Barack Smear Ad in SNL Prequel Moments Ago

Something called goptrust.com just ran an ad inside a repeat-from-last-week SNL show.

The ad ran about 10:50 pm EST, I believe. The resurrects Rev. Jeremiah Wright and footage of him speaking, and then we see and maybe hear words saying Barack Obama, Too Risky and Too Radical for America, or words to that effect. Don't hold me to precise accuracy here as I missed the first few seconds and was not expecting an ad that ran, I suspect, within the EST timezone on NBC.

It was not a local buy in my opinion.

Watch this non-EST folks and see if it runs in the midwest, mountain and PST zones.

But now we also really have to watch to see if Barack could have made an error in going on SNL tonight IF the McCain campaign could have purchased a similar ad inside the true, new SNL tonight upon which Obama will appear in just moments.

They are running a very smart campaign and I presume asked the question ahead of time. But then when Palin ran, I wrote in my previous post on Huff that what also hurt Palin was a buy from Obama of a very powerful add a couple weeks back.

McCain's people could have argued that they must be permitted to buy time tonight to make it equal. If they did, it won't be the same ad I shouldn't think as this as was a 527 or one of the other numbered PAC groups, or so-called "swiftboat ads."

Some of us have been waiting for this shoe to drop. Some shoe and there may be others. Things have been looking too good for Sen. Obama and when things are too good, I get concerned.

I thought they'd run an ad like this right after the debates when Obama couldn't challenge him in person.

I predicted this weeks ago to my students in classes I teach about the election, but then had largely forgotten about it. And now it has happened.

But this is even more strategic as it gives Obama less time to respond, though the Obama campaign can respond very rapidly. The Clinton campaign of 1992 was intercepting off satellite, McCain ads in advance of their running and had rebuttal ads already to go the minutes the Bush Sr ads ran.

So the turn around time is very, very fast now and someone could well have leaked and warned the Obama campaign as well. We'll see.....

Comments

[Justaminute]

It was on here in Oklahoma. SNL is doing a show Monday night about the election. The ad for the Monday night show is hinting the "someone" might appear. I think that is where everyone is getting the rumor of Obama appearing from as they advertised this special last Saturday also.

[Thorn]

"The someone"? This is getting really creepy.

[SharonAustinTX]

I'd read that this was a national ad buy with $2.5 million by a Republican PAC (forgot the name). I thought it started Thursday/Friday and is scheduled to run through election day.

[RobertKubey]

I made an error here....last I heard was that Obama was going to appear. My apologies. Regardless, there was a large audience seeing this swiftboat style ad that run at 10:50 EST on WNBC.

[RudiZ]

Doesn"t the so-called "Christian Right" realize the hypocrisy of their racial prejudice when they worship Christ who was a BROWN-SKINNED man? Jesus was not a blue-eyed-blond, he was a Semitic Jew, and cousin to Arab Semites, and most probably had approximately the same skin coloring as Obama, so at the "End Time" they believe in arrives & they finally stand before this brown man for judgment, what will their excuse be? Will it be "Lord, we don"t want to go to heaven & have you as our President because you"re not white enough, so please send us to hell instead" ?

[RobertKubey]

Sorry, all. I hadn't stayed up with news cycle and last heard that Barack would be on tonight. Clearly been spending too much time on other things. My apoligies.

[gayles]

There was a nice Barack Obama ad before the start of SNL in Chicago so maybe it was a local buy. I'm also having a hard time folliwing your post since McCain is on tonight and not Obama.

[joyf1]

I saw that ad here in Washington State just a little while ago. My husband was channel surfing so I'm not sure what channel it was on.

[sonshine]

I'm in the D.C. area too. Prince George's County Maryland. I didn't see the ad despite watching constantly--yet I ccan't say I didn't miss it. Still, I don't understand the post.

[MarieLA]

Are you saying that Obama will be on SNL tonight? They have McCain scheduled to appear, but I hadn't heard anything about a joint appearance.

[babyjay]

Yeah - I just seen it here too - really sad but not surprising. I knew it was coming -just a matter of when. I stood in line for 3.5 hours today to vote. So much positivity - the atmosphere was electric. I just hope that this "Hail Mary" stunt comes through to those undecideds as just that. Rev. Wright's rants are so old news.

[cgr]

We saw it here tonight in the midwest.

[drsmc41]

I saw this ad here in DC earlier today, the one about Wright. However, I'm not quite understanding your post...