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Presidential candidate Obama to sponsor Cup car at Pocono race
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| 7/11/08
| Tom Bowles
Posted on 07/11/2008 9:24:11 AM PDT by Publius Valerius
SI.com has learned that for the first time in history, a major presidential candidate may sponsor a race car in NASCAR's premier series. According to sources, Barack Obama's campaign is in talks to become the primary sponsor of BAM Racing's No. 49 Sprint Cup car for the Pocono race on August 3.
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Obama will also be present for a second private fundraiser on July 30 in Miami, in which team owners Beth Ann and Tony Morgenthau -- staunch Republicans -- will give the Democrat an opportunity to spread his message of change. Randy Moss and Fergie are among the celebrities confirmed to be a part of that fundraiser in support of the candidate and his venture into NASCAR.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: 2008; campaignfinance; electionads; electionpresident; nascar; nascarvote; obama; pocono; si
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Didn't see this posted; hope I didn't miss it.
To: glock rocks; tubebender; SouthTexas; NYTexan; Pete-R-Bilt
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posted on
07/11/2008 9:27:00 AM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE toll-free tip hotline 1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRget!!!)
To: Publius Valerius
ROTFLMBO! I wonder if the car makes it through the first turn...
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posted on
07/11/2008 9:27:01 AM PDT
by
TommyDale
(I) (Never forget the Republicans who voted for illegal immigrant amnesty in 2007!)
To: Publius Valerius
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posted on
07/11/2008 9:27:20 AM PDT
by
TheThirdRuffian
(Bomb, Bomb. Bomb! Bomb bomb Iran! Bomb. Bomb. Bomb! Bomb bomb Iran!)
To: Publius Valerius
It's wrong to hope for a wreck, so I'll just stop at hoping for a blown engine coming around the first turn.
Or, more appropriately for a Democrat, running out of gas because of poor planning.
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posted on
07/11/2008 9:27:31 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Whale oil: the renewable biofuel for the 21st century.)
To: Publius Valerius
If this is not a joke it’s shows he’s unfit to command. I hope Tony puts him into the wall (or Wallace’s nephew does).
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posted on
07/11/2008 9:27:32 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(This is not the [insert name here] I knew.)
To: TommyDale
how’s he gonna get out of the pits if he can’t turn to the right?
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posted on
07/11/2008 9:27:51 AM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE toll-free tip hotline 1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRget!!!)
To: Publius Valerius
The only problem is that the car won’t track straight, it’ll turn left, then right, then left again.
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posted on
07/11/2008 9:28:03 AM PDT
by
mak5
To: TheThirdRuffian
Big deal. He comes near me he's going into the wall.
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posted on
07/11/2008 9:30:10 AM PDT
by
McGruff
(This is not the [insert name here] I knew.)
To: All; Publius Valerius; NormsRevenge; TommyDale; TheThirdRuffian; KarlInOhio; McGruff; mak5; ...
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posted on
07/11/2008 9:30:33 AM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(McCain could never convince me to vote for him. Only the Marxist Obama can!)
To: Publius Valerius
Obama trying to get votes at a NASCAR event is like John McCain going after the LaRaza vote. Oh, wait....... never mind.
To: Publius Valerius
The 49 car generally doesn’t make the field. Too bad Obummer did make the field.
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posted on
07/11/2008 9:31:20 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(I voted Republican because no Conservatives were running.)
To: Publius Valerius
To: KarlInOhio
Do “staunch Republicans” give fundraisers for socialists?
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posted on
07/11/2008 9:32:04 AM PDT
by
Patrick1
To: NativeNewYorker
To: Publius Valerius
This sounds like another photo op....Bowling a 37 comes to mind...also laughing at John Kerry wind surfing and duck hunting...
To: Publius Valerius
When Bill Clinton was president he attended a NARCAR event.
The story goes that none of the drivers wanted to drive him around the track.
Mark Martin finally agreed to do it since Mark lives in Arkansas and has a business there.
My personal opinion is that liberals are not always welcomed by NASCAR fans and drivers to say the least.
Hopefully his car will blow an engine on the first lap.
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posted on
07/11/2008 9:34:57 AM PDT
by
TYVets
To: Publius Valerius
SI.com has learned that for the first time in history, a major presidential candidate may sponsor a race car in NASCAR's premier series.Sports Illustrated probably just overheard a conversation and misunderstood when Obama said the he "intended to play the race card".
To: NativeNewYorker
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posted on
07/11/2008 9:35:24 AM PDT
by
andy58-in-nh
(A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves.)
To: Publius Valerius
Well at least it won't have any trouble turning left
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posted on
07/11/2008 9:38:57 AM PDT
by
tbpiper
(NObama '08 - Unfit in any color)
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