I entirely agree that those who are so flawed of character or intelligence as to put themselves forward as candidates for election do not deserve our sympathy!

However...

Firstly, it's absurd to advance the Youtube phenomenon as some kind of advance in political accountability.

We're talking about short clips, edited by eminently biased contributors, of gotcha material!

Secondly, I'm betting the phenomenon will appear much less amusing to lefties when the Youtube clip of the day features one of their faves making a twat of himself (or, conceivably, herself).

Folks have been toting camcorders round for a good twenty years now; digital for the last ten.

An wealth of potential material for oppo merchants to hunt through for a choice morsel or two.

What about Brer Lamont? Has he been fully debriefed on all the occasions on which his be videoed doing or saying stuff he'd rather not see pop up online?

Some wedding, perhaps, at which, as best man, he regaled the guests with some Borsht Belt classic gags.

Heaven forbid that he (or Mrs L) might have some former employee, friend or shag who has some colorful footage of what was in context harmless fun.

Because the thing with Youtube, of course, is that it comes without context.