Posted on 09/05/2008 12:00:52 PM PDT by LdSentinal
LOS ANGELES, Sept 5 (Reuters) - A record 38.9 million U.S. TV viewers watched John McCain accept the Republican nomination for president on Thursday, beating the record set last week by Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, Nielsen Media Research reported.
Obama had an average 38.4 million viewers watching his speech accepting the nomination for his party last week.
McCain's tally also was higher than the 37.2 million Americans who tuned in to hear Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's speech on Wednesday.
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10 netwroks like for Obama or 6 like for Palin (who still almost beat the Messiah)?
I never expected this.
I figured McCain was a known, football was on.
I didn’t think he could top the Messiah.
Impressive.
And opposite NFL Football no less! Outstanding!
That’s more than the closing ceremony of the olympics or the last american idol!!!! ;)
Bill Kristol called it yesterday evening before the speech.
I see a big fat lady warming up her pipes....about to
take her place on the stage ...
I see a big fat lady warming up her pipes....about to
take her place on the stage ...
The game was over @ 10:00 EDT, so there wasn’t any overlap.
Actually, the game was over by halftime...
The football game ended 5 minutes before the introduction of McCain. NBC delivered the football audience right into the RNC convention. The timing could not have been better. Too bad everyone did not see the Cindy McCain video.
Dang.
Libs frothing at the mouth in 5....4....3....2....1....
That is good news, as the videos showed the truly human side of Cindy and John McCain.
Brought tears to my eyes.
BO is "The One".
Can you say "landslide"?
This is pretty damn good news......
Especially since we had to hear all last week about Obama’s record 38 million.....which of course “couldn’t possibly be matched by McCain”
Hmmm. The article mentions everyone’s numbers except for little Joey. What was his draw again? It had to be in the hundreds.
Clearly there are a LOT of Americans who are very interested in the coming election. Pray that they are paying attention to more than the surface spin in the media, and are online looking deeper.
Tatt
“Too bad everyone did not see the Cindy McCain video.”
That’s true.
Cindy McCain has done more good deeds across the globe than that arrogant michele obama and her empty suit “community organizer” husband has ever done.
Not that it matters (because who's counting?), but I read somewhere today that the numbers for Palin's talk were corrected to attest to reality...up to 40KK. Why that's nearly two thirds of the number that voted for Bush in 2004.
Considering that the media gave less attention to the RNC than the DNC (by about 40% less airtime), I am very surprised of these numbers. I actually don’t think the polls are as close as they appear. I think the media is driving the polls to keep people’s attention on a close race. I will predict now, this won’t be near as close as the media is predicting. I am thinking Mondale for some reason...
So, they are bringing back Hillary.
I don’t know..... I think a lot of people will vote for Obama simply because of the historical aspect of the election. They want to vote for the first black man ever to be nominated by a major party. How many thousands of people stood in line for many hours just to acquire the 1st iPod? Same for the iPhone. Being “first” on any thing has its appeal for some people.
If we want McCain & Sarah to win, we have to work very hard to ensure the victory.
Because 15 million wanted to see Palin again
“Considering that the media gave less attention to the RNC than the DNC (by about 40% less airtime), I am very surprised of these numbers. I actually don’t think the polls are as close as they appear. I think the media is driving the polls to keep people’s attention on a close race. I will predict now, this won’t be near as close as the media is predicting. I am thinking Mondale for some reason...”
That would be nice.
I think the media is running scared now (as evidenced by the vicious attacks against Sarah Palin).
Heh, if Hillary wants an empty slot to run in come 2012, it's not like she can actually help him any...
Barry chose to avoid the knife in the back, but now he has to deal with the other consequences.
Like unemployment...*snicker*
It worked out brilliantly going right after the football game.
That game was boring. I’m glad football is back, but that was a snoozer.
That was definitely planned. McCain would have waited until the game was over even if it went to OT.
Big numbers and without a doubt running on the momentum of Sarah Palin.
today my husband and i were talking with our electrician... a black man who is a fellow Christian and goes to our church... he owns his own small business and is doing very well... lives in a beautiful 5,000+ square foot custom built home on acreage... is not hurting financially... he told us today that he is voting for Obama... i said i was voting Sarah Palin... my husband said we are prolife and could only vote for McCain and could never vote for Obama... the electrician said, "i'm voting for Obama... i know as a Christian it's... " and he trailed off and didn't finish his sentence...
The game was over....
Obama just leaves me cold. He’s so empty. Why do so many Americans like him?
So I heard...LOL
It is unfortunate BET did not air the republican convention. Even Juan Williams admitted that McCain’s phrase about the inner city schools controlled by the Democrats are today’s form of slavery resonated with him.
Of course, the Democrats and BET cannot air Republican views to their Black constituents or those oppressed folks just might leave the Democrat plantation!!!!!
So true. He needed to pick Hillary. He blew it.
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