Anyone watching the hours long Obama ad on cable?

[usregimechange]

It is called "Obama's Plan for America."

Channel 73 on Dish Network, what network is that? Did he buy his own netowrk?

[usregimechange]

1. The network is called "Obama!" wth?

[quiet.american]

3. Someone posted that Obama's is the first presidential campaign to buy ad space on satellite tv.

Now, that's 21st Century thinking.

[Motown_Johnny]

2. LOL... yep.. it looks like it is the Obama channel.. my on screen menu has it as OBAMA, and it plays

24/7 until at least 8:00am on the 14th, my on screen menu ends at that point.


My God, these people are fucking brilliant.

[usregimechange]

4. They bought a network? Has that ever been done before?

[Motown_Johnny]

5. the post just above this tries to explain it. I am caught by surprise.. right now it is the story of...

Michelle and Barack meeting.... footage from her intro at the convention

[Cha]

7. And some poster had the nerve

to whine that they didn't see anything worthwhile the campaign spent their money on(today)..when if it would just open its eyes it would be surrounded.

[NYC_SKP]

6. Actually, it starts in January and will be eight years long..... nt

[cui bono]

8. Wow! I wish I had made the switch to Dish already, is it on anything else?

I have Time-Warner cable.

[BlooInBloo]

9. Only got digital cable here. :(

[Hippo_Tron]

10. When you raise more money than anyone in history you can buy your own TV Network...

Of course if you're John McCain, you already have one. It's called Fox News. I couldn't believe the shit they were showing tonight. It was low even by Faux standards.

[msallied]

11. Touche.

I wish the Obama channel was on cable.

[question everything]

13. Or even regular network

It is not as if anyone is watching anything on NBC, except the first five minutes of Saturday Night Live...

[msallied]

14. Oh c'mon now. The Office and 30 Rock are awesome. lol

[Indiana_Dem]

12. Yeah, me and my hubby got stuck on it last night after watching a movie--

I watched the story of his life and it brought me to tears again! Whenever your having a down mood politically, just switch over to channel 73 and it makes you feel so good!

(I just switched to DISH 2 weeks ago from cable and it's proving to be great! :))

[Alameda]

15. Dish is a good, you can get FSTV and LINK on it too. That is the

reason I got Dish instead of cable.

[Dem2theMax]

16. Info here:

According to Ben Smith’s Blog at Politico.com, the Obama campaign has purchased a satellite channel that will run ads and other content about Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama on a loop around the clock. Located at Channel 73 on the Dish Network, The Obama Channel debuted this week and is being paid for the Obama campaign in an effort to reach voters nationwide.

Just to set the record straight, after apparently receiving criticism from conservative corners, the Dish Network issued a statement clarifying the fact that the 24-hour Obama Channel is not in any way an endorsement of Barack Obama’s campaign but is instead paid advertising.

"DISH Network Channel 73 is paid advertising by the Obama campaign and is not an endorsement of Senator Obama by DISH Network. DISH Network made the same offer to the McCain campaign, an offer that remains open," Dish Network spokesman Parker McConachie told Politico.com.

The Obama Channel, the latest in a series of out of the box media buys by the Obama campaign, will run through Election Day on Nov. 4. In addition to campaign ads and commercials, more content endorsing Barack Obama’s run for the White House is expected to appear on the channel in the final weeks before the general election.

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