Don't Hate the XBOX Player, Hate the Campaign

Finally, a candidate is reaching out to a massive, untapped demographic -- couch potatoes. Good luck getting them to the polls ...
Barack Obama
In an effort to invade your escapism, presidential hopeful Barack Obama has bought ad space on virtual billboards in an XBOX 360 game called "Burnout Paradise," according to Gigaom.com.

If the whole President of the U.S. thing doesn't work out, he's a shoe-in for mayor of Sim City.



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61. no threat was made... it was a joke about pit bulls... my bad jeez

Posted at 9:19PM on Oct 14th 2008 by Ace

62. and it was in poor taste i agree... ill keep my jokes to myself as they are obviously not funny

Posted at 9:46PM on Oct 14th 2008 by Ace

63. #39 LOL you are so right -- side show indeed! Pretty soon Mr. A, Mr Vagina, and their minions will be ranting and raving and calling me Buddha Bitch, I can hardly wait!!!! Good times for sure.....

Posted at 10:21PM on Oct 14th 2008 by Buddha Lady

64. Obama = genius. He knows how to advertise to young people. His inclusiveness to get young people excited about voting and to represent their ideals is incredibly smart, unlike McCain who can not only NOT relate to young people AT ALL and represents old politics and ideals - and DOESN'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO USE A COMPUTER IN 2008!!!!

Posted at 1:01AM on Oct 15th 2008 by Zoe

65. Buddha Lady It seems to me that the side show is is coming from you and your kind. I keep hearing about the right wing crazies as you rant and rave with your anger like I said before no matter who is elected I will be fine. You guys on the left like to run your mouth I think just to hear yourself talk. Very angry you should take something for that.. The anger and hostility thats coming from the likes of you I am thinking thank god for Universal Health Care because you will be needing a lot of therapy. The Left is very Angry Why???? If you are The winners and the right are the LOSERS didn't your parents teach you any better then to be poor sports?? You talk about the hoe horrible the right is do you want to be like them? Show How much better you are. Don't stoop to their level. If you are the clear winner then you can take pride in that. You don't have name call. How does that sound you calling some one a name because they call someone a name. Your the left you have the Moral superiority that should be enough for you. You know you are better then any white trash under educated Republican.

Please what do they know. They think just because a man Hangs out with a terrorists, hell his wife just happened to work with one in the 80s, He worked with Someone in prison now with some minor real estate problems, some minor dealing with accorn, they even think he and some of his campaign advisor's had dealing with fannie mae and freddie mac,( stupid right wingers) Some of them think he wants to redistribute the wealth that sounds like socialism WE KNOW HE HE WOULD"D BE THAT STUPID im just sayin have you seen the french. They actually think just because he sat in a church with a man that married him baptizes his children preaches ,and condemns his country and white people he HEARD HIM say these despicable things. How could the RIGHT get it so WRONG

There is an old saying and I guess it could never be more wrong.

"YOU CAN JUDGE A MANS CHARACTER BY THE FRIENDS HE KEEPS'

Posted at 11:22PM on Oct 14th 2008 by Just Another Unsolicited Opinion.

66. Why are all the terrorists so gung-ho to get Barack Obama elected? Why do our enemies want this guy running the United States?

Posted at 11:34PM on Oct 14th 2008 by DoTheMath

67. get out of that crappy game. just tell us your lies on tv and in the newspaper. at least when the election over we won't have to deal with anymore campaign b.s. but, in a game, wow, that's forever.

Posted at 11:52PM on Oct 14th 2008 by superman

68. WHAT'S THE MATTER....BOBO LADY ?....CAN'T SAY AL GOREs NAME ?....OR DO YOU JUST LIKE VAGINA ?

Posted at 2:59AM on Oct 15th 2008 by AL GOREs VAGINA

69. TO THE LIBERALS POSTING HERE:

DO YOU THINK IT IS ACCEPTABLE THAT NOT ONE OF YOUR DEMOCRATIC POLITICIANS HAS COME OUT AND CONDEMNED "ACORN" AND IT'S ATTEMPT OF VOTER REGISTRATION FRAUD ?....NOT ONE !!!

WHERE'S NO-BAMA ?.....WHY IS HE NOT CONDEMNING THIS FRAUD ?.......MAYBE, BECAUSE HE " TRAINED TOP MANAGEMENT" AT.......ACORN ???....OH , I FORGOT HE WAS ALSO THEIR LAWYER !!!

HOW CAN WE TRUST THE RESULTS OF THIS ELECTION ???....HOW CAN WE BELIEVE THE OUTCOME ...EVEN IF McCAIN WINS !

Posted at 3:32AM on Oct 15th 2008 by AL GOREs VAGINA

70. wow thats really smart I think
To actually put it in peoples head to vote

It always seems tho the people that never vote are the ones that complain about the goverment the most...like HELLO try to make a difference then

Posted at 6:57AM on Oct 15th 2008 by NewMommy

71. Not for nothing, You got it all wrong idiot....its people like you that think everyone is racist and seem to accuse them when you dont have a clue..........Idiot i am married to a black man I AM NOT RACIST....we both will be voting McCain because we are fair in our thinking and not one sided....He will bring riots with him somehow....NOW WHO IS THE BAFOON, IDIOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am not predicting assasination, I am looking at history...again you are an idiot, AND I WOULD vote McCain if he were black, I am not voting on skin color....Seems IGNORANT people like you automatically throw in racist if we don't vote for Obama, WHO IS THE RACIST>>>>>>>>>>WHY IT IS YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!you are a waste of human life.

IDIOT,not for nothing needs to SHUT IT!!!!!

Posted at 7:19AM on Oct 15th 2008 by Obama will bring hate

72. Big frickin deal if Obama can text and\or relate to young people because of technology, Rapists and murders that find girls\boys online relate to them too.......You know Obama had ACORN look into votes when he won his senator seat, because he had actually lost the election, but somehow after investing $800 grand to them, they just happened to find errors that put him in, instead of the real winning candidate.....HMMMMMMM. This man is against the white community, and has been for years after being brainwashed by dumb man Wright!!!!AND why, do the terrorist's like him?? Because of the hate for AMERICA that him and his wife stand for. A wolf in sheep's clothing, and if he gets elected, those who voted for him will get eaten!!!!
Obama is hungry!!!

Posted at 7:37AM on Oct 15th 2008 by Obama can text!!!! ooohhhh

73. Yeah our future leader ha? Leader of all 57 or is it 58 states or the US??
Seriously you would think someone who wants to be prez would know how many states there are in his country!!
But then again what can you expect from someone who did not want to say the pledge or show his counrty pride with an american flag.
Being a dictator or a counrty you are not proud to be part of???

Posted at 8:42AM on Oct 15th 2008 by moopad

74. I guess Obama forgot the negative opinion he's expressed of video games in the past. As reported by the Washington Post, the junior senator from Illinois said the following on February 19 after his victory in the Wisconsin primary (h/t GigaOm):


I know how hard it will be to alleviate poverty that has built up over centuries, how hard it will be to fix schools, because changing our schools will require not just money, but a change in attitudes.

We're going to have to parent better, and turn off the television set, and put the video games away, and instill a sense of excellence in our children, and that's going to take some time.

The day before, during a campaign speech in Youngstown, Ohio, according to Vindy.com (h/t GamePolitics.com):

Obama admonished parents to do their part by turning off the television, putting away the video games, and instilling in their children a desire to get a good education.

Posted at 9:44AM on Oct 15th 2008 by NO MUSLIMS FOR AMERICAN PRESIDENT!!!!

75. I guess Obama forgot the negative opinion he's expressed of video games in the past. As reported by the Washington Post, the junior senator from Illinois said the following on February 19 after his victory in the Wisconsin primary (h/t GigaOm):


I know how hard it will be to alleviate poverty that has built up over centuries, how hard it will be to fix schools, because changing our schools will require not just money, but a change in attitudes.

We're going to have to parent better, and turn off the television set, and put the video games away, and instill a sense of excellence in our children, and that's going to take some time.

The day before, during a campaign speech in Youngstown, Ohio, according to Vindy.com (h/t GamePolitics.com):

Obama admonished parents to do their part by turning off the television, putting away the video games, and instilling in their children a desire to get a good education.

Posted at 9:45AM on Oct 15th 2008 by Is America soon to be lost?

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