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Presidential candidate Obama to sponsor Cup car at Pocono race
SI ^ | 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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(Excerpt) Read more at sportsillustrated.cnn.com ...


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.
1 posted on 07/11/2008 9:24:12 AM PDT by Publius Valerius
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To: glock rocks; tubebender; SouthTexas; NYTexan; Pete-R-Bilt

snicker


2 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!!!)
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To: Publius Valerius

ROTFLMBO! I wonder if the car makes it through the first turn...


3 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!)
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4 posted on 07/11/2008 9:27:20 AM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Bomb, Bomb. Bomb! Bomb bomb Iran! Bomb. Bomb. Bomb! Bomb bomb Iran!)
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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.

5 posted on 07/11/2008 9:27:31 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Whale oil: the renewable biofuel for the 21st century.)
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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).


6 posted on 07/11/2008 9:27:32 AM PDT by McGruff (This is not the [insert name here] I knew.)
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To: TommyDale

how’s he gonna get out of the pits if he can’t turn to the right?


7 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!!!)
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To: Publius Valerius

The only problem is that the car won’t track straight, it’ll turn left, then right, then left again.


8 posted on 07/11/2008 9:28:03 AM PDT by mak5
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Big deal. He comes near me he's going into the wall.


9 posted on 07/11/2008 9:30:10 AM PDT by McGruff (This is not the [insert name here] I knew.)
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NASCAR Tips For Democrats
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP9OS55b4e8


10 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!)
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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.


11 posted on 07/11/2008 9:30:39 AM PDT by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: Publius Valerius

The 49 car generally doesn’t make the field. Too bad Obummer did make the field.


12 posted on 07/11/2008 9:31:20 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (I voted Republican because no Conservatives were running.)
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13 posted on 07/11/2008 9:31:35 AM PDT by NativeNewYorker (Freepin' Jew Boy)
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To: KarlInOhio

Do “staunch Republicans” give fundraisers for socialists?


14 posted on 07/11/2008 9:32:04 AM PDT by Patrick1
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To: NativeNewYorker

Now that’s funny.


15 posted on 07/11/2008 9:32:47 AM PDT by Publius Valerius
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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...


16 posted on 07/11/2008 9:34:15 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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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.

17 posted on 07/11/2008 9:34:57 AM PDT by TYVets
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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".

18 posted on 07/11/2008 9:34:59 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: NativeNewYorker

The Obamanator.


19 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.)
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To: Publius Valerius
Well at least it won't have any trouble turning left
20 posted on 07/11/2008 9:38:57 AM PDT by tbpiper (NObama '08 - Unfit in any color)
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