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  In 2004, amidst the bombardment of political news stories, journalists were jubilant to report on JibJab, a small digital entertainment company and their presidential election animation "This Land." The video, a kind of stop animation using cut-outs of both George W. Bush and John Kerry, had the two presidential contenders jumping and moving around while singing a parody of the standard, "This Land is Your Land." The satirical duet had the two politicians melodically calling each other out on some of the lighter gripes America had with both of them. It was a eureka moment for the press, who always try to find "the lighter side" of politics. It was monumental for JibJab who had now staked their claim in the land of online political parody. The 2008 election for president saw a rush of wannabe content providers attempting to get reported as "the lighter side." Many online Flash developers came up with games to parody or protest the candidates. Th...