Normally I don't get political...

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... but this absolutely cracked me up.

By now you've most likely all heard about Joe the Plumber. Obama has introduced his new champion example of the middle-class average American: Al the Shoe Salesman.

Yes, that really is Ed O'Neill (reprising his old role as Al Bundy).

Link found via Reddit and video courtesy of barackobama.com's YouTube account.

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[ronbar.livejournal.com]

This is awesome even without him playing it as Al Bundy.

I thought the same thing you did about character rights, but if I was in charge of their media campaign I would have had him play Al Bundy and dealt with the consequences later. It might have cost them a settlement later and they'd have to have covered Ed O'Neill's liability too, but the press coverage if Fox threatened to sue or sued would have helped make the video popular too.