts and dance like suburban dads at a lock-in. But, without another word, here is what happened:



B. Brandon Barker is the author of the novel Operation EMU.