So- did the infomercial make you want to vote Obama?

It did for me. After long and careful consideration, I am hereby endorsing Obama for president!

Nope. I did not watch it but heard the ending which made him sound like a cross between Jesus Christ & Mighty Mouse on a mission to save the world.

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Thanks for yet another well informed opinion Mr Roxy.

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I've seen the infomercial run several times out here, Dame!

I agree. There's nothing at ALL about McCain in it. It really is an "info" -mercial. It gives you information about Barak, Michelle (who I love more every day), their family and history. And it focuses on his issues and his plans with specific details as to what he wants to do.

Part political interview, and part A&E Biography.

And it's very well done.

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My completely unbiased opinion:

I thought it was brilliant. As an Obama supporter, it didn't necessarily fire me up to vote, but it didn't need to. This was aimed directly at the undecided voter, and anyone who is still undecided should have been watching. I think this would play well to the undecided/independent crowd.

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Too bad Obama was for public funding before he was against it.

Once again we have the Democratic template: showing sob stories cross cut with politicians praising their own kind.

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Some of the right wing thought this Obama's way of showing that he'd already won the presidency. I thought it proved the opposite. He knows he cannot slack off six days before the election and he is going to keep campaigning and fighting for the Oval Office until November 4th.

Though I thought the waves of grain at the beginning was a little cheezy, I cried when that old man was talking to Obama about how he lost his entire pension and when Obama talked about losing his mother to cancer. If she only knew what her son would become.

If we are successful on November 4th (knocks on wood with all my might), I will cry many tears of joy.

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"McCain has nothing but a smear campaign."

And not even a well-orchestrated one. They're all over the place!

And Obama not only refrained from attacking McCain in the ad, he didnt even mention his name. Not once! It was classy but also a really brilliant slap in the face...i.e., "you're not even a factor here." How much do you think THAT infuriated McCain?

It was very well produced and hit all the right notes. I felt that it presented Obama as a trustworthy person who is genuinely in touch with the middle class--without ever pandering to them or using them as a prop (a.k.a. Joe the fake plumber/plant/what have you). I loved it and thought it was beautifully done. Kudos!

Updated On: 10/30/08 at 12:14 AM

I thought it was BEAUTIFUL <33

Completely positive, completely hopeful, and just... really really beautiful! EXACTLY what we needed right now, and exactly what's made me love Obama from the beginning :) He's a break from the nastiness of the McCain campaign.

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You Kool-Aid drinkers are unbelievable! You're incapable of being objective.

I loved the fat lady and her fat daughter who lamented about whether to buy a gallon or half-gallon of milk. Meanwhile, neither one of them looked like they miss any meals, and the mother had a $75.00 nail-job, and the daughter was wearing a $300.00 sports jacket. So, someone who hasn't a clue about managing a budget, is going to elect someone who is equally clueless? And the old people who had issues with heathcare, are already getting healthcare from the government. So now, we're supposed to all accept crappy government healthcare with glee? Oh, and pay for it, too? He shared his peanut butter and jelly and his toys, now he wants to share YOUR peanut butter and jelly and YOUR toys. The budget-crunching that he's going to be faced with, is unbelievable. He's not going to be able to do the things he says. Most of his claims are extremely unlikely to ever happen. He the candidate for people who like to think of themselves as victims. He keeps telling us how horrible out lives are. Who's life is that horrible? But keep drinking the Kool-Aid. I understand how people just want to have a complete change, and he provides that; but to actually believe anything he says, is just silly.

Updated On: 10/30/08 at 11:23 AM

Well, that's always the comeback to anything said about Obama. But my comments aren't about John McCAin. My comments are about Obama. That's what the thread is about. His infomercial. I made no comparison or claim about John McCain. Why even bring him up in this discussion?

"Well, that's always the comeback to anything said about Obama. But my comments aren't about John McCAin. My comments are about Obama. That's what the thread is about. His infomercial. I made no comparison or claim about John McCain. Why even bring him up in this discussion?"




Because of your Kool-Aid comment, JB2.

It was pretty clear.

That's not about Obama at all. Neither was your entire post. It was about his supporters.


EDIT: And your comment about fat people not really being poor was vile. That's like saying, "See? Those little children with the big bellies in those third-world countries don't need food. They're already fat around the middle, so they must be getting all the food they need!"

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Updated On: 10/30/08 at 11:38 AM

What truly makes this infomercial effective is that it is dominating the news cycle for two days. McCain needs a game-changer, and all day yesterday and all day today the media is focusing on the informercial.

Putting that aside, for the last week the McCain campaign has gone totally negative while Obama has gone almost completely positive. This makes McCain seem small and petty, and Obama comes across as, well, presidential.

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