Aw, you're just paranoid! (-:
Posted on 07/23/2008 10:13:41 PM PDT by cdchik123
WASHINGTON (AdAge.com) -- It's official. Sen. Barack Obama's campaign will be among the TV sponsors of NBC Universal's Olympics coverage. In the first significant network-TV buy of any presidential candidate in at least 16 years, the Obama campaign has taken a $5 million package of Olympics spots that includes network TV as well as cable ads.
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I sure am glad no one will see it.
If the Olympics is even 1/2 the market of the super bowl this buy is worth about three minutes total.
Since the olympics will be on Every USA network I will just switch between networks during commercials.
Am I the only one who is creeped-out by this dude being a sponsor of the Olympic games? The guy has a creepy youth corps, plans to speak before the Victory Column in Germany, wants a mass rally in Denver, holds racist views, and now wants to tie himself to the Olympics. This dude gives me the willies.
I see the first US swimmer tested positive for a banned substance.
And he caused a big hub bub at the Wailing Wall...maybe he really is the antichrist
Obambi Ping.
I’ll watch the men’s basketball game but that’s about it.
Besides, this is NBC: home of those jackass libs Costas and Olbermann on NFL on NBC, MSNBC, etc, so it wasn;t a stretch that it would get approved by the libs at the PeaBrain Network.
“I see the first US swimmer tested positive for a banned substance.”
What was he on, Kennedy’s?
Obama spends money like an anesthatized sailor.
Interesting he is supporting the Communist Party through capitalism. The Chinese will love him, they just won’t serve him drinks lol.
Come on, it isn’t like this type of thing has happened in the past. </s>
I'll bet the networks are giving him a very good deal.
Indeed, he won’t be able to go to any bars in Beijing. The upside is that he is p*ssing away the Dems money like a lottery winner with a meth habit.
So who is going to keep track of the commercials to make sure NBC doesn’t give him more than he paid for??????????????
Obama appearance: Berlin authorities say that as many as a million people could attend. Four TV stations are broadcasting the entire speech, and the rest are scrambling to secure prime locations at the site.
Will the Global Candidate’s Olympic ads feature footage of the bowling outing in which he displayed his own astounding athleticism with that phenomenal score of 37?
I’m sure he will get more than $5M worth of free airtime during the games.
A man is a prophet except in his own home.
I’m just wondering if the world is big enough for the obamessiah.
He conquered Indonesia at the age of eight. Then he conquered the US senate for a few days.
Then he just conquered Iraq, Afghanistan, Israel, Jordan, Germany, and the rest of Europe in a few days.
Next he conquers the Chinese and the Olympics.
Then it’s the US presidency.
What’s left except the whole world perhaps a few months after he is crowned in January.
I don't see how this could attract more Americans to vote for him except those who already have crush on him.
He gets MILLIONS of free press from the drive bys, as well....
Shooo.....
Not an even playing field
I hadn't heard that. Oh well, we shouldn't even be participating in this communist charade. I, for one, am shamed by it.
FMCDH(BITS)
Won't they just be on NBC?
I mistyped, they will be on EVERY NBC network. so, NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, USA, BRAVO and others. They are doing this to ensure that at any given time an event will be on the air.
There is no way McCain could replicate such an event abroad. Obama's handlers are running a much better campaign than McCain's. And the fawning MSM just make it that much worse for McCain.
The pro-genocide Islamic candidate sponsors the Peking Genocide Olympics 2008. What could be more appropriate?
I guess I’m boycotting the Olympics this year.
Well, there you have it.
I’ll be skipping the Olympics for the first time ever. I did a paper on them as a kid and never looked back. However, there is no way I could watch them fearing an Obama ad popping up. We are saturated with them now which makes me watch less TV....I don’t think I could bear seeing a campaign ad during an event.
Bah. Oughtta be a law. Color me incredibly disappointed.
You guys are missing the point.
NBC has had a ton of trouble selling out their ad spots.
NBC has been the most biased of any network for Obama.
This is almost payback or “I’ll scratch your back if you scratch mine”.
Obama bails out NBC on advertising and NBC bails out Obama with favorable news coverage.
Probably Michael Phelps
It still sounds Beastly..
Obama is so creepy I miss Bill Clinton.
And Obama supporting athletes will get special coverage.
where is this motherload of money coming from, month after month?
AAC you are absolutely NOT the only one...everyone I have spoken to about BHO is extremely upset. I asctually think the more the MSM tries to CYA and the more his arrogance is paraded the more likely this guy will be beaten in the GE assuming he gets past Denver.
The deal has been cut with the leftist party in Germany to be sure they get their people out to cheer on the jackass.
preaching to the Choir, only left wing moonbats watch that ribbon dancing and other wothless crap
Cast that aside for the snobby narcissist.
As an aside, I really scratch my head at some of the anti-Olympic posts that always appear on this site... yes there are piece of crap events like ribbon gymnastics and ping-pong, but there are far more actual sports. NBC's coverage is pure crap, but why the aversion to the impressive athleticism of events like athletics/track & field, swimming, wrestling, basketball, and traditional gymnastics. Plus, there's women's beach volleyball.
General Patton was an Olympian. I think he'd have some harsh words for the ping-pongers as well as the more Neanderthal-like anti-Olympian types.
Can or will any of those Germans vote?
No, but the event was not staged to elicit German votes. They are stage props. The MSM will make sure that the American voter receives this powerful image, which will remind them of JFK and Reagan visits to Berlin. In point of fact, the crowds will be bigger for Obama than either JFK or Reagan. And Obama will put it into his campaign commercials all the way to the election.
Again, Obama's campaign staff is doing a better job than McCain's.
Not just the Leftists. Most Germans dislike Bush and want to see Obama in the WH. My wife is German and my daughter just returned from two years studying in Berlin. The huge turnout is really a repudiation of Bush.
Why do I have the feeling people like us will be silenced when the messiah is crowned.
The previous chancellor won on a hate America ticket.
Merkle seems a different sort, but in my opinion it’s total jealousy of our way of life, our freedom, etc.
A relative lived for years in Germany and found the people quite satisfied with their lousy way of life. No effort required on their part.
According to his biography, it sounds as though he conquered an essay in kindergarten.
Technically he’s only a sponsor of NBC’s coverage, not of the games themselves. Which doesn’t make him any less creepy.
Then that makes him an experienced expert on literature too.
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