We meet Amber Lee Ettinger at Cafeteria on a blazing Thursday in New York City. The umbrella isn't cutting her any shade, so she's wearing a pair of large sunglasses as she sucks on a raspberry lemonade, which conjures up an image of the Lolita poster with Sue Lyon. The model and actress known to YouTube viewers as Obama Girl spears a fat raspberry with her straw and smiles as she lifts it to her lips, well aware she's in the sweet spot. Millions have watched the video "I Got a Crush on Obama" and the sequel" Debate '08: Obama Girl vs. Giuliani Girl." In both, Amber plays a singing coquette hung up on Barack Obama. The first clip sparked confusion when it was posted: Was it a bid for hipness from Obama's camp or a Republican smear? Neither, really -- just a bit of fun. What wasn't fun for Amber were the snotty digs from typical Internet dorks. ("Why is every chick in America fat?" wrote an apparently blind person.) "They were saying my boobs are fake, my teeth are fake," Amber laments." Some said I should take it as a compliment. But I've never had plastic surgery. If I had fake boobs, I'd say, 'I have fake boobs.'" We're surprised to hear Amber wasn't recognized at the MLB All-Star festivities, where she interviewed players for the Free the Fan website. "I was asked to autograph a baseball," she says. "But I think they thought I was Alyssa Milano. I get that a lot."
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