Obama Launches iPhone App

[jpeyton]

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It's free, and surprisingly, it is not a cheap marketing afterthought. It uses the iPhone's features, from media streaming to GPS, and integrates itself with every aspect of Obama's grassroots campaign.

The Obama '08 iPhone app is, almost surprisingly, not a cheap sticker masquerading as an application. No, it's actually a glimpse of the potential of grassroots politics and gadgets, distilled in a slick, blue-stained little app that couldn't possibly have come out of the McCain campaign (no offense guys). It leverages pretty much every aspect of the iPhone.

It sorts your contacts by battleground states and turns them into a checklist, making it easy, and almost obligating, to harass your loved ones to vote O. (Worth noting for tinfoil types: It does keep track of how many people you call, but it's totally anonymous.) It finds local events and Obama news using GPS, constantly updated. And it delivers more video highlights and newsreels than you'll be able to stand (though videos were kinda crashy for me). There is some hucksterism, yes, like a dedicated button to call and make a donation?it makes it easier than ever, which is part of the power here. Also it's a campaign app, what do you expect?

This is something like what politicking at the grassroots level will look like by the next election?local and immediate, but definitely national in scope. It makes you feel like a part of the campaign. Download it if you're an Obamaniac to have a constant flood of hope in your pocket, or if you're a McCainite, to see what your candidate's campaign should be doing. It's free, so the only excuse is your gag reflex.

 

[nageov3t]

aka: more spam?

 

[OCGuy]

Wow...just...wow.

 

[halik]

Top comment in the itunes store
"I heard McCain's app will be released on VHS"
:laugh:

 

[jpeyton]

Originally posted by: halik
Top comment in the itunes store
"I heard McCain's app will be released on VHS"
:laugh:

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA :laugh:

 

[techs]

Originally posted by: jpeyton

Originally posted by: halik
Top comment in the itunes store
"I heard McCain's app will be released on VHS"
:laugh:

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA :laugh:

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA :laugh:[/quote]

 

[Arkaign]

Wow, that is weird But I guarantee you, if Obama wins, look for a Republican iPhone app come '12.

 

[herm0016]

did you also hear that Obama bought a tv channel to stream his message 24/7... sounds more and more the same way dictators in other countries get elected the first time. all Obama! All the time! hope and change 24/7!

http://www.politico.com/blogs/...The_Obama_channel.html
(just as evidence to anyone who wants to dispute the huge air time buy, i know its a blog)

 

[eilute]

I'm surprised I haven't heard any "Vote Obama" ring tones. It seems like a logical way to get publicity.

 

[jpeyton]

Originally posted by: Arkaign
Wow, that is weird But I guarantee you, if Obama wins, look for a Republican iPhone app come '12.

Just nominating a candidate who can operate a computer would be a start. McCain has to be one of the most out of touch candidates ever nominated.

"I am learning to get online myself, and I will have that down fairly soon, getting on myself."

 

[jpeyton]

Originally posted by: herm0016
did you also hear that Obama bought a tv channel to stream his message 24/7... sounds more and more the same way dictators in other countries get elected the first time. all Obama! All the time! hope and change 24/7!

http://www.politico.com/blogs/...The_Obama_channel.html
(just as evidence to anyone who wants to dispute the huge air time buy, i know its a blog)

Jesus H[ussein] Christ, he bought his own channel? He must be wiping the floor with McCain in fund raising. :thumbsup: :laugh:

 

[Butterbean]

"It sorts your contacts by battleground states and turns them into a checklist, making it easy, and almost obligating, to harass your loved ones to vote O.

Hah - another gimmick to cultivate voters like they were bacteria in petri dishes. "It's all about you - your who you been waiting" for bla bla - lemmings!

 

[jpeyton]

Originally posted by: Butterbean
Hah - another gimmick to cultivate voters like they were bacteria in petri dishes. "It's all about you - your who you been waiting" for bla bla - lemmings!

Damn, better hope McSame has some antibiotics or this election is over.

 

[RichardE]

Originally posted by: herm0016
did you also hear that Obama bought a tv channel to stream his message 24/7... sounds more and more the same way dictators in other countries get elected the first time. all Obama! All the time! hope and change 24/7!

http://www.politico.com/blogs/...The_Obama_channel.html
(just as evidence to anyone who wants to dispute the huge air time buy, i know its a blog)

You know dictators put ads on TV and write books too, and also have an uncanny abilit to remind everyone about the war service they were part of...

 

[jpeyton]

Originally posted by: RichardE

Originally posted by: herm0016
did you also hear that Obama bought a tv channel to stream his message 24/7... sounds more and more the same way dictators in other countries get elected the first time. all Obama! All the time! hope and change 24/7!

http://www.politico.com/blogs/...The_Obama_channel.html
(just as evidence to anyone who wants to dispute the huge air time buy, i know its a blog)

You know dictators put ads on TV and write books too, and also have an uncanny abilit to remind everyone about the war service they were part of...

Books like

Faith un Mein Fathers

Mein Karakter un Mein Deztinee

Mein Best un Mein Brietest

 

[GenHoth]

This is freaking weird.

 

[JJChicken]

Originally posted by: techs

Originally posted by: jpeyton

Originally posted by: halik
Top comment in the itunes store
"I heard McCain's app will be released on VHS"
:laugh:

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA :laugh:

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA :laugh:

[/quote]

:laugh:

 

[JJChicken]

Originally posted by: jpeyton

Originally posted by: Butterbean
Hah - another gimmick to cultivate voters like they were bacteria in petri dishes. "It's all about you - your who you been waiting" for bla bla - lemmings!

Damn, better hope McSame has some antibiotics or this election is over.

ZING!

 

[NoStateofMind]

Originally posted by: eilute
I'm surprised I haven't heard any "Vote Obama" ring tones. It seems like a logical way to get publicity.

:music: Yes we can, can , can , Yes we can, can, can:music:

 

[Moonbeam]

Originally posted by: Butterbean
"It sorts your contacts by battleground states and turns them into a checklist, making it easy, and almost obligating, to harass your loved ones to vote O.

Hah - another gimmick to cultivate voters like they were bacteria in petri dishes. "It's all about you - your who you been waiting" for bla bla - lemmings!

Lemmings? I thought you were a fundie Christian, down town lemmingville.

 

[tvarad]

Originally posted by: halik
Top comment in the itunes store
"I heard McCain's app will be released on VHS"
:laugh:

That's too funny! Thanks for the early morning laugh (in Bangalore, where I am reading this).

 

[Double Trouble]

I just have to laugh at the stupid idiots who actually put this app on their iphone.... Why the heck would any sane person want this political drivel interfering with actual useful use of the device?

 

[dwell]

Originally posted by: Double Trouble
I just have to laugh at the stupid idiots who actually put this app on their iphone.... Why the heck would any sane person want this political drivel interfering with actual useful use of the device?

To harass the shit out of their swing state friends. My Facebook is littered with Obamabots spamming status and news stories with Obama-love-fest spam.

 

[zeruty]

If I was someone's "swing state friend" and they tried to talk me into voting for bho I'd be subtracting that "friend" from my life.

This app sounds downright fucking stupid, just like a lot of the bullshit surrounding bho.
If I were a candidate and someone wanted to make an app like that for my campaign, I'd tell them to quit being so damned retarded.
It's humorous how bho supporters are doing their best to flush out every single uneducated and impressionable person to vote for him.

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: zeruty
If I was someone's "swing state friend" and they tried to talk me into voting for bho I'd be subtracting that "friend" from my life.

This app sounds downright fucking stupid, just like a lot of the bullshit surrounding bho.
If I were a candidate and someone wanted to make an app like that for my campaign, I'd tell them to quit being so damned retarded.
It's humorous how bho supporters are doing their best to flush out every single uneducated and impressionable person to vote for him.

Tell us what you really think.

It's humorous how bho supporters are doing their best to flush out every single uneducated and impressionable person to vote for him.

And that's what the Republicans have succeeded so well at in the past 8 years. Not to mention, that is part of politics period.