Channel 73 on Dish Network is now called Obama. Apparently the Obama campaign purchased time from Dish and is currently running an ad talking about his economic plan in a loop.
The buy is for continuous broadcasting until the election.
Dish Network has made an offer to the McCain campaign for the same deal they gave Obama.
It appears that ads purchased on other channels will have an embedded message to press select on the remote for more information. That action will take the viewer to channel 73, the Obama channel.
This tactic will allow Obama to buy shorter commercial time on expensive channels and link the viewer directly to his longer commercials on the cheaper 'Obama channel'.
This is innovative for political campaigns, something that we should have come to expect from Obama's campaign.
The truly hilarious thing is the reaction that McCain supporters are having over at newsbusters.org. Apparently they don't understand good marketing when they see it. They're just manipulated by it.
Here are some excerpts from the comments for your enjoyment:
I have Dish Network and I could puke! Here is this smooth talker looking into the camera [While reading off the teleprompter!] and telling us how much greater the sun is goining to shine when he finally ascends to his righteous throne in Jerusalem. I"m not a wacko folks, but this guy sure gives a great impersonation of the Anti-Christ! He will deceive people into thinking he is the Messiah! Does that sound familiar? He will promise to bring the whole world together for peace and put an end to all wars, he will promise prosperity and health to all. He will attract multitudes with his "smooth" talk! He will appear as one of us and be very attractive! He will be heard and seen by thousands! [Dish Network]. The BIBLE describes this in 2Thessalonians 2:3-12. Read this and see if there is not a resemblance! He may not be the one but he sure is laying the ground work for the one!
Apparently getting calls from famous people is the same as stealing the election. I imagine that this was a recorded robot call, but the commentor doesn't say.
Matt Damon called my sister's house in Ohio and told her she could vote for Obama tomorrow at an early voting booth. No lie. They're bound and determined to steal those battleground states.
Apparently there's no understanding of how you can link one channel to another with the select button and the remote either. Don't they do those kind of hookup advertisements on Fox?
paid political advertising
October 2, 2008 - 07:17 ET by true_texan
I would bet it's paid (or partially covered) by Soros.........OR, some generic hollywood lib's pockets. Maybe that's what the Ba-ba-wa Streisand fundraiser was for - who knows.
I have DISH and there are about 10 channels I watch out of 200+......FoxNews being the one on most of the time, FoodNetwork and HGTV in a tie for 2nd. Besides, it's in such an odd spot on the lineup that I would never have found it had I not caught it on NB.
Plus, who's going to sit and watch the same ad run over and over? I think it a total waste of money on his part.
Anger against the MSM. Propaganda greater than Stalin's. Who knew.
The church of Obama
October 2, 2008 - 03:37 ET by usbeef
Seeing this false idol fall would surely be the greatest day of my life behind marriage. All the hype, all the propaganda, getting flushed down the toilet after seeing this marxist demagogue fail will make me more joyful than I have ever been in my life.
I can't wait to see false "voter fraud" headlines in the MSM. I think if the MSM sees that their phony candidate fails it will surely be their demise. They will be so down on themselves after all their hard effort to brainwash Obama's way into the white house they will feel hopeless about any future brainwashing efforts. If they can't get Obama in then what is next folks? How could a candidate get any worse than this in America?
With this new Obama channel the propaganda meter has now gone higher than stalin's.
"Push back the liberal hordes!!" - Mark Levin
Not only is this worse than Stalin, but apparently advertising is much the same as perpetrating WWII and the Holocaust.
So the children singing to
October 2, 2008 - 03:17 ET by USA4freedom
So the children singing to Obama. How much did that remind you of those old films of the Hitler youth, singing to the greatness of Hitler,you remember. It has Hitler on a steed, and he is dressed as a Knight from the middle ages, while the teacher is at the chalk board leading the children to sing the praises of Lord Obam.. oh, sorry Lord Hitler..
http://news.webshots.com/...
Now his own channel..wow, how very Joseph Goebbels of him..
But HillbillyKing gets it!
October 2, 2008 - 01:47 ET by HillbillyKing
Don't be surprised if his new campaign ads are constantly featured on the station. Someone said his economic plan was the one one there now, but I bet that they'll be more as we get closer to election day.
That wouldn't surprise me a bit.