Take Obama’s own advice tonight: “Turn off the TV!”
You can’t escape the hype over Barack Obama’s 30-minute infomercial tonight.
It’ll be aired on four broadcast networks at 8 p.m. Eastern. The NYTimes notes this “will be the first time in 16 years that a presidential candidate has bought network time, in prime time, for a prolonged campaign commercial.”
Michelle Obama told Jay Leno that her daughter Malia complained: “‘You’re going to be on all the TV? Are you going to interrupt my TV?’”
‘No, we didn’t buy time on Disney and Nick.’ And she said, ‘Oh good.’ And got up and walked away. She’s just like: ‘Don’t mess with My TV.’ “
Hmph. Looks like the Obamas aren’t practicing what they preach to other parents:
We’re going to have to parent better, and turn off the television set, and put the video games away, and instill a sense of excellence in our children, and that’s going to take some time.
Video game makers had a good snort when the Obamessiah then turned around and started advertising on…video games.
Do as they say: Turn off the TV!
I’ll cover the Obamgasm so you don’t have to tune in. Expect a rehash of the “higher purpose” drivel we heard on Monday.
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Ahh, Maureen O’Hara and John Wayne
McClintock and The Quiet Man are my favorites
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon!
In Harm’s Way?????
I wish they would have invited Sarah into the booth.
PPatriot: Hell, yes, I think House is HOT! But I’ve loved him since Annie Lennox’s video “walking on broken glass,” in which he has a small part. This is one time, however, that I’m thankful that I have go to my second job tonight and will miss out on the Lightgiver™.
Elizabeth
Here’s a thought: Let’s demand that McCain get a half-hour of air time, gratis, since that is what would (well, should) be required if the Fairness Doctrine was reinistituted, and it very well may be under an Obama administration.
McLintock is my all-time favorite with Wayne and O’Hare. There were so many quotes that I enjoy from that film:
“I’ve got a touch of hangover, bureaucrat. Don’t push me.”
“And I am *not* intoxicated… yet!”
“Cuthbert H. Humphrey, Governor of our territory, is a cull. Do you know what a cull is, ma’am? A cull is a specimen that is so worthless that you have to cut him out of the herd. Now if all the people in the world were put in one herd, Cuthbert is the one I would throw a rope at.” Insert your own politician’s name for Cuthbert H. Humphrey, if you like.
But, those are just the tip of the iceberg.
I just went to Costco and bought the DVD “Journey to the Center of the Earth” and it came with 3D glasses! Cool! Besides, does anyone watch network TV anymore? I honestly don’t know anyone.
Agreed. Also, In Harm’s Way, The Searchers, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, AND OF COURSE… The Sands of Iwo Jima.
“If you’re nervous count your toes. I’ll do the mastermindin’ around here!”
Rio Grande?
Elizabeth
Ahh, but remember TEH ONE is the hero of those currently our guests in GITMO. Methinks 30 minutes of watching and listening to the Obamessiah would be far from torture. Probably already planning on their “Get out of Jail Free” party after his
inaugorationcoronation in January.Consider it done….
txvet2 – the one I’m thinking of was a comedy love story! Had Lee Marvin in it too! Is “In Harm’s Way” a war movie?
I won’t be watching anything until World Series Game 5 resumes, anyway. But I’m a little annoyed to note that there still is NO McCain channel on the Dish Network to offset Obama’s 24-hour blather-TV.
The John Wayne movie set in Hawaii was “Donovan’s Reef.”
“In Harms Way” was a WWII movie with Kirk Douglas and a HUGE cast of actors and actresses you loved. In black and white.
YES!! That’s the one Fly!!!
I always was impressed with how good at comedy Lee Marvin was.
Watch and look for signs of this.
If I listened to him for 30 minutes, I would be in a trance-lie state, maybe even comatose.
I will watch He Who Has Come
I will watch Our Obamessiah
I will watch MamaObama’s BabyDaddy
I will inform
I am nothing
I live only for the Anointed
I will watch He Who Has Come
I will watch Our Obamessiah
I will watch MamaObama’s BabyDaddy
I will inform
1984 closing scene-Winston Smith worshiping Big Brother’s Television image updated for present needs . It is nearly sixty years since George Orwell called this-television hardly existed in 1949.
Another Hitler quote:
“What good fortune for governments that the people do not think.”
Fits the Obamanation to a T, don’t you think?
My laugh for the week…thank you!
ArizonaNeanderthal
That was unsettling.
On October 29th, 2008 at 12:59 pm, wighttrasch said:
Double ditto!
Since everything once taboo is now exceptable to the Democratic socialists, I wonder if they will inject subliminal messaging in Obama’s 30 minute propaganda piece?
Once in office, the Democratic Leadership majorities in Congress will institute CHANGES in the United States of America’s domestic and foreign policies, to one that is more in line with the national majority party. They are;
1) The U.S.A. will henceforth be known as the United Socialist States of America.
2) The position known previously as the Office of the President of the United States, will now be refered to as the Office of the Chairman-in-Chief.
3) The two term restriction for CIC is hereby recended, for the good of the people. (Change)
4) The government will hereby assume control of all media outlets to “insure” fairness in reporting.(Customized version of the old “Fairness Doctrine.”)
5) The Freedom of Speech Enhancement Act will become the Law of the Land. (Anyone uttering words deemed detrimental, or harmful to the “State” will be re-educated. Those deemed unre-educatable will be treated with extreme methods.)
6) A National Corps of Volunteers will have police powers in order to help local police departments maintain harmony, and insure tranquility.
This is just scary to think about…perfect for the Halloween season, no?
letget, i mute him, too. i just cannot see how there are those that are mezmerized by this guy, especially when he speaks?!
i thought he was only on nbc, cbs and fox? is that some of the biden’s method of counting? did i miss one? just so i know what channels to NOT turn to. maybe i’ll just play it safe and keep my tv OFF all night.
On October 29th, 2008 at 1:58 pm, Barry F. said:
The Duke was the best.
What I wish was available on DVD is the TV special he did back in the late 60’s (or was it early 70’s); IIRC it was called Swing Out Sweet Land. A whole slew of Hollywood celebs existed back then who weren’t ashamed to be patriotic, and they joined the Duke in celebrating what made/makes America great.
One especially memorable bit was the great Red Skelton retelling how his teacher recited an annotated version of the Pledge of Allegiance. He’d done it elsewhere and I know it was on YouTube. Well done. It’s what we need more of.
OK.
I’m going to grab my BIBLE and read, pray and meditate for those 30 minutes.
Lets maybe use this space for suggestions on what verses to read?
I’m open to some of your ideas.
( I’ll also do pre-reading of Jack Deere “Surprised by the Power of the Spirit.”)
I though so. We shall see what the clones in the Drive By have to say afterwords.
The first time I watched an Obama speech I got so upset I threw a dog toy at the TV.
The second time I watched an Obama speech I got so upset I threw the dog at the TV.
The next time I turned on the TV the dog bit me.
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Do not drink and drive!~
You will only spill it
Sorry, I was kidding. You were talking about “Donovan’s Reef”. “In Harm’s Way” was a WWII movie, also set primarily in Hawaii.
Wednesday’s a crappy night for TV anyway. Good luck, Michelle. If you come back chanting, “One of us, gooble gobble,” I’m outta here.
I don’t think it was set in Hawaii, but was a South Sea island (some place similar to Tahiti, only not specifically there).
Being from the Bay State, I always related because the heroine was (in the beginning at least) the stereotypical proper Bostonian.
Daniel 6:16
The king ordered that Daniel be cast into a den of lions. The king hoped that Daniel’s God would deliver him, saying, Thy God who thou servest continually, he will deliver thee. A large stone was placed over the den of lions and was sealed. The king was so worried about Daniel that he couldn’t sleep that night. The first thing the next morning, the king went to see if Daniel had been killed. He cried out to see if Daniel was alive and Daniel answered him, My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me.
The king was overjoyed and had Daniel pulled out of the lions den. He then brought the men who had accused Daniel and threw them in the den of lions, along with every member of their families. The lions tore them to pieces before they could even hit the ground.
Daniel 3:19
19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was furious with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, and his attitude toward them changed. He ordered the furnace heated seven times hotter than usual
Daniel 3:26
Nebuchadnezzar then approached the opening of the blazing furnace and shouted, “Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out! Come here!” So Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego came out of the fire,
Yeah i will be watching Ghost Hunters also because i can’t stand that empty suit…
Say, wasn’t there a fourth person in the furnace? Wait a minute…. it must have been Obama!
Who could actually be planning to watch that crap? I’m waiting for the youtube spoofs to come out.
Somebody sent me this; I may have posted it here already (allergies are making me a bit fuzzy-brained), but I’m just fascinated with the parallels.
And the sycophants in the media and academia. The almost rapture look on some of the faces at Obamaevents is rather unsettling.
Well he IS a Liberal.
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God Bless America except for the blue states.
Vote McCain
Not Hussein
Malia Obama is a conservative?
Thank you for covering the infomercial for us. I will be busy doing something else. I will only watch TV when the World Series is supposed to start, assuming it doesn’t get rained out.
You’ll forgive me but “Sands of Iwo Jima” was my least favorite… had to watch that thing in boot camp…. BAD memories….lol
I have a constructive TV-based alternative for y’all. Instead of turning off the TV, why not just change the channel to ABC, and experience the most delightful show on my viewing schedule (”Pushing Daisies”)?
It’s a win-win – you get to hear witty dialog, and “PD” gets better ratings, increasing the chances that it will be renewed for a 3rd year. Also, you’ll reward ABC for NOT airing the Messiah’s infomercial.
I was logging in to say what Caldodge just said. Vote with your remote for ABC and Pushing Daisies.
Lets maybe use this space for suggestions on what verses to read?
I think I’ll start with the Sermon on the Mount – Matthew 5 – since ZERObama, the ignorant one, thinks that it was too radical for America to actually follow…or something insane like that.
But I had also thought about Daniel…so OK.
Unless you’re a Nielsen family, it won’t make any difference.
Well, I’ll turn off the television but I went one better. I made a point of either calling or emailing the local stations to tell them that I would NOT watch their station during the time Obama was going to air his political smut! I was polite and friendly and I didn’t use the language I just used, but I was firm that I was not going to tune in to their station during that time. CBS was polite and non-comittal. NBC was smug and unfriendly. Fox was emailed and I’ve not gotten an answer back yet.
I love my DVR. Record the shows I love and then fast forward through commercials (political ads and all!)
I will have to delete almost my entre season of Burn Notice in order to record the GhostHunters marathon (Go TAPS!) A mandate has been set forth within my house, that I MUST record it, or otherwise she will die and the world will come to and end.
Careful there, you two are bordering on heresey. Its too soon people, its too soon.
I not only turned off the TV, I canceled satellite subscription.