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Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Product Displacement

posted by on April 23 at 9:10 AM

How did three guys in A&F wind up behind Obama during his speech last night?

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Via Towleroad.

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1

Obama is affiliated with suburban gangs!!!

Posted by Carollani | April 23, 2008 9:14 AM
2

the guy in grey a&f shirt looks really cute :)
at least it shows the gay boys are supporting him :)

Posted by apres_moi | April 23, 2008 9:15 AM
3

I have a copy of the sex tape Obama filmed with the three other guys...wait, I should not have said that.

Posted by Andrew | April 23, 2008 9:20 AM
4

It was his idea.

Posted by Mr. Poe | April 23, 2008 9:21 AM
5

'Cause it rhymes with "Bit..."

Posted by DOUG. | April 23, 2008 9:29 AM
6

Wow I feel really out of touch. The whole time I was watching him speak I kept wondering what "FITCH!!!" was.

Now I feel old.

Posted by SDizzle | April 23, 2008 9:29 AM
7

Dude!
That's all I could see last night!

Posted by tamara | April 23, 2008 9:40 AM
8

Saw that on Msnbc video .com this morning and wondered the same thing.
I also saw Hillarys victory speech and was wondering why she was always looking down and reading, every line, even to thank her Daughter and Husband for their support.
Watch Obamas and he is looking up and is right on cue with his talking points.
That guy doesn't need a note or cue card.
I figure that is more sincere and knowing that McCain does the same thing (although i see him wonder by and look down at the podium too) those kinds of things made me wonder as well.
Anybody else notice that.
How bout the the guy(african american?) with the boxing gloves standing behind Hillary.
Put him against the Finch guys. Photo ops for the youth?

Posted by The Contrastor | April 23, 2008 10:00 AM
9

Maybe Obama is out of touch with the youth.

Posted by Andy | April 23, 2008 10:02 AM
10

@ 8

"That guy doesn't need a note or cue card."

obama uses a teleprompter for all of his big speeches and at most of his big rallies.

Posted by actually... | April 23, 2008 10:09 AM
11

i was wondering what to think about the methed-out abercrombie & fitch model during his speech last night.

Posted by j bomb | April 23, 2008 10:17 AM
12

#10 Oh. oops. I didn't know that. srry. It just seemed like he actually is talking without haveing to read anything.
My bad.
Is their a photo/video that shows what
telepromter he is reading from?
Still though isn't Hillarys constant looking down even to thank her daughter and husband is odd for a candidate to match wits with McCain.

Posted by The Contrastor | April 23, 2008 10:21 AM
13

Probably the same way I showed up with an Obama pin at a Clinton Election Watch Party on channel 7 last night ...

Cool positioning, have to give them props.

Posted by Will in Seattle | April 23, 2008 10:22 AM
14

This bugged the shit out of me. I can't believe they pulled it off.

Posted by wiseblood | April 23, 2008 10:44 AM
15

The one on the far left has a purdy mouth.

Posted by keshmeshi | April 23, 2008 10:49 AM
16

Well... that's one of the weirder product placements I've seen in a while.

Posted by Reverse Polarity | April 23, 2008 11:22 AM
17

Maybe Obama's getting kickbacks from A&F.

Posted by DanFan | April 23, 2008 11:32 AM
18

Charlie Gibson: “Senator Osama, if stranded on a desert island, which of these three frat boyz/potential terrahists would you mount? Do you or do you not support flip-fucking?

I demand you answer, sir!

Follow up question: If you could be any personal sex toy, which one would you be and why? The American People HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW!”

Posted by Original Andrew | April 23, 2008 11:37 AM
19

@18 - LMAO!!

Posted by DanFan | April 23, 2008 11:43 AM
20

I wondered about the Abercrombie shirts too. That was weird.

Posted by Jo | April 23, 2008 12:31 PM
21

In less formal settings, Obama routinely paces the stage with a mike in one hand and a pack of note cards in the other.

It keeps him from scratching his cheek with his middle finger.

Posted by RonK, Seattle | April 23, 2008 12:46 PM
22

That's not his middle finger.

Posted by Will in Seattle | April 23, 2008 2:01 PM
23

Wasn't he in Indiana last night? If so, trust me, it makes perfect sense.

Posted by kurt | April 23, 2008 5:38 PM
24

I dunno, the same reason that about four or five years ago that everybody was running around wearing something that said "OLD NAVY" on it?

Is there a bell that they ring for costume changes in this country? Somedays I wonder if I missed an annoucement.

Nike was the first company to own the bell, right? You folks are in Seattle, look into that... Nike lost the bell... or the hypnotic/subliminal marketing magic or something...

Posted by CP | April 23, 2008 6:05 PM
25

The full photo in the New York Times shows that the man in the middle is totally hot. One of the theories on the blogs at the NYT is that these guys are Secret Service agents who were told to ditch their suits. Of course others agreed with the "gay boys support him" idea. Man in gray, if you aren't gay, you can frisk me any time.

Posted by PopTart | April 23, 2008 9:01 PM
26

"Hey, bro, we're on TV!"

Posted by egid | April 23, 2008 9:44 PM

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