For a young advertising student, it must be nice to feel that
you’ve fueled a cultural movement, no matter how politically
incorrect that it might be. So, the two young minds behind “Wir
Brauchen Sarah Palin,” Usman Abdul and Luong Lu, seem pretty
pleased that their campaign took off, not to mention surprised
that it presented the pair with a merchandising opportunity in
the form of iTunes singles and t-shirts.  With German Chancellor
Angela Merkel‘s ratings down and nationalism at an all-time high
during last year’s World Cup, the two began littering the
streets with propaganda that introduced Palin as Germany’s
potential savior. So, how successful was the duo’s campaign?
Well, the “boost” on social media actually means 53 Twitter
followers and 42 friends and 11 fans on Facebook. Also, a Google
search for both “Germany for Palin” and “Deutschland Fur Palin”
bring up minimal results.  So, if this campaign from Abdul and
Lu didn’t go quite as viral as the two make it out to be, why
are we covering it? Because,