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Wednesdays

(17,380 posts) Tue Nov 6, 2012, 04:05 PM Nov 2012

They aired an anti-Obama ad in Oklahoma City this morning

On the ABC affiliate.

I'm not saying Oklahoma is any kind of battleground state or is in play now, but WTF are they doing spending ad money here of all places?

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They aired an anti-Obama ad in Oklahoma City this morning (Original Post) Wednesdays Nov 2012 OP

They have $ to burn, I guess. nt PsychProfessor Nov 2012 #1

We've been seeing them in NYC! aquart Nov 2012 #6

NYC has a gigantic market across multiple states and demographics, though Wednesdays Nov 2012 #9

They do have a lot of cash to burn. We'll never know how much but the bill is well over a $1BN. apnu Nov 2012 #11

They don't want to give it back . . . brush Nov 2012 #22

Wolverines! JHB Nov 2012 #2

Considering that OK was the only state to have EVERY county go Red in the last election, codjh9 Nov 2012 #3

I think it smacks of desperation. Behind the Aegis Nov 2012 #4

2 answers, both true: Jackpine Radical Nov 2012 #5

But in a state that's already saturated red (and a rather small state at that) Wednesdays Nov 2012 #10

Maybe Bain owns the media there & wants a little profit Jackpine Radical Nov 2012 #15

Was it Romney or a superpac? MadBadger Nov 2012 #7

I don't remember who sponsored it, but it wasn't directly from the rMoney campaign Wednesdays Nov 2012 #12

Hell, I'm getting anti Obama ads in New yOrk MadBadger Nov 2012 #23

We're getting them here too, in So Cal mitchtv Nov 2012 #8

Commission/skim DollarBillHines Nov 2012 #13

Like grabbing the loot off a ship before it sinks Wednesdays Nov 2012 #14

Well said! DollarBillHines Nov 2012 #19

The "Red Sea" BlueDemKev Nov 2012 #16

Rush just said Filibuster Harry Nov 2012 #17

The Daily Oklahoman carried a scandalous anti -Obama supplement Danmel Nov 2012 #18

WTF in this state? TinCup Nov 2012 #20

they still need to funnel money to Bain media companies krawhitham Nov 2012 #21

PsychProfessor

(204 posts)

1. They have $ to burn, I guess. nt

Reply to Wednesdays (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 04:06 PM

Nov 2012

aquart

(69,014 posts)

6. We've been seeing them in NYC!

Reply to PsychProfessor (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 04:09 PM

Nov 2012

Why don't they just light their smuggled Cubans with hundred dollar bills? Oh wait.

Wednesdays

(17,380 posts)

9. NYC has a gigantic market across multiple states and demographics, though

Reply to aquart (Reply #6)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 04:11 PM

Nov 2012

Here, it's just central Oklahoma and...rocks and coyotes.

apnu

(8,758 posts)

11. They do have a lot of cash to burn. We'll never know how much but the bill is well over a $1BN.

Reply to PsychProfessor (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 04:14 PM

Nov 2012

I'm betting its part of the GOTV effort to scare republicans to the polls so they can try and say they won the popular vote.

brush

(53,787 posts)

22. They don't want to give it back . . .

Reply to PsychProfessor (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 04:48 PM

Nov 2012

. . . to the Koch Brothers or Sheldon Adelson or whoever donated. Good let them burn it up and make those guys think twice about trying to buy the election, some 50 million dollars later.

JHB

(37,160 posts)

2. Wolverines!

Reply to Wednesdays (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 04:07 PM

Nov 2012

Can't let that "resist the foreign invader" spirit lag.

codjh9

(2,781 posts)

3. Considering that OK was the only state to have EVERY county go Red in the last election,

Reply to Wednesdays (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 04:08 PM

Nov 2012

yeah, that's kinda weird - maybe it's as the other poster said - money to burn.

Behind the Aegis

(53,959 posts)

4. I think it smacks of desperation.

Reply to Wednesdays (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 04:08 PM

Nov 2012

When we were voting on Friday, I heard a few republicans say it is the first time they didn't vote for president!

Jackpine Radical

(45,274 posts)

5. 2 answers, both true:

Reply to Wednesdays (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 04:09 PM

Nov 2012

1) They have more CU $$ than they can spend in the saturated battleground markets

2) They're trying to drive up the national popular vote with the intention of running Bush's "Plan B" from 2000. That was the plan to raise holy hell if Bush the popular vote but lost in the EC. They apparently thought they had a route through to override the EC result.

Wednesdays

(17,380 posts)

10. But in a state that's already saturated red (and a rather small state at that)

Reply to Jackpine Radical (Reply #5)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 04:14 PM

Nov 2012

They're not going to pick up a whole lot of new voters. A few, but not many.

Jackpine Radical

(45,274 posts)

15. Maybe Bain owns the media there & wants a little profit

Reply to Wednesdays (Reply #10)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 04:21 PM

Nov 2012

from laundered campaign money.

MadBadger

(24,089 posts)

7. Was it Romney or a superpac?

Reply to Wednesdays (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 04:09 PM

Nov 2012

Wednesdays

(17,380 posts)

12. I don't remember who sponsored it, but it wasn't directly from the rMoney campaign

Reply to MadBadger (Reply #7)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 04:16 PM

Nov 2012

Still, somebody's willing to blow money here that could be spent elsewhere.

MadBadger

(24,089 posts)

23. Hell, I'm getting anti Obama ads in New yOrk

Reply to Wednesdays (Reply #12)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 04:53 PM

Nov 2012

mitchtv

(17,718 posts)

8. We're getting them here too, in So Cal

Reply to Wednesdays (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 04:11 PM

Nov 2012

I figured they have so much time paid for already, to save Mary Bono, it's some kind of package to get the base out to save her.Just the last week or so...

DollarBillHines

(1,922 posts)

13. Commission/skim

Reply to Wednesdays (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 04:18 PM

Nov 2012

Someone is making money every time one of those ads are aired. If the ads don't air, there is no skim.

Wednesdays

(17,380 posts)

14. Like grabbing the loot off a ship before it sinks

Reply to DollarBillHines (Reply #13)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 04:19 PM

Nov 2012

DollarBillHines

(1,922 posts)

19. Well said!

Reply to Wednesdays (Reply #14)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 04:32 PM

Nov 2012

I love the mental image.

BlueDemKev

(3,003 posts)

16. The "Red Sea"

Reply to Wednesdays (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 04:24 PM

Nov 2012

Sadly, America is divided by a "Red Sea", which stretches from North Dakota down to Texas. This sea of red has never been broken (or parted) since 1976 (when Jimmy Carter one Texas).

Filibuster Harry

(666 posts)

17. Rush just said

Reply to Wednesdays (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 04:25 PM

Nov 2012

Rush just said this is the election between choosing freedom over tyranny and finally this is the last election to stop Obamacare.

Idiot!!!

Danmel

(4,915 posts)

18. The Daily Oklahoman carried a scandalous anti -Obama supplement

Reply to Wednesdays (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 04:27 PM

Nov 2012

And praised Romney for his remarkable understanding of the geopolitical significance of Syria being Iran's route to the sea.

Weird that they would bother taking out ad time there.

TinCup

(54 posts)

20. WTF in this state?

Reply to Wednesdays (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 04:36 PM

Nov 2012

I have seen a couple this election cycle as well. Several on MSNBC. In this neanderthal state its a waste of time.

krawhitham

(4,644 posts)

21. they still need to funnel money to Bain media companies

Reply to Wednesdays (Original post)

Tue Nov 6, 2012, 04:37 PM

Nov 2012

And all ad time in swing states have already been bought

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