Obama Plans Media Blitz Monday As Syria Vote Looms

[ProSense]

Obama Plans Media Blitz Monday As Syria Vote Looms

President Barack Obama will give interviews Monday to ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, CNN and Fox, according to a White House pool report, as he seeks to persuade Congress to approve a U.S. military strike against Syria.

The interviews will be taped in the afternoon and appear in the evening on those channels, per the pool report.

Earlier Saturday, Obama made pressed his case in the White House weekly address, promising that the mission in Syria would not turn into another Iraq or Afghanistan. He vowed that the strikes would be limited and that Bashar al-Assad's regime must be punished for using chemical weapons to murder his own people.

"We cannot turn a blind eye to images like the ones we’ve seen out of Syria," he said. "Failing to respond to this outrageous attack would increase the risk that chemical weapons could be used again; that they would fall into the hands of terrorists who might use them against us, and it would send a horrible signal to other nations that there would be no consequences for their use of these weapons. All of which would pose a serious threat to our national security."

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http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/obama-plans-media-blitz-monday-as-syria-vote

[woo me with science]

1. When did salesmanship replace statesmanship among our politicians?

When corporate rule took the place of representative government.

[rug]

7. When foreign policy began to rest on red lines.

[leftstreet]

8. Hey the Obama campaign won a bunch of advertising awards!

Obama Wins! ... Ad Age's Marketer of the Year
At ANA Gathering, Marketing Pros and Agency Bigs Tap Barack Over Apple, Zappos

Published: October 17, 2008

ORLANDO, Fla. (AdAge.com) -- Just weeks before he demonstrates whether his campaign's blend of grass-roots appeal and big media-budget know-how has converted the American electorate, Sen. Barack Obama has shown he's already won over the nation's brand builders. He's been named Advertising Age's marketer of the year for 2008.

Mr. Obama won the vote of hundreds of marketers, agency heads and marketing-services vendors gathered here at the Association of National Advertisers' annual conference. He edged out runners-up Apple and Zappos.com. The rest of the shortlist, selected by Ad Age's editorial staff, was rounded out by megabrand Nike, turnaround story Coors and Mr. Obama's rival, Sen. John McCain.

http://adage.com/article/moy-2008/obama-wins-ad-age-s-marketer-year/131810/

Barack Obama campaign claims two top prizes at Cannes Lion ad awards

Barack Obama election work hailed for mix of new media, community and TV advertising at Cannes Lions awards

theguardian.com, Monday 29 June 2009 02.17 EDT


The campaign that drove Barack Obama to victory in the US presidential election has claimed two top awards at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Awards.

The campaign, submitted by Obama for America, has been hailed as a masterful combination of new media, door-to-door and community grass roots campaigning with a clever tactical use of traditional TV advertising.

The campaign won two grands prix in the Titanium and Integrated Lions categories.

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/jun/29/barack-obama-cannes-lions

What a fucked up mess

[Triana]

2. Well, AIPAC will be just thrilled. . .

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023618038

[Junkdrawer]

3. For War, he does the Bully Pulpit...

He's in up to his neck now.

[leftstreet]

9. But he wouldn't for Single Payer

[Carolina]

17. I know

Sad isn't it. The contrast shows his true self and real passions.

[David__77]

4. I like that this is being publicized.

It's a cynical and desperate ploy.

[ProSense]

5. Yes, it not being done in secret. n/t

[wandy]

6. What would completely stone me would be if fox came out with.......

overwhelming support for this war and clearchannel radio stations began playing the national anthem every hour on the hour.

Surely next we shall see an elephant fly, chickens will have teeth and bullfrogs will grow........

Then and again this whole mess is getting weird with doves turning into hawks and groups signing up to be human shields.
Not to mention republicans suddenly becoming anti war and the Russians wanting to send a delegation to talk us out of it.
And we haven't even fired the first cruise missile at the southern most part of a north bound camel.

I got a feeling this is going to be a long strange ride.

[cali]

10. and he will be politely and soundly rebuffed. No one is buying the propaganda

that the administration is selling.

Not Congress.

Not the American people.

Not the world.

He's beaching his presidency on the rocks of Syria.

[ProSense]

11. "He's beaching his presidency on the rocks of Syria. "

You wish.

LOL!

[cali]

13. No, propro, I don't wish.

Far from it. I hate seeing this.

[ProSense]

14. Sure you do, but it's still nonsense. n/t

[Carolina]

19. Excellent conclusion, cali

Beaching his presidency on the rocks of Syria!

[ProSense]

21. You're going to be disappointed. n/t

[Carolina]

22. In Obama?

Oh puhleeze, I already am. I don't have on blinders

[bobduca]

23. Those are not blinders

they are Obama 2016 re-election stickers! oh wait.

[HardTimes99]

20. + Infinity! - nt

[Cha]

12. K&R thanks PS

[Logical]

15. Is this your new "topic".......

You gave up defending chained CPI, you lost badly and gave up on Snowden and took a really welcome break. And now this is your new "Obama can do no wrong" topic.

I admire your unrelenting defense of anything Obama does.

[ProSense]

16. Kick! n/t

[polichick]

18. Watching him become the new spokesman for the MIC is sickening.

[bobduca]

24. Pro War posters plan DU Blitz as Credibility Wears Thin

[KharmaTrain]

25. Shamefully Too Little Too Late...

...without the support of other allies, the resistance to this intervention...no matter how "noble"...there won't be the votes. It's understandable that a war-weary country doesn't want to get entangled in a proxy war and I support that position. The U.S. has no dog in that hunt...in a country the U.S. has had little diplomatic and cultural ties and that's there's no clear pro-democratic option in this mess. It's taken over 100,000 lives so far and surely many more will perish until this mess sorts itself out.

What's the real shame is how other countries are willing to sit back and allow the use of chemical weapons (and I don't give a shit whose using them...they're being used). Shame on the Russians who bankroll Assad with money and weapons and the Saudis and Iranians who also are using this country for their own games and not exerting any pressure on the belligerents to negotiate some kind of settlement.

I don't see President Obama winning this vote and the war and genocide will go on...