Craigslist, barack obama, election, hillary clinton, race baiting

Obama Ad Seeks Dirty Mexicans, Light-Skinned Black, Authentication

This Craigslist ad looks like a casting call for a Barack Obama campaign commercial in Los Angeles, though of course it could easily be a ploy by pranksters or supporters of Obama's Democratic presidential opponent Hillary Clinton. The ad wants the whole rainbow of America, and is very specific about the composition of each stripe: "Middle Aged Hispanic Men (worker class/laborer look)... An Indian Female (From INDIA)... 3 black women, various shades... An Asian Female Thai or Philipino (darker)... (3) Caucasian girls, teen - 25." Well, this should certainly help further that substantive, stereotype-free racial discussion Obama called for! Image of the ad after the jump, and if you have any idea whether the poster is real or affiliated with Obama, we'd love to hear about it.

3:35 AM on Fri Mar 28 2008
By Ryan Tate
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donmiguel at 05:22 AM on 03/28/08
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I imagine a house somewhere in America, a place where they DON'T realize that so much of our "trouble" here is arbitrary crap that makes other folks rich. Then, they see the commercial, and, like that, generations of dull-witted "patriotic" retardation fall away and they miraculously vote for Barack!
drivenbyboredom at 05:59 AM on 03/28/08
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Moveon.org is hosting a contest where they ask a bunch of people to submit 30 second commercials and then they air the best one on TV. They did this with "Bush in 30 Seconds" and now they are doing "Obama in 30 Seconds". This is not an add done by the Obama campaign, it is just someone looking to cast their 30 second MoveOn submission.
NeverEnough at 09:51 AM on 03/28/08
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...and a partridge in a pear tree.
blakeley at 01:20 PM on 03/28/08
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It most likely has something to do with this moveon.org email...

Dear MoveOn member,
Since we launched the Obama in 30 Seconds contest three weeks ago, we've heard from thousands of people who are excited about making ads-lots of those ads are just about ready to be submitted. But we've also heard from folks who really want to make an ad, but couldn't quite make the original deadline.

So, due to popular demand, we've extended the deadline for submissions by two weeks-until April 15th. The online collaboration forum is buzzing with good ideas, and we can't wait to see what everyone comes up with.

Thanks for all you do, and have a great weekend.
-Adam G., Laura, Daniel, Peter and the MoveOn.org Political Action Team
Friday, March 28th, 2008

P.S. We've attached an earlier email with all the details about the contest below. And you can download a poster with the new dates at:

[www.moveon.org]