Obama on Indiana casino ad: No, you can't
Everyone still wants a piece of Barack Obama, but a casino in Indiana is among the first advertisers to be pressured to pull an Obama-themed ad. The spot, shown above, features a pretty good Obama sound-alike (it's not actually him) talking up the grand opening of the Indiana Live! Casino. "Our time for change has come," the voiceover says. "Months ago we began the work of making sure that the Indiana! Live Casino is superior to anything that existed in Indiana. Years from now, you will say this was the place where Indiana remembered what it means to have fun." At the request of the Obama administration, the whole campaign's being pulled. The man behind the ads, Dennis Gomes, cynically admits he was hoping all along to get a request from the White House to pull them. "Sure enough, everything I thought would happen, happened," he says. |
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March 13, 2009 in Barack Obama, Casinos, Controversy, Nudd | Permalink |
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During the inauguration Levi's was running these banner ads featuring the Prez.
http://mattbunk.blogspot.com/2009/01/would-you-buy-jeans-from-this-man.html
Posted by: Matt Bunk | Mar 13, 2009 11:55:58 PM
During the inauguration, Levi's ran an ad featuring the Prez. I thought that was odd.
http://mattbunk.blogspot.com/2009/01/would-you-buy-jeans-from-this-man.html
Posted by: Matt Bunk | Mar 13, 2009 11:59:30 PM
A few weeks ago I saw these ads in Indiana. I almost took a picture and wrote about them. I knew I should have.
Posted by: Trott Felipe | Mar 14, 2009 12:33:35 AM
Finally some truth in advertising: "Live Casino is superior to anything that existed (sic) in Indiana." Admittedly, that's not saying much.
Posted by: Unconcerned Citizen | Mar 14, 2009 10:09:06 AM
^^^Obligatory swipe at Indiana^^^
...I'm going to guess it's from someone who has either never been there, or has only driven through on the interstate.
Posted by: Garble | Mar 16, 2009 10:05:45 AM
Nowadays casino and banner ads are everywhere... and I don't think that Obama will going to change that... recently I found a good article about a promotion for casino ad advertising with paypal for gambling, is a very good adsense alternative for gambling sites.
Posted by: Stephen | Jul 24, 2009 6:20:06 PM
Sorry, the URL of my previous post doesn't show, here's again: interesting article about a promotion for PPC casino ad advertising using paypal: http://casinotop100list.com/-casino-ad-ads-paypal-adsense-alternative-for-gambling/
Is a very good adsense alternative for gambling sites.
Posted by: Stephen | Jul 24, 2009 6:22:17 PM
