Your taxpayer dollars at work…
The Obama Administration blew $2.5 million on a Superbowl Census commercial tonight.
It’s not even a good ad. But, who cares? It’s not their money.
Sean Hannity reported on the Super Bowl ad last week:
The U.S. Census Bureau is dishing out $2.5 million to pay for a 30-second commercial this Sunday. But that is just a small part of the census ad campaign. Now according to the USA Today when it’s all said and done, they would have blown $340 million on their efforts to encourage people to cooperate with the census.
February 7th, 2010 | 8:24 pm | #1
Since this is pretty much a public service ad, wouldn’t it have been free to air at any other time?
February 7th, 2010 | 8:34 pm | #2
Not to mention, has-been actors…
February 7th, 2010 | 8:36 pm | #3
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February 7th, 2010 | 8:38 pm | #4
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February 7th, 2010 | 8:39 pm | #5
So, how much did we pay for all these wash-out actors, huh? What a waste of taxpayer’s money!
February 7th, 2010 | 8:51 pm | #6
They have stolen our collective credit card and
there is no one who will do anything about it.
Watch, the ad company will donate to the DNC 10% to 15% of the take
February 7th, 2010 | 8:53 pm | #7
[...] choose the most expensive commercial timeslot(s) to air a public service message. During the Super Bowl.To tell us how to count and fill out the Census [...]
February 7th, 2010 | 8:57 pm | #8
I was watching this on TV. The waste sickens me.
February 7th, 2010 | 9:16 pm | #9
Census.gov does not have a good way to e-mail comments on this stupidity. I’m calling their main number tomorrow to complain.
February 7th, 2010 | 9:34 pm | #10
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February 7th, 2010 | 9:36 pm | #11
When you can print all the money you want, you don’t worry about how much something costs.
I’m glad that ACORN is no longer in charge of the census, that would have been as corrupt as the whitehouse.
February 7th, 2010 | 9:59 pm | #12
To top off the wasted money for a SB add it was a complete waste. It was a joke. It didnt make any sense, was not informational, funny, clever or useful. Im sure the braintrusts in charge of this one paid a fortune to write and produce this ridiculous waste of money. They would have been more effective if they had shown an average citizen watching them flush 2 million bucks down the toilet with a voiceover saying dont waste your time and money filling out a census.. We have that covered and will make up the numbers anyway.. Illegals are welcome too yeahhh !!!!! Oh and by the way if youre a liberal fill it out twice and help us waste more money in your district. Someone should be fired. The stupidity knows no limits in DC.
February 7th, 2010 | 10:22 pm | #13
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February 7th, 2010 | 10:27 pm | #14
We all know this is a little kickback to CBS, for all their fine support for the Democratic Party.
And we also know, this is a little help to some very big Democrats who made a career in Hollywood, some born into it via successful parents.
The entire thing is a joke…
Why didn’t TEAM OBAMA ask CBS to sacrifice for the public good, and run the spot for free?
Why bother running this spot on the Superbowl anyhow?
THE corrupt DNC Titanic sinking us all.
February 7th, 2010 | 10:43 pm | #15
Um. I don’t get it. The intent of the commercial is very unclear.
February 7th, 2010 | 10:52 pm | #16
#15 I’m with you. I don’t get it.
February 7th, 2010 | 11:05 pm | #17
Delve a wee bit deeper,
Ask yourself WHY the censusd is so important to Obama. Ask yourself WHY Obama wanted to take the Census from the Commerce department and ask yourself why Judd Gregg turned down the Commerce Sec.
Then ask yourself WHAT does the census do to support Conservative ideals?
The CENSUS is being managed as a tool to redistribute YOUR MONEY to LIBTARD constituencies
February 7th, 2010 | 11:10 pm | #18
I don’t get it, either.
What does that line on the whiteboard say? Can anyone enlarge it?
“U in STATES.GOV” ?
February 7th, 2010 | 11:30 pm | #19
The ad itself wasn’t all that bad – but it didn’t explain *anything at all* about the census, about what it’s for and why it’s important. Nothing!
A complete waste of $2.5million.
Meh. What the hell. It’s only money.
And besides, after taxes, $2.5million really isn’t a *lot* of money. (/sarc/)
February 8th, 2010 | 12:06 am | #20
Maybe it makes perfect sense if you’re high?
February 8th, 2010 | 12:34 am | #21
Unfortunately, this is a small part of a larger (wasted) media buy. I hear these ads on the radio every day “Paid for by the US Census Bureau”, that is to say, you and me! I see them on TV nearlyl every day, too.
What a waste!
February 8th, 2010 | 12:46 am | #22
Yep, I had the displeasure of seeing this ad live on TV. After both seeing it on TV, and after watching it on this blog post, I had the same reaction: “Huh?”
February 8th, 2010 | 4:39 am | #23
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February 8th, 2010 | 7:28 am | #24
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February 8th, 2010 | 9:07 am | #25
I’m sure the ads have been created thru well-connected ad friends and firms -I’m sure someone has researched this. Drove downtown STL yesterday and note Census ads on busses, billboards. I guess no one else can afford to advertise.
February 8th, 2010 | 10:42 am | #26
There were several government commercials during the Super Bowl, I believe.
February 8th, 2010 | 10:45 am | #27
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February 8th, 2010 | 11:11 am | #28
$340 million to advertise what is a citizens responsibility as written in the Constitution? That is the absolute most insane misuse of tax dollars EVER. EVER. In the HISTORY OF FOREVER!!!
Incompetence is evident. Impeach President Obama Now or simply iPON.
February 16th, 2010 | 9:22 am | #29
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February 18th, 2010 | 4:32 pm | #30
The advertising contract was awarded for the 2010 Census in 2008 — during the Bush Administration. The census advertising budget was established during the Bush Administration. This ad would have appeared even if McCain was elected. So how is this a Team Obama thing?
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