"It's unfortunate that the World Series' first pitch is being delayed for Obama's political pitch."

[slutticus]

"Not only is Obama putting politics before principle, he's putting it before our national pastime," RNC spokesman Alex Conant said.

"To accommodate a half-hour Obama time buy on Fox on October 29, Major League Baseball... agreed to move the start time of Game 6 by about 15 minutes," a Fox spokesman said.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/29/campaign.muscle/

Are you F'ing kidding me! That's all you've got?!?! "putting it before our national pastime"?

15 minutes! Are you serious Mr Conant?

My my folks.......you know they are truly fucked if is this is all they can muster in response to Obama about to destroy them on prime-time television...

[PermanentRevolution]

1. Could've sworn I saw some pitches in games 1-5...

:shrug:

[spelldmilk]

15. Ha Ha! n/t

[widem5]

2. It's not actually being delayed at all

They are just eliminating the pregame show.

[tblue]

3. Miami Herald: Out of bounds -- McCain wrong on World Series delay

Penalty: 15 yards for misleading the public about Obama and the World Series./snip
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/746704.html


Just STFU, McCain.

[slutticus]

12. Ahhhh.....It just doesn't end does it?

[dennis4868]

23. nope...

McCain is even pressuring the LA Times to release a video of Obama at a going away party for a fellow professor who happens to be Arab...WTF is going on here? I guess it will end on Nov 5th but I am worried that after Obama gets elected repubs will try to impeach him....they will come up with something...let's see...ummm....he has not caught OBL or he has troops in Iraq which is an illegal war?

[Cha]

18. Thanks! Nice

Miami Herald! WOOHOO Florida!

[napi21]

4. From what I've heard, Obama is NOT delaying the "first pitch"! His

ad time will cut into the PRE GAME SHOW!!!!!! Get over yourself already people!

[ElboRuum]

16. Well, that's good news.

I hate pre-game shows.

[surrealAmerican]

32. Pre-game shows are a complete waste of time

The networks just use them for filler.

[Renew Deal]

5. It's not Obama's fault that Fox is taking the money and MLB agreed to it.

Fox and/or MLB could have said no.

[ElboRuum]

6. RNC to America... BASEBALL MORE IMPORTANT THAN ELECTION!

What a cretin.

[tblue]

20. RNC to America: WE CAN'T AFFORD OUR OWN 30-MIN SPOT, SO WE WHINE AT YOU INSTEAD.

[high density]

7. Attacking Obama on buying airtime is getting really old

I do not think people are going to go into the booth and cast a ballot for McCain based on the World Series game 5 continuation starting at 8:37 instead of 8:27.

[tblue]

21. How do you spell jealous?

[Egalitariat]

8. The only travesty is that the baseball game doesn't start at 6 or 7 EDT, guaranteeing

most people on the East Coast will be long dreaming by the time the game is over.

I guess they have to choose between Californian's watching the beginning and NY'ers watching the end.

[Thrill]

9. Its also not Game 6

Idiot

[stopbush]

24. Right! The First Pitch of Game 5 was thrown two nights ago.

Game 5 will be completed tonight. There may not be a Game 6.

Assholes at the RNC.

[ElboRuum]

10. Oh, and just so you know...

There won't BE a game six. Phils are going to wrap it up tonight. Sorry, Rays fans. :evilgrin:

Edited to note that RNC person is even more of an idiot since this is game 5 he's talking about anyway. :eyes:

[cojoel]

22. it's also not the first pitch of game 5

It would be the first pitch of the bottom of the 6th inning, assuming weather in Philadelphia allows it to start anyway.

[ElboRuum]

33. Yep, you've got a point there...

Shit... I wonder if this guy is going for the record for "how many wrong things can I pack into two sentences."

[louis-t]

11. They act like he did it on purpose.

Yeah, he knew last night would be rained out and they'd have to finish it today.:eyes:

[TheCowsCameHome]

13. Hey Conant, two fucking days of rain delay, so what's 15 minutes?

What a jerk.

[Raine1967]

14. Someone should Ask Grampy about the season opener to the NFL

They changed the game times to accommodate his RNC convention speech. The Giants/Redskins game time was actually moved up so as not to interfere with his speech. It was supposed to be 8:30, and they moved it to 7 pm.

He is such a hypocrite.

[TheKentuckian]

17. Plus, of all the sports fans that could give a crap about

15 minuets, I'm thinking baseball fans are easily the least "concerned" about a slight delay and less people care about baseball than ever.

McGollum has been wheezing about this since it was announced.

[JJ]

19. How horrible...

Obama would put such trivia as the future of our nation ahead of such a thing.

[Catherine Vincent]

25. It's worth it.

The networks would interrupt the world series for a white bronco chase so why can't they delay it for a presidential speech?

[No Elephants]

26. If McCain had made the buy, the story would be totally different. So, bite me.

[ElboRuum]

34. Peter Griffin has spoken. n/t

[JVS]

27. Country first, beeeeyotch!

[LostinVA]

28. That's okay -- the Phils will just clinch the Series 15 minutes later

[MagickMuffin]

29. Olbermann mentioned last night that IS NOT cutting into the Game

that the pre-game show that was getting cut into NOT the GAME.


From the transcript:

SEN. JOHN MCCAIN, (R-AZ) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: By the way, no one will delay the World Series game with an info commercial when I‘m president.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

OLBERMANN: Yes, actually, they‘re not delaying the game for the Obama broadcast. They‘re simply eliminating the pre-game show and that‘s according to FOX.

[yodoobo]

30. If McCain had more supporters he could afford one too

And we all know he would.

Thats what McCain gets for taking bailout money to finance his election.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

35. nice one!

[global1]

31. I Hope They Televise This Spot At The Ballpark On The Jumbo Screen.......nt.

[emulatorloo]

36. BIg LIe -- per Fox Exec - Obama replaces Fox pre-game show. Does not delay world series

They lie about everything.


http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1008/Fox_exec_Obama_didnt_delay_baseball.html

October 28, 2008


Fox exec: Obama didn't delay baseball
A Fox Broadcasting executive denied that Barack Obama's half-hour ad, scheduled for tomorrow night, forced Fox and Major League Baseball to delay the start of a World Series game.

That notion -- which had been reported repeatedly, including here, has become a Republican talking point.

"No one will delay the World Series game with an infomercial when I'm president," John McCain said today.

But the Fox account executive who negotiated the ad buy said Obama's ad isn't delaying the first pitch -- it's just replacing the pre-game show.

"Our first pitch for the world series is usually around 8:30 anyway – so we didn’t push back the game, it was really just about suspending the pre-game -- you know, Joe Buck," said the account executive, Joe Coppola. "That’s all we did."

He said World Series games this season have begun between 8:22 p.m. and 8:35 p.m.

"We didn’t push back the game at all," he said. He also said Obama had initially arranged to buy the time only if the Series were over before Game Six (in fact, a rain-delayed Game Five will continue tomorrow night), but Fox then decided to sell the campaign the time whether or not the game was played.

"By no means did they push to get us to accommodate them with Game Six," said Coppola, whom the Obama campaign suggested I call. "We’re just missing the pregame, which isn’t a big deal for us. It was a business decision."