Posted on 10/18/2008 12:14:04 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
PHILADELPHIA — Senator Barack Obama is days away from breaking the advertising spending record set by President Bush in the general election four years ago, having unleashed an advertising campaign of a scale and complexity unrivaled in the television era.
With advertisements running repeatedly day and night, on local stations and on the major broadcast networks, on niche cable networks and even on video games and his own dedicated satellite channels, Mr. Obama is now outadvertising Senator John McCain nationwide by a ratio of at least four to one, according to CMAG, a service that monitors political advertising. That difference is even larger in several closely contested states.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Just goes to show what unlimited illegal money can buy you...
So what ever became of ‘Campaign Finance Reform’ anyway?
And yet Obama can’t lock it in. This should tell him something. He’s spending the money because he knows he will most likely loose the race.
with McCains money and the Rnc money mccain was supposed to be about even with hussien.....we should have plenty of money....
Two other thoughts... $500,000 of Swift Boat truth beat $50 million dollars of Soros/MoveOn money in 04 and The Marxist had a huge ad advantage in PA in the primary and got beaten like a stubburn mule. People got sick of the constant ads.
I’m curious, how much money is 0bama spending? It seems as though he’s going all out, spending a couple million a day in TV ads. The same goes for the DNC. If they keep spending like a drunken sailor, how much will they have during the final week?
Besides, all this money and the race is still tight, with McCain/Palin surging.
“Just goes to show what unlimited illegal money can buy you...”
“OBAMA’S FOREIGN DONORS: THE MEDIA AVERTS ITS EYES” (Aug.14)
http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/08/obamas_donor_contributions_sil.html
And yet Obama can’t lock it in. This should tell him something. He’s spending the money because he knows he will most likely loose the race.
Senator Feingold extending and revising his remarks: And thanks, John, for reaching across the aisle and making deals with us Democrats. WE appreciate your help very much. America will be so much better off when we progressives control all three branches of government.
If illegal campaign funds from our enemies overseas can’t buy the election for Obama, ACORN will steal it.
DON’T LET THIS HAPPEN.
FIGHT!
OBAMA AND HIS GROUP OF MARXISTS/MUSLIM’S REVOLUTION MUST BE STOPPED BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!
McCain’s anemic attempts to fight Obama back is losing this election.
Flood McCain out with emails. DEMAND he fight back HARD- name names!
Go to the site below and pick up all the email addresses to the McCain camp and HUNDREDS of emails of MSM.:
http://www.protestthemedia.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=7
FLOOD THE MSM OUT WITH EMAILS! DEMAND THEY PUT THE TRUTH BEFORE THE VOTING PUBLIC!
DEMAND THEY EXPOSE OBAMA’S ASSOCIATION WITH AYERS, WRIGHT, ACORN, ODINGA, FRANK DAVIS!
SEND A FREE FAX!: https://faxzero.com/
CAN THEY IGNORE A MILLION EMAILS?
1 Cor 1v27
But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
They want you to believe that his money will buy the election.
THE ONLY WAY FOR THE GOP TO DEFEAT OBAMA/BIDEN IS TO FLIP THE GOP TICKET FROM McCAIN/PALIN TO PALIN/McCAIN!!!!!
THAT WOULD BE THE GREATEST UPSET OF ALL TIME IN US ELECTION HISTORY AND WITH ONLY .000001% CHANCE OF THAT OCCURRING.
NRA money and voters in places like PA, WS, MN can overcome Big Brother Obama being on every TV set.
Where is Obama getting this money (saudis & law firms and Lib billionaires?)?
I am doing my part with the checkbook and credit card for RNC, McCain and Tancredo’s PAC.
Everybody - Volunteer & Donate.
Make sure we are all at local McCain HQ helping out with GOTV the weekend before the election.
For the sake of conversation........I do not hate to “Disagree” on this one. I will not give up on my country until it is lost. Then they will have to hunt me down. I will not give up on the heritage that my father left me.
I think Sen. McCain believe the “surge” strategy works for more than just Iraq...
After reading through some of your old posts, I see that you’ve been a defeatist for quite some time now. I bet that you’re the type that always sees the glass as half-empty rather than half-full. Most other FReepers are the type that don’t quit until the final whistle of the game is blown. I’ll now see your name and immediately think “quitter”.
I think a lopt of corporations in the last week may start sending money to Repubs if they see Obama sinking.
Where is Obama and the DNC getting the money? (?saudis?)
Everybody - Volunteer & Donate.
Make sure we are all at local McCain HQ helping out with GOTV the weekend before the election.
New York Times endorsed BHMO so what would anyone expect from that rag.
What we really need is 1 million Repubs writing checks or credit cards for $100 this weekend and it may happen.
Everybody - Volunteer & Donate.
Make sure we are all at local McCain HQ helping out with GOTV the weekend before the election.
BTTT
“why vote for a semi-Dem when you can vote for a full pledged Dem....?”
Don’t you mean “why vote for a semi-Dem when you can vote for an America hating,Terrorist loving racist who wants to spread your wealth around...?”
No Thanks! I will vote McCain/Palin.
Soros, Buffet, probably saudies. We’re talking a couple of hundred million here. They must be funneling it through small donors. The pictures of the St. Louis rally are reminiscent of the Haj pilgrimige. Looks like he deliberately staged the setting there for effect to get the subliminal word out to the muslim world.
So you're going to be a purist, I take it, and either vote vote for the pure Dem, Obama, or not vote at all because the guy you wanted didn't get nominated. Either way you through your weight toward the absolute worst persidential candidate in history. Simply pathetic.
Right. What's going on?
“People got sick of the constant ads.”
Yep, for every action there is a reaction.
Amen!
Well said.
When that was originally his stance, he assumed that the Republicans would have lots more donated money than he. As soon as it became clear he was raking in way more dinero, he declared public financing to be "broken" and declined to use it.
0bama has proven, time after time, that he will change his views in an instant if it appears it will be of greater benefit to HIM. He is an uber-politician.
I am praying that people will see through this over-saturation in every media format, of having 0bama shoved down their throats. I liken it to Rachael Ray. I used to love her when she was an average Jane with enthusiasm for life and forcooking.
Now she has a talk show, a magazine, a travel show, cookware, cutlery, a food line, and God only knows what else. I can no longer stomach the woman. Enough is enough. If people aren't sick of the over-marketing of Big Brutha' Barack 0bama by now, they should be.
I think today, McCain should ask the networks for a half hour of air time to respond to Senator Government’s lies. When they refuse, McCain can start an add campaign, say in stump speeches that the left is denying him free speech and all that stuff. So by the time obama makes his address, it won’t matter what he says. The idea will already be out their that’s it’s McCain the underdog against the left wing establishment.
I can’t speak for anyone else, but I know when I see a candidate’s political advertisements CONSTANTLY - like I’m seeing and hearing Obama’s right now - I get a knee-jerk reaction of irritation! It’s like I used to like Rachel Ray & then I kept seeing her everywhere, now I can’t stand to watch her. Even candidates that I like - make me mad at them when they pester me too much with ads. I don’t think this is going to get him that many more votes.
Wow! I was typing the exact same thought about Rachel Ray as you were posting! Great minds think alike!
Yeah, how's that working out for you, John?
Exactly. Anybody who comes on this forum now whining this this guy did is immediataely suspect in my book.
Vote stealing is the only way.
Remind me again which party is the party of the rich?
Yes. That would be great..but we still need to swamp them with emails- DEMAND THE TRUTH BE PUT BEFORE THE AMERICAN VOTER!
Yeah but Obama can’t put McCain away. Which means there is much resistance to Barack and his message.
The little Marxist nobama can’t even fill the seats at his tiny beer hall rallies. Meanwhile, Mr. McCain and Palin are drawing tens of thousands.
You need a lot of money to run for President.
But you cannot buy it with advertising.
Your reach a saturation point. No more returns on your money.
0bama continues to pour money into 0bama ads because his EGO will allow nothing else. His campaign is not about the party, it’s about the MAN.
May not be as bad as it looks. There is a point of diminishing returns where constant exposure may actually turn voters off. Remember Obummer’s huge advertising advantage in OH and PA during the primaries.
BTW, what happened to the $200 million GOP shock and awe ad campaign? Was this an urban legend?
Seriously. With Eeyores like you who needs Axelrod’s astroturfers. Enjoy your armchair.
McCain will still have his day job even if he loses—his seat is up again in 2010 (and he won with more than 75% of the vote last time around).
It is interesting... the two things hurting McCain the most:
1. McCain-Feingold
2. The mainstream media which is now in the tank for Obama, and which previously had been in love with McCain. McCain still seems shell shocked from the ferocity with which the MSM turned on him. It was all utterly predictable to us...
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