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The Infomercial
Sitting through the Very Special Episode of Obama for President tonight felt awfully familiar. It's like one of those required assemblies from middle school: hectoring, tedious, and transparently silly. But it did have one unexpected effect on me. Never before have I noticed how wonderful ...
Obama infomercial hailed as smart, risky
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 Headzup: McCain Responds To Obama Infomercial (video)
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Headzup: McCain Responds To Obama Infomercial (video)
youtube.com — http://www.headzup.tvJohn McCain responds to Barack Obama's infomercial and delivers his closing argument to the nation.Download daily Catch... and Release Come... (more) Headzup: McCain Responds To Obama Infomercial (video)
5 Things You Won't See in Tonight's Obama Infomercial
5 Things You Won't See in Tonight's Obama Infomercial
gatewaypundit.blogspot.com — 1-- The LA Times video of Obama toasting former PLO operative Rashid Khalidi at a 2003 Jew-bash.... That tape won't be released anytime in the near future. 2-- His racist, anti-Semitic and anti-AmeriKKKan pastor of 20 years Reverend Jeremiah G-D ... (more) 5 Things You Won't See in Tonight's Obama Infomercial
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Television without pity
doubleplusundead — Television without pity I didn't bother to watch the Obamercial, but Jonathan Last over at the Weekly Standard blog did , comparing it (unfavorably, of course) to a middle school assembly. He was surprised about one aspect of it, though: Never before have I noticed how wonderful commercials are. It's not until you're forced to go without the Geico cavemen for 30 straight minutes that you realize how much you appreciate them. Yeah, looks like I really didn't miss much of anything. On the other hand, tonight's episode of ...

POLITICS: O-Fomercial
Baseball Crank — ... Jonathan Last on Obama's informercial: "Never before have I noticed how wonderful commercials are. It's not until you're forced to go without the Geico cavemen for 30 straight minutes do you realize how much you appreciate them." ...

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