Hillary Clinton country music video strikes awkward chord with some
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Hillary Clinton has not announced plans to run for president in 2016, but that hasn’t stopped one political action group from singing her praises.
The political action committee Stand with Hillary (or SWH) recently released a country music-themed music video about the former Secretary of State and former first lady.
The Washington Post reports the pro-Hillary PAC is run by Daniel Chavez and Miguel Orozco. The Post describes Chavez as a longtime Democratic political operative and credits Orozco with a series of "Latin-flavored songs celebrating Barack Obama in the 2008 election."
The music video, titled “Stand with Hillary,” shows a series of hard-working middle-class Americans interspersed with photos of the Clinton family through the years.
The song’s lyrics play on the theme of Clinton as someone who fights for middle America. Here’s a sampling:
“Thinking about one great lady, like the women in my life. She’s a mother, a daughter, and through it all she’s a loving wife. Oh, there’s something about her, this great lady, caring, hard-working, once a First Lady, she fights for country and the family and now it’s time for us to stand up with Hillary.”
As with anything in politics, reaction to the video has been mixed.
Time.com wrote: "While the video received mixed reviews at TIME's D.C. office — a random sample of reactions included phrases like "croon-tastic," "cute!" "cute?" and "oh, dear."
Nashville newspaper The Tennessean, wrote: "Every member of the band is wearing a cowboy hat, and along with the shots of the frontman working on a construction site, singing in front of a big red barn and tipping his hat while leaned against a pickup truck, the whole video might strike you as just a little pandering."
While Rare.us, a corporate sibling of this site which is known, in-part, for political commentary, described the video as "probably the most unintentionally hilarious video you will watch all week," saying "Hillary Clinton should probably let the Republicans have country music because it's not a good look for her."
