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Oct 30 2008

Did Barack Just Do an Infomercial?

Published by jorty at 5:48 am under Television, Uncategorized Edit This

The big news on Wednesday night (besides the last few innings of Game 5 of the World Series) was Presidential candidate Barack Obama’s 30 minute television special. Actually it was a commercial. Actually it was commercial containing information about him, so actually it was an infomercial.

I certainly won’t liken it to an ad for the Thighmaster, Proactive Solution or Richard Simmon’s Deal a Meal, but it is what it is. And sure, it was a bold move on Obama’s part, but at this point in the game nothing surprises me. This  was Obama’s chance to get his word out to the nation without being interrupted by a moderator. His camp spent millions of dollars to have his 30 minute spiel air on several networks.  In another week or so, guess we’ll find out if it was money well spent or not.

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