Barely Political

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Barely Political
URL	www.barelypolitical.com
Type of site	Online video
Available language(s)	English
Owner	Ben Relles
Created by	Ben Relles Leah Kauffman
Launched	June 13, 2007
Current status	Active

Barely Political is an online video and entertainment website that creates politically themed satiracal music videos and parodies. It was created in June of 2007 by founders Ben Relles and Leah Kauffman and debuted its presence on the internet in the music video I Got a Crush... on Obama. Barely Political has created numerous videos featuring many political aspects, including the military, news media, and also inviting some of the 2008 presidential candidates to be featured in a video, including former Senator Mike Gravel.

Barely Political's most popular videos have also been named one of 2007's 10 best videos by Newsweek, People Magazine, and YouTube.^[1] I Got a Crush... on Obama was also nominated for a YouTube Award, and has been viewed over 8 million times on YouTube.

Barely Political is a subsidiary of Next New Networks.