Really what took him so long?

This is just smart. The youth vote needs to be courted.

Obama has also bought air time for the 29th of this month.

Exclusive: Obama buys half-hour of network primetime

"Barack Obama has purchased a half-hour of primetime television on CBS and NBC, sources confirm.

The Obama campaign is producing a nationwide pitch to voters that will air on at least two broadcast networks. The ad will run Wednesday, Oct. 29, at 8 p.m. -- less than a week before the general election. "
http://www.thrfeed.com/2008/10/obama-primetime.html

I'm surpised this has never been done before. Though, for MTV, not entirely. I mean anytime they talk about politics its basically an Obama ad anyways.

lil...I was just about to post that. September fundraising must have been good for him to be able to buy 30 minutes of Primetime air space to give his closing argument before Election Day. Brilliant Move! He's also looking to do the same thing on ABC as well!

Adrenalynn, I thought it was a great move. He does have the resources to do this and continue his ads in key states.

I'd be curious to see what his Prime Time ratings will be.

I just saw this on Jezebel and I thought it was hilarious.

Remember Oliver Clark? He asked a question at Tuesday's debate on
the economy and John McCain told him he "probably" hadn't ever heard of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. Well, it turns out he has a B.A. in PoliSci, a Masters in Legal Studies, and is in the midst of a Masters in Public Administration. So, he'd heard of them both, and he thought McCain's remark was condescending — and he's right.

http://
firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/09/1523335.aspx

oops..I guess that's a lesson in not making assumptions. What a tool.

wade...that was a great read. I mean, what kind of question was that for McCain to ask? The guy was at a debate, because he was "undecided" or at least swayable according to him.

I think being invited to attend probably means he didn't live in a rock the last few months and knew who Fannie & Freddie were. Plus, he asked a question about mortgages and the bailout I believe.

Again...another shining example of how "out of touch" McCain is....

WOW people can we PLEASE try to at least LOOK into these things before we post them?

The full McCain quote is "I'll bet you, you may never even have heard of them before this crisis."

YES, BEFORE THIS CRISIS! So clearly he wasn't saying this guy has been living under a rock.

And this is coming from someone who said he was voting Obama and even said that to the POLLSTER.

Hardly an undecided voter.

I know everyone is on edge here, but we could at least TRY to be fair minded.

And if you read that article, the guy says he is an Obama supporter and says he told the pollster he was an Obama supporter.

This guy is not non partisan and not undecided.

For crying out loud! My school loan was thru Fannie Mae--and that was a LONG time ago. It was wrong of him to make an assumption whether it was good natured or not.

Wow people will just find any reason to spew their hate.

In July the WSJ published an article the first sentence of which is "As opposed to GM or Ford, most Americans have never heard of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac." - So I suppose they are condescending too?

ABC News also in July printed - "Even if you haven't heard of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac" - Those condescending bastards!!

See it how you want. It was wrong for him to make the assumption. It would have been wrong if Obama said it, too.

If Obama said it we wouldn't be having this conversation.

Gee, and why is that? Maybe it's because McCain is considered out of touch, especially with young voters?

Whoa whoa haus nobody is spewing hate. All I'm saying is he shouldn't have assumed that Oliver had not heard of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Yes we would Haus because people would be saying how condescending Obama was being to Oliver.

I doubt anyone would be say that except for a few far right talk radio people and who listens to them?

But MSNBC because they no shred of dignity whatsoever, has no problem printing it and repeating it, completely ignoring the real quote.

There's plenty of reason to not like McCain, but this is truly absurd.

I think McCain looked at that man and because of his age and race he assumed he didn't know what Fanny and Freddie were. I'm not saying he's a racist or ageist.

I was just waiting for the race card. I knew it was coming, it was just a matter of time.

How in the world is saying that McCain saw his race and thought he didn't know Fannie or Freddie not saying he is racist?

Just like you assumed I didn't read the whole article before I posted it.

I don't McCain is racist, but he looked young black American and assumed he didn't know what it was.

Don't get an attitude, please because I'm not the one.

He assumed that he didn't know who FM and FM were BEFORE the crisis. Because A LOT of people didn't. That is a fair assumption that has NOTHING to do with age or race.

I do think Oliver's age and race had something to do with it.

Just because you hadn't heard of Fannie Mae and Freddie, doesn't mean the rest of the country hasn't.

Yep. I'm sure it did. I'm sure McCain looked at him and thought he was stupid because he is young and black. And I think the Wall Street Journal and ABC News are racist too... in fact, I think they are ageist, AND I think they are biased against people who can't read because they only PRINT their papers and don't offer it in spoken form. Clearly they think that people who can't read aren't worthy.

Nice assumption girlA, so I guess you're racist now too huh?

You can go back and forth for as long as you like but if that was a middle-aged white man I don't think he would have said "I'm sure you don't know what FM and FM were before the crisis." And he added that "I'm sure a lot of you didn't know..." to save himself.

He didn't need to save himself from anything. We need to save ourselves from letting our partisanship slant our thinking to the point of no return.

I don't think McCain thought he was stupid.

Ok fine Haus I need to be saved from liking Obama too much, thanks for letting me know.

You should work in politics--if you don't already--because you sure know how to spin someone's comment. You said that "most" people hadn't heard of FM and FM...I think that's an assumption.

No you're saying that he just thought he was uneducated because Oliver is black right?

And yet, somehow thats not racist.

I think it was more of his age than his race,but go ahead. And I still don't think McCain's racist.

It is an assumption, one that even news outlets are willing to make. I think its a fair assumption, do we have facts to back it up? No. But if you're going to fault McCain for saying that, then you should bring down the WSJ and ABC News too.

Wade I guess I just don't get how if you make a snap judgement on someone based on race, how thats not racist. I would think thats the very definition of racist.

To me it was the same condescending thing McCain did in the first debate, "Obama doesn't understand." Sorry I thought that was condescending.

I don't think McCain is racist but that was a racist (I didn't want to even say that but okay) thing he did. I still think it was more about his age.

That's all I'm saying--he's out of touch with the younger voters. I think it's more an age thing.

Exactly girlA i think it's about age.

Ok I think I see what you're saying.

I don't think it was racist. I personally don't think it was condescending because I think he was speaking in a general way and not singling out Oliver.

Hmmmm ... it was condescending. When a newspaper said it about a big group of ppl, there is a chance that some of the readers might not have heard of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, so that statement is true. But when you speak to one person and you say perhaps YOU don't know ... now that is too big an assumption.

However, having said that, I think it was just a slip up on McCain side and it wasn't a big a deal.

This is kind of on a separate tangent, but why does it have to be about age? I don't think it really is about age because every election we hear about how the Republican is out of touch with young voters.

Maybe its that young voters are out of touch with what being a conservative really is.

Conservative = saying stupid things?

Well clearly we've de-evolved here... so I'm out!

Personally, I think baby boomers tend to be more conservative and today's younger voters are more liberal, so yes, age plays a big part.

My point is that unless someone was raised by conservative parents they usually have no clue what conservatism actually is.

They watch MTV and they see republican = bad

They see celebrities republican = bad

They are indoctrinated in school and then in college and by the media and it goes on and on.