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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I’ve got much better things to do than watse my time on this thug.
Obama’s on tonight? That’s OK. I’ve got to watch some paint dry.
Meh, I’ve got DVDs of the first three seasons of Frasier for tonight. Dr. Crane will be far more interesting and slightly less pompous than anything Obama will have to say.
Must-NOT-see TV!
It’s almost Halloween; I’m thinking I’ll watch the Langella version of Dracula tonight, or maybe Near Dark, rather than this half-hour snow job. I know who I’m voting for.
Finally, a reason to watch the World Series.
I mute bho when he comes on the news, I am not about to listen to 30 minutes of him talking.
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I work at night anyway. Besides, I’m definitely NOT his target market.
What’s new? He’s been on TV one way or another 24/7 for tha last several months.
I’m sure after he’s elected, if he is, he’ll still be the main event on TV, adored by all.
I’ve never had a better reason to give up watching TV. Good thing I’ve a huge collection of DVDs to entertain me.
They’re doing a fine job of indoctrinating you and filling your mind with poison already.
I’ll be sure to miss it! Actually, I can’t wait.
I’ll be watching Ghosthunters….
Ok, maybe it won’t be as scary as watching “The One”… but I’ll at least keep my dinner down….
Laying on the couch staring at the ceiling would be more fun. Fortunately I have books to read.
I am not gonna watch it either….I think time in gym is much better spent. But your below argument kind of sucks…C’mon its just a small kid. I am sure she will know no difference b/w her dad running for president or just another job with lots of interaction with people.
If these comments were made by some republican’s kid you would be praising all over here…
Again, I am not going to watch his commercial as I have other better things to do. Just saying that your argument completely suck and hinges on the border or hypocrisy.
8:00 p.m. eastern? I’m assuming this is live, so on the west coast 5:00 p.m. I’ll be walking the dogs.
On October 29th, 2008 at 12:09 pm, jrlingreenbay said:
I’ll be watching Ghosthunters….
Ok, maybe it won’t be as scary as watching “The One”… but I’ll at least keep my dinner down….
Right – say “no” to nausea! LOL
Tonight will be a good night to clean the grease traps.
I wish Sarah Palin would take up O’Reilly’s offer and go on The Factor…tonight would be a GREAT night for it…
Um, would rather be waterboarded, thanks.
On October 29th, 2008 at 12:13 pm, gippergirl said:
I wish Sarah Palin would take up O’Reilly’s offer and go on The Factor…tonight would be a GREAT night for it…
And who would get better ratings?
Three guesses, and the first two don’t count.
Hint: What happened to SNL’s ratings the night she was on?
Marvelous way to upstage TEH ONE : )!
Working tonight but have to warn dad and brother. Also chuck norris got a commerical on for the nra it’s awesome.
I am sooooo not watching this
Oh this is so easy… being a die hard Phillies fan, I’m watching that, then I’ll turn the TV off and crank up my military marches CD so my libtard neighbors go nuts…. it’s great to be a Conservative!
Televangical on steriods…. pass.
Best ratings they had in 14 years.
McCain’s team should’ve thought of that, and put Palin on the O’Reilly factor. And you know O’Reilly would reschedule everything (the media ho that he is) to put her on too.
Sometimes I wonder about McCain’s (lack of) strategy team.
Libtard neighbors! Hah! Good one.
PTL for DVR. I’ve got Monday’s Heroes and a slew of HD movies to catch up on. Obammercial be darned.
Not a problem Michelle, I’m plan on spending the evening with John Wayne & Maureen O’Hara… I can’t think of better antidote to Barack Obama’s testament to himself than Rio Grande.
Oblama falling into his Black Revolutionary speak…no tanks!
I have no intention of watching the Shill of the Terrorists try to lie to the American people about his plans to change America into his Marxist dream.
No thanks.
Dear Advertisers,
If you purchased ad to air anywhere near the time slot of the much heralded messiah commercial…. Click….!
Guess you figured out how that was the sound of the television being turned off!
Wow!
What a waste of money, let’s hope you had a minimum viewer-ship clause with your mass media propaganda provider of choice!
I couldn’t help but think of Obama when I read this quotation:
“When an opponent declares, ‘I will not come over to your side,’ I calmly say, ‘Your child belongs to us already… What are you? You will pass on. Your descendants, however, now stand in the new camp. In a short time they will know nothing else but this new community.’”
~Adolph Hitler
The Quiet Man!
I’m watching Ghost Hunters on Sci-Fi.
I’m making calls for McCain-Palin during Gutterball’s infomercial.
TV off
On October 29th, 2008 at 12:28 pm, greenfairie said:
I’m watching Ghost Hunters on Sci-Fi.
If you like that show, you probably already know this, but just FYI: They’re having a special “marathon” episode this Friday. Enjoy!
I sure would like to buy a time slot right before this and do the intro for him. I would make sure the Obama presidential logo filled the screen for 10 seconds to lead into his indoctrination.
Time to catch up on the Sarah Conner Chronicles.
Hint: if you really want to “hear” what someone is saying while on tv, turn off the sound. Their body language and facial expressions often say more than their words.(Don’t worry MM, you pass the “cone of silence” test with flying colors.)
I am playing a computer game. Ironicaly its an american civil war game…
Might I suggest watching “V for Vendetta” and ignoring the obvious BDS that spurred its creation. Instead, substitute “The One” in William Hurt’s role. Might make it watchable…or even believable. Certainly more apropos.
I’m planning on watching House on DVD….
Is it just me, ladies, or does anyone else out there think House is kinda hot?
Just glad not to have a certian person here.
I change the channel whenever I see his face. I can’t stand to look at or listen to him.
I’ll sum it up for you now, in case you miss it:
Look. blahblahblah
Let me be clear. blahblahblahblahsubliminalmessageregardingIsrael’sdestructionblahblah
I think the real thing Americans want to hear is blahblahbushisaterroristblahblah
Sonofdy
LOL, I know who you mean!
I disagree. Halloween is this week and I can’t imagine anything scarier!
Is he having to pay for it, or is his fawning media giving it to him?
On second thought, a computer game sounds like a good alternative to the Infomercial. Currently playing the computer version of Risk, Europe 1808 scenario. Playing the Russians, I’ve successfully squelched the Ottoman Empire, Britain and Spain are fighting over Portugal & I have a huge army sitting in the Austrian capital of Vienna. Time to march on Paris. Obama who?
House on DVD, “V for Vendetta”, Sarah Conner Chronicles, rearranging my sock drawer-all doable.
Good for you and thanks.
During Gutterball’s infomercial they will offer you the sun and moon all for $19.99 + S&H–BUT that is not all! Call in the next twenty minutes and they will DOUBLE the offer–just pay additional S&H. BUT that is not all!
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Don’t feed the trolls.
Last night I crushed sam huston playing the mexicans. Sorry texas… Oh it has the texas rebellion senerio as well..
Let make a John Wayne & Maureen O’Hara movie marathon… Rio Grande, The Quiet Man and Big Jake.
Batman Begins is nice.
Heck, I’d even settle for “Barbie and the Diamond Castle” or “The Care Bears Care About Caring” tonight.
“Scenario”. It doesn’t count. The only two that count are the first one and the next one (if the Obamessiah wins and tries to give back the Southwest).
Michelle Malkin said:
Thank you. There is no way I can handle hearing any more from him.
We appreciate what you do.
I love ‘The Quiet Man’.
I wonder what she whispers to him at the end?
I have the one where 300 Mexicans beat 12,000 Texicans at the Alamo. I think it was a Johnny Horton song too.
“North to the Alamo, ya Rush Limbaugh is On” or such.
It helps when you know where the texans are coming from. Instead of hitting my flank, they hit 6 battalions in ranks while they were still in columns. It took about 5 volleys to shatter the texan columns.
I already gave my husband a choice – either rent a movie or else watch FoodTV. Pick one.
Obama’s out there today claiming that we’re accusing him of being a closet Communist. No we’re not, Barack! We’re accusing you of being an out-of-the-closet Communist!
Sorry, can’t watch it. I’ll be at the Palin rally.
I would rather have a root canal that watch him persist in his shell game.
“Hope and Change” ( the channel )
“This is the last scene. Let’s grab our checks and head for Malibu!”
Thanks for getting that out of the way for me, Pilgrim.
Now I can follow jasetaro’s plan.
Michelle:
Can you leave us an open thread for the infomercial?
Just in case?
I plan on creating an OBAMA MII. I will use my left hand to play OBAMA and my right hand to play my MII. I will then beat him badly in tennis. It may not take a half hour, but I can do it again and again.
The problem with his shell game is there really is no pea.
I really hope this backfires on him.I hope people get so sick of his face and his enormous ego that obviously believes all the messiah press he’s gotten, that people just tune out and want nothing to do with him.
A great opportunity to advertize for Red Bull, NoDoze, Coffee. I wouldn’t want to be the show following this exersise in hypnosis.”Vote Obaaaamaaa…..Vote Obaaaaama……Vote Obaaaammaaaaa…..Oh, and what I REALLY meant about spreading the weatlh….”
You and I and many others across this nation are in his cross hairs, b-cat. So, your might be his “target” in this free “market” economy.
I’ll be at a campaign event for a town council race.
I’m a huge fan of House myself. I would rather vote for him for President than McCain (who I’ve already voted for) or Obummer. And before Rob accuses me of overpersonalizing a fictional character, I’ll just say that House says it like it is. He doesn’t measure his words for the audience he’s speaking to. I appreciate his sarcastic take on popular culture, and every PCism that affects our country today.
There are times I think he’d be hotter if he just shut his mouth.
McClintock!
McClintockMcLintockUgh! Typos.
I’ve heard that ABC will not be airing the ad. As I understand it, ABC first said they would not air the ad, then changed their mind but the Hussein campaign told them it was too late.
I have encouraged just about everyone in my address book and all of my friends on Facebook, to tune into ABC no matter what is being broadcast. Wouldn’t it be great if ABC got the highest ratings of the night between the hours of 7pm & 8pm CST?
Also on TV!
DIY Network – Obama dismantles his neighbor’s house and gives part of it to a homeless guy in Michigan, and wastes the rest.
Food Channel – In what is sure to be a classic Iron Chef, the secret ingredient is a video of Obama praising every domestic terrorist from the 60s. Michelle Obama pins Mario Batali to the floor and beats the stew out of him with a crockpot, while her assistant Joe Biden burns the tape before smothering it in an arugula/ham mousse, then mails it to the French as a thank you for throwing Hezbollah out of Lebanon.
The Wings of Eagles!!!
One left, whose going to grab it?
meh, I’ll probably tune in. This election has been nothing more than political theater between two horrible candidates, might as well try and salvage some entertainment value out of it.
What? They’re giong to be on DIY and Food Network but not going to be on Logo? Ellen will be disappointed.
I’ll be listening to the radio pre-show for the Phillies and once I hear the delayed game has started I’ll turn on the tv and look at my poor team freezing (literally) the opposition!
Hmmm, I looked at my Comcast listings and apparently I don’t get to see my Phillies because of the Slugmeister talking. Oh well, I’ll bundle up, put on the radio and sit outside and pollute the air with a nice Partagas No. 6.
I think there are two more with Maureen O’Hare.
Nope. You were right, PK. It is just one other.
I predict that the show will end with Obama being joined onstage by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Raul Castro, Hugo Chavez, Robert Mugabe and Osama Bin Laden singing ” WE ARE THE WORLD”.
I love the IRON CHEF…lets not blaspheme them by mentioning obama…
banzai!!
On October 29th, 2008 at 1:38 pm, madchef said:
I predict that the show will end with Obama being joined onstage by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Raul Castro, Hugo Chavez, Robert Mugabe and Osama Bin Laden singing ” WE ARE THE WORLD”.
And he just might think he could do that and still get a free pass from the MSM . . . and, worse yet, he might be right . . . but he’ll be in for a surprise next week.
Ah yes, the old family favorite. I just love using quotes from the movie. My favorite is when he asks if money is all you Danaher’s always think about. I use that one on my wife all the time.
Any John Wayne movie would do but I’d have to watch this one…Again!
NO!!!! DO NOT TURN OFF THE TV!
TURN ON THE MYTHBUSTERS! NEW EPISODE TONIGHT ON DISCOVERY CHANNEL!!!
Sorry for the allcaps. But really, let’s all just watch the Mythbusters blow some stuff up. It’s guaranteed to help drive away the Obamablues. (or is it “Allapecia”?)
oohhh oohhhh…that picture with John Wayne in Hawaii….I loved that movie!
A half hour of listening to Obama? Now that’s torture!!! Are they showing it at GITMO?
Seriously, I could not watch that man for 30 minutes. No way!
Won’t be watching.
There comes a time in life when one realizes that the present moments are too few, and too precious, to simply squander like that.
On October 29th, 2008 at 1:43 pm, rambler said:
A half hour of listening to Obama? Now that’s torture!!! Are they showing it at GITMO?
Yes, followed by a half-hour endless loop of Hillary’s laugh!
monsterquest is on history, and ghost hunters in on scifi…nothing more fun than looking for creepy critters…
That would be cruel and unusual punishment, wouldn’t it. It has to be banned in the Geneva Convention somewhere.