Idea: Obama should become a "basketball star" to attract more positive heartland attention

stevietheman

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Mon Sep-08-08 06:56 AM
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Idea: Obama should become a "basketball star" to attract more positive heartland attention

The more I've thought about this campaign, and how transparent the GOP has been about portraying Obama as an elitist, the more I think Obama should use a lot more basketball analogies in his campaign, along with more visuals of him playing.

Basketball is a very non-elitist sport supported by the wide mainstream of Middle America, and Obama is great at it. He's knows the "common man's" game. He should speak to it, and correlate it to the issues and sparring of this campaign.

I'm here in Kentucky where people pray as much to basketball as they do to God. Trust. I'm also next to Indiana where it's pretty much the same.

What do y'all think?

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jakem

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Mon Sep-08-08 06:57 AM
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1. i think he uses it plenty.

any more would be too much imo.

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stevietheman

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Mon Sep-08-08 06:58 AM
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2. I think middle America voters would eat it up, though. n/t

n/t

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iconicgnom

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Mon Sep-08-08 06:59 AM
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3. It's a game. Sarah Palin plays it too. So what?

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stevietheman

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Mon Sep-08-08 07:01 AM
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4. It's a way of connecting with voters on an emotional level...

something the GOPers are pros at. And I hardly think that we'll see Palin on a basketball court anytime soon.

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DemocratSinceBirth

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Mon Sep-08-08 07:02 AM
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5. Of The Three Major Sports Basketball Is The Most Urban

Probably because it requires the least equipment and infrastructure....

And yeah, I saw "He Got Game" where a teen ager is shooting hoops next to a corn field...

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stevietheman

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Mon Sep-08-08 07:09 AM
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6. It's urban _and_ heartland in appeal. Trust. n/t

n/t

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DemocratSinceBirth

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Mon Sep-08-08 07:15 AM
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7. David Stern Tried To Hire Bush Pollster Matt Dowd To Give The NBA More Red State Appeal

In the early 1980s, David Stern marketed the then-struggling NBA with an urban image that allowed his league to ride the birth of hip-hop out of sports mediocrity. However, lately the NBA Commissioner seems to be looking at his league through the eyes of Dr. Frankenstein, wondering how he can reign in his monstrous creation.

A few years ago, Stern hired Matthew Dowd, former public relations specialist for the Bush Administration. He wanted Dowd to give the NBA more "red state appeal." Soon thereafter, the commissioner instituted a corporate dress code for all inactive players sitting on the bench, explaining, "We want our players to look like the fans buying tickets to the games."

http://www.valleyadvocate.com/article.cfm?aid=8144

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stevietheman

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Mon Sep-08-08 07:25 AM
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10. Basketball is much more than the NBA.

I'm thinking more in terms of college basketball, which is much more heartland-based.

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BeyondGeography

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Mon Sep-08-08 07:17 AM
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8. Well then he should shoot a basketball, pull a shotgun out and waste a bird

all in one motion.

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mwooldri

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Mon Sep-08-08 07:19 AM
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9. Heck, come on down to UNC and shoot some hoops for the camera ...

and make sure the Duke team and the NC State team are invited too...

THAT might help tip NC for Obama. Well it wouldn't hurt and I think it'd definitely help!

Mark.

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