Obama tries to buy the NASCAR vote
I mentioned Barack Obama’s plans to troll for NASCAR votes last week. SI.com has the details of how the campaign will execute the pander. Guess he’ll be leaving the kids home for this one:
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. Details of the agreement are expected to be worked out over the coming days.
A BAM spokesperson has revealed the team will hold a press conference July 23 in Miami to reveal the partnership, currently a proposed one-race deal with an option to continue. Obama will be at the briefing, which will be tied to the “Get Out The Vote” campaign message he spread throughout the 2008 primary season……While George Bush was prominently featured on Kirk Shelmerdine’s No. 72 car in 2004, this is the first time a national presidential campaign has actually given its own money to make itself a primary sponsor of a race car. The sport has typically shown itself to be a Republican stronghold, and in recent weeks two-time champ Jimmie Johnson is among the growing list of well-known NASCAR stars who have come out in favor of Obama’s opponent, John McCain.
Like I said before: Watch out for those NASCAR cooties!
Commenter MikeOk: “So does this mean that John McCain will be a sponsor at Burning Man this year?”
Snort. Don’t give them any ideas!
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I’m not for sale, sorry.
So in a few months, he’ll be tramping through southern Ohio in brand new LL Bean/Timberland duds, awkwardly holding a gun (his first time?), and saying, “Where can I git me a huntin’ license?”
LOL…This is too funny… can not wait to hear the words…..” B Hussien Obama car(campaign)is in the wall”…..
“Who among us does not love NASCAR?”
Oh, almost forgot to mention something else. I hope the Obama campaign likes seeing a car with his name on it slammed around the track and finishing dead last. I know I will certainly enjoy it.
Wethal–
I’m desperately waiting for the Obama-gun photo op. That will be classic.
I may need to write a post about that…
“This is not the NASCAR I knew.”
Hope they don’t race on Black Top!
How is this going to work? Aren’t these the same bitter people who cling to guns and religion? BO should look out. He might get exhaust on his suit.
I didn’t think in NASCAR you were able to suddenly change directions.
Bill Clinton prefers, A$$FAULT
So does this mean that John McCain will be a sponsor at Burning Man this year?
Can someone please explain to me at what point political advertising and trying to expand ones visibility and image among constituencies that may be less disposed to vote for that person becomes “trolling” or “pandering”?
Is McCain’s outreach to women by showing up on The View trolling and pandering too?
Or is it just smart politicking?
H-Town - No, they can’t really change directions, but they do keep going left. Oh, my side!
It will be colored green and have arugula racing stripes
Good luck, Obie!
/sarc
Well, I’m sure the NASCAR performance will be a precursor to his November performance and we’ll have been happy to see him lose twice.
BTW the best part of me is if you give Obama $100 dollars you can get your name on his car.
Too bad NASCAR’s coverage has switched from FOX for the rest of the season….
I’d like to hear the call to “Crank it up” ( turn up the TV volume ) when the Obama car gets crumpled and the red-state-loving crowd goes wild with cheers…
In all - it’s no surprise that a Democrat would want to be prominantly displayed on a race car that does nothing but turn left…..
Which makes me wonder if McCain will try and go for a car sponsorship on a road course - a race where they keep turning left… then right… then left… then right…
Talk about symbolism….
Going for the race-ist vote?
Kidding! NASCAR is fun for all!
Motor-sports and polotics really go hand in hand.
(sarcasm-off)
When you go to a music concert, you don’t go to hear John Edwards (or whoever) talk about two americas. Is Obama setting this up as himself a victim, I would expect him to get booed… get booed because spectators want to forget about polotics and enjoy a race… but Obama will play getting booed as proof he is a innocent victim.
So he can make time to go bother sports fans, but not to debate (anytime,anywhere indeed).
What if the car loses badly, or, heaven forbid, crashes and burns?
Obama campaigning at a NASCAR event after decrying those that bring ‘race’ into this election….
Can we poke fun and call this a flip-flop?
Bring on the demolition derby. HRC will be waiting in the pit.
Pocono - guess he’s not brave enough for Bristol.
#49 - back marker
NASCAR fans - not for sale.
So ACORN is paying for it. I can see the voter registraction cards now. Billy Bobby Bush - democrat
I want just ONE announcer that day to have the guts to say, “And finally, we’ve got the #49 car, and I gotta believe he’s the dark horse here in this race”….
Puuhhhleeeezzzzzzzeee?
Side note: If someone puts the #49 into the wall - will he be called a racist by the nutroots?
If it gets a flat, what would it sound like?
Flip-flop…flip-flop….flip-flop….
Yeah kind of like the natural connection I feel between motor sports and package delivery service, home improvement stores and chemical companies.
I sure hope the fans can probably block out the searing agony of a car decal speeding by them at 190 mph enough to glean some faint modicum of joy from the terribly political event.
and win a game of craps.
Is Obama running for Bush’s third term?
Will Jesse Jackson be the mechanic? Naw, better to just keep him away from any hand tools.
Does this mean he’ll be getting immunized?
I hear the helmet will be painted to look like “Buckwheat”.
I too can’t wait for the Obama car to get trashed. ROFL.
I’m sure the Obama campaign thinks this is a good idea, but in roughly 5 minutes, we’ve had quite a laugh at these idiots trying to take themselves too seriously. They just don’t get it.
“Race” cars… “turning left”… “dark horse” …
It’s comedy gold, Jerry! GOLD!.
July 11th, 2008 at 12:41 pm, chapoutier
Illiterate alert!!!
Sorry, I dyslexed that as an actual Obama appearance.
Soon I will study two-syllable words.
News at Ten: Politicians seek votes.
Next up: Dog bites man.
All the news that fit to type….
“It’s comedy gold, Jerry! GOLD!.”
Hello…. Banya.
“Will Jesse Jackson be the mechanic?”
Yeah - how funny would that be?
“The #49 has some fender damage…they’re gonna have to cut away a piece of that car…. Wait - who’s that in the Obama-car pit box? It looks like Jesse Jackson - and he’s got a pair of tinsnips….”
They ought to auction off the rights to announce this race. How bout Dennis Miller.
The Obamamessiah car will win the race because it will rise above the rest and float by in an amazing feet against gravity.
Oooo, Ahhh, and all will be amazed at the miracle he performs.
Just another flip-flop, he actually enjoys Formula 1, but is pretending to like NASCAR. Elitist!
PS - What’s the sound of a race car going past at 240mph?
Arrrruuuuggggggalaaaaaaaaaaaaaa……
Such a photo might be Obama’s ‘Dukakis in a tanker helmet’ moment.
You just KNOW that this is the type of voter they THINK they’re going after….
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Wf8AKSdzTSs
Bet the car is white…
~Dan Lee
If only they can find gay marxist abortion providers at the track…………
Lets sponser a Mahmoud Ahmadinejad car. I can see it now. The Mahmoud car is all over the 49 car, slamming him in the wall like a toddler…the Mahmoud car is yelling at the 49 car…lets get the audio on that Phil. He appears to be asking the 49 car “who his daddy is”.
Bet the car isn’t white…
~Dan Lee
Obama oughta be able to pick up 5 or 6 voted there. Hope those southerners aren’t feeling too “clingy” for Obama’s sake. Hardy Har.
second post is what I meant
In the Poconos? With all those bitter fans clinging to their Bibles, guns, and short-throw shifters?
Next they’ll be trolling for votes at a Klan rally.
But, he can’t be a red neck, cause he is black! (well, half white anyway)…
I wonder if Obama is going to buy up some of al-goricals carbon offset credits to make up for all the racing fuel that is going to be used in his sponsored ride?
Personally….I can’t stand NASCAR..even though some of my family from my mothers side were involved in the early days….real early days….of Nascar….you know…runnin’ moonshine and all. Rally-car racing is where the real men race. It takes nuts-of-steel I tell ya….to race a rally car…but seeing as how Obama’s…um…nuts are a thing of the past…well NASCAR is gonna have to do.
Excellent comments ya’ll!
It sure would be fitting if they let him drive a car, and he WRECKED it! Sorta like what he is going to do to the American economy.
I can’t wait for the photo ops & ’shops…
What’s next? Budweiser commercials?
Maybe after they are bought by that Euro company.
…and I got Mark Steyn on the radio subbing in for Rush…what a great afternoon this has turned out to be
Hhmmmm…..
Hussein may have a hard time finding the arugula concession stand at a NASCAR race.
GO #9 and #88!!!!
Hope race day is sunny.
The solar panels providing power to the electric motor for the car will need lots of light.
Oh wait. You mean they burn fossil fuels??!!
Bring on the Greening Director!
Just goes to show you how much Obama remains focused on “race”.
Be interesting to see how many miles per gallon his entry gets.
#56:
That’s a very, very good point, and one I’m sure the MSM will ignore.
“Let’s be clear, there has been a really systematic effort to suggest that I’m not sufficiently pro-NASCAR. The fact is, though, that no one’s been a more stalwart ally of NASCAR…”
The car ought to have a good chance of winning…
After all, it would be racist of NASCAR to let its officials display the black flag to it!
I cannot - CANNOT - believe you people. The #49 will be a bus and it will drive into the crowd throwing all NASAR fans under it.
JJ is the man and I am so glad he is not a BHO fan.
Tony Stewart will be gone from Joe Gibbs Racing next year (crowd roars). Joe Gibbs is a man of class. This shold have happened long ago. Stewart is classless and I bet a liberal too.
I would have said “Black flag,” but then some tool would accuse me of racism.
… but who cares so I’ll say it anyway:
Black flag. Go directly to pits. Do not pass GO. Do not collect even 200 voters.
Someone needs to point out how he is contributing to global warming. The 49 car hasn’t even been attempting to make races lately. So now with BO’s money they are going to truck that car, and all the crew up to Pocono, burn off a bunch of racing fuel, and several sets of tires. Can anyone calculate the carbon footprint, and send BO a carbon credit bill? They won’t make the race anyway, so it will just be a big waste of resources. But make for a good laugh if he actually shows up, and tries to talk like a redneck.
Will Obambi “Change” the tires?
He’s going to wave the “Green” flag.
I wonder whether Jean-Paul Kerry has clued in “Bubba” Obama that when he orders a Philly cheesesteak, he shouldn’t ask for provolone.
Trying not to toot my own horn here, but I’ve been involved hands-on in motorsports for many years and, IMHO, Mr. Obama is so far out of his league on this one. He has no clue as what it takes to make these cars competitive (nor, I’m sure, would he care) and the last thing I would want is for some politician to be sniffin’ around merely to have a photo-op with one of the teams when we would all know full well exactly why he was there.
If it were up to me, I would say, “You wanna fish for votes? Okeydoke, but you’re gonna have to do more than just stand here shakin’ hands; follow me.” With that, I would lead him up to the starting line where he would be required to stay put for a few minutes to watch while a Top Fuel dragster or Funny Car does a burnout and then make a sub-5-second pass.
Turst me, that’s when he’d know how out of his element he was. Nothing like the sound and feel of 7,000 hp and a little nitro up your nose to make you re-think where you might troll for votes next time….
If Barry Obama actually sponsors a car I predict that it will only support extreme left-hand turns, will spin its wheels a lot and produce the exact opposite results of its stated intent. Liberalmobile.
Hey Dan Lee…
You pulling an Obama on us?
Yeah…I am pretty sure they are not asking Obama to make the call whether or not ole #49 should come pit now or hope he can make it a few more laps on those tires. I’m gonna go out on a limb and say they probably are going to just ask for a nice check, just like they do from any other sponsor.
I’ll betcha Jeff Gordon made the CEO of DuPont do the exact same thing.
I don’t understand why some of you here think this is any different from any other business trying to market their goods by buying a little patch of paint on a fast moving car.
How much does sponsoring a race car cost?
Keep your fingers crossed because unlike our politics NASCAR actually has standards to meet before your car gets in a race. We can hope it fails the pre-race inspection and is sent packing. Barring that they still have to qualify for the race and this car, #49 is not in the top 35 in points so that means they must qualify on time. Hopefully the car won’t make it and Obama can scream racism or whatever else he wants but welcome to big leagues where you actually have to prove yourself.
And of course finally if it makes it to the race I hope the car winds up like his campaign, in wall, crumpled up and the back of a wrecker headed back to the hauler for the trip home.
bananny, that would make for some funny video, but I’d rather see Obama Girl getting her nice butt whipped by NASCAR Girl in the mudwrestling pit.
How much do you have?
A: A couple of million, it will cost him about 1 million for the one race deal.
If only Hillary were still in the race and they had dueling cars, and a fistfight at the finish line… (sigh)
Chap —
You’re right that in essence what Obambi is doing isn’t really any different than anyone else going after votes.
What makes this so funny is the incredibly unlikely nature of any mix between NASCAR and Obama. It’s pretty far-fetched that this little weeny of a liberal is going to get any traction. (Please pardon the pun folks…)
It’s not like Bubba is doing this. Ole Bill Clinton could actually relate to the typical NASCAR fan. I seriously doubt Obambi ever will….
Plus it’s fun to slam a dirty Marxist.
I agree. Obummer can’t even bowl a 40. I bet beer has never touched his lips either and he sure as heaven will never sit between to fat guys drinking beer at a track.
OK, fine. I don’t necessarily disagree with that. My issue is with the unnecessary “troll” and “pander” language.
He’s advertising, plain and simple. Its not like he is proposing to make the third Sunday in February (or whenever the Daytona 500 is held) a national holiday or adding Dale Earndhart to Mt. Rushmore.
I am sure if the car gets wrecked there will be a scream of racism. Spike Lee can launch an investigation and make it into a movie.
On-my-soap-box said:
Obama admitted to spending at least two years of his life in a drug induced alcoholic stupor. He’s actually got a leg up over the fat guys.
Seeing the car in a crumpled mess would be nice, but I’d be just as happy if the (surely green) car just ran outta gas.
…and at the press conference afterwards….
I guess we just have different criteria in what we want in a president, Soap. What score does one need in order to be ready to be commander in chief on day one? What do you think McCain is rolling these days?
Depends on how many votes he thinks he could get out of it.
What next? Attending a Larry the Cable Guy concert?
Obama advertising at NASCAR
is like
the NRA advertising at a Nutroots Nation convention.
Yes I am, but I give you all permission to circumvent any criticism you may get for posting here with me, by saying:
“That’s not the Dan Lee we knew..”
~Dan Lee
chapoutier said:
Like a solid history of admitted drug use?
Obama has done more illegal drugs than McCain. He’s got my vote dude.
I doubt McCain can bowl that well since the Gooks broke both of his arms and he can’t left them above his chest. Obambi will kick McCain’s ass in bowling any day.
The only difference between him and our current president is the “admitted” part.
but actually, I am not too fond of him,so maybe you are on to something.
Number 49
chap,
Us ordinary guys sit around each others hose and shoot the breeze, watch football – sports, bowl, take our wives out on dates…
I threw in his bowling as it is obvious he was REEEEEAAAACCCHHHIIIIINNNNGGG if he thinks bowling will make him “one of the guys”. A sub-forty was evident he failed miserably. This NASCAR stunt will do the same for him. You can bet when the #49 car goes into the wall (and it will - if it even qualifies), every fan will rise to their feet and cheer. Some of us will be on the floor laughing our guts out.
To answer your question. If I were to go to a convention of lawyer’s and start spouting off what I know about the law, you guys would have me pegged in seconds – even if I got a score of 40/300.
Thanks for the mental image Soap. All the times at Talladega, camping at the track for days before race day… Wow, what I would give to see Obama walking through any of the camping areas.
Can any of you imagine Obama at the redneck Mardi Gras that is Talladega?
Sorry, I just can’t get moved by telvised sports other than hunting/shooting…but I think Obama and Nascar would be such a hoot.
I can just see it now….(B. Hussein’s car)….”‘Scimatar One’ has just hit the wall 3 times and is in flames!….
Ron,
ROFL - very good but too much red, white and blue. It needs more red and yellow.
P.S. we sit around each others HOUSE. If you have to make a typo, might as well make it a good one!
I’ll admit that perhaps the Obama team hasn’t thought out some of the practicalities as well as they should but I see no issue with Obama targeting the “working class” vote (I hate that term btw). Nor do I have a problem with McCain targeting…well wait…who is he targeting?
I know my wife feels I do waaaay too much of the watching. I will literally watch anything competitive (except hockey). Not sure if that makes me “ordinary” considering my political views.
Wouldn’t the stench kill you before you could get within 50 yards? Why do you think we go to school for 3 years? To build up an immunity.
I hope his maintenance crew is up to snuff and make sure the nuts are tight and secure.
Obama going to an event that elitist find appauling and pushed to have labled a hepatitis danger? He must be desperate for votes.
Sorry but Obama’s flip flops and shameful pandering, “doesn’t help my kids.”
That’s because my kids are just typical white kids from middle income working parents who pay their taxes, pay their bills and follow the law.
In B. Hussein Obama’s, Jeremiah Wright’s and Al Sharpton’s world my kids are just the next in line to take the blame for anything wrong in the lives of every minority. They will be required to appologize endlessly for whatever perceived or imagined wrong that they can come up with day-to-day. In fact, they are already teaching that to them in school every year.
Will the B.O. NASCAR team have a “Greening Director”?
Perspiring minds want to know?
Hope this works out better than the flying pig at the Coachella Music Festival: It crashed.