Dep’t of Riveting Videos: Chris Dodd, Au Naturel

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This is either a biting commentary on the capacity of YouTube fetishism to overwhelm and ruin actual debate in American politics or the worst example of an out-of-touch campaign trying to glom onto a trend it doesn’t understand. Either way, it’s hilarious if you have a minute to spare.

Yeah, that’s right. Just a man writing, eating, writing, drinking, and writing some more. We really need to reel in the viral video aspect of the 2008 campaign — we’re in danger of losing words altogether in favor of (barely) moving images. Spotted on The Plank.

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