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Obama campaign to sponsor NASCAR race car..

by: FlaDemFem

Fri Jul 11, 2008 at 15:20:25 PM EDT

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The Obama campaign is looking at sponsoring a NASCAR race car for the Sprint Cup.

According to sources, Barack Obama's campaign is in talks to become the primary sponsor of BAM Racing's No. 49 Sprint Cup car for the Pocono race on August 3. Details of the agreement are expected to be worked out over the coming days

Can you say "pandering"?? What, he thinks all those good ole boys are going to vote for him because he sponsors a car?? With campaign funds?? Is this what the little donors had in mind when they donated their money to Obama?? Or is is some weird form of fundraising? Will the campaign get part of the purse if the car wins? Or just a photo op for Obama in the winner's circle?

more below..snicker

FlaDemFem :: Obama campaign to sponsor NASCAR race car..

Here is more on the fundraising..

Racing sources claim one of the options being considered would allow individual campaign donors to get their name on the race car for as little as $100. Obama will also be present for a second private fundraiser on July 30 in Miami, in which team owners Beth Ann and Tony Morgenthau -- staunch Republicans -- will give the Democrat an opportunity to spread his message of change. Randy Moss and Fergie are among the celebrities confirmed to be a part of that fundraiser in support of the candidate and his venture into NASCAR.

So will that be a raffle too? The majority of NASCAR fans are Republican, so is this one of those "reach across the aisle" moments"? Well, at least the car fits into Obama's own experience profile..heh.

Ken Schrader will drive the entry, a Toyota, at Pocono for BAM, which is outside the top 35 in owner points and must qualify for the race on speed. The team has run just once since Martinsville due to sponsorship concerns, and has just six top-10 finishes in 167 career starts in the Cup series dating back to '02.

I am just amazed at the simple-minded tactics that his campaign ends up using. Do they really think the American people are that stupid?? Well, it is a change.. it's the first time any presidential candidate has sponsored a car. Bush was featured on one car a few years ago, but that was the driver's doing, not the GOPs.

I have an idea..let's dispense with elections all together!! The candidates can each sponsor a NASCAR car and which ever car has the most points at the end of the NASCAR season, the sponsor gets to go to the White House for four years. Yeah, that'll work. Heh.

Update
Here are some comments from the CNN wire.. amusing..

Finally a reason to watch grown men turn left for 3 hours!
Well at least this time, Obama will be using a race car and not a race card!
Will he drive too?
I don't think that sponsoring a Toyota was the best pick. They are the only foreign manufacturer in NASCAR so it seems a little odd of a choice for Senator Obama to make.
What's next....Obama for President on the trunks of WWE pro wrestlers?

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How fricken tacky. (0.00 / 0)

But really, his campaign is nothing more than product marketing so not surprising.

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by: masslib @ Fri Jul 11, 2008 at 14:26:18 PM CDT

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It's another prop (0.00 / 0)

in his staged run for president.

Alice left me in Wonderland.

by: grlpatriot @ Fri Jul 11, 2008 at 17:24:21 PM CDT

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watch out, barack! (0.00 / 0)

i bet the good ol' boys are gonna REALLY be trading paint with car #49. look for it to go sailing over the top rail in turn 3 halfway through the race. no place for a rookie, i tell you.

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by: campskunk @ Fri Jul 11, 2008 at 14:26:58 PM CDT

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My thoughts exactly.. (0.00 / 0)

he's going "through the rail" as they say in horse racing. I assume the same thing applies in some form to auto racing. I was just hysterical with laughter when I read this. I know a lot of NASCAR fans, and this is NOT going to impress them one bit. Especially since the car isn't even qualified. Rather like Obama. Apparently, being a qualified car is a big deal in NASCAR, not qualified makes you just an also-ran. Heh.

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by: FlaDemFem @ Fri Jul 11, 2008 at 14:38:59 PM CDT

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Vroom, Vroom..politics of the day is now racing (0.00 / 0)

to its own demise. Unbelievable pandering. The race to the finish line...

(But All of Obama's corporate bundlers will advertise on the car and uniforms and then we'll have proof of who's really funding him.;-)

by: roseeriter @ Fri Jul 11, 2008 at 14:42:57 PM CDT

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Why does this remind me of (0.00 / 0)

Sasha Baron Cohen in the Legend of Ricky Bobby?

by: Pacific John @ Fri Jul 11, 2008 at 14:56:13 PM CDT

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This is better than watching slapstick comedy... (0.00 / 0)

but I felt that way about bush too. :-(

We must not let our guard down on this guy!

by: massdemm @ Fri Jul 11, 2008 at 15:31:06 PM CDT

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Nascar (0.00 / 0)

In what level of stupid could we put this one?

by: Pat J @ Fri Jul 11, 2008 at 15:35:23 PM CDT

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Not sure of levels (0.00 / 0)

but it would have to go near the top.

This is supposed to be a campaign for President of the United States. The Person generally acknowledged to be the leader of the free world. And this moron is playing Nascars?

by: kenoshaMarge @ Fri Jul 11, 2008 at 15:42:19 PM CDT

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I hear they plan on a load of targeted marketing (0.00 / 0)

Sponsoring a Gun Show in Alabama this fall.
Giving Flag Pins for every $5 donation
Flags on Poles for every $2300 Max. contribution
Serving Obama Cheerwine at the Southern Baptist Convention
Offering a $5 million reward for the rescue of Elio Gonzalez
Giving $25 million to the Israel Defense Fund
Giving $25.2 million to Hamas
Pushing Rules change to allow handguns at Denver Convention

Fighting for women at Partizane

by: NewHampster @ Fri Jul 11, 2008 at 15:49:28 PM CDT

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Concealed or unconcealed? (0.00 / 0)

"Pushing Rules change to allow handguns at Denver Convention"

Alegre will need to protect herself in Denver - this one probably works in our favor.

by: catfish @ Fri Jul 11, 2008 at 16:44:17 PM CDT

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Is NASCAR part of his platform now? (0.00 / 0)

It's one thing to court the Latino vote, the Home Builders Association, the Small Business Association. But the NASCAR vote? Whatever, knock yourself out.

by: catfish @ Fri Jul 11, 2008 at 16:42:35 PM CDT

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So an extra $3 mill for the stadium, and how much for the car? (0.00 / 0)

We'll get an email from him soon asking us to help fund this.

by: catfish @ Fri Jul 11, 2008 at 16:45:36 PM CDT

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But it's still (0.00 / 0)

Hillary's supporters that are to blame for his cash flow problems. What a crock! And now with his new policy do-si-do's to the center, it looks like this is the only way he's ever going to "turn left."

by: Lt. Ripley @ Fri Jul 11, 2008 at 17:35:37 PM CDT

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Toyota? He Picked a TOYOTA? (0.00 / 0)

That futher mucker really DOES hate Mighigan, doesn't he?

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by: Alegre @ Fri Jul 11, 2008 at 18:19:04 PM CDT

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NASCAR (0.00 / 0)

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Sorry- couldn't resist. Aren't rednecks under the bus too? If not, make room.

by: ProudMilitaryMom @ Fri Jul 11, 2008 at 21:26:00 PM CDT

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rednecks under the bus too (0.00 / 0)

LOL. Attention passengers, the "under the bus" area has become so large we'll have to move it to a stadium.

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by: grlpatriot @ Fri Jul 11, 2008 at 21:43:31 PM CDT

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Can we (0.00 / 0)

cling on to the underside of the bus and get a free ride to Denver?

by: ProudMilitaryMom @ Fri Jul 11, 2008 at 22:05:48 PM CDT

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Can you cling to the underside of a bus, while you're clinging (0.00 / 0)

to religion? Sounds like a tricky move to me. But not impossible.

by: Hopscotch @ Fri Jul 11, 2008 at 22:49:44 PM CDT

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Stuck under the bus (0.00 / 0)

I'd cling to any religion if I was cling to the under side of a bus while it was moving.

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by: grlpatriot @ Sat Jul 12, 2008 at 00:23:21 AM CDT

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Obama is so Nascar unlike, that it makes you (0.00 / 0)

laugh just trying to picture him at a race, or even having a discussion with a Nascar fan. It's like when he went bowling and feeding farm animals in Pennsylvania during the primaries in a suit. The picture of him doing that sticks in your mind, but not in a good way. He would be better suited interacting with the toothless Appalachians, toting a gun and clinging to religion. At least the clinging to religion part would be believable, if not still pandering.

by: Hopscotch @ Fri Jul 11, 2008 at 22:47:40 PM CDT

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He better "hope" (0.00 / 0)

all those NASCAR folks don't invite him to go bowling.

Why must Democrats embarrass themselves to this degree?

Dukakis ina tank

Kerry in camo

and now we get an Obamacar at Nascar. Does that come with a Happy Meal? Must America go from Bush in a flight suit to Obama in NASCAR attire?

Do they know ya can't take points away from one driver and give them to another to insure a win? Or make the other drivers compete with 1/2 a vehicle?

Just too frakkin embarrassing for words.

by: kenoshaMarge @ Sat Jul 12, 2008 at 06:01:37 AM CDT

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