New York Times hypes Obama ad trailer
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Over everything.
Everywhere.
And as the whole world knows Barack Obama who, unless he makes a terrible mistake or John McCain comes up with a miracle, will be the next president of the United States, has booked a solid half an hour on national US TV networks to further hammer home his message that he’s The One.
In a half-hour prime-time ad funded by supporters of all ilks and of all persuasions for a staggering $3 to $5 million, Barack Obama: American Stories marks the first time in 16 years a presidential candidate has bought a national address before the general election, says the Live Feed.
Campaign ads are, “typically considered a nuisance best avoided rather than Must See TV, it says, “especially in swing states, which have been bombarded with every flavor of political advertising in recent weeks”.
And with that in mind, “”The entire half hour is being fed live to various outlets from a site in Florida.” They’ll be, “feeding a tape for most of the broadcast and then a live portion at the end,” the post states, going on:
“Ratings for paid programming are often not released to the public, and Nielsen was still mulling on Tuesday whether to announce the ad’s viewership. Given the heavy media interest, a release seems likely.”
‘White, apparently working-class voters’
In a move worthy of any Apple promotion, the Obama team has The New York Times proudly hyping the ad with a minute-long trailer that’s, “heavy in strings, flags, presidential imagery and some Americana filmed by Davis Guggenheim, whose father was the campaign documentarian of Robert F. Kennedy”.
The screen “flashes scenes of suburban lawns, a freight train and Mr. Obama seated at a kitchen table with a group of white, apparently working-class voters,” says the story.
In the trailer, Obama says, “We’ve seen over the last eight years how decisions by a president can have a profound effect on the course of history and on American lives; much that’s wrong with our country goes back even farther than that.”
Then, “while standing before a stately desk and an American flag,” Obama, in a suit, says, “We’ve been talking about the same problems for decades and nothing is ever done to solve them. For the past 20 months, I’ve traveled the length of this country, and Michelle and I have met so many Americans who are looking for real and lasting change that makes a difference in their lives.”
According to the NYT, Jim Margolis, Obama’s senior advertising strategist, says the ad — on NBC, CBS, Fox, Univision, MSNBC and two cable networks catering to African-Americans, BET and TV One — goes on to feature “the stories of four different Americans, or American families, and kind of what they’re confronting”.
“The McCain campaign has seized on the advertisement as excessive, with Mr. McCain pointing to reports that Mr. Obama’s infomercial would bump back the World Series on Fox by 15 minutes,” says the New York Times, adding:
” ‘No one will delay the World Series with an infomercial when I’m president,’ he said.”
Live Feed – Obama ad will have live portion, October 28, 2008
The New York Times – Obama Infomercial, a Closing Argument to the Everyman, October 28, 2008
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October 29th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
” ‘No one will delay the World Series with an infomercial when I’m president,’ he said.”
So bread and circuses are more important than the health of the nation, eh? That’s what I get out of that statement. That is exactly what is wrong with Washington today. Nothing that comes down to power, control, or finances is left to the possibility of what is good for the nation and the citizens should have a say in. Instead the less meaningful issues such as abortion/antiabortion, gay sex/straight sex are the ones the public has any sort of reflection in. No chance is taken with with the more powerful and more influential issues that the public might want to have a say in and are listened to. Which example would you like to explore on that, the Iraqi war, the Patriot act, copyright issues that have passed through without so much as an eyebrow raised, the bail out, the list is endless.
In most cases, while the republicans had the majority, no democrats were allowed in many of the meetings to setup particular rules and they were limited in the time between when the bill came out and when the vote came up, ensuring that most would not have time to understand all implications before the vote and it was done on purpose. Now that the tide has changed all of a sudden, McSame is more interested in it not being as it was before when the republicans had the majority and much fears a one party majority.
Bush and company has done so much damage to the constitution, the economy, and the politics of the nation, that they are unwelcome at the campaigning for their candidates for fear that the unpopular opinion the nation’s public holds for them might rub off on them. There is a reason for the tide change. Where we are going now, isn’t working. It will be a generation or better before the damage can be undone that has already happened. Our children will be paying for the bailout and the 2 wars that were done on credit and maybe even our grandchildren.
No one has gotten serious about the looming time bombs of medicade and social security to address them and time is very soon to remove that option of ignoring it. I much fear that after a lifetime of working and having those taxes removed for my retirement, I and every other senior that did so during their working lifetime will now suck up the damage as well as the insult of having to pay in taxes for this uncalled for bailout. One that in my opinion should never have been granted. These banks did not share with the public when they were doing great, they didn’t reign in the multimillion dollar benefits granted to the CEOs while those companies tanked. I see no reason why my taxes should help them out. Sooner or later, the hit has to be taken. The longer it goes, the harder the hit when it comes. The bailout has done nothing to make these corporations do right. They’ve just extended the time till the hit comes.
If they gonna bail out these corporations, then what about those that are stuck with these bad mortgages? Those people didn’t just run up and say I want a high percentage rate mortgage. They had to be steered that way and sold a bill of goods to accept it. They didn’t just find those types of mortgages on their own. They as much as the economy are victims of the banking industry. Bailing out those people would go farther towards helping the economy than bailing out the banks.