IS THIS TOO RISQUE???? Samuel L. Jackson Shakes Up Political Video Charts

Actor Samuel L. Jackson's F-bomb laden call to action for Obama supporters topped the online political charts this week with more than 2.6 million views, leapfrogging the previous week's off-color effort from comedian and fellow Obama supporter Sarah Silverman, according to data from Visible Measures for the week ended Sunday.

Both videos were funded by Jewish Council for Education & Research, or JCER, a super PAC backed by Alexander Soros, son of billionaire George Soros.

As Washington Wire noted last week when the video was first released, the piece features a salty-tongued Mr. Jackson telling a girl's parents, siblings and grandparents to 'Wake the F- Up" as he seeks to energize their support — a takeoff on the popular book, "Go the F--k to Sleep."

JCER co-founder Mik Moore said the group plans to unveil similar ads in the coming weeks. While the videos are admittedly a bit risqué, Mr. Moore said that's necessary to garner attention and make sure the message isn't drowned out by near-constant campaign ads.

"We're actually trying to create videos the [Obama] campaign couldn't do in a million years. We're not simply replicating what the campaign do," he said in an interview.

Pro-Mitt Romney forces managed only one ad in the top 10, in a new spot from the Romney campaign featuring the GOP nominee speaking straight to the camera about how his economic plan will get more Americans back to work — and get the economy back on track.

In all, the Obama campaign had five videos in the top 10; liberal groups had four; and the Romney campaign had one.

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