Just the other day I was talking with some colleagues wondering why there where never ever "Bushism" ringtones that become widespread. I mean, there have been cases of people making Bush blunder ringtones, but the real question is why political ringtones have not caught on and why no one is standing up and trying to distribute it on a mass scale.

Part of the problem exists in the fact the fact that a lot of the ringtone market is infused with the carriers leaving the individual activist or political campaign to wonder how do I a) create the ringtone and b) distribute it to people phones. The former is easier than the latter as I explored in an article I wrote on exploring the possibility of the create your own ringtone.

The ringtone first became political important during the 2004 elections in the Philippines where a recording of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and election official Comelec Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano was captured and turned into a popular ringtone by the viral citizenship (listen to them here).

Well just in time for the 08 elections, Ringtones08.com is hoping to make Ringtones the new bumper sticker and lawn sign. Simply put RingTones08.com is a free site that user the power of myxer.com to let anyone upload and download ringtones about the 2008 election. Thats a key element, not only will they create and distribute election teemed ringtones but they will also let you, or anyone (i.e a campaign) use their site to upload ringtones of their own for viral distribution.

Of course the ringtones distributed on the site are free, so if you are looking to make money from them there are other solutions you can go after... but free is always good for distribution right.

Im sure this is all for the good and the bad. There are some political verbal faux pas' as well a legitimate political soundclips that are just meant to be ringtones.

The only thing to be wary about are copyright issues. Be careful when you upload that soundclip, you never know who owns things and how now-a-days.

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