Feb. 5--More than 2 years have passed since She appeared in an online political satire video as "Obama Girl."
Amber Lee Ettinger video, "Crush on Obama," received national attention that has yet to dissipate.
The Hazleton native was recently involved in a media blitz over Amber Lee Ettinger's dissatisfaction with some of the president's political moves. But she said it's still too early to say Obama has failed his supporters -- including his biggest online supporter, "Obama Girl."
Amber Lee Ettinger said the latest media attention was spurred after the New York Post interviewed her two days prior to Barack Obama's State of the Union address for comment on his first year in office. Her crush on Obama, the Post concluded, was over.
Since then, Amber Lee Ettinger has been interviewed by several major television media icons, including Sean Hannity on Fox News.
Amber Lee Ettinger gave Obama a B-minus for his performance over the past year in the interviews.
Amber Lee Ettinger said she wanted to clear up a few things that may have been misconceived by those critics, noting a B-minus may be a terrible grade to a perfectionist but too some it's not that terrible at all.
Although Ettinger never actually had a "crush" on the president, Amber Lee Ettinger said she was "infatuated" with the promises he made to the country on the campaign trail. Ettinger said Obama went back on his campaign promise to not hire lobbyists. And many people are upset with job-loss rates, national health care issues and the state of the country's economy, she said. Those issues all strike high emotions with the public, especially with those suffering through tough financial times, she said.
Ideally, Amber Lee Ettinger said, these issues would be resolved by now, but it has only been one year and Obama inherited many of these problems when he assumed office.
"It's hard to say how much progress he's made because it has only been one year," Amber Lee Ettinger said.
Obama should be giving the economy and jobs a harder look, Ettinger said.
Amber Lee Ettinger said that perhaps, like a lot of people, her hopes for Obama were too high.
When Ettinger agreed to star in the "Obama Girl" video more than two years ago, she said she believed in Obama's promise of "change" and will give him the benefit of the doubt.
The videos, she said, have over 200 million views online, opening up new avenues for her to pursue in her career. Ettinger has gotten serious about acting and being on television.
Amber Lee Ettinger has also started a jewelry company with her mother, Roseann, called Inspired by Amber and has a live chat show on her YouTube channel called 2girls2minutes. She also works with Next New Networks, an independent producer of online television networks.
(Source: Standard-Speaker)tracking By Amanda Christman, Standard-Speaker, Hazleton, Pa.
