Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Obama the focus in ads far from the trail

By Paddy

NOTE- Video replaced.

Oh my goodness.

(CNN) — Last month, the Republican Party used Barack Obama in campaign ads against Democratic candidates in conservative districts — but one car dealership in solidly-red Texas decided the Illinois senator would be good for business.

“Even ordinary folks like you can buy a Kia! Yes you can!” says the Obama impersonator in a television commercial for Dallas-Ft. Worth area-based Central Kia, which uses a logo that resembles the Obama campaign’s.

“You get responses,” said John Trevino, business manager for the dealership. “Some people are appalled by it, some people like it.” He told CNN the ad had been on the air for several weeks, and that it was the first political-themed spot he recalled during his year with the company.

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