Obama buys Olympic ad time
(CNN) - While Mitt Romney is expected to be a spectator at this summer's Olympic Games, those watching from home may see President Barack Obama, thanks to a large ad buy.
Obama's reelection campaign has bought $6.5 million of U.S. national advertizing time for the London games, a Republican ad buying source told CNN.
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The time is on the networks of NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, Bravo, and NBC Sports Net, according to the source. The time includes approximately $1 million for time during the opening ceremonies.
The New York Times was first to report the buy and that it was $5.5 million.
Obama and Sen. John McCain's 2008 presidential campaigns each spent several million dollars advertizing during the 2008 Olympic games.
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Brilliant on Obama's part!
Is he foolish enough to think people actually want to watch him read his teleprompter?
While Mitt Romney is expected to be a spectator at this summer's Olympic Games, those watching from home may see President Barack Obama, thanks to a large ad buy
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LOOOOVE IT!!! Great move!
I remember Obama buying up ad time during the Super Bowl. McShame wasn't thinking on his feet and evidently neither is Romney.
Obama is so proactive and focused.
While the wealthy, elite, disconnected, flip-flopping-no-positions-no-ideas wannabe is enjoying himself alongside his wealthy friends and family, the real President soon-to-be-re-elected is keeping his eyes on the prize.
Enjoy the ad Romney!
Godspeed to you President Obama in all of your endeavors.
Obama 2012. Seriously America.
Let me get this straight, Obama’s ad will bad mouth Romney, most likely will be about Bain/Romney off-shoring jobs to Mexico, China. Now, will Obama also say in this ad that his campaign donor Hamilton E. James is the president of Blackstone Group, a company that together with Bain Capital and NBC Universal purchased The Weather Channel and Landmark Communications?????? Will Obama attack Blackstone Group and NBC Universal for owning together with Bain Capital the The Weather Channel and Landmark Communications???? I am sure Blackstone Group and NBC Universal have participated in off-shoring jobs just as much as Bain Capital. Bain Capital-Blackstone Group-NBC Universal together in business. Who knew???? Guess Bain is not so evil after all. Hey, isn’t Obama going to Hamilton James home for a fund-raising party?????
How cool! Go President Obama! And what is alexithymic Mitt going to do as a following wanna-be act? Talk about the pole heights to which ever sport involves using them to jump over a high rope?
OBAMA & AMERICA 2012!
On track to raise 1 billion dollars to buy your vote. Terrible – money from special interests should not buy elections. What has happened to this country? It is the end of .......
Oh wait – It is Obama – oh that's ok then.
um uh – money is good.
"I remember Obama buying up ad time during the Super Bowl. McShame wasn't thinking on his feet and evidently neither is Romney."
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Makes no sense. Super Bowl is in early February. Why would Obama buy Super Bowl time in the infancy of the primaries, and what does that have to do with McCain? You memory is flawed.
Brilliant way to get out the word.
Next question, what will be Robmeys move on this area? A donor's give away – a special retreat to be a guest with him at the Olympics?
It will probably be the lowest watched Olympics in history..Knock yourself out Mr O. Your vision of America is flawed with too much gov't control....people will wake up to the realization that you are leading us in the wrong direction, many already have. @ Dominican Mama 4 Obama...Do you have any pancakes to go with that syrup?
My fellow republicans, if you think Obama is stupid or crazy for this then please switch parties. He is the master of PR and propaganda. He spent enough money on commericals in 2008 to pay for every superbowl commerical for the enxt decade. you don't think media saturation buys his votes? Who watches TV and specifically the target audience of his commercials? Oh yeah the liberals and more importantly the young naive vast majority of his impressionable voters. This president kowns that its not about politics, issues, or America's future... It is all about popular culture in America, and he is exploiting it remarkably to win this election just like he did the last one.
Another good reason to DVR the games and skip through the commercials. To be honest, I'd prefer that all candidates refrain from airing their propaganda during commercials for the Olympics.
Everybody is on vacation and out doing things in the summer. Nobody watches the Olympics anyways. I'm glad to see Obama is as out of touch as he usually is. A total waste of money.
I guess he's trying to reach all his foreign donors for contributions.
Romney has the luxury travelling to London for the show, the top 1% can do what they want, but not the 400M Americans. That is a class differentiation.
We the 99% all congragate around TV that is how we spend our summer, between work and other duties.
The reason Romney is not doing a ad buy during the Olympics, is due to the fact it should be free of politics. However Obama could care less about the Olympics, as long as he can get his face on TV to spew hate and lies he is happy. He is a disgusting human, and not fit to lick Romney s boots.